Cliff Blackmon vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Cliff Blackmon
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cliff Blackmon built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Mahay as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Mahay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.83 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 6.28 and 1.797 for Cliff Blackmon. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Ron Mahay

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.78
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.75
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.52
64.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.58
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.28
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.63
5.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
11.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.34
11.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.21
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
4.89
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.081
1.081
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
745
42.89
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
7.83
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.69
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.797
1.797
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
636
36.61
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.351
0.351
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.89
42.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Ron Mahay

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.84
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
1.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
156.1
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
2.13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
2.48
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
2.3
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.02
93.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.5
62.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Cliff Blackmon and Ron Mahay

Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
34
309.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
518.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
63.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
45.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.63
23.88
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
10
90.91
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
127.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.34
0.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
54.55
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
81.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
2.09
18.98
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
54.55
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cliff Blackmon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Blackmon
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA