Fred Blanding vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Fred Blanding
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fred Blanding 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. Fred Blanding posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.13 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 3.83 and 1.456 for Ron Mahay. By the career numbers, Fred Blanding had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fred Blanding and Ron Mahay

Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
144
1.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.95
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.51
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.45
49.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.72
59.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2443
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
814.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
859
9.49
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.49
9.49
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
3.06
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
3.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.07
3.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.93
1.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.682
0.682
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3377
37.32
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.51
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
395
4.37
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.395
1.395
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3084
34.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2167
34.34
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.32
37.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Fred Blanding and Ron Mahay

Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
28.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
7.63
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
135
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
4.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
47.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
3.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
52.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.57
93.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.819
1.819
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Blanding and Ron Mahay

Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
146
265.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
330
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
301
547.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.216
0.216
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.561
0.561
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
118.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
10.91
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
5.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
18.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.79
39.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
145.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
149.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.258
0.258
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.524
0.524
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0.426
0.426
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
50.91
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
43.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
92.73
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24.03
43.69
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
5.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
25.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PAverified
58
105.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.69
5.69
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
21.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Blanding
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
80
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA