Ray Boyd vs. Mike Cather — Career Comparison

Ray Boyd
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mike Cather
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Boyd built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Cather as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Boyd posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 3.42 and 1.273 for Mike Cather. By the career numbers, Ray Boyd had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Boyd and Mike Cather

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.54
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
8.27
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.93
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.55
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.09
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
3.42
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.224
0.224
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.226
0.226
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
27
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81.2
9
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
7.71
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
7.38
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.38
7.38
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.1
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.7
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.53
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.55
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.01
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
6.83
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.151
1.151
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.44
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
38.57
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
37.58
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.31
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
4.94
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
3.97
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.66
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.22
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.66
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.269
1.269
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.212
1.212
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
34.41
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
32.73
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.48
0.48
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.253
0.253
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.58
37.58

Fielding Stats for Ray Boyd and Mike Cather

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
6.43
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
8.27
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
27
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81.2
9
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
8.36
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.65
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
12.86
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.87
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
10.93
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
1.76
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
85
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.12
94.12
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.213
0.213
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Boyd and Mike Cather

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
45000
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
485.71
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
17.47
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
18.96
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
3
85.71
Mike Cather
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Cather
Career
Per 600 PA