Ray Boyd vs. Jerry Fosnow — Career Comparison

Ray Boyd
Lost GenerationIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Boyd built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fosnow 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 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. 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 Jerry Fosnow

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.54
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.93
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.62
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.15
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.224
0.224
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58.1
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
7.71
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
4.01
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.91
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.857
0.857
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.47
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.46
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
250
38.57
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.62
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
4.94
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.269
1.269
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
34.41
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
34.85
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19

Fielding Stats for Ray Boyd and Jerry Fosnow

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
6.43
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
8.36
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.04
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.93
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.63
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
12.86
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.83
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
10.93
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.2
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
85
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.7
1.7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Boyd and Jerry Fosnow

Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
10
285.71
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
4320
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
485.71
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.452
0.452
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.61
17.47
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.142
0.142
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
18.96
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
0.67
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Boyd
Career
Per 600 PA
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA