Harvey Branch vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Harvey Branch
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harvey Branch 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 5.4 and 2.000 for Harvey Branch. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harvey Branch and Ron Mahay

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.8
7.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.263
0.263
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.19
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.21
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.4
1.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
43.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
34.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2167
34.34
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Harvey Branch and Ron Mahay

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
5.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harvey Branch and Ron Mahay

Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
560
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harvey Branch
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA