Ralph Branca vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Ralph Branca
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ralph Branca 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. Ralph Branca posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.79 and WHIP 1.371 compared to 3.83 and 1.456 for Ron Mahay. By the career numbers, Ralph Branca had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ralph Branca and Ron Mahay

Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
322
1.95
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
0.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.41
56.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.39
58.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.43
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
625
3.79
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4452
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1484
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1372
8.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
8.54
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.32
8.32
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
0.9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.9
0.9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.46
0.46
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
663
4.02
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
829
5.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.005
1.005
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.04
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6372
38.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
702
4.26
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.371
1.371
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5678
34.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.18
2.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Ralph Branca and Ron Mahay

Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
322
48.3
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
7.63
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
10.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
25.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
37.95
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
36.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.26
95.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.748
0.748
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.48
2.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ralph Branca and Ron Mahay

Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
322
359.78
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
537
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
518.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.441
0.441
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
73.74
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
63.69
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
10.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15.71
17.55
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
89.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
102
113.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.376
0.376
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.283
0.283
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
39.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
34.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
71.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8.86
9.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
40.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
160
178.77
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ralph Branca
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
41.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
12
13.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ralph Branca
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA