Bob Bruce vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Bob Bruce
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Bruce 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. Bob Bruce led in home run suppression (HR9+ 115 vs 73), walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 93), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 86). Role difference aside, Bob Bruce holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob Bruce and Ron Mahay

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.83
40.83
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.21
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
480
3.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
1146
9.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.19
9.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
733
5.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.956
0.956
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.3
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4818
38.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
551
4.42
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.324
1.324
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4430
35.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Bob Bruce and Ron Mahay

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3367
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1122.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
0.76
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
164
1.32
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.06
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
267
2.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
2.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.183
1.183
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.26
76.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Bruce and Ron Mahay

Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
223
333.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
401
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
517.71
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.458
0.458
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
77.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
65.84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
11.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.96
20.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
91.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
83
124.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25
37.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
25.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
62.84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.57
17.31
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
41.9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PAverified
102
152.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
3.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.27
0.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
34.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
3
4.49
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Bruce
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA