Clay Buchholz vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Clay Buchholz
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Clay Buchholz 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. Clay Buchholz led in home run suppression (HR9+ 168 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 135 vs 91), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 107 vs 86). Ron Mahay held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 93 vs 89). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Clay Buchholz.

Pitching Stats for Clay Buchholz and Ron Mahay

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
0.61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.47
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.6
56.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.37
92.37
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.98
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.253
0.253
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1272
8.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.59
8.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
0.94
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
458
3.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1024
6.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.92
6.92
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.34
4.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.112
1.112
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5607
37.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
644
4.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.31
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.3
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.99
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.299
1.299
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5034
34.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2167
34.34
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.73
2.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.88
37.88
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Clay Buchholz and Ron Mahay

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
236
1.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3997
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1332.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
0.95
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
0.91
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
1.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
1.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.52
94.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.8
92.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clay Buchholz and Ron Mahay

Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
238
2644.44
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
54
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
511.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
44.44
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
33.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.67
7.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
55.56
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
6
66.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.022
0.022
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.16
-12.94
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
22.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
24
266.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Clay Buchholz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
66.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clay Buchholz
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA