Guy Bush vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Guy Bush
Greatest GenerationMississippiThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Guy Bush 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 3.86 and 1.399 for Guy Bush. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Guy Bush and Ron Mahay

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
1.79
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
1.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.58
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.41
56.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.83
56.83
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
0.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1166
3.86
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8166
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2722
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2950
9.75
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
859
2.84
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
850
2.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.81
2.81
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.628
0.628
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11750
38.85
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
0.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1369
4.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10850
35.87
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.53
2.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.85
38.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Guy Bush and Ron Mahay

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
542
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
802
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
781
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.441
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Guy Bush and Ron Mahay

Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
544
326.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1000
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
888
532.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.442
0.442
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
143
85.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
77.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
7.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
8.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.098
0.098
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
19.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
95.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
116.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.386
0.386
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
34.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
31.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
109
65.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.61
15.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
30
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
162
97.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.17
6.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
36.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
10
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Guy Bush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA