Charlie Cady vs. Joe Ryan — Career Comparison

Charlie Cady
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisNorth AmericaChicago/Pittsburgh (Union League)Union AssociationRelief Pitcher
Joe Ryan
MillenialCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Ryan built a career as a starting pitcher and Charlie Cady as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Charlie Cady posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.77 and WHIP 1.558 compared to 3.79 and 1.063 for Joe Ryan. By the career numbers, Charlie Cady had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Cady and Joe Ryan

Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.05
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.61
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.05
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.6
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.63
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.65
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.51
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.1
56.1
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
99.13
99.13
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.05
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
270
3.79
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.05
4.05
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1924
27
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
641.1
9
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
10.47
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
7.49
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
1.42
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.56
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
2.08
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.56
3.56
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
4.19
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
719
10.09
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.09
10.09
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.25
6.25
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.861
0.861
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.09
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
41.65
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2603
36.53
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
7.95
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
3.97
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.95
7.95
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.18
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.39
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.558
1.558
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.063
1.063
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
38.09
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2407
33.78
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.46
2.46
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.309
0.309
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.65
41.65
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.53
36.53

Fielding Stats for Charlie Cady and Joe Ryan

Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.32
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
115
1.61
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.6
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
27
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1924
27
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
9
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
641.1
9
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.96
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.28
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.08
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.53
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.84
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
2.88
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.9
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.04
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.81
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.83
70.83
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.63
90.63
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.546
1.546
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.504
0.504
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.13
99.13
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.48
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Cady and Joe Ryan

Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
11
183.33
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
115
34500
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
600
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
566.67
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
16.67
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.68
11.4
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
66.67
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.85
-14.11
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.22
-66.4
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
33.33
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
83.33
Joe Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
600
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.2
7.2
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Charlie Cady
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Cady
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA