Bob Cain vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Bob Cain
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Cain 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 4.5 and 1.487 for Bob Cain. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Cain and Ron Mahay

Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
2.01
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.28
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.68
45.68
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.57
63.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
4.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1884
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
628
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
618
8.86
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.86
8.86
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
316
4.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.21
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
3.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2761
39.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
4.84
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.487
1.487
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2423
34.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.41
2.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.57
39.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Bob Cain and Ron Mahay

Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
140
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.85
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Cain and Ron Mahay

Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
150
378.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
214
539.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
105.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
83.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
20.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
22.69
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.38
31.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
131.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
141.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.243
0.243
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.489
0.489
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.375
0.375
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.249
0.249
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
70.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
35.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
105.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.44
31.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
35.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
113.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.29
5.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.21
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.08
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA