Sugar Cain vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Sugar Cain
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sugar 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 4.83 and 1.710 for Sugar 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 Sugar Cain and Ron Mahay

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
1.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
1.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.55
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.9
46.9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.97
76.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
530
4.83
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.37
5.37
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2962
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
987.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1119
10.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
569
5.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.21
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
279
2.54
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.859
0.859
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4556
41.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
611
5.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.57
5.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3972
36.21
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.53
41.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Sugar Cain and Ron Mahay

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
178
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
199
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
185
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.039
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sugar Cain and Ron Mahay

Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
180
287.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
376
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
344
548.94
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
89.36
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
82.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
6.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.56
18.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
95.74
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
111.7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.37
0.37
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
28.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
33.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
62.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.11
14.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
20.74
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PAverified
83
132.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.53
4.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sugar Cain
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
28.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sugar Cain
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA