Ray Callahan vs. Denny Stark — Career Comparison

Ray Callahan
Lost GenerationWisconsinThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Denny Stark
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Denny Stark built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Callahan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Denny Stark posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.81 and WHIP 1.679 compared to 8.53 and 2.053 for Ray Callahan. By the career numbers, Denny Stark had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Callahan and Denny Stark

Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.26
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
2.48
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.43
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.51
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.48
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.72
51.72
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.53
57.53
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
8.53
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
5.81
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.81
5.81
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.12
6.12
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.24
6.24
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
27
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
795
27
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
9
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
9
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
17.05
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
10.29
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.05
17.05
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.8
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.42
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
4.52
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
5.68
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
4.31
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.68
5.68
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.74
1.74
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.79
0.79
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.981
0.981
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.2
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
48.32
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1223
41.54
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
4.26
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
9.95
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
6.83
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.95
9.95
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.27
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.58
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.65
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.053
2.053
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.645
1.645
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
46.89
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1057
35.9
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.393
0.393
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.32
48.32
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Ray Callahan and Denny Stark

Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2.48
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.43
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
795
27
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
265
9
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.54
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.02
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.6
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.56
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.53
57.53
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Callahan and Denny Stark

Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
541.46
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
82
600
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
71
519.51
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
51.22
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
21.95
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.95
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.32
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.27
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.014
0.014
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
61.11
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.67
19.56
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
95.12
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
87.8
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.183
0.183
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.337
0.337
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.085
0.085
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
36.59
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
58.54
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
87.8
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
80.16
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.08
-0.55
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
36.59
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
28
204.88
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
2.93
2.93
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
29.27
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
14.63
Ray Callahan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.32
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Callahan
Career
Per 600 PA
Denny Stark
Career
Per 600 PA