Hal Carlson vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Hal Carlson
Lost GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Hal Carlson built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hal Carlson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.97 and WHIP 1.376 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Hal Carlson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hal Carlson and Ken Ray

Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
0.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
120
0.54
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.72
48.72
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.13
63.13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
0.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
883
3.97
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.81
3.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6006
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2002
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2256
10.14
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.42
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
498
2.24
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.24
2.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
590
2.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.57
1.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.544
0.544
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.08
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8522
38.31
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
0.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1013
4.55
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.376
1.376
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7988
35.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.31
38.31
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Hal Carlson and Ken Ray

Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
27
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
9
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
497
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
571
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.11
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.515
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.183
0.183
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hal Carlson and Ken Ray

Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
385
303.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
762
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
712
560.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.553
0.553
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
159
125.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
103.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
14.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
3.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
21.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.007
0.007
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50.68
39.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
200
157.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
185
145.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.281
0.281
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.532
0.532
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.183
0.183
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.408
0.408
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
45.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
56.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
98.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55.8
43.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
18.9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
118
92.91
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
6.46
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
18.9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.79
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Carlson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA