Jack Combs vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Jack Combs
UnknownThrows RightBats RightDetroit StarsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jack Combs 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. Ken Ray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.13 and WHIP 1.734 compared to 6.56 and 1.605 for Jack Combs. By the career numbers, Ken Ray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jack Combs and Ken Ray

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.95
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.6
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61.54
61.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
6.56
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.13
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.59
7.59
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
0.464
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
901
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
300.1
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
10.55
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
10.14
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.55
10.55
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.57
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
3.9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
3.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.77
1.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.816
0.816
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.24
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
931
27.9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.51
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
249
7.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.47
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.46
7.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.05
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.42
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.605
1.605
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
758
22.71
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.9
27.9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Jack Combs and Ken Ray

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.94
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
615
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
205
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
3.56
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.34
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.83
93.83
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.7
59.7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jack Combs and Ken Ray

Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
67
324.19
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
124
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
541.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
72.58
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.68
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.4
21.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
96.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
116.13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.135
0.135
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
38.71
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
29.03
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
67.74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.8
18.37
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
33.87
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
24.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.84
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jack Combs
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA