Army Cooper vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Army Cooper
Lost GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City MonarchsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Army Cooper 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. Army Cooper posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.36 and WHIP 1.436 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Army Cooper had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Army Cooper and Ken Ray

Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
1.52
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.37
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.39
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90.48
90.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.53
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
4.36
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1120
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373.1
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
373
8.99
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.99
8.99
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
3.93
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
7.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
5.7
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.06
7.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.221
1.221
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.53
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1658
39.97
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
5.35
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.28
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
1.01
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.436
1.436
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1420
34.23
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.52
3.52
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.326
0.326
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.97
39.97
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Army Cooper and Ken Ray

Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
1.55
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
1.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1115
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.53
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.24
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.84
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.6
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.84
86.84
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.06
89.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Army Cooper and Ken Ray

Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
68
256.6
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
547.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
105.66
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.64
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.76
36.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
135.85
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
139.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.489
0.489
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.055
0.055
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
124.53
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.23
38.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
33.96
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
15.09
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39.75
39.75
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
18.87
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Army Cooper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA