Roberto Duran vs. Joe Mays — Career Comparison

Roberto Duran
Gen XD.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Mays
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Joe Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Roberto Duran as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.05 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 6.58 and 1.846 for Roberto Duran. By the career numbers, Joe Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Roberto Duran and Joe Mays

Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
10.73
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.86
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.43
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.35
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.63
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.73
75.73
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.58
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
5.05
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.89
4.89
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.5
5.5
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.178
0.178
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
5.54
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1130
10.2
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
1.25
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
11.08
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.97
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.08
11.08
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
7.96
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
4.62
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.96
7.96
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.115
2.115
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.42
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.73
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.16
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
45
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4360
39.36
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.08
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
6.58
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.43
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.69
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.27
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.26
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.94
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.846
1.846
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
31.15
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3954
35.69
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36

Fielding Stats for Roberto Duran and Joe Mays

Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
10.73
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.86
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.35
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
0.72
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.04
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.17
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.38
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
1.97
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.38
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.9
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.129
0.129
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.019
1.019
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.73
75.73
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Roberto Duran and Joe Mays

Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
31
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
3987.1
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
600
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
464.52
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.726
0.726
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
56.72
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
154.84
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
174.19
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.15
60.89
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
9
174.19
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Duran
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA