Chick Evans vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Chick Evans
Lost GenerationVermontThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May built a career as a starting pitcher and Chick Evans as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 4.96 and 1.785 for Chick Evans. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Chick Evans and Rudy May

Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.91
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.68
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.68
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.54
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.35
49.35
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.34
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
4.96
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.88
4.88
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.2
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
9.06
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.06
9.06
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
7.01
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.01
7.01
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
3.93
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
1.03
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.51
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.14
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
38.96
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.88
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
6.15
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.785
1.785
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
31.44
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9723
33.37
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.325
0.325
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.96
38.96
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Chick Evans and Rudy May

Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.89
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.68
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7865
27
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2621.2
9
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.89
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.31
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.51
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.13
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.4
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.74
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.89
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.61
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
85
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.53
23.53
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Chick Evans and Rudy May

Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
17
536.84
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
536
839.69
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
19
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
534.2
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
65.8
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
51.7
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.1
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.1
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
3.74
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.27
14.52
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
63.16
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
79.9
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
31.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
103.39
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
18.8
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21.93
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
63.16
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
40.73
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.12
-35.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
1.68
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
31.58
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.63
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Chick Evans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chick Evans
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA