Ray Fontenot vs. Mariano Rivera — Career Comparison

Ray Fontenot
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
Gen XPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameRelief PitcherAll-Star

Ray Fontenot built a career as a starting pitcher and Mariano Rivera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mariano Rivera led in run prevention (ERA+ 177 vs 97), home run suppression (HR9+ 195 vs 131), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 165 vs 110). Role difference aside, Mariano Rivera holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ray Fontenot and Mariano Rivera

Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.64
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.13
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.57
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.47
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.42
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.02
49.02
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.75
57.75
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.76
42.76
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
652
4.57
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
221
4.03
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
2.21
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.21
2.21
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.09
2.09
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
551
10.05
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
998
7
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.05
10.05
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.77
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.5
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
2.79
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
286
2.01
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.2
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.29
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.79
2.79
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.01
2.01
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
3.94
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
8.22
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.05
1.05
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.748
0.748
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.24
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.09
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.11
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.32
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2112
38.5
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5103
35.78
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
6.67
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
4.61
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.38
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.61
4.61
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.46
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.18
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.13
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.18
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.44
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
0.62
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1921
35.02
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4720
33.09
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.74
1.74
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.5
38.5
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.78
35.78

Fielding Stats for Ray Fontenot and Mariano Rivera

Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
19
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.64
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1115
7.82
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
1.13
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.07
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
1481
27
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3851
27
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
493.2
9
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1283.2
9
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.35
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
0.77
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.73
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
1.81
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
124
2.26
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
2.62
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
2.08
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
2.58
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.94
91.94
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.4
98.4
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.786
0.786
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.76
42.76
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.08
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Fontenot and Mariano Rivera

Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
19
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
145
1673.08
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1115
167250
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
600
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
553.85
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.1
1.2
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
5.31
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.063
0.063
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.044
0.044
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
34.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
34.62
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.24
-37.43
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
1.04
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
24
276.92
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
2.17
2.17
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ray Fontenot
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
46.15
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.54
Mariano Rivera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Fontenot
Career
Per 600 PA
Mariano Rivera
Career
Per 600 PA