Johnson Fry vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Johnson Fry
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May built a career as a starting pitcher and Johnson Fry 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 12.27 and 2.727 for Johnson Fry. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Johnson Fry and Rudy May

Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.35
49.35
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
14.73
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.73
14.73
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9.82
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.091
1.091
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.14
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
51.55
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.45
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
12.27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.27
12.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.727
2.727
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
41.73
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.353
0.353
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.55
51.55
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Johnson Fry and Rudy May

Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7865
27
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2621.2
9
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.31
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.13
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
1.74
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.61
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Johnson Fry and Rudy May

Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
536
839.69
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
534.2
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.75
1.75
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.27
14.52
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
103.39
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
18.8
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.93
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
40.73
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
314.53
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.68
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
3.13
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.34
2.34
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.63
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Johnson Fry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Johnson Fry
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA