Ken Gables vs. Ray Hale — Career Comparison

Ken Gables
Greatest GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ray Hale
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Gables built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Hale as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Gables posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.69 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 5.67 and 1.852 for Ray Hale. By the career numbers, Ken Gables had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Gables and Ray Hale

Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.33
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.83
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.86
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.17
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.49
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.17
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.41
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.1
37.1
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.23
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.67
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
4.69
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
5.67
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.69
4.69
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
719
27
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
239.2
9
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
9.58
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
13
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.58
9.58
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.34
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
3.68
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.67
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
3.3
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
2.83
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.776
0.776
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.08
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1066
40.03
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
42.67
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.75
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
5.07
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
8.67
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.473
1.473
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
963
36.16
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
38.67
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.03
40.03
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.67
42.67

Fielding Stats for Ken Gables and Ray Hale

Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.62
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
27
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
9
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.37
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.597
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Gables and Ray Hale

Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
539.13
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
11
275
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
600
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
547.83
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.442
0.442
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
86.96
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.17
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.78
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.78
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.28
19.78
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.15
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
121.74
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
95.65
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.394
0.394
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
43.48
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
52.17
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
9.53
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-21.53
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
113.04
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
275
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.31
5.31
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Ken Gables
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
43.48
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.7
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Gables
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA