Rufe Gentry vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Rufe Gentry
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Rufe Gentry built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Mahay as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Mahay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.83 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 4.37 and 1.584 for Rufe Gentry. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rufe Gentry and Ron Mahay

Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.78
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.48
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.33
43.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70.83
70.83
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
4.37
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.69
4.69
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
729
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
243
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
9.3
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.3
9.3
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.23
0.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.21
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
2.89
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.89
2.89
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.872
0.872
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1080
40
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
4.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.584
1.584
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
939
34.78
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Rufe Gentry and Ron Mahay

Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98.28
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.188
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rufe Gentry and Ron Mahay

Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
48
316.48
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
573.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
28
560
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
105.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
92.31
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
15.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
118.68
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
118.68
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.207
0.207
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.409
0.409
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
2
13.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
65.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
79.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
1.03
6.82
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
13.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
105.49
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.69
5.69
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rufe Gentry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
6
39.56
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rufe Gentry
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA