Walter Gibbons vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Walter Gibbons
Silent GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaIndianapolis ClownsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Gibbons built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Ray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.13 and WHIP 1.734 compared to 9 and 2.538 for Walter Gibbons. By the career numbers, Ken Ray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Gibbons and Ken Ray

Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.13
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.85
10.85
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.422
0.422
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
18.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
10.14
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.69
18.69
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
4.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.15
4.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
49.85
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
40.56
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
10.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.47
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.539
2.539
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
44.31
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.448
0.448
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.85
49.85
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Walter Gibbons and Ken Ray

Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.77
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Gibbons and Ken Ray

Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
500
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.583
0.583
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
39.68
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
53.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Gibbons
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA