Bob Gibson vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Bob Gibson
Silent GenerationNebraskaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bob Gibson 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. Bob Gibson led in home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 73), strikeout rate (K%+ 115 vs 100), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 97 vs 86). Ron Mahay held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 93 vs 79). Role difference aside, Bob Gibson holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob Gibson and Ron Mahay

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
0.58
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
0.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.06
59.06
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
0.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1258
2.91
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.37
3.37
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11653
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3279
7.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
8.54
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.6
7.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
257
0.6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.49
0.49
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1336
3.1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
0.27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3117
7.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.22
7.22
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.9
5.9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.146
1.146
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
0.25
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.24
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16068
37.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1420
3.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14525
33.65
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2167
34.34
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.23
37.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Bob Gibson and Ron Mahay

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
528
1.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
482
1.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11654
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3884.2
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
0.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
484
1.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
817
1.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
775
1.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.86
94.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.468
1.468
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.29
91.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Gibson and Ron Mahay

Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
596
240.16
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1489
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1328
535.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.588
0.588
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
274
110.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
201
80.99
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
17.73
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
9.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
29.42
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.266
0.266
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.018
0.018
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
103.39
41.66
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
400
161.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
345
139.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.301
0.301
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.545
0.545
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.185
0.185
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.449
0.449
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.276
0.276
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
53.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
58.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
252
101.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99.39
40.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
3.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
25.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
415
167.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
29.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
7.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
5.24
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
5.24
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
4.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
9.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56.52
56.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA