Sam Gibson vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Sam Gibson
Lost GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Sam 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. Ron Mahay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.83 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 4.28 and 1.574 for Sam Gibson. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sam Gibson and Ron Mahay

Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.58
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.71
45.71
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.25
57.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
280
4.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1765
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
588.1
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
676
10.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.34
10.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
3.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
3.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.18
3.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.779
0.779
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.21
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2652
40.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.52
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
5.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.574
1.574
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2379
36.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.57
40.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Sam Gibson and Ron Mahay

Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.71
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.122
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Gibson and Ron Mahay

Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
132
375.36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
211
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
202
574.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
28
560
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.566
0.566
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
142.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
116.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
25.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.67
41.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
167.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
150.71
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.551
0.551
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.045
0.045
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
48.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
39.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
31
88.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.11
48.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
39.81
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.07
15.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sam Gibson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
17.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Gibson
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA