Lefty Gomez vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Lefty Gomez
Greatest GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Lefty Gomez 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. Lefty Gomez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.34 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 3.83 and 1.456 for Ron Mahay. By the career numbers, Lefty Gomez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Lefty Gomez and Ron Mahay

Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
1.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
320
1.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.68
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
0.37
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.95
64.95
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.96
86.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
930
3.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7509
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2503
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2290
8.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
8.54
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1095
3.94
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1468
5.28
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.024
1.024
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10729
38.58
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1091
3.92
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9615
34.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.58
38.58
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Lefty Gomez and Ron Mahay

Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
393
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
449
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.74
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lefty Gomez and Ron Mahay

Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
368
215.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1024
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
904
529.69
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.147
0.147
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.414
0.414
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
133
77.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
71.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
6.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
6.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27.34
16.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
144
84.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
108.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.159
0.159
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.353
0.353
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
34.57
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
33.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
117
68.55
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.36
10.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
29.3
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
252
147.66
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.06
4.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
39.84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Career
Per 600 PA
5
2.93
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Gomez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA