Al Grabowski vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Al Grabowski
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Grabowski 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 4.07 and 1.420 for Al Grabowski. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Grabowski and Ron Mahay

Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.24
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.52
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35.9
35.9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
71
4.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
9.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
3.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
3.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
0.777
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
683
39.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.92
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
4.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.82
4.82
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.42
1.42
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
35.77
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.15
39.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Al Grabowski and Ron Mahay

Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Grabowski and Ron Mahay

Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
41
482.35
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49
576.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
28
560
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.327
0.327
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.794
0.794
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
188.24
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
129.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
47.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
58.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.313
0.313
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.06
83.04
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.39
67.89
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
258.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
12
240
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
200
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.34
0.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.449
0.449
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.789
0.789
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.697
0.697
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.421
0.421
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
117.65
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
188.24
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.82
91.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
61.84
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
11.76
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
129.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.64
4.64
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Al Grabowski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Grabowski
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA