Ron Guidry vs. Catfish Hunter — Career Comparison

Ron Guidry
Baby BoomersLouisianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardAll-Star
Catfish Hunter
Baby BoomersNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

The numbers give Ron Guidry a clear advantage over Catfish Hunter across the core pitching metrics. Ron Guidry led in strikeout rate (K%+ 124 vs 83), walk avoidance (BB%+ 153 vs 112), and home run suppression (HR9+ 92 vs 61). Ron Guidry was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Ron Guidry and Catfish Hunter

Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
368
1.38
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
500
1.3
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
1.22
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
0.64
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
224
0.58
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
0.34
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
166
0.43
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.13
65.13
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.44
57.44
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.77
87.77
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.2
95.2
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.36
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
0.47
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.1
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.11
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
874
3.29
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1248
3.26
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.11
3.11
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.55
3.55
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.244
0.244
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7176
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2392
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2198
8.27
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2958
7.72
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.85
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
0.98
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.98
0.98
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.61
0.61
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
2.38
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
954
2.49
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.09
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.15
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.49
2.49
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1778
6.69
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2012
5.25
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.69
6.69
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.83
4.83
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.008
1.008
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.21
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.13
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.05
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.13
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.03
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9794
36.85
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14032
36.61
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.09
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
953
3.59
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1380
3.6
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
0.26
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.22
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.24
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.19
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
0.65
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.2
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.184
1.184
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.134
1.134
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9013
33.91
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12870
33.58
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.59
2.59
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.76
2.76
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.85
36.85
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.61
36.61

Fielding Stats for Ron Guidry and Catfish Hunter

Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
1.39
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
501
1.31
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
323
1.21
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
1.24
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
7180
27
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10348
27
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2393.1
9
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3449.1
9
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
0.59
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
1.15
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
319
0.83
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.06
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
422
1.59
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
567
1.48
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
1.56
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
544
1.42
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.1
98.1
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.94
95.94
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.119
1.119
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.086
1.086
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.3
87.3
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.01
95.01
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.07
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.04
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Guidry and Catfish Hunter

Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
14
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
379
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
515
435.21
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
710
600
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
658
556.06
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.557
0.557
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
149
125.92
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
124
104.79
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
13.52
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.54
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
5.07
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.13
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42.57
35.98
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
189
159.72
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
157
132.68
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.287
0.287
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.521
0.521
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.383
0.383
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
50.7
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
43.1
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
4
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
105
88.73
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45.21
38.21
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
6.76
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
160
135.21
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.44
4.44
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
32.96
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.23
Ron Guidry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.45
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.69
Ron Guidry
Career
Per 600 PA
Catfish Hunter
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100