Harold Hairston vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Harold Hairston
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Harold Hairston built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Ray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.13 and WHIP 1.734 compared to 6.42 and 1.390 for Harold Hairston. By the career numbers, Ken Ray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harold Hairston and Ken Ray

Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.47
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
6.42
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.13
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.42
6.42
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
9.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.05
9.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.99
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
3.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
4.12
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.823
0.823
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.33
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
250
41.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
40.56
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.82
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
7.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.47
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.66
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.372
1.372
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
224
36.88
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.93
2.93
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.254
0.254
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.16
41.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Harold Hairston and Ken Ray

Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.47
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.2
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.81
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.81
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.733
0.733
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harold Hairston and Ken Ray

Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
15
391.3
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
6.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.174
0.174
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.061
0.061
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
52.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.81
-21.04
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
26.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harold Hairston
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA