Ray Hale vs. Joe Poetz — Career Comparison

Ray Hale
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Joe Poetz
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Joe Poetz built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Hale as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Poetz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.625 compared to 5.67 and 1.852 for Ray Hale. By the career numbers, Joe Poetz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Hale and Joe Poetz

Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.83
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.25
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.17
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.67
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
5.67
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.23
6.23
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.63
9.63
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.185
0.185
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
27
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
9
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
13
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5.63
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.63
5.63
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.17
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.25
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.25
2.25
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
3.67
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
9
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
2.83
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.55
1.55
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.722
0.722
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.33
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.13
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
42.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
40.5
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.13
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
8.67
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3.38
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.67
8.67
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.852
1.852
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.625
1.625
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
38.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
30.38
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.67
42.67
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Ray Hale and Joe Poetz

Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.62
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
27
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
9
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.15
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.21
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.74
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
3.1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.36
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.19
76.19
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.455
1.455
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.5
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Hale and Joe Poetz

Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
275
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
600
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
500
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
2.15
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
29.73
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
100
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.075
0.075
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
50
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-21.53
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
68.03
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
100
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
11
275
Joe Poetz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.18
2.18
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hale
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Hale
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Poetz
Career
Per 600 PA