Jim Hardin vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Jim Hardin
Silent GenerationTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Hardin 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. Jim Hardin led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 143 vs 93), home run suppression (HR9+ 117 vs 73), and run prevention (ERA+ 117 vs 91). Ron Mahay held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 100 vs 89). Role difference aside, Jim Hardin holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Jim Hardin and Ron Mahay

Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
1.96
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.33
57.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.98
60.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.34
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2255
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.2
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
8.27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
539
8.54
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.27
8.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
2.42
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
4.89
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.812
0.812
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.28
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3096
37.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
302
3.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.188
1.188
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2849
34.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2167
34.34
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.84
1.84
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.07
37.07
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Jim Hardin and Ron Mahay

Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
1.96
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2255
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
751.2
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
1.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
1.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
1.74
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.97
97.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.884
0.884
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.98
60.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Hardin and Ron Mahay

Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
164
367.16
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
268
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
234
523.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.388
0.388
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
53.73
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
38.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.24
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
6.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7.83
17.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
89.55
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
80.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.108
0.108
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.246
0.246
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
35.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
38.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
67.16
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.07
-0.16
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
26.87
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
98
219.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
2.73
2.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
47.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.24
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.24
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Hardin
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA