Bun Hayes vs. Alex McRae — Career Comparison

Bun Hayes
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBaltimore Black SoxNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Alex McRae
MillenialWisconsinThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bun Hayes built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex McRae as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bun Hayes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.95 and WHIP 1.586 compared to 7.34 and 1.868 for Alex McRae. By the career numbers, Bun Hayes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bun Hayes and Alex McRae

Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
1.7
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.03
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.02
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.46
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.61
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.18
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.18
43.18
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
60
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.68
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
245
5.95
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
7.34
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.95
5.95
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.34
7.34
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.97
7.97
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.44
4.44
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.71
6.71
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1112
27
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
370.2
9
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
444
10.78
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
11.37
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.78
10.78
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.68
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
2.13
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.13
2.13
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.53
0.53
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.5
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
5.21
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
144
3.5
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.39
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.777
0.777
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.95
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.95
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1679
40.77
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
43.58
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.27
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.42
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
6.75
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
8.29
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
1.17
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.75
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.71
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.586
1.586
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.842
1.842
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1478
35.89
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
37.42
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.319
0.319
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.77
40.77
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.58
43.58

Fielding Stats for Bun Hayes and Alex McRae

Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
1.73
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
4.03
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
1.01
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.47
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1202
27
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
114
27
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
400.2
9
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
9
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.43
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.71
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.89
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.95
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.13
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
2.45
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.66
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.31
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.66
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.5
94.5
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.412
0.412
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.44
58.44
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.76
11.76
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.11
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bun Hayes and Alex McRae

Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
79
278.82
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
1133.33
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
600
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
550.59
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.212
0.212
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.525
0.525
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
116.47
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
105.88
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.06
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.53
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.59
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
34.41
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0.45
30.24
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
130.59
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
148.24
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
2
133.33
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.237
0.237
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.492
0.492
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Alex McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
56.47
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
45.88
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
102.35
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.54
40.71
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
40.23
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.53
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
28.24
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.53
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
3
200
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
170
170
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
17.65
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.53
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.53
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bun Hayes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Alex McRae
Career
Per 600 PA