Ray Herbert vs. Fred Rath Jr. — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fred Rath Jr.
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaColorado RockiesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Herbert built a career as a starting pitcher and Fred Rath Jr. as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fred Rath Jr. posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 1.69 and WHIP 1.500 compared to 4.01 and 1.388 for Ray Herbert. By the career numbers, Fred Rath Jr. had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Fred Rath Jr.

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.95
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.5
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.29
49.29
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.99
57.99
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2000
9.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
10.13
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.73
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.19
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
864
4.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.763
0.763
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.75
0.75
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.11
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8010
38.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
38.81
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.35
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.69
1.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.69
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.69
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
33.75
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.81
38.81

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Fred Rath Jr.

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
2.08
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
3.38
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.18
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.1
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.64
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.51
56.51
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Fred Rath Jr.

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
73.39
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
33.94
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Fred Rath Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Rath Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA