Ray Herbert vs. Matt Ruebel — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Matt Ruebel
Gen XOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Herbert built a career as a starting pitcher and Matt Ruebel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Herbert led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 107), run prevention (ERA+ 93 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 84). Matt Ruebel held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 86 vs 85). Role difference aside, Ray Herbert holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Matt Ruebel

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.95
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
5.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.13
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.5
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.29
49.29
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.44
44.44
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.99
57.99
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
839
4.01
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
5.54
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.01
4.01
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.75
5.75
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2000
9.57
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
10.52
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.52
10.52
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
0.8
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
1.25
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.73
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
3.88
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.19
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
5.4
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.76
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8010
38.32
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
41.54
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.35
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
927
4.43
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
6.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.58
6.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.21
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.76
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7415
35.47
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
36.14
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.54
41.54

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Matt Ruebel

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
2.08
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
5.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.18
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.55
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
390
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.64
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.76
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.25
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
2.01
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.88
87.88
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.51
56.51
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.39
10.39
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Matt Ruebel

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
77
1925
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
569
522.02
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.438
0.438
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
73.39
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.56
13.92
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
100
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.341
0.341
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.38
9.52
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
1
25
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
275
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
2.18
2.18
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
33.94
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Matt Ruebel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Ruebel
Career
Per 600 PA