Ray Herbert vs. Ken Ryan — Career Comparison

Ray Herbert
Silent GenerationMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ken Ryan
Gen XRhode IslandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ray Herbert built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ryan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Ryan led in home run suppression (HR9+ 354 vs 85), run prevention (ERA+ 162 vs 93), and strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 78). Ray Herbert held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 157 vs 93). Role difference aside, Ken Ryan holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ray Herbert and Ken Ryan

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
1.95
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
7.56
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
1.13
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.5
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.44
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
0.51
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.5
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.29
49.29
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.99
57.99
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.07
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.95
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
839
4.01
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.91
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.02
4.02
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.2
9
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2000
9.57
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
8.38
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.38
8.38
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
167
0.8
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.66
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.66
0.66
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.09
0.09
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
571
2.73
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
5.17
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.19
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.82
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
864
4.13
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
7.09
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.09
7.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.12
2.12
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.94
0.94
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.362
1.362
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.18
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.47
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.11
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.09
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8010
38.32
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1265
39.85
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
0.35
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
3.94
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
927
4.43
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
4.41
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.41
4.41
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.57
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.28
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.85
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.367
1.367
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7415
35.47
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1065
33.55
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.28
2.28
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.32
38.32
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.85
39.85

Fielding Stats for Ray Herbert and Ken Ryan

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
407
2.08
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
7.56
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
1.18
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5280
27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
857
27
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
9
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
285.2
9
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
126
0.64
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.66
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
389
1.99
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.01
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.07
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.06
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
528
2.7
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
1.73
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
515
2.63
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
1.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.36
96.36
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.265
1.265
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.221
0.221
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.51
56.51
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.13
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Herbert and Ken Ryan

Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
374.31
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
240
16000
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
654
600
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
569
522.02
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.564
0.564
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
109
100
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
73.39
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19.27
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.92
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.42
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.61
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.96
35.74
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
7.45
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
153
140.37
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.517
0.517
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
42.2
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
46.79
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
82.57
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37.1
34.04
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.13
-8.35
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.83
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
38.53
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PAverified
133
122.02
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.92
4.92
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.25
2.25
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
33.94
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ray Herbert
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
3.67
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
13
11.93
Ken Ryan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Herbert
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ryan
Career
Per 600 PA