Ron Herbel vs. Carl Mays — Career Comparison

Ron Herbel
Silent GenerationColoradoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Carl Mays
Lost GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Carl Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Herbel as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Carl Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.207 compared to 3.83 and 1.437 for Ron Herbel. By the career numbers, Carl Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Herbel and Carl Mays

Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
1.46
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
0.97
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.42
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.62
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.37
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.38
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.16
53.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.16
62.16
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.87
23.87
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.33
66.33
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
0.69
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.09
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.09
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
380
3.83
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
979
2.92
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.269
0.269
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.252
0.252
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2682
27
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9064
27
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
894
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3021.1
9
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
945
9.51
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2912
8.67
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.67
8.67
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.22
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
2.87
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
734
2.19
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.55
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.87
2.87
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.19
2.19
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
447
4.5
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
2.57
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.5
4.5
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.57
2.57
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.819
0.819
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.528
0.528
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.4
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.1
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.2
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.27
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3836
38.62
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12385
36.89
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.01
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
0.37
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
4.45
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1211
3.61
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.45
4.45
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.06
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.376
1.376
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3514
35.38
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11562
34.44
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.34
1.34
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.89
36.89

Fielding Stats for Ron Herbel and Carl Mays

Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
331
3.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
490
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
0.8
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2683
27
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
894.1
9
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.63
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
1.89
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.11
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.64
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1356
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
2.53
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1312
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.8
95.8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.76
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.758
0.758
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2.678
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.87
23.87
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.15
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Herbel and Carl Mays

Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
332
885.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
502
251.21
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
225
600
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1199
600
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
206
549.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1085
542.95
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.268
0.268
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.164
0.164
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.684
0.684
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
291
145.62
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
4
10.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
233
116.6
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
16.01
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
10.51
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
2.5
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
29.02
Ron Herbel
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
1.12
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
121.02
60.56
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
380
190.16
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
14
37.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
361
180.65
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.065
0.065
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.663
0.663
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.082
0.082
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.039
0.039
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.079
0.079
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.567
0.567
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.074
0.074
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.297
0.297
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
6
16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
113
56.55
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
110
55.05
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
9
24
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
218
109.09
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
-15.81
-42.16
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139.67
69.89
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
8
21.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
33.03
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
125
333.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
58.05
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.34
10.34
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
0.57
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
22.02
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.33
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.5
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Carl Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.5
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.67
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1
Ron Herbel
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Carl Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50