Ken Holcombe vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Ken Holcombe
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Holcombe built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Mahay as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Mahay posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.83 and WHIP 1.456 compared to 3.98 and 1.459 for Ken Holcombe. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Holcombe and Ron Mahay

Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
2.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
1.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.43
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.77
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.48
48.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.43
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
3.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1125
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
375
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
9.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.05
9.05
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
4.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
2.83
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.83
2.83
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1630
39.12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.77
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
4.7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.459
1.459
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1457
34.97
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.98
1.98
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.268
0.268
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.12
39.12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Ken Holcombe and Ron Mahay

Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
84
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.79
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.04
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Holcombe and Ron Mahay

Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
99
482.93
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
123
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
517.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.476
0.476
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
92.68
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
82.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.73
18.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
102.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
107.32
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
34.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
3
14.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
48.78
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.18
15.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
36
175.61
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
3.42
3.42
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ken Holcombe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
68.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holcombe
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA