Ken Holloway vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Ken Holloway
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Ken Holloway 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 4.4 and 1.523 for Ken Holloway. 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 Holloway and Ron Mahay

Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
2.21
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
111
0.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.17
55.17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.95
38.95
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
567
4.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.18
4.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3480
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1160
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1370
10.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.63
10.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
3.08
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
293
2.27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.27
2.27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5164
40.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
684
5.31
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.523
1.523
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4730
36.7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.07
40.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Ken Holloway and Ron Mahay

Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
285
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
301
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Holloway and Ron Mahay

Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
285
419.12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
408
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
378
555.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.417
0.417
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
92.65
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
79.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.94
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
13.24
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13.01
19.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
108.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
102.94
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.378
0.378
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.131
0.131
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
23.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
23.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
47.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.71
14.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
10.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PAverified
59
86.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.92
6.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
33.82
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Holloway
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA