Leniel Hooker vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Leniel Hooker
Greatest GenerationNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNewark EaglesNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Leniel Hooker built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leniel Hooker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.364 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Leniel Hooker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leniel Hooker and Ken Ray

Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.55
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.13
47.13
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.94
67.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
345
4.13
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.264
0.264
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
789
9.43
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.35
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.22
0.22
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
2.83
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
347
4.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.776
0.776
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.28
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3299
39.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
432
5.17
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.17
5.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.57
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
59
0.71
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2991
35.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.3
3.3
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Leniel Hooker and Ken Ray

Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
1.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88
1.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2258
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
2.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
2.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
2.22
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.94
98.94
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.18
67.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leniel Hooker and Ken Ray

Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
132
264
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
283
566
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.099
0.099
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.272
0.272
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
56
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
50
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.16
8.33
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
28
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-5.09
-10.17
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
22
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
150
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Leniel Hooker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leniel Hooker
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA