Nat Howard vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Nat Howard
UnknownNew York Lincoln GiantsIndependentStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Nat Howard 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. Ken Ray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.13 and WHIP 1.734 compared to 7.6 and 1.922 for Nat Howard. By the career numbers, Ken Ray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nat Howard and Ken Ray

Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.57
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.52
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.6
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.13
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.6
7.6
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.64
7.64
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.364
0.364
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
14.42
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
10.14
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.42
14.42
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.88
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
2.88
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.641
0.641
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
44.3
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
40.56
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
8.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.47
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.52
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.922
1.922
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.684
1.684
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
151
39.58
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.3
44.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Nat Howard and Ken Ray

Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.6
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.92
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.1
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.14
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.23
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.83
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.6
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nat Howard and Ken Ray

Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
7
247.06
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
564.71
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.59
20.74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.126
0.126
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
70.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
105.88
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
7.93
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
35.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nat Howard
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA