Ray King vs. Bobby Witt — Career Comparison

Ray King
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bobby Witt
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bobby Witt built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray King as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray King led in run prevention (ERA+ 110 vs 87), walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 75), and home run suppression (HR9+ 105 vs 88). Bobby Witt held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 83). Role difference aside, Ray King holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Ray King and Bobby Witt

Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
1.57
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.45
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.44
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
0.52
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
0.57
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.51
46.51
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.49
47.49
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.33
92.33
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.17
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.04
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
3.46
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1324
4.83
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1233
27
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7395
27
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
9
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
8.23
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2493
9.1
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.23
8.23
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.1
9.1
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.74
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
252
0.92
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.96
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1375
5.02
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.14
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.02
5.02
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
278
6.09
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1955
7.14
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.14
7.14
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.47
0.47
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.117
1.117
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.351
1.351
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.35
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
0.47
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.14
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.09
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1747
38.26
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11003
40.17
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
2.12
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.05
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.9
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1449
5.29
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.37
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.28
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.31
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.35
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.23
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
216
0.79
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.355
1.355
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.569
1.569
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1518
33.24
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9414
34.37
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.37
3.37
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.311
0.311
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.26
38.26
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.17
40.17

Fielding Stats for Ray King and Bobby Witt

Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
593
12.99
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
430
1.57
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
1.45
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
1233
27
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7395
27
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
9
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2465
9
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.81
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.54
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.64
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
1.07
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.18
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.11
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.63
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
472
1.72
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.45
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
442
1.61
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.33
93.33
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.64
93.64
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.189
0.189
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.028
1.028
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.33
92.33
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.1
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray King and Bobby Witt

Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
593
59300
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
438
3600
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
600
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
526.03
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.141
0.141
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
73.97
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
24.66
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.04
24.97
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
123.29
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
90.41
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.399
0.399
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.309
0.309
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.63
-63.2
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.49
12.24
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
300
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
205.48
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.92
2.92
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray King
Career
Per 600 PA
Bobby Witt
Career
Per 600 PA