Garland Kiser vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Garland Kiser
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May built a career as a starting pitcher and Garland Kiser as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 9.64 and 2.357 for Garland Kiser. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Garland Kiser and Rudy May

Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
13.5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.35
49.35
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9.64
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.27
9.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.368
0.368
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
13.5
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.43
0.43
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.14
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
48.21
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
9.64
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.64
9.64
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.4
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.44
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
36.64
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.438
0.438
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.21
48.21
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Garland Kiser and Rudy May

Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
13.5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7865
27
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2621.2
9
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.31
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.13
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
1.74
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.61
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Garland Kiser and Rudy May

Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
7
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
536
839.69
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
383
600
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
534.2
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
65.8
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
51.7
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.27
14.52
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
79.9
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
103.39
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.119
0.119
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
18.8
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.93
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
40.73
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.07
1.68
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.34
2.34
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.63
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Garland Kiser
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Garland Kiser
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA