Danny MacFayden vs. Ron Mahay — Career Comparison

Danny MacFayden
Greatest GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Danny MacFayden 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 3.96 and 1.424 for Danny MacFayden. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Danny MacFayden and Ron Mahay

Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
1.55
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
0.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.36
45.36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71.4
71.4
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
158
0.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1191
3.96
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.99
3.99
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8118
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2706
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2981
9.91
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.91
9.91
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
0.37
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
872
2.9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.9
2.9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
797
2.65
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.71
1.71
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.617
0.617
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.21
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11805
39.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.25
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1395
4.64
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.424
1.424
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10869
36.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.288
0.288
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.26
39.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2

Fielding Stats for Danny MacFayden and Ron Mahay

Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
118
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
635
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
792
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
753
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.616
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Danny MacFayden and Ron Mahay

Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
470
280.04
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1007
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
910
542.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.407
0.407
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
129
76.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
102
60.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
13.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.38
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
16.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.008
0.008
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29.47
17.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
162
96.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
101.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.358
0.358
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
39.32
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
47
28
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
112
66.73
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12.8
7.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
24.43
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
309
184.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
3.26
3.26
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
32.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Career
Per 600 PA
7
4.17
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Danny MacFayden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA