Ron Mahay vs. Bugs Bennett — Career Comparison

Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bugs Bennett
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Bugs Bennett 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 6.68 and 2.109 for Bugs Bennett. By the career numbers, Ron Mahay had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Mahay and Bugs Bennett

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
6.68
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.68
6.68
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.76
7.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.62
6.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
101
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.2
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
11.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.23
11.23
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.8
0.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
4.21
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
7.75
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.21
4.21
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.75
7.75
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
44.91
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.8
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
8.29
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.29
8.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.109
2.109
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
137
36.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.91
44.91

Fielding Stats for Ron Mahay and Bugs Bennett

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1836
27
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
612
9
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.82
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
1.44
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.34
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.175
0.175
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Mahay and Bugs Bennett

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
10
545.45
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
560
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
120
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.39
67.89
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.34
73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
4
218.18
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
218.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.364
0.364
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.727
0.727
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0.571
0.571
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.444
0.444
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.09
61.84
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.74
95.13
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Bugs Bennett
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
Bugs Bennett
Career
Per 600 PA