Ron Mahay vs. Slim Sallee — Career Comparison

Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Slim Sallee
Lost GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Slim Sallee 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. Slim Sallee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.56 and WHIP 1.170 compared to 3.83 and 1.456 for Ron Mahay. By the career numbers, Slim Sallee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Mahay and Slim Sallee

Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
1.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
307
0.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
0.55
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
0.46
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.89
54.89
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.5
64.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
0.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.11
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
804
2.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.56
2.56
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8465
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2821.2
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2729
8.7
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
1.83
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
836
2.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.67
2.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.499
0.499
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.02
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11476
36.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1091
3.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10860
34.64
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.29
2.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.6
36.6

Fielding Stats for Ron Mahay and Slim Sallee

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519
7.63
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
476
9.25
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
1.01
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1389
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
463
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
661
12.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
768
14.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
747
14.52
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.569
1.569
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.92
10.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Mahay and Slim Sallee

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
476
277.01
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1031
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
924
537.73
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.461
0.461
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
158
91.95
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
81.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
6.98
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.33
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.16
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
10.48
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40.98
23.85
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
184
107.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
207
120.47
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.213
0.213
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.028
0.028
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
33.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
30.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
107
62.27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37.92
22.07
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
1.75
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
26.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
233
135.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.42
4.42
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
33.75
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.16
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.16
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
Slim Sallee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100