Ron Mahay vs. Karl Spooner — Career Comparison

Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Karl Spooner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Karl Spooner 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. Karl Spooner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.149 compared to 3.83 and 1.456 for Ron Mahay. By the career numbers, Karl Spooner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Mahay and Karl Spooner

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.249
0.249
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
539
8.54
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.54
8.54
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
7.45
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
8.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.45
7.45
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.296
1.296
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
488
37.65
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2167
34.34
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
436
33.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Ron Mahay and Karl Spooner

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.85
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.62
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
1.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Mahay and Karl Spooner

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
31
476.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.7
0.7
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
76.92
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.556
0.556
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.39
67.89
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
75.99
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
230.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
8
160
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
184.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.695
0.695
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.636
0.636
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
0.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.263
0.263
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.09
61.84
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.91
75.57
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
16
246.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
2.44
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA