Ron Mahay vs. Cesar Vargas — Career Comparison

Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cesar Vargas
MillenialMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Cesar Vargas 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 5.03 and 1.676 for Cesar Vargas. 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 Cesar Vargas

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.85
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.43
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.79
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
3.83
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.83
3.83
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.28
4.28
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.95
5.95
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.52
4.52
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
10.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.85
10.85
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.19
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
1.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.97
3.97
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
7.41
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.41
7.41
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.265
1.265
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2474
39.2
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
40.76
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
273
4.33
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
5.03
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.33
4.33
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.3
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.65
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.417
1.417
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.647
1.647
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
36
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
39.2
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.76
40.76

Fielding Stats for Ron Mahay and Cesar Vargas

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.51
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.06
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.91
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.1
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.97
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.143
2.143
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Mahay and Cesar Vargas

Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
7
466.67
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
600
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
560
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
120
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
100
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.82
-54.81
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
333.33
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.75
3.75
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1.8
1.8
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA