Ron Mahay vs. Cy Young — Career Comparison

Ron Mahay
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTexas RangersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Cy Young
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland SpidersNational LeagueHall of FameStarting Pitcher

Cy Young 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. Cy Young posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.63 and WHIP 1.130 compared to 3.83 and 1.456 for Ron Mahay. By the career numbers, Cy Young had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ron Mahay and Cy Young

Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
8.14
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
906
1.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
815
1
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.43
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
511
0.63
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.19
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
315
0.39
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.23
69.23
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
61.86
61.86
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.96
89.96
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
749
0.92
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.09
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.02
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
242
3.83
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2147
2.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.83
3.83
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.6
2.6
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1704
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22068
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
568
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7356
9
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
539
8.54
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7092
8.68
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.54
8.54
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.68
8.68
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
1.19
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
4.21
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1217
1.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.35
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.49
1.49
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
7.45
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2803
3.43
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.45
7.45
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.547
0.547
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.44
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
0.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.16
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
0.2
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2474
39.2
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29579
36.19
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.58
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.1
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
273
4.33
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3167
3.87
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.87
3.87
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.19
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.3
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.65
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.417
1.417
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2167
34.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28201
34.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.2
39.2
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.19
36.19

Fielding Stats for Ron Mahay and Cy Young

Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
519
7.63
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
911
1.13
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
0.29
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1836
27
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21744
27
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
612
9
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7248
9
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.51
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
0.31
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.82
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2015
2.5
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.18
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
1.44
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2414
3
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.34
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2266
2.81
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.87
93.87
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.175
0.175
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.487
2.487
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.47
25.47
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.05
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ron Mahay and Cy Young

Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
22
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
520
10400
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
918
177.62
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3101
600
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
28
560
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2960
572.72
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.538
0.538
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
6
120
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
623
120.54
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
483
93.45
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
16.83
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
6.77
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
3.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
27.09
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.39
67.89
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
204.03
39.48
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
240
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
834
161.37
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
160
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
714
138.15
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.234
0.234
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.695
0.695
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.516
0.516
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.636
0.636
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3
60
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
325
62.88
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
60
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
290
56.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
5
100
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
597
115.51
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.09
61.84
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
212.45
41.11
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
1.93
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
20
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
81
15.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
160
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
381
73.72
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
3.75
3.75
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.14
8.14
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
9.67
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
5.61
Ron Mahay
Career
Per 600 PA
Cy Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100