Bobby Mathews vs. Ron Robinson — Career Comparison

Bobby Mathews
Pre-GenerationalMarylandThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MutualsUnknownRelief Pitcher
Ron Robinson
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ron Robinson built a career as a starting pitcher and Bobby Mathews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bobby Mathews posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.86 and WHIP 1.237 compared to 3.63 and 1.378 for Ron Robinson. By the career numbers, Bobby Mathews had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bobby Mathews and Ron Robinson

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
578
1.05
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.61
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
1.03
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.15
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
297
0.54
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.54
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
0.45
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.44
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.5
54.5
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.17
55.17
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.97
43.97
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
0.95
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.04
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.21
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1573
2.86
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
323
3.63
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.76
3.76
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.262
0.262
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.267
0.267
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14868
27
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2400
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4956
9
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
9
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5601
10.17
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
819
9.21
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.17
10.17
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.21
9.21
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.13
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
61
0.69
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
532
0.97
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
253
2.85
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.85
2.85
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1528
2.77
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
473
5.32
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.77
2.77
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.64
2.64
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.04
2.04
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.416
0.416
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.908
0.908
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
253
0.46
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.18
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.09
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21997
39.95
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3400
38.25
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.02
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.64
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3497
6.35
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
4.23
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.23
4.23
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.34
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.33
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.52
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.238
1.238
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21417
38.89
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3071
34.55
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.05
6.05
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.95
39.95
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.25
38.25

Fielding Stats for Bobby Mathews and Ron Robinson

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
669
1.1
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
2.61
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
133
0.22
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.15
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16419
27
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2400
27
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5473
9
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
800
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
296
0.49
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.69
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
806
1.33
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
1.25
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.42
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1357
2.23
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
184
2.07
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1102
1.81
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
1.94
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.21
81.21
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.48
93.48
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.647
1.647
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.741
0.741
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.88
19.88
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.97
43.97
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.04
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bobby Mathews and Ron Robinson

Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
623
146.07
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
864.6
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2559
600
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
161
600
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2486
582.88
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
144
536.65
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.203
0.203
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.466
0.466
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
504
118.17
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
81.99
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
446
104.57
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
74.53
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
11.25
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.45
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.23
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
13.6
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
7.45
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125.53
29.43
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.27
12.2
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
573
134.35
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
89.44
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
577
135.29
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
23
85.71
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.456
0.456
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.324
0.324
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.113
0.113
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.329
0.329
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.202
0.202
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.208
0.208
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
318
74.56
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
33.54
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
164
38.45
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
22.36
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
481
112.78
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
55.9
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133.55
31.31
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
1.94
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
17.12
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.73
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
14.54
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
216.15
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.27
41.27
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.78
2.78
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.18
1.18
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
55.9
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.73
Bobby Mathews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
2.11
Ron Robinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
7.45
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
2.34
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
1.17
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bobby Mathews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Ron Robinson
Career
Per 600 PA