Dale Matthewson vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Dale Matthewson
Greatest GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May built a career as a starting pitcher and Dale Matthewson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rudy May posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.46 and WHIP 1.269 compared to 4.34 and 1.328 for Dale Matthewson. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Dale Matthewson and Rudy May

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
4.34
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.35
49.35
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.14
7.14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.34
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.243
0.243
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
174
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
8.22
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
3.72
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
2.48
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.14
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
242
37.55
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.86
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
4.34
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
33.83
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.55
37.55
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Dale Matthewson and Rudy May

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7865
27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2621.2
9
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.31
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.13
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
506
1.74
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
469
1.61
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.464
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dale Matthewson and Rudy May

Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
2900
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
536
839.69
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
5
500
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
341
534.2
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
14.1
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
18.03
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.27
14.52
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66
103.39
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
18.8
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
21.93
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
40.73
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
21.87
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.68
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.63
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Dale Matthewson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dale Matthewson
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA