Darrell May vs. Ken Ray — Career Comparison

Darrell May
Gen XCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Darrell May built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Ray posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.13 and WHIP 1.734 compared to 5.16 and 1.467 for Darrell May. By the career numbers, Ken Ray had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Darrell May and Ken Ray

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.59
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.68
37.68
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
379
5.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
5.13
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.16
5.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.13
5.13
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.11
5.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.16
5.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
746
10.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
10.14
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.16
10.16
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
1.68
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.68
1.68
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
212
2.89
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.15
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.89
2.89
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
5.64
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.948
0.948
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2896
39.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.31
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
5.6
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.47
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.18
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.4
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2636
35.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.297
0.297
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.45
39.45
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56

Fielding Stats for Darrell May and Ken Ray

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
2.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1982
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
660.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
1.36
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.25
60.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Darrell May and Ken Ray

Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
161
3331.03
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
537.93
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
4.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
62.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.99
-20.58
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
20.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
13
268.97
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.23
2.23
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Darrell May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
41.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Darrell May
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA