Rudy May vs. Adonis Terry — Career Comparison

Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Adonis Terry
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn BridegroomsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher

Rudy May built a career as a starting pitcher and Adonis Terry 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 3.74 and 1.372 for Adonis Terry. By the career numbers, Rudy May had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy May and Adonis Terry

Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
440
1.13
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
406
1.04
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.52
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
0.5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
0.5
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.35
49.35
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.13
50.13
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.29
67.29
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.27
92.27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.3
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
367
0.94
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.04
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.02
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1007
3.46
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1460
3.74
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.46
3.46
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.51
3.51
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10543
27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3514.1
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3525
9.03
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.03
9.03
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
0.68
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
0.19
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
958
3.29
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1298
3.32
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1760
6.04
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1553
3.98
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.04
6.04
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.037
1.037
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.811
0.811
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
206
0.53
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.14
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
0.38
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15413
39.47
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
0.25
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.08
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1150
3.95
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
2303
5.9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
117
0.4
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.21
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
0.44
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.248
1.248
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.372
1.372
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13967
35.77
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.15
2.15
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.47
39.47

Fielding Stats for Rudy May and Adonis Terry

Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
535
1.84
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
688
1.09
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
7865
27
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17010
27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2621.2
9
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5670
9
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.3
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
725
1.15
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
382
1.31
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
808
1.28
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.13
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
0.29
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
506
1.74
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1718
2.73
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
469
1.61
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1533
2.43
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.69
92.69
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.23
89.23
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.228
2.228
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.04
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy May and Adonis Terry

Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 600 PA
14
14
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
536
839.69
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
667
156.63
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
383
600
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2555
600
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
341
534.2
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2389
561.02
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.249
0.249
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
594
139.49
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
449
105.44
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
9
14.1
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
17.85
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
12.68
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
3.52
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
9
14.1
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
34.05
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.025
0.025
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
9.27
14.52
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
269.38
63.26
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
823
193.27
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
66
103.39
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
751
176.36
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.345
0.345
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.64
0.64
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.096
0.096
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.605
0.605
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
12
18.8
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
314
73.74
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
14
21.93
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
287
67.4
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
26
40.73
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
586
137.61
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.68
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
295.4
69.37
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
2.58
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
34.29
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 600 PAverified
167
39.22
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15.3
15.3
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.87
0.87
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
26.63
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 600 PA
9
2.11
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
24.89
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
106
24.89
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
Adonis Terry
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100