Joe Mays vs. Kevin Whelan — Career Comparison

Joe Mays
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Kevin Whelan
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Joe Mays built a career as a starting pitcher and Kevin Whelan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Joe Mays posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.05 and WHIP 1.473 compared to 9 and 3.333 for Kevin Whelan. By the career numbers, Joe Mays had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Mays and Kevin Whelan

Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.86
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.43
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.63
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.68
40.68
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.73
75.73
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
5.05
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.05
5.05
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.64
18.64
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.33
17.33
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
1130
10.2
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.2
10.2
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
1.25
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
6
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
2.97
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
21
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
21
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
512
4.62
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
6
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.844
0.844
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.42
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
3
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.16
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4360
39.36
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
57
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.13
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
5.43
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.27
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.26
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.94
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.463
1.463
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.333
3.333
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3954
35.69
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
36
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.125
0.125
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.36
39.36
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
57

Fielding Stats for Joe Mays and Kevin Whelan

Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
206
1.86
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
1.41
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2991
27
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
27
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
997
9
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
9
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
0.72
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
130
1.17
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
218
1.97
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210
1.9
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
3
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.019
1.019
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75.73
75.73
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.14
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Mays and Kevin Whelan

Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
206
3987.1
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
600
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
464.52
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.726
0.726
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
116.13
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
38.71
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.93
56.72
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
154.84
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
174.19
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.611
0.611
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
19.35
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.15
60.89
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
58.06
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
9
174.19
Kevin Whelan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.44
3.44
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Mays
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
77.42
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Joe Mays
Career
Per 600 PA
Kevin Whelan
Career
Per 600 PA