Doc McMahon vs. Dike Varney — Career Comparison

Doc McMahon
Lost GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Dike Varney
Pre-GenerationalNew HampshireThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Doc McMahon built a career as a starting pitcher and Dike Varney as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc McMahon posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.556 compared to 6.14 and 1.773 for Dike Varney. By the career numbers, Doc McMahon had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc McMahon and Dike Varney

Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.84
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
6.14
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.14
6.14
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.91
4.91
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.52
5.52
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
27
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14.2
9
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
8.59
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
14
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
7.36
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.3
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.296
1.296
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.61
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.07
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
44.8
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
9.2
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.2
9.2
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.556
1.556
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
34.36
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.378
0.378
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.8
44.8

Fielding Stats for Doc McMahon and Dike Varney

Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.8
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
27
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
27
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
9
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
3
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.6
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
3.6
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
3
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.667
1.667
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc McMahon and Dike Varney

Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
600
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
88.74
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
14.97
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.117
0.117
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.93
111.84
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
8.98
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Dike Varney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Doc McMahon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc McMahon
Career
Per 600 PA
Dike Varney
Career
Per 600 PA