Ray Narleski vs. Pat Ragan — Career Comparison

Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Pat Ragan
Lost GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Pat Ragan built a career as a starting pitcher and Ray Narleski as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pat Ragan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.99 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 3.6 and 1.372 for Ray Narleski. By the career numbers, Pat Ragan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Narleski and Pat Ragan

Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
283
1.58
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
1.02
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.55
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
0.43
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.58
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.58
56.58
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.54
42.54
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.31
64.31
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.22
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.52
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.07
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
3.6
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
534
2.99
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4825
27
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1608.1
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1555
8.7
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.21
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
4.29
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
470
2.63
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
5.82
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
680
3.81
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.715
0.715
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.06
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.14
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3022
38.74
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6660
37.27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.4
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
4.08
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
694
3.88
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2676
34.31
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6165
34.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.45
2.45
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.279
0.279
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.27
37.27

Fielding Stats for Ray Narleski and Pat Ragan

Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
3.41
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
212.25
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.67
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
42
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
411
308.25
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
15
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
487
365.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
467
350.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.89
95.89
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.65
1.65
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.55
19.55
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Narleski and Pat Ragan

Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
296.89
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
578
600
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
544
564.71
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.396
0.396
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
26
82.11
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
87.2
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
71.63
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12.46
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
2.08
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.04
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9.47
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15.57
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
20.2
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.71
19.42
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
103
106.92
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
104.21
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
100
103.81
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.368
0.368
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
31.14
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
8
25.26
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
29.07
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
59.17
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
14.51
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.25
10.64
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.11
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
14.53
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
180
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
159
165.05
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.09
0.09
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
18.69
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.04
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.08
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.11
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
Pat Ragan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33.33
33.33