Ray Narleski vs. Preacher Roe — Career Comparison

Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Preacher Roe
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Preacher Roe 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. Preacher Roe posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.43 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 3.6 and 1.372 for Ray Narleski. By the career numbers, Preacher Roe had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Narleski and Preacher Roe

Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
333
1.57
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.23
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.55
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.42
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.39
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
56.58
56.58
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.19
60.19
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.22
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.47
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
281
3.6
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
730
3.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.7
3.7
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5743
27
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1914.1
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
1907
8.97
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.97
8.97
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.94
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
4.29
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
504
2.37
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.37
2.37
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
5.82
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
956
4.49
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.21
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.07
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.08
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3022
38.74
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7904
37.16
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
318
4.08
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
799
3.76
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.341
1.341
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2676
34.31
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7383
34.71
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.4
2.4
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16

Fielding Stats for Ray Narleski and Preacher Roe

Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
3.41
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
47.57
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.43
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
189
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
12.86
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
295
42.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
1.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
395
56.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
55
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.47
97.47
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.156
1.156
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19.55
19.55
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
3.71
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Narleski and Preacher Roe

Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
333
277.12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
190
600
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
721
600
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
166
524.21
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
620
515.95
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26
82.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
56.59
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
53.26
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
2.5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.83
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.47
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
3.33
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
20.2
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.64
9.69
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
74
61.58
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
104.21
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
106
88.21
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.281
0.281
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.102
0.102
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0.166
0.166
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
30.79
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
25.26
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
23.3
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
53.26
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
14.51
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
-4.64
-3.87
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
31.62
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
180
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PAverified
215
178.92
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.35
3.35
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Preacher Roe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
52.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
5.83
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
Preacher Roe
Career
Per 600 PA