Ray Narleski vs. Ricky Romero — Career Comparison

Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ricky Romero
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaToronto Blue JaysAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Ricky Romero 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. Ray Narleski posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.6 and WHIP 1.372 compared to 4.16 and 1.405 for Ricky Romero. By the career numbers, Ray Narleski had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Narleski and Ricky Romero

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.45
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.55
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.57
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.42
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.58
56.58
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.13
53.13
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.45
98.45
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.09
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.6
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
370
4.16
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2404
27
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
702
9
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801.1
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
766
8.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.6
8.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
1.03
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
0.92
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.03
1.03
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
335
4.29
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
3.98
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
454
5.82
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
6.99
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.99
6.99
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.124
1.124
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.47
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3022
38.74
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3439
38.62
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
4.08
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
402
4.51
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.52
4.52
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.28
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.12
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
1.2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.398
1.398
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2676
34.31
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3006
33.76
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.12
3.12
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.297
0.297
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.74
38.74
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Ray Narleski and Ricky Romero

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
1.45
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
1.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2404
27
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
801.1
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.43
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.67
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
2.19
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
2.1
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.9
95.9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.45
1.45
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.45
98.45
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Narleski and Ricky Romero

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
266
840
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
3685.71
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
600
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
82.11
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
72.63
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.47
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
20.2
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
4.84
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
101.05
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
104.21
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.384
0.384
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.232
0.232
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
28.57
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25.26
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
14.51
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.86
-24.63
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.11
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
180
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
314.29
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
1.91
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
Ricky Romero
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
Ricky Romero
Career
Per 600 PA