Ray Narleski vs. John Roper — Career Comparison

Ray Narleski
Silent GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
John Roper
Gen XNorth CarolinaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

John Roper 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 5.35 and 1.511 for John Roper. 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 John Roper

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.75
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.55
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.42
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.35
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.58
56.58
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.22
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.74
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
281
3.6
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
5.35
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.7
3.7
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2106
27
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
540
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
702
9
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
9
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
7.77
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
9.85
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.77
7.77
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.85
9.85
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.03
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.45
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.03
1.03
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
335
4.29
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
3.6
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
454
5.82
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
5.55
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.71
1.71
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.124
1.124
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.017
1.017
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.21
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.45
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.14
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.4
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.15
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3022
38.74
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
39.7
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.69
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
4.08
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
5.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.08
4.08
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.6
5.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.35
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.95
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.341
1.341
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.494
1.494
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2676
34.31
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
701
35.05
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.2
3.2
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.246
0.246
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.74
38.74
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.7
39.7

Fielding Stats for Ray Narleski and John Roper

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.41
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
1.75
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.67
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
1.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2105
27
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
540
27
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
701.2
9
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
180
9
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.28
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.6
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.77
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.1
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
1.17
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.8
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
1.05
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
1.7
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.11
90.11
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.971
0.971
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.55
19.55
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.43
91.43
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.1
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Narleski and John Roper

Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
266
840
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
35
313.43
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
190
600
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
67
600
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
166
524.21
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
62
555.22
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
0.45
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.425
0.425
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
82.11
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
98.51
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
72.63
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
89.55
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.16
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.96
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.47
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.006
0.006
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.039
0.039
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.4
20.2
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
1.99
17.82
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
101.05
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
107.46
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
104.21
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
107.46
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.194
0.194
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.277
0.277
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
22.11
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
25.26
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
35.82
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
44.21
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.6
14.51
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
1.39
12.45
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
22.11
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
57
180
John Roper
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
205.97
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
2.91
2.91
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Ray Narleski
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.68
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
4
35.82
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.16
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.96
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Narleski
Career
Per 600 PA
John Roper
Career
Per 600 PA