Matt Palmer vs. Ron Taylor — Career Comparison

Matt Palmer
Gen XTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ron Taylor
Silent GenerationCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Matt Palmer built a career as a starting pitcher and Ron Taylor as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ron Taylor posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.93 and WHIP 1.349 compared to 4.56 and 1.505 for Matt Palmer. By the career numbers, Ron Taylor had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Matt Palmer and Ron Taylor

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.06
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.52
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
0.51
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.34
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.48
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
65
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.14
51.14
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.05
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.81
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.93
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.65
4.65
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2400
27
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
800
9
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
8.79
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
794
8.93
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.79
8.79
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.93
8.93
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.73
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
4.56
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.35
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.19
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.86
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.35
2.35
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
4.76
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
464
5.22
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.22
5.22
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.036
1.036
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.841
0.841
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.34
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.14
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.39
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.24
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
808
39.24
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3339
37.56
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.68
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
3.17
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
4.9
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
4.16
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.16
4.16
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.44
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.15
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.24
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.07
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
1.26
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.484
1.484
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.254
1.254
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
692
33.6
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3090
34.76
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.56
37.56

Fielding Stats for Matt Palmer and Ron Taylor

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
3.06
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
491
5.53
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.97
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.19
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
27
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2399
27
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
185.1
9
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
799.2
9
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.63
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.42
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.92
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
1.45
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.1
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.03
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
1.65
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.9
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.55
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
166
1.87
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
94.12
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.22
98.22
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.508
0.508
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.338
0.338
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31.75
31.75
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.15
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.07
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Matt Palmer and Ron Taylor

Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
11
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
3150
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
491
2434.71
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
12
600
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
121
600
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
10
500
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
575.21
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.542
0.542
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.26
0.26
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
59.5
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
49.59
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.92
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.57
28.42
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.41
6.98
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
100
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
69.42
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
150
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
64.46
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.232
0.232
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.08
0.08
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
9.92
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.96
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
14.88
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
35.37
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.82
-18.94
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
250
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
68
337.19
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.4
2.4
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1.78
1.78
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
50
Ron Taylor
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
19.83
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.96
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Palmer
Career
Per 600 PA
Ron Taylor
Career
Per 600 PA