Ken Ray vs. Kirk Saarloos — Career Comparison

Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Kirk Saarloos
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Kirk Saarloos built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ray as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kirk Saarloos posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.02 and WHIP 1.570 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Kirk Saarloos had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ray and Kirk Saarloos

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
2.92
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.51
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.15
49.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.24
44.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
284
5.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.02
5.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.24
5.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1527
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
10.14
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
592
10.47
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.47
10.47
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
186
3.29
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.37
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
251
4.44
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.859
0.859
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2251
39.8
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.48
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
5.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.529
1.529
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2007
35.49
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.314
0.314
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.8
39.8

Fielding Stats for Ken Ray and Kirk Saarloos

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
165
2.92
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1527
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
509
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.84
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.65
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
96.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.909
0.909
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.24
44.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ray and Kirk Saarloos

Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
165
1941.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
482.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.363
0.363
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
35.29
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
23.53
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.53
6.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
47.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.095
0.095
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.122
0.122
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.049
0.049
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.103
0.103
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
58.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
70.59
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.32
-15.58
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
11.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
12
141.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.25
4.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
105.88
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Kirk Saarloos
Career
Per 600 PA