Ken Ray vs. Spec Shea — Career Comparison

Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Spec Shea
Greatest GenerationConnecticutThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Spec Shea 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. Spec Shea posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.8 and WHIP 1.426 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Spec Shea had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ray and Spec Shea

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
1.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
1.13
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.53
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.44
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.9
54.9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.51
60.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.46
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.05
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
398
3.8
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.78
4.78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2831
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943.2
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
849
8.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
0.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
497
4.74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.74
4.74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
361
3.44
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.909
0.909
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.14
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.18
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4076
38.87
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.48
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
4.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.426
1.426
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3560
33.95
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87

Fielding Stats for Ken Ray and Spec Shea

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
9.34
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
13.75
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
383
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.45
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
125
8.81
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.42
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
12.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
12.27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
96.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.892
0.892
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.69
7.69
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.56
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ray and Spec Shea

Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
347.18
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
337
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
298
530.56
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.195
0.195
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.546
0.546
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
103.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
80.12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
14.24
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
7.12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
23.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.43
32.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
77
137.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
138.87
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.258
0.258
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.064
0.064
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.244
0.244
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
51.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
33
58.75
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
108.61
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18.45
32.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
63
112.17
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.35
5.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
33.83
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
7
12.46
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Spec Shea
Career
Per 600 PA