Ken Ray vs. Willie Spearman — Career Comparison

Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Willie Spearman
Lost GenerationArkansasThrows RightNorth AmericaMemphis Red SoxNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher

Willie Spearman 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. Willie Spearman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.07 and WHIP 1.480 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Willie Spearman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ray and Willie Spearman

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.68
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.11
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.45
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.64
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.3
41.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.2
66.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
5.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.84
5.84
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.99
7.99
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.67
3.67
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.292
0.292
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1139
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
379.2
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
414
9.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.81
9.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.21
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
148
3.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
172
4.08
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.843
0.843
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.31
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
914
21.67
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.24
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.47
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
265
6.28
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.28
6.28
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.36
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.28
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
739
17.52
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.73
3.73
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.726
0.726
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.67
21.67

Fielding Stats for Ken Ray and Willie Spearman

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
3.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
632
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
210.2
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.21
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
2.09
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.34
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
2.65
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.31
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
64.86
64.86
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ray and Willie Spearman

Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
91
295.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
185
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
170
551.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.722
0.722
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
139.46
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
97.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
16.22
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.97
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.97
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
42.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.024
0.024
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.093
0.093
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.52
69.78
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
220.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
178.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.702
0.702
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.147
0.147
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
61.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
97.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
145.95
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.45
76.06
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
32.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
6.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92.5
92.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.49
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Spearman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100