Ken Ray vs. Karl Spooner — Career Comparison

Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Karl Spooner
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Karl Spooner 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. Karl Spooner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.149 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Karl Spooner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ray and Karl Spooner

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.46
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
62.5
62.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.31
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
3.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.197
0.197
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
10.14
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
6.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
3.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
5.7
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
8.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.7
5.7
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.1
8.1
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.19
1.19
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.303
1.303
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
488
37.65
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.77
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
5.47
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
3.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.47
5.47
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
34.75
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
436
33.63
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65

Fielding Stats for Ken Ray and Karl Spooner

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
2.39
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
1.23
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.68
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.03
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.85
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.71
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.677
0.677
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.61
51.61
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ray and Karl Spooner

Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
31
476.92
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
523.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.265
0.265
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.782
0.782
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.94
75.99
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
230.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
184.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.324
0.324
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.441
0.441
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.766
0.766
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.72
0.72
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
123.08
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.91
75.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
46.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
16
246.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.44
2.44
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
30.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Karl Spooner
Career
Per 600 PA