Ken Ray vs. Neck Stanley — Career Comparison

Ken Ray
Gen XGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Neck Stanley
Greatest GenerationMarylandThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York Black YankeesNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star

Neck Stanley 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. Neck Stanley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.77 and WHIP 1.480 compared to 5.13 and 1.734 for Ken Ray. By the career numbers, Neck Stanley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ray and Neck Stanley

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
1.74
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.42
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
87
0.68
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.3
38.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.82
66.82
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.52
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.05
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.57
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
5.13
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
611
4.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.77
4.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3461
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1153.2
9
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
10.14
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1314
10.25
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.14
10.14
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.25
10.25
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
1.25
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
0.47
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
44
5.01
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
3
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
5.7
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
568
4.43
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.19
1.19
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.826
0.826
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.2
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
356
40.56
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5146
40.15
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
3.76
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.36
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
5.47
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
747
5.83
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.47
5.47
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.46
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
98
0.76
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.25
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
99
0.77
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.473
1.473
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
34.75
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4637
36.17
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.313
0.313
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.56
40.56
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.15
40.15

Fielding Stats for Ken Ray and Neck Stanley

Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
1.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
1.16
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3502
27
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1167.1
9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.68
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.26
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.03
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
2.24
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
0.12
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
340
2.62
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
1.71
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.51
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.59
95.59
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.183
0.183
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.444
1.444
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ray and Neck Stanley

Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
49200
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
224
301.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
446
600
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
402
540.81
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.371
0.371
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
71.3
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
64.57
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.33
13.9
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
78.03
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
74
99.55
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.144
0.144
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.319
0.319
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.134
0.134
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
39.01
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
21.52
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
45
60.54
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.49
6.04
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.35
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
26.91
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
6.73
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89.2
89.2
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
30.94
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ray
Career
Per 600 PA
Neck Stanley
Career
Per 600 PA