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Ron Mahay

Q: When was Ron Mahay born?

Ron Mahay was born on June 28, 1971.

Q: Where was Ron Mahay born?

Ron Mahay was born in Crestwood, IL .

Q: How tall is Ron Mahay?

Ron Mahay is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

Q: How much did Ron Mahay weigh when playing?

Ron Mahay weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

Q: Is Ron Mahay in the Hall of Fame?

Ron Mahay has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

Q: When was Ron Mahay drafted?

Ron Mahay was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 18th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from South Suburban College (South Holland, IL) .

Q: How many strikeouts did Ron Mahay have?

Ron Mahay had 470 strikeouts over his career.

Q: How many teams has Ron Mahay played for?

Ron Mahay played for 8 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins.

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: June 28, 1971 in Crestwood, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 18th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from South Suburban College (South Holland, IL).

High School: Alan B. Shepard HS (Palos Heights, IL)

School: South Suburban College (South Holland, IL)

Debut: May 21, 1995 (Age 23-327d, 16,663rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 21, 2010 (Age 39-054d)
vs. LAA 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1998 season

Agents: CS&E

Full Name: Ronald Matthew Mahay

Pronunciation: \MAY-hay\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

ERA

3.83

514

568.0

470

WHIP

1.417

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1996	25	BOS-min	A+,AA	2	3	.400	5.09	32	5	13	0	0	2	74.1	73	46	42	6	41	0	68	0	1	5	324			1.534	8.8	0.7	5.0	8.2	1.66	SAR,TRE FLOR,EL
1997	26	BOS-min	AA,AAA	4	3	.571	2.78	19	4	9	0	0	5	45.1	32	16	14	0	14	0	53	1	0	2	183			1.015	6.4	0.0	2.8	10.5	3.79	TRE,PAW EL,IL
1997	26	BOS	AL	3	0	1.000	2.52	28	0	7	0	0	0	25.0	19	7	7	3	11	0	22	0	0	3	105	187	4.23	1.200	6.8	1.1	4.0	7.9	2.00
1998	27	BOS-min	AAA	3	1	.750	4.17	23	1	8	0	0	3	41.0	37	20	19	8	19	2	41	0	0	3	179			1.366	8.1	1.8	4.2	9.0	2.16	PAW IL
1998	27	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.46	29	0	6	0	0	1	26.0	26	16	10	2	15	1	14	2	0	3	120	138	5.02	1.577	9.0	0.7	5.2	4.8	0.93
1999	28	OAK-min	AAA	7	2	.778	4.29	32	15	4	0	0	0	107.0	116	57	51	12	45	0	73	0	0	5	466			1.505	9.8	1.0	3.8	6.1	1.62	VAN PCL
1999	28	OAK	AL	2	0	1.000	1.86	6	1	2	0	0	1	19.1	8	4	4	2	3	0	15	0	0	0	68	250	3.39	0.569	3.7	0.9	1.4	7.0	5.00
2000	29	FLA-min	AAA	0	1	.000	4.85	8	0	3	0	0	0	13.0	7	7	7	1	7	1	15	0	0	1	50			1.077	4.8	0.7	4.8	10.4	2.14	CGY PCL
2000	29	TOT	MLB	1	1	.500	7.19	23	2	7	0	0	0	41.1	57	35	33	10	25	1	32	0	0	4	199	64	6.55	1.984	12.4	2.2	5.4	7.0	1.28
2000	29	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	5	2	1	0	0	0	16.0	26	18	16	4	9	0	5	0	0	2	82	53	7.45	2.188	14.6	2.3	5.1	2.8	0.56
2000	29	FLA	NL	1	0	1.000	6.04	18	0	6	0	0	0	25.1	31	17	17	6	16	1	27	0	0	2	117	74	5.98	1.855	11.0	2.1	5.7	9.6	1.69
2001	30	CHC-SDP-min	AAA	4	3	.571	2.70	50	0	35	0	0	14	63.1	42	21	19	7	15	1	70	2	0	3	245			0.900	6.0	1.0	2.1	9.9	4.67	IWA,POR PCL
2001	30	CHC	NL	0	0		2.61	17	0	4	0	0	0	20.2	14	6	6	4	15	1	24	0	0	1	86	161	5.42	1.403	6.1	1.7	6.5	10.5	1.60
2002	31	CHC-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.93	39	1	13	0	0	2	46.2	32	11	10	3	15	1	50	0	0	4	186			1.007	6.2	0.6	2.9	9.6	3.33	IWA PCL
2002	31	CHC	NL	2	0	1.000	8.59	11	0	1	0	0	0	14.2	13	14	14	6	8	0	14	0	0	0	65	48	8.01	1.432	8.0	3.7	4.9	8.6	1.75
2003	32	TEX-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.22	26	0	12	0	0	3	42.2	36	21	20	5	10	0	51	1	0	1	172			1.078	7.6	1.1	2.1	10.8	5.10	OKC PCL
2003	32	TEX	AL	3	3	.500	3.18	35	0	5	0	0	0	45.1	33	19	16	3	20	7	38	0	0	4	189	159	3.54	1.169	6.6	0.6	4.0	7.5	1.90
2004	33	TEX	AL	3	0	1.000	2.55	60	0	12	0	0	0	67.0	60	23	19	5	29	5	54	2	0	2	290	197	3.80	1.328	8.1	0.7	3.9	7.3	1.86
2005	34	TEX-min	AA,AAA	1	3	.250	6.56	8	5	1	0	0	0	23.1	26	19	17	3	10	0	25	2	0	1	105			1.543	10.0	1.2	3.9	9.6	2.50	FRI,OKC TL,PCL
2005	34	TEX	AL	0	2	.000	6.81	30	0	9	0	0	1	35.2	47	28	27	8	16	1	30	0	0	2	167	68	5.60	1.766	11.9	2.0	4.0	7.6	1.88
2006	35	TEX-min	AAA	0	1	.000	1.42	5	0	3	0	0	2	6.1	5	4	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	24			0.789	7.1	0.0	0.0	15.6		OKC PCL
2006	35	TEX	AL	1	3	.250	3.95	62	0	14	0	0	0	57.0	54	30	25	7	28	2	56	0	0	1	246	117	4.25	1.439	8.5	1.1	4.4	8.8	2.00
2007	36	TEX-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	6.10	7	0	2	0	0	0	10.1	15	10	7	1	5	0	9	0	0	1	52			1.935	13.1	0.9	4.4	7.8	1.80	OKC,FRI PCL,TL
2007	36	TOT	MLB	3	0	1.000	2.55	58	0	8	0	0	1	67.0	52	20	19	4	37	2	55	1	1	1	281	177	4.08	1.328	7.0	0.5	5.0	7.4	1.49
2007	36	TEX	AL	2	0	1.000	2.77	28	0	8	0	0	1	39.0	33	12	12	3	21	0	32	1	1	0	164	166	4.29	1.385	7.6	0.7	4.8	7.4	1.52
2007	36	ATL	NL	1	0	1.000	2.25	30	0	0	0	0	0	28.0	19	8	7	1	16	2	23	0	0	1	117	196	3.78	1.250	6.1	0.3	5.1	7.4	1.44
2008	37	KCR	AL	5	0	1.000	3.48	57	0	3	0	0	0	64.2	61	27	25	6	29	0	49	1	0	1	278	125	4.21	1.392	8.5	0.8	4.0	6.8	1.69
2009	38	TOT	AL	2	1	.667	4.29	57	0	11	0	0	0	50.1	62	29	24	10	22	2	42	4	0	5	239	104	5.56	1.669	11.1	1.8	3.9	7.5	1.91
2009	38	KCR	AL	1	1	.500	4.79	41	0	11	0	0	0	41.1	55	26	22	9	19	1	34	2	0	4	200	93	5.81	1.790	12.0	2.0	4.1	7.4	1.79
2009	38	MIN	AL	1	0	1.000	2.00	16	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	7	3	2	1	3	1	8	2	0	1	39	227	4.43	1.111	7.0	1.0	3.0	8.0	2.67
2010	39	MIN-min	A+	0	1	.000	1.93	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.2	5	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	19			1.286	9.6	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00	FTM FLOR
2010	39	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	3.44	41	0	11	0	0	0	34.0	33	15	13	5	8	0	25	0	0	1	141	119	4.23	1.206	8.7	1.3	2.1	6.6	3.13
2011	40	STL-ARI-min	AAA,A+	1	2	.333	5.01	24	0	5	0	0	0	23.1	26	17	13	3	10	1	20	0	0	0	109			1.543	10.0	1.2	3.9	7.7	2.00	MEM,REN,PLM PCL,FLOR
2012	41	CIN-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.50	14	1	3	0	0	0	18.0	21	10	9	0	10	0	16	0	0	0	84			1.722	10.5	0.0	5.0	8.0	1.60	LOU IL
14 Yrs				27	12	.692	3.83	514	3	100	0	0	4	568.0	539	273	242	75	266	22	470	10	1	28	2474	120	4.63	1.417	8.5	1.2	4.2	7.4	1.77
162 Game Avg.				4	2	.692	3.83	68	0	13	0	0	1	75	71	36	32	10	35	3	62	1	0	4	325	120	4.63	1.417	8.5	1.2	4.2	7.4	1.77
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
TEX (5 yrs)				9	8	.529	3.65	215	0	48	0	0	2	244.0	227	112	99	26	114	15	210	3	1	9	1056	132	4.20	1.398	8.4	1.0	4.2	7.7	1.84
MIN (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	3.14	57	0	11	0	0	0	43.0	40	18	15	6	11	1	33	2	0	2	180	134	4.27	1.186	8.4	1.3	2.3	6.9	3.00
KCR (2 yrs)				6	1	.857	3.99	98	0	14	0	0	0	106.0	116	53	47	15	48	1	83	3	0	5	478	110	4.84	1.547	9.8	1.3	4.1	7.0	1.73
OAK (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	5.09	11	3	3	0	0	1	35.1	34	22	20	6	12	0	20	0	0	2	150	92	5.23	1.302	8.7	1.5	3.1	5.1	1.67
BOS (2 yrs)				4	1	.800	3.00	57	0	13	0	0	1	51.0	45	23	17	5	26	1	36	2	0	6	225	158	4.63	1.392	7.9	0.9	4.6	6.4	1.38
CHC (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	5.09	28	0	5	0	0	0	35.1	27	20	20	10	23	1	38	0	0	1	151	82	6.49	1.415	6.9	2.5	5.9	9.7	1.65
ATL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	2.25	30	0	0	0	0	0	28.0	19	8	7	1	16	2	23	0	0	1	117	196	3.78	1.250	6.1	0.3	5.1	7.4	1.44
FLA (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.04	18	0	6	0	0	0	25.1	31	17	17	6	16	1	27	0	0	2	117	74	5.98	1.855	11.0	2.1	5.7	9.6	1.69

AL (12 yrs)				23	12	.657	3.72	438	3	89	0	0	4	479.1	462	228	198	58	211	18	382	10	1	24	2089	125	4.47	1.404	8.7	1.1	4.0	7.2	1.81
NL (4 yrs)				4	0	1.000	4.47	76	0	11	0	0	0	88.2	77	45	44	17	55	4	88	0	0	4	385	97	5.49	1.489	7.8	1.7	5.6	8.9	1.60

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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ron Mahay?

Ron Mahay is 53 years old.

When was Ron Mahay born?

Ron Mahay was born on June 28, 1971.

Where was Ron Mahay born?

Ron Mahay was born in Crestwood, IL.

How tall is Ron Mahay?

Ron Mahay is 6-2 (188 cm) tall.

How much did Ron Mahay weigh when playing?

Ron Mahay weighed 200 lbs (90 kg) when playing.

How many seasons did Ron Mahay play?

Ron Mahay played 15 seasons.

Is Ron Mahay in the Hall of Fame?

Ron Mahay has not been elected into the Hall of Fame.

When was Ron Mahay drafted?

Ron Mahay was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 18th round of the 1991 MLB June Amateur Draft from South Suburban College (South Holland, IL).

What position did Ron Mahay play?

Ron Mahay was a Pitcher.

How many strikeouts did Ron Mahay have?

Ron Mahay had 470 strikeouts over his career.

How many teams has Ron Mahay played for?

Ron Mahay played for 8 teams; the Boston Red Sox, Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Royals and Minnesota Twins.

When did Ron Mahay retire?

Ron Mahay last played in 2010.

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