Dan Abbott vs. Mark Mercer — Career Comparison

Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
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Looking at the career totals, Dan Abbott and Mark Mercer are fairly close on the surface numbers. Mark Mercer posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.7 vs 6.23) and WHIP (1.826 vs 2.077). Dan Abbott had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 1.17). By the career numbers, Mark Mercer had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Dan Abbott and Mark Mercer

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.17
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.69
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
6.23
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.7
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.04
7.04
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.91
5.91
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.92
4.92
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
13.15
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.15
13.15
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.22
8.22
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1.17
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.17
1.17
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.54
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
8.22
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.54
5.54
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.22
8.22
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
9.39
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.39
9.39
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.14
1.14
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.692
0.692
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.957
1.957
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.69
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
46.38
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
42.26
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.38
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.35
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9.69
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4.7
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.69
9.69
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.7
4.7
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.077
2.077
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.826
1.826
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
40.15
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
34.04
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46.38
46.38
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.26
42.26

Fielding Stats for Dan Abbott and Mark Mercer

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.08
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
8.22
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
27
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
27
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
9
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.2
9
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.08
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.77
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.85
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
4.85
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2.35
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
100
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dan Abbott and Mark Mercer

Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Mark Mercer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.682
0.682
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
38.75
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.172
0.172
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.63
53.62
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Dan Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mark Mercer
Career
Per 600 PA