Jim Abbott vs. Jose Fernandez — Career Comparison

Jim Abbott
Gen XMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Fernandez
MillenialCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanMiami MarlinsNational LeagueStarting PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Jose Fernandez a clear advantage over Jim Abbott across the core pitching metrics. Jose Fernandez led in strikeout rate (K%+ 156 vs 81), home run suppression (HR9+ 174 vs 103), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 163 vs 94). Jose Fernandez was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Abbott and Jose Fernandez

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.37
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.47
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.73
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
108
0.58
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.62
44.62
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.09
69.09
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.58
96.58
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.17
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
791
4.25
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
2.58
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.29
2.29
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.33
2.33
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.209
0.209
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1414
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
471.1
9
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1779
9.56
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
357
6.82
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.56
9.56
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.82
6.82
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
154
0.83
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.59
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
620
3.33
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.67
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.16
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.23
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.33
3.33
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
888
4.77
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
589
11.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.77
4.77
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.25
11.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.901
0.901
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.547
1.547
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.28
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.31
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.17
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.06
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7211
38.77
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1888
36.05
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
880
4.73
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
2.86
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.38
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.19
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.25
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.25
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
1.08
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.59
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.433
1.433
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.055
1.055
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6442
34.63
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1712
32.69
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.97
1.97
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.299
0.299
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.77
38.77
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.05
36.05

Fielding Stats for Jim Abbott and Jose Fernandez

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
1.41
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
254
1.37
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.45
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5022
27
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1414
27
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1674
9
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
471.1
9
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.39
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.69
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
300
1.61
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.65
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.06
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
381
2.05
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
1.39
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
372
2
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
1.34
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.64
97.64
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.89
95.89
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.414
1.414
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.921
0.921
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.58
96.58
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.09
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Abbott and Jose Fernandez

Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
6575
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
77
290.57
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
159
600
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
525
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
513.21
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.292
0.292
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.588
0.588
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
109.43
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
83.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
15.09
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
7.55
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
26.42
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.069
0.069
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
4.24
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.69
32.8
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
154.72
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2
50
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
113.21
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.095
0.095
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.302
0.302
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.19
0.19
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.519
0.519
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.088
0.088
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.173
0.173
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
41.51
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
52.83
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
86.79
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-18.67
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.56
32.29
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
250
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
162.26
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
2.4
2.4
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.7
3.7
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
3
75
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
79.25
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.77
Jim Abbott
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.32
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Abbott
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Fernandez
Career
Per 600 PA