Fritz Ackley vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Fritz Ackley
Silent GenerationWisconsinThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Fritz Ackley built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Hernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 4.19 and 1.448 for Fritz Ackley. By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fritz Ackley and Willie Hernandez

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
4.19
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.64
5.64
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.91
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
1.86
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.86
1.86
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.12
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.12
5.12
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
7.91
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
6.79
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.448
1.448
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.088
1.088
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
39.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.66
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.66
4.66
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.448
1.448
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
33.98
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.1
39.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Fritz Ackley and Willie Hernandez

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.86
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
1.46
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.99
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.79
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.96
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.27
98.27
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.2
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
80
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fritz Ackley and Willie Hernandez

Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
5
428.57
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.929
0.929
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
111.43
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
118.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.49
29.92
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
128.57
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
257.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
120
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.929
0.929
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
60
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.26
108.42
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.5
30.01
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
342.86
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
248.57
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.75
1.75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
2.41
Fritz Ackley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Fritz Ackley
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100