Joe Adams vs. Plácido Bernal — Career Comparison

Joe Adams
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Joe Adams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Plácido Bernal posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 8.08 and WHIP 1.772 compared to 9 and 2.750 for Joe Adams. By the career numbers, Plácido Bernal had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Joe Adams and Plácido Bernal

Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.55
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
8.08
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.08
8.08
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.21
13.21
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.25
5.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.328
0.328
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
20.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
12.76
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.76
12.76
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
4.5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.4
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.732
0.732
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
51.75
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
43.16
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
13.5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
9.57
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.57
9.57
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.772
1.772
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
38.91
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.45
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.331
0.331
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.75
51.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.16
43.16

Fielding Stats for Joe Adams and Plácido Bernal

Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
2.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
2.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
6.75
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
2.72
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.77
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
3.56
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Joe Adams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
4.5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Joe Adams and Plácido Bernal

Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
390
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
510
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.2
-60
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Joe Adams
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA