Pop Andrews vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Pop Andrews
UnknownThrows LeftBrooklyn Royal GiantsEastern Colored LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Pop Andrews 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 3.68 and 1.413 for Pop Andrews. By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pop Andrews and Willie Hernandez

Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
1.12
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.52
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.48
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.29
89.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.8
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
92
3.68
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
675
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
279
11.16
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.18
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.56
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
3.01
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.79
1.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.396
0.396
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.24
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
985
39.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
5.36
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.56
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.56
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.413
1.413
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
910
36.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.4
39.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Pop Andrews and Willie Hernandez

Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1055
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
351.2
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.82
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.5
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.92
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
1.46
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.89
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.99
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
107
2.74
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.96
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.69
94.69
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.277
2.277
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23.4
23.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pop Andrews and Willie Hernandez

Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
44
154.39
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
156
547.37
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
63
540
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.759
0.759
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
154.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
111.43
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
32
112.28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
94.29
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.05
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.05
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
42.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.22
74.45
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.49
29.92
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
217.54
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
128.57
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
189.47
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
120
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.325
0.325
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.397
0.397
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.723
0.723
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.688
0.688
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.282
0.282
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
91.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
63.16
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44
154.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
60
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23.86
83.71
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
30.01
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
10.53
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
24.56
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
2.41
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
5
17.54
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.54
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pop Andrews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
17.54
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Pop Andrews
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100