Kevin Appier vs. Rudy Hernandez — Career Comparison

Kevin Appier
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Rudy Hernandez
Silent GenerationD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Kevin Appier built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Kevin Appier posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.74 and WHIP 1.314 compared to 4.12 and 1.580 for Rudy Hernandez. By the career numbers, Kevin Appier had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kevin Appier and Rudy Hernandez

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
0.59
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
0.48
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.23
55.23
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1078
3.74
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.12
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.59
3.59
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2425
8.41
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
8.66
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.41
8.41
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
0.8
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
3.24
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.95
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.18
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1994
6.91
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.36
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.128
1.128
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.37
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.27
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.02
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10958
38
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
40.19
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.68
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1168
4.05
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.98
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
72
0.25
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
0.72
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.294
1.294
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.512
1.512
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9807
34.01
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
35.04
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.82
2.82
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
38
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19

Fielding Stats for Kevin Appier and Rudy Hernandez

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
414
1.44
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
402
1.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7786
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2595.1
9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.7
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
225
0.78
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.44
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.04
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
1.52
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.06
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
427
1.48
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.85
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.031
1.031
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.1
97.1
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.09
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kevin Appier and Rudy Hernandez

Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
414
2760
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
31
2657.14
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
90
600
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
553.33
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.267
0.267
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.88
5.88
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
12.83
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
53.33
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
66.67
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
26.67
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
53.33
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.46
-16.42
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
9.79
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.67
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
39
260
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
33.33
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kevin Appier
Career
Per 600 PA
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA