Jim Archer vs. Juan Berenguer — Career Comparison

Jim Archer
Silent GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Juan Berenguer
Baby BoomersPanamaThrows RightBats RightCentral AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Archer built a career as a starting pitcher and Juan Berenguer as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Juan Berenguer posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.9 and WHIP 1.394 compared to 3.94 and 1.373 for Jim Archer. By the career numbers, Juan Berenguer had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Archer and Juan Berenguer

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.66
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.71
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.35
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.5
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.62
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.46
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
36
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.94
51.94
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.39
19.39
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.35
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.19
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.24
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
102
3.94
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
3.9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.81
3.81
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3616
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205.1
9
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
244
9.42
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1034
7.72
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.42
9.42
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.72
7.72
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.73
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
0.87
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
2.7
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
604
4.51
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.23
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
4.71
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
975
7.28
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.28
7.28
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.32
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.19
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.23
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.15
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.14
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1008
38.94
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
38.6
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.54
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
1.17
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.98
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
576
4.3
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.24
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.31
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.53
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.359
1.359
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
933
36.04
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4460
33.3
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.18
1.18
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.94
38.94
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.6
38.6

Fielding Stats for Jim Archer and Juan Berenguer

Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
15
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
2.2
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.66
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.08
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
0.71
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
699
27
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3616
27
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
9
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1205.1
9
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.31
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.47
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.51
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
106
0.79
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.12
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.08
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
1.93
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
1.34
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.82
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
1.26
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
94
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.89
93.89
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.825
0.825
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.345
0.345
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.12
49.12
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.39
19.39
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.08
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Archer and Juan Berenguer

Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
57
468.49
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
490
9800
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
73
600
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
30
600
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
526.03
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
24
480
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.078
0.078
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.288
0.288
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.367
0.367
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.1
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
32.88
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.66
5.44
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
6.61
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
40
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
57.53
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.071
0.071
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.109
0.109
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.44
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
32.88
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
49.32
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.21
-18.13
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.35
-6.94
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.44
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
40
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
156.16
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
180
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.84
3.84
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
3.33
3.33
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Juan Berenguer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
49.32
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
80
Jim Archer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.22
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Archer
Career
Per 600 PA
Juan Berenguer
Career
Per 600 PA