Ken Ash vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Ken Ash
Greatest GenerationWest VirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Ash as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Mercedes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.75 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 4.96 and 1.469 for Ken Ash. By the career numbers, Jose Mercedes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Ash and Jose Mercedes

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
3.07
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.73
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.45
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.86
42.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.64
23.64
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
89
4.96
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.75
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.36
4.36
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
484
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
178
9.93
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.93
9.93
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
3.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
3.44
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
2.62
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.79
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.657
0.657
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
689
38.44
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2530
39.06
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
1.84
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
6.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.19
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
624
34.81
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.98
1.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.44
38.44
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Ken Ash and Jose Mercedes

Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1749
27
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
9
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.77
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.2
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.14
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97.96
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.857
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Ash and Jose Mercedes

Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
58
725
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
575
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
19
570
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
75
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
62.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.03
12.92
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
87.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.301
0.301
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
37.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
50
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.09
-1.12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
100
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Ash
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA