Elden Auker vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Elden Auker
Greatest GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Elden Auker 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 4.42 and 1.495 for Elden Auker. By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Elden Auker and Willie Hernandez

Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
1.53
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
261
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
0.6
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.6
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56.28
56.28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.38
78.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
0.58
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
964
4.42
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5890
27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1963.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2230
10.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.22
10.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
0.59
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
706
3.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
594
2.72
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.72
2.72
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.662
0.662
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.17
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.01
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8688
39.83
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106
5.07
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.07
5.07
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.495
1.495
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7944
36.42
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.32
3.32
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Elden Auker and Willie Hernandez

Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3134
27
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1044.2
9
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
120
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
460
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
580
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.67
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.742
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.48
1.48
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Elden Auker and Willie Hernandez

Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
356
272.45
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
784
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
700
535.71
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.187
0.187
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
131
100.26
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
101
77.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
11.48
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.89
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.59
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
22.96
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.229
0.229
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.009
0.009
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.046
0.046
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.05
35.24
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.49
29.92
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
182
139.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
128.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
174
133.16
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
120
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.26
0.26
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.494
0.494
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.073
0.073
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
55.87
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
55.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
139
106.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
60
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
44.57
34.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.5
30.01
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.53
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
31.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
232
177.55
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.38
3.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Elden Auker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
31.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.53
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Elden Auker
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100