Pedro Baez vs. Jim Mertz — Career Comparison

Pedro Baez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jim Mertz
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jim Mertz built a career as a starting pitcher and Pedro Baez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Pedro Baez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.08 and WHIP 1.125 compared to 4.63 and 1.431 for Jim Mertz. By the career numbers, Pedro Baez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pedro Baez and Jim Mertz

Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
8.98
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
2.55
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.77
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.52
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.39
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.37
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.54
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.3
30.3
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.23
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.08
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
4.63
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1088
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
350
27
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
362.2
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
116.2
9
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
6.87
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
8.41
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.87
6.87
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.41
8.41
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.99
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.54
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.99
0.99
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
124
3.08
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
4.47
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
9.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
4.09
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.951
0.951
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.15
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.15
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1489
36.95
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
499
38.49
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
1.36
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.93
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
3.57
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
5.01
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.22
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.45
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.106
1.106
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.431
1.431
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1337
33.18
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
34.02
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.4
0.4
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.95
36.95
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Pedro Baez and Jim Mertz

Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362
8.98
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1088
27
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
362.2
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.65
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.92
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.79
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.49
86.49
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90.63
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.088
0.088
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.879
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Pedro Baez and Jim Mertz

Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
362
31028.57
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
33
460.47
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
530.23
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
97.67
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
83.72
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.88
26.28
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
125.58
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
0.28
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
83.72
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-27.31
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.83
25.55
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
181.4
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.31
3.31
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Baez
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Mertz
Career
Per 600 PA