Jim Bagby Jr. vs. Xavier Hernandez — Career Comparison

Jim Bagby Jr.
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Xavier Hernandez
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jim Bagby Jr. built a career as a starting pitcher and Xavier Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Xavier Hernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.9 and WHIP 1.376 compared to 3.96 and 1.454 for Jim Bagby Jr.. By the career numbers, Xavier Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Xavier Hernandez

Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
1.64
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
1.07
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.52
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
0.52
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.26
50.26
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.35
65.35
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
0.45
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.07
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.05
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
733
3.96
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4999
27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1666.1
9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1815
9.8
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
8.33
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.8
9.8
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.53
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.53
0.53
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
608
3.28
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
266
3.57
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
2.33
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
7.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.42
1.42
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.624
0.624
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.14
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.15
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7266
39.24
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2879
38.62
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.35
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
849
4.59
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
4.35
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.64
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.454
1.454
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6630
35.81
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2543
34.11
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.24
39.24
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Xavier Hernandez

Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
305
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.09
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2013
27
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
671
9
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.54
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
64
0.86
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
504
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
1.42
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
482
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
1.39
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.63
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.58
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Bagby Jr. and Xavier Hernandez

Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
322
291.4
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
6474.42
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
663
600
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
620
561.09
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
140
126.7
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119
107.69
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
14.48
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.81
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.71
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
19
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36.82
33.32
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.12
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
169
152.94
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
151
136.65
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.512
0.512
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.047
0.047
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.366
0.366
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
53.39
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
50.68
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
101.36
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
40.11
36.3
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-39.33
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.71
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.24
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
68
61.54
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
279.07
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.75
9.75
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.15
2.15
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
32
28.96
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
12.67
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Bagby Jr.
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA