Walter Ball vs. Xavier Hernandez — Career Comparison

Walter Ball
Pre-GenerationalMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago GiantsNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Xavier Hernandez
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Walter Ball 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. Walter Ball posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.65 and WHIP 1.220 compared to 3.9 and 1.376 for Xavier Hernandez. By the career numbers, Walter Ball had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Walter Ball and Xavier Hernandez

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.32
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.97
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.54
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.46
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.24
54.24
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.33
53.33
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.08
73.08
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.83
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
2.65
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
291
3.9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.65
2.65
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.65
3.65
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
1591
27
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
530.1
9
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
525
8.91
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
8.33
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.14
0.14
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.07
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
266
3.57
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.07
2.07
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
248
4.21
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
7.54
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.21
4.21
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.698
0.698
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.27
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2211
37.52
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2879
38.62
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.92
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
4.35
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
1.02
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.38
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.71
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.64
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.22
1.22
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.322
1.322
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2014
34.18
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2543
34.11
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.52
37.52
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.62
38.62

Fielding Stats for Walter Ball and Xavier Hernandez

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.32
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2364
27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.57
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.54
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.68
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.86
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.13
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.38
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.42
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
197
2.25
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.39
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.71
94.71
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.698
1.698
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27.59
27.59
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.08
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Walter Ball and Xavier Hernandez

Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
116
201.16
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
6474.42
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
346
600
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
43
600
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
321
556.65
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.259
0.259
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.209
0.209
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
83
143.93
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
72
124.86
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
10.4
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
6.94
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
19.08
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29.41
50.99
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.12
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
173.41
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
98
169.94
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
41.86
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.292
0.292
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.312
0.312
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.027
0.027
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.603
0.603
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.487
0.487
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.081
0.081
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.256
0.256
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
60.69
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
119.65
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
27.91
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.55
61.64
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.82
-39.33
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.47
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
22.54
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
20
279.07
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.15
2.15
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
17.34
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.73
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Walter Ball
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA