Plácido Bernal vs. Tom Drake — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Tom Drake
Greatest GenerationAlabamaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Tom Drake as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Tom Drake posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.13 and WHIP 1.941 compared to 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Tom Drake had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Tom Drake

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
4.08
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.68
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.23
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
6.13
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.13
6.13
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.85
6.85
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.11
7.11
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.53
5.53
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.92
5.92
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.2
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
11.12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.12
11.12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.91
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
6.35
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.4
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.95
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.95
2.95
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.034
1.034
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
43.11
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.49
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.36
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
7.03
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.03
7.03
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.772
1.772
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.941
1.941
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
36.3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.11
43.11

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Tom Drake

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
27
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
9
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.632
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Tom Drake

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
13
390
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
1425
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
510
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
525
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.575
0.575
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.625
0.625
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
120
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
120
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.09
32.74
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
39.05
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
120
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
150
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.286
0.286
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.571
0.571
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.51
45.42
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.74
55.19
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
1
75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Drake
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Tom Drake
Career
Per 600 PA