Plácido Bernal vs. Jan Dukes — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Jan Dukes
Silent GenerationWyomingThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Jan Dukes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jan Dukes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.7 and WHIP 1.350 compared to 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Jan Dukes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Jan Dukes

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.7
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.51
2.51
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
6.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.75
6.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
4.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.4
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
3.15
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.85
0.85
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
37.35
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.8
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
3.6
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.25
1.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
31.05
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.35
37.35

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Jan Dukes

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.72
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
7.2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.35
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.188
0.188
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Jan Dukes

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
13
390
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
3200
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
510
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
150
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Jan Dukes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
24.28
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Jan Dukes
Career
Per 600 PA