Plácido Bernal vs. Ken Jones — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ken Jones
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Jones posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.4 and WHIP 1.569 compared to 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Ken Jones had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Ken Jones

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.74
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.42
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.11
11.11
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.4
5.4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.81
4.81
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.309
0.309
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
27
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
21.2
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
12.05
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12.05
12.05
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.42
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.42
0.42
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
3.19
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.08
2.08
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.4
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.66
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.44
0.44
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.732
0.732
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.415
0.415
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
99
41.12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
2.91
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
6.65
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.65
6.65
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.569
1.569
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
183
38.91
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
94
39.05
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.315
0.315
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.12
41.12

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Ken Jones

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
27
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
9
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Ken Jones

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
390
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
1080
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
510
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
120
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
120
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
21.64
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
120
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
120
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.14
0.14
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
90
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
19.17
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Jones
Career
Per 600 PA