Plácido Bernal vs. Koji Uehara — Career Comparison

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Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Koji Uehara as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Koji Uehara posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.66 and WHIP 0.909 compared to 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Koji Uehara had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Koji Uehara

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
8.16
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.41
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.49
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1.78
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
142
2.66
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.66
2.66
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.95
1.95
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.75
2.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.199
0.199
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480.2
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
350
6.55
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.12
1.12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.19
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.46
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.4
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
10.71
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.71
10.71
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.31
1.31
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.352
1.352
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1862
34.86
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
207
3.88
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
2.86
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.21
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.17
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.26
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
32.95
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.86
34.86

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Koji Uehara

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.72
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
8.16
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.22
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1442
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
480.2
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.71
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
1.05
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
1.01
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.43
96.43
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.124
0.124
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.75
2.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Koji Uehara

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
13
390
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
436
87200
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
510
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
10.43
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
150
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.278
0.278
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.333
0.333
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
21.85
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
1
200
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Koji Uehara
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Koji Uehara
Career
Per 600 PA