Plácido Bernal vs. Mike Williams — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Mike Williams
Gen XVirginiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPittsburgh PiratesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Williams as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Williams posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.45 and WHIP 1.493 compared to 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Mike Williams had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Mike Williams

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.48
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.37
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.63
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.21
37.21
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
1.69
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
380
4.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.37
4.37
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2305
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768.1
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
764
8.95
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.95
8.95
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
1.04
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.19
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
343
4.02
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
0.47
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.19
3.19
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.4
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
6.84
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.84
6.84
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3355
39.3
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
292
3.42
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
416
4.87
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.87
4.87
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.39
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.68
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2936
34.39
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.298
0.298
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.3
39.3

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Mike Williams

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.72
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
468
5.48
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.64
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2305
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
768.1
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.68
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
1.63
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.13
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
2.44
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
2.31
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.71
94.71
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.421
0.421
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.75
11.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Mike Williams

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
13
390
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
469
2069.12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
600
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
510
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
108
476.47
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.491
0.491
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
66.18
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.82
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.82
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.51
15.5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
83.82
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21
92.65
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.363
0.363
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.227
0.227
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
30.88
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
30.88
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
61.76
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2.77
12.2
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
13.24
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
33
145.59
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.12
4.12
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
24
105.88
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.41
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.41
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100