Plácido Bernal vs. Howard Wilson — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Howard Wilson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Howard Wilson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Howard Wilson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.29 and WHIP 1.313 compared to 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Howard Wilson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Howard Wilson

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.55
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.14
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
1.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.34
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.63
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
35
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
89.36
89.36
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.43
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
3.29
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1115
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.2
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
10.1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.1
10.1
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.19
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.19
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
1.72
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.4
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
2.08
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.08
2.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.83
1.83
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.732
0.732
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.422
0.422
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1567
37.95
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.49
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.12
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
192
4.65
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.65
4.65
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.313
1.313
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1475
35.72
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.331
0.331
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Howard Wilson

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
1.16
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1119
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
373
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.46
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
2.12
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
110
2.65
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
107
2.58
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.27
97.27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.308
1.308
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.229
2.229
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.25
6.25
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Howard Wilson

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
390
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
201.37
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
146
600
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
17
510
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
132
542.47
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.574
0.574
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
106.85
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
69.86
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
24.66
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.33
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.346
0.346
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1.09
32.74
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.47
43.01
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
4
120
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
156.16
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
147.95
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.254
0.254
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.235
0.235
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.513
0.513
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.541
0.541
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
41.1
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
24.66
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
65.75
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.66
43.81
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
36.99
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
18
73.97
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.11
8.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
16.44
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Howard Wilson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100