Mike Couchee vs. Bernard Fernández — Career Comparison

Mike Couchee
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bernard Fernández
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bernard Fernández built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Couchee as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Couchee posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.14 and WHIP 1.357 compared to 7.36 and 1.773 for Bernard Fernández. By the career numbers, Mike Couchee had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Mike Couchee and Bernard Fernández

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
7.36
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
7.71
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
10.23
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.71
7.71
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.86
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
5.73
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
3.21
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.21
3.21
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.786
0.786
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
40.5
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
44.18
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.29
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
9.82
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.14
5.14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
36
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
37.64
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18

Fielding Stats for Mike Couchee and Bernard Fernández

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
5.14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
27
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
9
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.64
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.29
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Couchee and Bernard Fernández

Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
2400
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.47
140.43
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.9
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
160.83
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.49
-32.38
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Couchee
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA