Victor Cruz vs. Bernard Fernández — Career Comparison

Victor Cruz
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Bernard Fernández
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Bernard Fernández built a career as a starting pitcher and Victor Cruz as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Victor Cruz posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.09 and WHIP 1.373 compared to 7.36 and 1.773 for Bernard Fernández. By the career numbers, Victor Cruz had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Victor Cruz and Bernard Fernández

Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
6.21
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.76
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.9
43.9
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.09
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.36
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.04
4.04
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
7.24
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.23
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.93
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
131
4.35
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.73
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.24
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.32
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.227
1.227
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1144
37.99
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
44.18
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.25
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.45
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.82
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.73
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.6
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
965
32.05
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
37.64
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18

Fielding Stats for Victor Cruz and Bernard Fernández

Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
6.21
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
0.7
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
1
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.86
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.67
86.67
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Victor Cruz and Bernard Fernández

Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
22440
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.9
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-48.1
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.49
-32.38
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA