Victor Cruz vs. Fred Mitchell — Career Comparison

Victor Cruz
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fred Mitchell
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Fred Mitchell 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 4.1 and 1.544 for Fred Mitchell. 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 Fred Mitchell

Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
6.21
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.22
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.08
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.39
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.63
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.9
43.9
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.66
88.66
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
71
0.89
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
1.23
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.09
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
327
4.1
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.1
4.1
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.33
3.33
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2155
27
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
718.1
9
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
7.24
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
806
10.1
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.24
7.24
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.93
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.2
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
131
4.35
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
303
3.8
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.76
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
248
8.24
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
216
2.71
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.24
8.24
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.71
2.71
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.399
1.399
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.723
0.723
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.3
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.43
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.23
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.66
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
1144
37.99
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3172
39.74
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
128
4.25
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.14
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
3.45
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
470
5.89
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.89
5.89
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.73
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.63
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.6
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.288
1.288
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.544
1.544
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
32.05
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2816
35.28
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.99
37.99
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.74
39.74

Fielding Stats for Victor Cruz and Fred Mitchell

Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
187
6.21
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
1.23
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
0.64
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
813
27
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4140
27
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
271
9
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1380
9
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.17
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
436
2.84
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.7
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
2.12
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.13
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.36
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
816
5.32
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.86
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
761
4.96
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.67
86.67
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.26
93.26
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.139
0.139
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.048
4.048
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.13
52.13
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.12
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.05
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
0.53
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.31

Hitting Stats for Victor Cruz and Fred Mitchell

Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
22440
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
198.69
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
610
600
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
4
480
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
572
562.62
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
118.03
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
97
95.41
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
15.74
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.89
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
22.62
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38.91
38.27
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
147.54
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
147
144.59
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.508
0.508
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.052
0.052
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.409
0.409
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
54.1
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
51.15
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
105.25
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.4
-48.1
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.68
41
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.92
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
21.64
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
90.49
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.63
6.63
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
10.82
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
7.87
Victor Cruz
Career
Per 600 PA
Fred Mitchell
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100