Bernard Fernández vs. Eric Plunk — Career Comparison

Bernard Fernández
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Eric Plunk
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland GuardiansAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernard Fernández built a career as a starting pitcher and Eric Plunk as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Eric Plunk posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.82 and WHIP 1.478 compared to 7.36 and 1.773 for Bernard Fernández. By the career numbers, Eric Plunk had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernard Fernández and Eric Plunk

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.56
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.45
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.38
55.38
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.27
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.36
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
488
3.82
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.236
0.236
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.23
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1009
7.89
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.89
7.89
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
122
0.95
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.17
0.17
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.73
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
647
5.06
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.35
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
5.32
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1081
8.45
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.227
1.227
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.501
1.501
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
0.59
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.25
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.19
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
44.18
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5030
39.33
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
234
1.83
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.82
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
4.2
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.2
4.2
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.36
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.29
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.68
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.439
1.439
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
37.64
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4268
33.37
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.33
39.33

Fielding Stats for Bernard Fernández and Eric Plunk

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
714
5.58
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.32
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3453
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1151
9
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.34
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
93
0.73
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
149
1.17
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.06
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91.28
91.28
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.191
0.191
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.74
5.74
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernard Fernández and Eric Plunk

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
715
143000
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.9
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
10.43
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.49
-32.38
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
19.42
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
200
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
2
400
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Eric Plunk
Career
Per 600 PA