Bernard Fernández vs. Ken Sanders — Career Comparison

Bernard Fernández
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Ken Sanders
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMilwaukee BrewersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernard Fernández built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Sanders as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ken Sanders posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.354 compared to 7.36 and 1.773 for Bernard Fernández. By the career numbers, Ken Sanders had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernard Fernández and Ken Sanders

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.4
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.62
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.19
39.19
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.18
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.36
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
217
2.97
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.07
3.07
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.272
0.272
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.234
0.234
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1970
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656.2
9
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
10.23
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
7.73
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.23
10.23
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.73
7.73
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
0.67
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.12
0.12
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.73
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
258
3.54
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.92
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.32
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
360
4.93
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.93
4.93
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.941
0.941
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.23
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
44.18
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2741
37.57
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
285
3.91
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.82
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
240
3.29
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.52
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.19
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.12
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.252
1.252
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
37.64
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2414
33.09
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.57
37.57

Fielding Stats for Bernard Fernández and Ken Sanders

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
5.61
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1967
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
655.2
9
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.74
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
1.77
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
191
2.62
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2.45
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
2.51
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.81
95.81
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.447
0.447
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernard Fernández and Ken Sanders

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
6
400
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
409
3662.69
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
600
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
533.33
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
465.67
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.455
0.455
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.9
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
13.53
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
116.42
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.115
0.115
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.336
0.336
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.128
0.128
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
53.73
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.49
-32.38
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
12.22
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.91
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
44.78
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
13
116.42
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.15
5.15
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
0.38
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
71.64
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Ken Sanders
Career
Per 600 PA