Bernard Fernández vs. Mike Sullivan — Career Comparison

Bernard Fernández
Greatest GenerationFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia StarsNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Mike Sullivan
Pre-GenerationalMassachusettsThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bernard Fernández built a career as a starting pitcher and Mike Sullivan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Sullivan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.04 and WHIP 1.674 compared to 7.36 and 1.773 for Bernard Fernández. By the career numbers, Mike Sullivan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bernard Fernández and Mike Sullivan

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
160
1.3
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
0.96
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.44
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.53
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.38
45.38
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74.38
74.38
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.8
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
7.36
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
622
5.04
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.36
7.36
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.94
4.94
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3334
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1111.1
9
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
10.23
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1292
10.46
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.23
10.23
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.46
10.46
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.36
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.36
0.36
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.28
0.28
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.73
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
4.6
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.73
5.73
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
5.32
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
2.31
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.32
5.32
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.31
2.31
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.17
2.17
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.78
1.78
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.768
0.768
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.63
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
77
0.62
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
44.18
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5187
42.01
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.32
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
9.82
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
7.22
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.82
9.82
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.773
1.773
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.674
1.674
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
37.64
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4542
36.78
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.58
5.58
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.296
0.296
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.18
44.18
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.01
42.01

Fielding Stats for Bernard Fernández and Mike Sullivan

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
161
1.3
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.64
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3342
27
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
9
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.39
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
1.83
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.34
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
316
2.55
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.45
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
274
2.21
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.71
86.71
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.702
1.702
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.09
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bernard Fernández and Mike Sullivan

Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
400
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
160
187.87
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
511
600
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
491
576.52
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.196
0.196
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
96
112.72
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
82
96.28
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
10.57
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.35
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
16.44
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.146
0.146
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.021
0.021
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.9
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.8
31.46
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
117
137.38
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
131.51
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.459
0.459
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.043
0.043
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.159
0.159
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.344
0.344
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.237
0.237
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
54.01
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
56.36
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
92
108.02
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.49
-32.38
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26.58
31.21
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
15.26
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
92
108.02
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.55
5.55
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.7
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.52
Bernard Fernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Sullivan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100