Brandon Finnegan vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Brandon Finnegan
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Brandon Finnegan built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Willie Hernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 4.11 and 1.408 for Brandon Finnegan. By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Brandon Finnegan and Willie Hernandez

Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.31
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.55
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.62
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
119
4.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
7.91
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.91
7.91
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
1.48
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.64
0.64
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
7.94
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
6.79
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.088
1.088
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.17
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.07
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1121
38.7
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
132
4.56
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.31
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.62
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.393
1.393
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
965
33.32
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3891
33.52
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.97
1.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.7
38.7
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Brandon Finnegan and Willie Hernandez

Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
2.31
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
1.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
782
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
260.2
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.86
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
1.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
1.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.97
96.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.478
0.478
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.67
65.67
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brandon Finnegan and Willie Hernandez

Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
70
525
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
80
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
517.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
45
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.72
5.38
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
60
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
67.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.116
0.116
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
30
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
15
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
6
45
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.62
-19.62
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
22.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
165
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
3.64
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brandon Finnegan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
60
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
22.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Brandon Finnegan
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100