Bill Forman vs. Willie Hernandez — Career Comparison

Bill Forman
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star

Bill Forman 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 5.4 and 1.371 for Bill Forman. By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Forman and Willie Hernandez

Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.31
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.54
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
6.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.94
6.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
5.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.06
1.06
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
38.57
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
6.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.371
1.371
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
31.63
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3891
33.52
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.231
0.231
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61

Fielding Stats for Bill Forman and Willie Hernandez

Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
2.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
1.46
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.75
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.99
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
5.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.96
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.5
87.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.333
2.333
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Forman and Willie Hernandez

Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
111.43
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
94.29
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.66
99.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.49
29.92
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
128.57
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
120
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.833
0.833
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.382
0.382
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
300
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
60
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
112.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.5
30.01
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Bill Forman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Bill Forman
Career
Per 600 PA
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100