Jerry Fosnow vs. Luis Mendoza — Career Comparison

Jerry Fosnow
Silent GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Luis Mendoza
MillenialMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Luis Mendoza built a career as a starting pitcher and Jerry Fosnow as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Luis Mendoza posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.39 and WHIP 1.565 compared to 5.65 and 1.413 for Jerry Fosnow. By the career numbers, Luis Mendoza had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Luis Mendoza

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
2.26
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.4
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.4
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.63
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.86
42.86
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.02
39.02
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.22
62.22
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.31
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
5.65
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
5.39
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.39
5.39
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.04
4.04
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.3
5.3
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.51
5.51
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.6
4.6
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.207
0.207
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1077
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
9
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
7.22
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
415
10.4
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.4
10.4
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.57
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.95
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.57
1.57
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.95
0.95
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
5.18
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.51
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.31
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.18
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.18
5.18
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
6.91
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
208
5.21
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.91
6.91
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.22
1.22
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.343
1.343
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.969
0.969
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.47
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.53
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.16
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.63
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
40.19
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1600
40.11
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.35
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.33
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.59
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
5.99
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.59
6.59
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.99
5.99
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.35
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.378
1.378
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.546
1.546
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
222
34.85
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1417
35.52
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.17
1.17
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.214
0.214
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.322
0.322
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.11
40.11

Fielding Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Luis Mendoza

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
5.65
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
2.26
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
1.4
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
172
27
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1077
27
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
57.1
9
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
359
9
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
1
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.04
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.63
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
2.83
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
2.41
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
2.2
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
2.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
77.78
77.78
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.88
96.87
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.389
0.389
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.033
1.033
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62.22
62.22
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jerry Fosnow and Luis Mendoza

Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
36
4320
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
90
6000
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
533.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.556
0.556
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.45
30.24
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
133.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.54
-65.12
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.58
38.68
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
480
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
333.33
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
1.25
1.25
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
1.8
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jerry Fosnow
Career
Per 600 PA
Luis Mendoza
Career
Per 600 PA