Ed Gerner vs. Chris Hammond — Career Comparison

Ed Gerner
Lost GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Chris Hammond
Gen XGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaFlorida MarlinsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Chris Hammond built a career as a starting pitcher and Ed Gerner as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Gerner posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.18 and WHIP 1.471 compared to 4.14 and 1.408 for Chris Hammond. By the career numbers, Ed Gerner had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Gerner and Chris Hammond

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.53
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.09
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.53
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.53
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.5
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.56
51.56
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.84
30.84
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
3.18
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
4.14
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.14
4.14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.73
4.73
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3371
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1123.2
9
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
11.65
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1163
9.32
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.65
11.65
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.32
9.32
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.84
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.24
0.24
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
387
3.1
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.26
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.59
1.59
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
3.1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
712
5.7
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.7
5.7
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.61
1.61
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.978
0.978
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.25
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.25
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.07
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
39.18
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4821
38.61
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.12
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.54
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
572
4.58
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.43
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.26
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
0.87
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.471
1.471
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.379
1.379
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
36.53
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4317
34.58
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.3
1.3
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.18
39.18
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.61
38.61

Fielding Stats for Ed Gerner and Chris Hammond

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
441
3.53
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
1.09
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3371
27
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1123.2
9
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.38
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
171
1.37
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.13
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
1.88
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
1.75
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.6
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.497
0.497
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.84
30.84
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Gerner and Chris Hammond

Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
444
931.47
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
6
600
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
286
600
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
600
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
238
499.3
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.632
0.632
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.626
0.626
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
100.7
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
75.52
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.69
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.39
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
25.17
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.017
0.017
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.41
40.55
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.68
45.48
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
69
144.76
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
1
100
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
76
159.44
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.285
0.285
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.29
0.29
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.505
0.505
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.317
0.317
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
30
62.94
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
300
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
29.37
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
400
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
83.92
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
33.28
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22.33
46.84
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
58.74
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
200
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
96
201.4
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
2.98
2.98
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
39.86
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.1
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
2
4.2
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
100
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Gerner
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Chris Hammond
Career
Per 600 PA