Cheo Hernández vs. Emil Kush — Career Comparison

Cheo Hernández
Lost GenerationCubaThrows RightCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher
Emil Kush
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Cheo Hernández built a career as a starting pitcher and Emil Kush as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Emil Kush posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.48 and WHIP 1.392 compared to 3.85 and 1.458 for Cheo Hernández. By the career numbers, Emil Kush had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Cheo Hernández and Emil Kush

Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.28
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.9
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.05
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.21
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.55
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.52
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.64
63.64
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81.82
81.82
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.33
5.33
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.87
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.31
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
3.85
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
3.48
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.48
3.48
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
463
27
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1039
27
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.1
9
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
346.1
9
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
174
10.15
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
8.42
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.15
10.15
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.42
8.42
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.62
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.16
0.16
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
2.97
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
158
4.11
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
2.8
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
150
3.9
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.18
2.18
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.642
0.642
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.889
0.889
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.21
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.26
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.08
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
680
39.65
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1481
38.49
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
2.03
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
4.55
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
146
3.79
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.99
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.64
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.458
1.458
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.392
1.392
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
606
35.34
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1313
34.12
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.97
0.97
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.308
0.308
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.263
0.263
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.65
39.65
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.49
38.49

Fielding Stats for Cheo Hernández and Emil Kush

Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.29
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
150
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.01
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
587
27
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
195.2
9
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.74
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
2.76
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
85
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.28
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
3.77
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
3.5
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.68
92.68
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96.52
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.714
2.714
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78.57
78.57
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Cheo Hernández and Emil Kush

Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
29
185.11
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
1058.82
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
94
600
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
85
600
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
87
555.32
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
578.82
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.264
0.264
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
0.22
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.737
0.737
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.524
0.524
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
146.81
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
18
127.06
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
95.74
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
98.82
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
31.91
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
4
28.24
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
19.15
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
51.06
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
4
28.24
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.035
0.035
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.86
69.31
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
5.43
38.34
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
236.17
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
22
155.29
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
165.96
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
21
148.24
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.247
0.247
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.425
0.425
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.268
0.268
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.714
0.714
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.515
0.515
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.161
0.161
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.049
0.049
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.641
0.641
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
7
44.68
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
56.47
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
102.13
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
3
21.18
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
127.66
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.67
74.52
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
5.75
40.59
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.38
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
2
12.77
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
21.18
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
12
84.71
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.08
7.08
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
Emil Kush
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
25.53
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.38
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.38
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cheo Hernández
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Emil Kush
Career
Per 600 PA