Rudy Hernandez vs. Dick Kelley — Career Comparison

Rudy Hernandez
Silent GenerationD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Dick Kelley
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Dick Kelley built a career as a starting pitcher and Rudy Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Dick Kelley posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.335 compared to 4.12 and 1.580 for Rudy Hernandez. By the career numbers, Dick Kelley had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Dick Kelley

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
3.26
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.31
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.52
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.45
32.45
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.09
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.12
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
196
3.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.88
3.88
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.247
0.247
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.232
0.232
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1559
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
519.2
9
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
8.66
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
7.85
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.66
8.66
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.68
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.68
0.68
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.21
0.21
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.95
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
3.72
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.45
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.72
3.72
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
5.36
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
6.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.36
5.36
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.39
6.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.124
1.124
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.29
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.24
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
40.19
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2191
37.95
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.68
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.81
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.98
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
225
3.9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.512
1.512
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.285
1.285
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
35.04
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1957
33.89
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.282
0.282
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.95
37.95

Fielding Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Dick Kelley

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
188
3.25
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
1.06
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1561
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
520.1
9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.44
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.57
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.06
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
2.11
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.85
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
2.04
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.72
96.72
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.628
0.628
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32.45
32.45
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Dick Kelley

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
2657.14
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
189
846.27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
134
600
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
125
559.7
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.096
0.096
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.276
0.276
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
53.73
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
44.78
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.96
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.96
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
12.83
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.65
7.38
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
62.69
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
16
71.64
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.124
0.124
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.084
0.084
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
13.43
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
26.87
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
9.79
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.74
-16.74
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.91
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
70
313.43
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
1.91
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Dick Kelley
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
22.39
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.48
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
Dick Kelley
Career
Per 600 PA