Rudy Hernandez vs. Mike Pelfrey — Career Comparison

Rudy Hernandez
Silent GenerationD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Mike Pelfrey
MillenialOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Pelfrey 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. Rudy Hernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.12 and WHIP 1.580 compared to 4.68 and 1.528 for Mike Pelfrey. By the career numbers, Rudy Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Mike Pelfrey

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.68
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.82
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
68
0.41
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
0.63
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.77
39.77
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.02
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
4.12
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
767
4.68
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.12
4.12
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.247
0.247
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
8.66
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
1687
10.28
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.66
8.66
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.28
10.28
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.41
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
139
0.85
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.95
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
542
3.3
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.16
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.3
3.3
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
5.36
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
838
5.11
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.36
5.36
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.11
5.11
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.93
0.93
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.145
1.145
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.935
0.935
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.82
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
0.49
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
195
40.19
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6531
39.81
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.68
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.98
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
827
5.04
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.98
5.98
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.04
5.04
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
0.38
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.28
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
1.12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.512
1.512
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.51
1.51
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
170
35.04
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5800
35.36
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.04
1.04
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.282
0.282
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.19
40.19
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.81
39.81

Fielding Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Mike Pelfrey

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.77
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
275
1.68
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
256
1.56
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
131
27
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4429
27
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.2
9
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1476.1
9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.41
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.57
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.44
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
197
1.2
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.05
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.06
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
298
1.82
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
1.85
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
290
1.77
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.32
97.32
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.321
0.321
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.055
1.055
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.09
93.09
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.1
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rudy Hernandez and Mike Pelfrey

Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
31
2657.14
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
275
535.71
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
308
600
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
268
522.08
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.352
0.352
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
54.55
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
44.81
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.74
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.74
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
12.83
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.71
9.18
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
64.29
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
83.77
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.151
0.151
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.275
0.275
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0.142
0.142
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
50.65
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
9.79
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.49
-6.8
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.9
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
25.32
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
72
140.26
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4.28
4.28
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
46.75
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.95
Rudy Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
4
7.79
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
Mike Pelfrey
Career
Per 600 PA