Willie Hernandez vs. Sal Maglie — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Sal Maglie
Greatest GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Sal Maglie built a career as a starting pitcher and Willie Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sal Maglie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.254 compared to 3.38 and 1.321 for Willie Hernandez. By the career numbers, Sal Maglie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Hernandez and Sal Maglie

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
1.58
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
1.21
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.6
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.62
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.32
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65.75
65.75
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76.57
76.57
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
0.49
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.13
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
3.38
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
603
3.15
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.33
4.33
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1723
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1591
8.31
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.31
8.31
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
0.88
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
3.01
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
2.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
862
4.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.84
2.84
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.827
0.827
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
0.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4366
37.61
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7182
37.51
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
3.71
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
684
3.57
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.25
1.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6576
34.35
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.26
2.26
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.256
0.256
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.51
37.51

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Sal Maglie

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
3.53
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
114
1.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2320
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
773.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.5
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96
1.12
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
1.46
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
280
3.26
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
231
1.99
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
386
4.49
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
227
1.96
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
376
4.38
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.41
97.41
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.241
1.241
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.62
37.62
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Sal Maglie

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
304
282.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
645
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
563
523.72
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.135
0.135
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.402
0.402
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
76
70.7
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
68
63.26
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
4.65
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.93
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
7.44
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.004
0.004
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14.05
13.07
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
89
82.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
99
92.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.327
0.327
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.115
0.115
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.226
0.226
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
26.98
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
26.98
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
52.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
1.58
1.47
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
18.6
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PAverified
180
167.44
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.58
3.58
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57
53.02
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.86
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
13
12.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.93
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.93
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Sal Maglie
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100