Willie Hernandez vs. Pedro Martinez — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Pedro Martinez
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueHall of FameStarting PitcherCy Young AwardAll-Star

Pedro Martinez 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. Pedro Martinez led in strikeout rate (K%+ 141 vs 109), home run suppression (HR9+ 102 vs 76), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 113 vs 91). Role difference aside, Pedro Martinez holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Willie Hernandez and Pedro Martinez

Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
1.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
1.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
0.6
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
0.7
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.32
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68.65
68.65
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.92
85.92
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.15
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.05
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.01
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
392
3.38
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
919
2.93
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.38
3.38
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.54
2.54
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.82
2.82
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.215
0.215
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8482
27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2827.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2221
7.07
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
0.76
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
349
3.01
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
760
2.42
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.42
2.42
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
788
6.79
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3154
10.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.04
10.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.63
6.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.088
1.088
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.384
1.384
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
0.45
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.02
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4366
37.61
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11394
36.27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431
3.71
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1006
3.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
0.24
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
148
0.47
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.054
1.054
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3891
33.52
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10356
32.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.11
2.11
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.27
36.27

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Pedro Martinez

Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
476
1.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
1.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8482
27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2827.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
0.49
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
263
0.84
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.07
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
1.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
1.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.78
94.78
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.878
0.878
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
85.92
85.92
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Pedro Martinez

Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
477
552.51
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
518
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
434
502.7
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.365
0.365
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
49.81
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
40.54
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
6.95
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.32
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
9.27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6.87
7.96
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
53
61.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
61
70.66
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.134
0.134
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.179
0.179
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.174
0.174
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
25.48
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
20.85
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
40
46.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
-8.05
-9.32
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.47
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
17.37
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
220.08
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.73
2.73
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
51.43
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
63
72.97
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5.79
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Pedro Martinez
Career
Per 600 PA