Willie Hernandez vs. Rudy May — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Rudy May
Silent GenerationKansasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Rudy May 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. Rudy May led in home run suppression (HR9+ 103 vs 76), walk avoidance (BB%+ 95 vs 88), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 96 vs 91). Willie Hernandez held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 101). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Rudy May.

Pitching Stats for Willie Hernandez and Rudy May

Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.52
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
156
0.54
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.35
49.35
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
87
0.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.08
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.04
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1007
3.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7866
27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2622
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2314
7.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
97
0.84
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
0.68
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
958
3.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.19
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1760
6.04
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.04
6.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.29
3.29
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.037
1.037
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.23
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4366
37.61
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10902
37.42
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
3.95
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
0.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.21
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
128
0.44
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.248
1.248
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3891
33.52
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9723
33.37
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.15
2.15
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.42
37.42

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Rudy May

Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
535
1.84
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
1.24
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7865
27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2621.2
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
87
0.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
382
1.31
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.13
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
506
1.74
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
469
1.61
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.69
92.69
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.877
0.877
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.29
67.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Rudy May

Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
536
839.69
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
383
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
63
540
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
341
534.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.123
0.123
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.384
0.384
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
65.8
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
51.7
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
14.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.27
14.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
79.9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
103.39
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.33
0.33
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.248
0.248
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0.236
0.236
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
18.8
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
21.93
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
40.73
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
1.07
1.68
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.13
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
34.46
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
248.57
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
164
256.92
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
2.41
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
2.34
2.34
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
26.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.57
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
4
6.27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Rudy May
Career
Per 600 PA