Willie Hernandez vs. Brendan McKay — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Brendan McKay
MillenialPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Brendan McKay 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. Willie Hernandez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.38 and WHIP 1.321 compared to 5.14 and 1.408 for Brendan McKay. By the career numbers, Willie Hernandez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Hernandez and Brendan McKay

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.268
0.268
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
9.73
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.73
9.73
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.47
1.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.62
0.62
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
3.01
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
2.94
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.94
2.94
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
6.79
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
10.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.29
10.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.31
4.31
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.088
1.088
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.22
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
39.67
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
32
5.88
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.88
5.88
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.18
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
198
36.37
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.67
39.67

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Brendan McKay

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
2.02
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
147
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
49
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.37
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.73
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.27
98.27
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.462
0.462
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.62
84.62
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Brendan McKay

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
18
981.82
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
11
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
540
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
545.45
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.531
0.531
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
2
109.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
17.14
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.49
29.92
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.39
75.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
128.57
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
272.73
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
120
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
163.64
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.219
0.219
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.238
0.238
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.773
0.773
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.248
0.248
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
60
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.5
30.01
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
57.57
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
54.55
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
109.09
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.5
5.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Brendan McKay
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
1
54.55
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Brendan McKay
Career
Per 600 PA