Willie Hernandez vs. Herb Moford — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Herb Moford
Silent GenerationKentuckyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Herb Moford 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 5.03 and 1.373 for Herb Moford. 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 Herb Moford

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.86
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.8
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.74
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.78
27.78
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
28
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.34
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.17
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.03
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.03
5.03
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
472
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
157.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
8.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.2
1.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.42
0.42
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.66
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.51
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.66
3.66
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
6.79
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
4.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.79
6.79
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.56
1.56
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.088
1.088
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.903
0.903
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
38.56
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.57
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
94
5.38
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.316
1.316
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
600
34.32
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.88
1.88
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.56
38.56

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Herb Moford

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
2.87
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.8
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.46
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
169
1.46
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
2.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
1.99
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.52
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
1.96
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.52
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.27
98.27
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
28
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.11
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Herb Moford

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
50
625
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
48
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
540
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
550
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.046
0.046
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.041
0.041
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
0.07
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0.061
0.061
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
-3.1
-38.69
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.57
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
12.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
29
248.57
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
137.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.41
2.41
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.36
4.36
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Herb Moford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.09
0.09
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
3
37.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
12.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Herb Moford
Career
Per 600 PA