Willie Hernandez vs. Mike Montgomery — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Mike Montgomery
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Mike Montgomery 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. Mike Montgomery led in home run suppression (HR9+ 171 vs 76), run prevention (ERA+ 134 vs 100), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 91). Willie Hernandez held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 109 vs 91). Role difference aside, Mike Montgomery holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Willie Hernandez and Mike Montgomery

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
3.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.16
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.38
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.54
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.63
52.63
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.35
40.35
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
3.84
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.27
3.27
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.12
4.12
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.256
0.256
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1623
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
952
8.2
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
524
8.72
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.2
8.2
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.96
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
349
3.01
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
3.39
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.39
3.39
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
6.79
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
415
6.9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.9
6.9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.088
1.088
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.144
1.144
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.32
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.55
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.09
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4366
37.61
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2308
38.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
0.68
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
431
3.71
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.19
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.19
4.19
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.17
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
72
0.62
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
1.11
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.245
1.245
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.346
1.346
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3891
33.52
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2047
34.05
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.38
1.38
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.284
0.284
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.296
0.296
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.61
37.61
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.4
38.4

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Mike Montgomery

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
3.04
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
1.16
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
1623
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
541
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.5
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.62
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.31
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.98
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.93
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.27
98.27
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
97.48
97.48
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.305
0.305
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.634
0.634
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.25
38.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.1
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Mike Montgomery

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
184
1298.82
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
70
600
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
85
600
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
63
540
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
564.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.347
0.347
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
10
70.59
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
8
56.47
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
7.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2
14.12
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.013
0.013
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2.44
17.22
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
14
98.82
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
11
77.65
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.311
0.311
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.032
0.032
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.05
0.05
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
34.29
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
56.47
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25.71
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
35.29
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
7
60
Mike Montgomery
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
84.71
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-2.22
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
1
7.06
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
248.57
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
40
282.35
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
2.41
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
2.13
2.13
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
4
28.24
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Mike Montgomery
Career
Per 600 PA