Willie Hernandez vs. Masanori Murakami — Career Comparison

Willie Hernandez
Baby BoomersP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherCy Young AwardMVPAll-Star
Masanori Murakami
Silent GenerationJapanThrows LeftBats LeftAsiaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Willie Hernandez and Masanori Murakami are fairly close on the surface numbers. Masanori Murakami had the edge in WHIP (1.041 vs 1.321). By the career numbers, Masanori Murakami had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Willie Hernandez and Masanori Murakami

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
5.44
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.6
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
63
0.54
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
52.63
52.63
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83.33
83.33
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
1.27
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.91
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
392
3.38
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
3.43
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.38
3.38
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.43
3.43
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.23
2.23
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.245
0.245
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.196
0.196
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
952
8.2
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
6.55
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.55
6.55
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
0.84
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
1.01
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.01
1.01
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
349
3.01
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
2.32
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
0.68
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.5
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.01
3.01
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
6.79
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
10.07
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.79
6.79
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.07
10.07
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.06
1.06
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.088
1.088
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.377
1.377
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.32
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.22
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.3
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.09
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4366
37.61
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
357
35.97
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
419
3.61
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
2.12
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
431
3.71
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
3.43
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.56
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.31
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.62
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.245
1.245
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.985
0.985
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3891
33.52
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
331
33.35
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.58
0.58
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.63
0.63
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.61
37.61
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97

Fielding Stats for Willie Hernandez and Masanori Murakami

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
744
6.41
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
5.44
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.1
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3134
27
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
268
27
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1044.2
9
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.1
9
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58
0.5
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
1.46
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
1.99
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
227
1.96
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.4
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
98.27
98.27
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.074
0.074
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.48
1.48
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.85
1.85
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.1
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Hernandez and Masanori Murakami

Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
747
6402.86
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
54
2025
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
70
600
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
16
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
540
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
600
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
111.43
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
94.29
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.49
29.92
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.22
8.38
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
128.57
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
120
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
2
75
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.219
0.219
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.457
0.457
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.032
0.032
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.36
0.36
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.382
0.382
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
34.29
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25.71
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
60
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.5
30.01
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.31
-11.64
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.57
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
248.57
Masanori Murakami
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
262.5
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.41
2.41
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
2.29
2.29
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
51.43
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
17.14
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Masanori Murakami
Career
Per 600 PA