Xavier Hernandez vs. Matt Young — Career Comparison

Xavier Hernandez
Gen XTexasThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Matt Young
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSeattle MarinersAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Matt Young built a career as a starting pitcher and Xavier Hernandez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Matt Young led in home run suppression (HR9+ 119 vs 73), run prevention (ERA+ 101 vs 85), and strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 103). Xavier Hernandez held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 101 vs 84). Role difference aside, Matt Young holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Xavier Hernandez and Matt Young

Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
2.52
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.23
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.54
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
0.42
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
0.72
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.33
53.33
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.67
36.67
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.95
48.95
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.15
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.04
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.47
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.19
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
291
3.9
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
582
4.4
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.65
3.65
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.244
0.244
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3569
27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1189.2
9
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
621
8.33
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1207
9.13
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.33
8.33
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.13
9.13
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
0.9
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.75
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.9
0.9
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
266
3.57
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
565
4.27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.48
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.21
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.27
4.27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
562
7.54
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
857
6.48
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.54
7.54
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.21
1.21
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.57
2.57
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.234
1.234
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.195
1.195
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.62
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
0.42
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.27
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.28
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.05
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2879
38.62
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5236
39.61
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
169
2.27
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
73
0.55
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
324
4.35
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
661
5
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.38
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.28
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.3
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.26
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
0.64
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
0.93
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.322
1.322
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2543
34.11
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4563
34.52
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.99
1.99
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.62
38.62
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.61
39.61

Fielding Stats for Xavier Hernandez and Matt Young

Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
6.21
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
333
2.52
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.09
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
1.23
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2013
27
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3569
27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
671
9
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1189.2
9
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.54
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.38
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
64
0.86
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
1.2
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.22
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.42
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
1.8
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.39
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
1.58
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.11
98.11
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.82
87.82
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.225
0.225
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.628
0.628
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.51
1.51
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.95
48.95
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.05
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Xavier Hernandez and Matt Young

Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
10
10
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
464
6474.42
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
333
66600
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
43
600
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
516.28
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.01
0.12
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.95
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
41.86
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.077
0.077
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.027
0.027
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.104
0.104
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.041
0.041
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.081
0.081
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.059
0.059
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-2.82
-39.33
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-64.27
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
27.91
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
279.07
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
400
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.15
2.15
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.5
1.5
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
55.81
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.95
Matt Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Xavier Hernandez
Career
Per 600 PA
Matt Young
Career
Per 600 PA