Leroy Herrmann vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Leroy Herrmann
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Leroy Herrmann as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Leroy Herrmann posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.525 compared to 4.75 and 1.455 for Jose Mercedes. By the career numbers, Leroy Herrmann had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Leroy Herrmann and Jose Mercedes

Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
2.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.57
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.44
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.67
41.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.17
5.17
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.82
4.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
425
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
141.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
168
10.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.67
10.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.76
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.76
0.76
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.05
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
3.44
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
2.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.79
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.614
0.614
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.76
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
633
40.21
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.15
5.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.525
1.525
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
573
36.4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.8
1.8
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Leroy Herrmann and Jose Mercedes

Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1749
27
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
9
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.77
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.2
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.14
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.12
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.711
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Leroy Herrmann and Jose Mercedes

Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
45
692.31
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
39
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
584.62
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
19
570
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.577
0.577
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
153.85
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
138.46
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.71
41.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
169.23
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
169.23
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.282
0.282
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.026
0.026
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.414
0.414
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.323
0.323
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
61.54
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
15.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
76.92
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.26
50.09
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
107.69
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Leroy Herrmann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.57
5.57
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
15.38
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leroy Herrmann
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA