Dennis Higgins vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Dennis Higgins
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaWashington SenatorsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Dennis Higgins as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Mercedes led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 93), and run prevention (ERA+ 108 vs 100). Dennis Higgins held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 128 vs 82). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jose Mercedes.

Pitching Stats for Dennis Higgins and Jose Mercedes

Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
5.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48.89
48.89
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
1.01
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
3.42
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.42
3.42
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.11
4.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1231
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
410.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
7.59
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
9.52
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.59
7.59
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.7
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.7
0.7
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
4.89
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.61
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
339
7.44
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.44
7.44
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.83
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1772
38.87
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2530
39.06
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
2.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
178
3.9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.9
3.9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1521
33.36
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
34.72
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.74
0.74
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.87
38.87
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Dennis Higgins and Jose Mercedes

Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
5.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
1231
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
410.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
1.12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.62
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.65
98.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.83
0.83
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dennis Higgins and Jose Mercedes

Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
241
2224.62
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
58
535.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.415
0.415
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
13.34
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
83.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.155
0.155
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.365
0.365
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.133
0.133
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.94
8.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
36.92
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
360
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.82
3.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
2
18.46
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dennis Higgins
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA