Al Holland vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Al Holland
Baby BoomersVirginiaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Holland as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Holland led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 82), walk avoidance (BB%+ 125 vs 99), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 105 vs 97). Jose Mercedes held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 111 vs 88). Role difference aside, Al Holland holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Al Holland and Jose Mercedes

Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
5.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.47
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.42
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.13
53.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.09
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
214
2.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.87
2.87
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1938
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
548
7.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
9.52
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.63
7.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.77
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.77
0.77
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
232
3.23
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
223
3.44
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.75
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513
7.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.15
7.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.34
1.34
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.153
1.153
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.17
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.11
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2709
37.74
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2530
39.06
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
216
3.01
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
241
3.36
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.46
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.31
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.207
1.207
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2415
33.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
34.72
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.63
0.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.74
37.74
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Al Holland and Jose Mercedes

Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
10
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
384
5.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1938
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
646
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
1.02
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
1.42
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
1.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.22
89.22
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.237
0.237
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.86
2.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Holland and Jose Mercedes

Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
384
2618.18
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
88
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
490.91
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.396
0.396
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
40.91
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
27.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
13.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
10.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
68.18
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
68.18
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.132
0.132
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.139
0.139
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.056
0.056
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.094
0.094
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.224
0.224
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
20.45
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
47.73
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-1.03
-7.02
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
27.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
245.45
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
360
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.44
2.44
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
81.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Holland
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA