Dick Hoover vs. Hector Mercado — Career Comparison

Dick Hoover
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hector Mercado
Gen XP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

On the career pitching numbers, Hector Mercado posted a stronger line than Dick Hoover. Hector Mercado posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.55 vs 7.71) and WHIP (1.564 vs 2.357). By the career numbers, Hector Mercado 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 Dick Hoover and Hector Mercado

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
3.86
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.36
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
10.1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
27
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
374
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
9
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
124.2
9
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
15.43
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.45
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.43
15.43
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.93
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.93
1.93
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
5.79
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
5.41
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.79
5.79
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.41
5.41
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.643
0.643
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.72
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.29
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
50.14
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
559
40.36
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1.93
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
1.8
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
7.71
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.84
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.71
7.71
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.51
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.357
2.357
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.54
1.54
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
44.36
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
471
34
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50.14
50.14
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.36
40.36

Fielding Stats for Dick Hoover and Hector Mercado

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.09
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
374
27
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
124.2
9
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.87
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.01
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.94
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.116
0.116
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Dick Hoover and Hector Mercado

Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
112
7466.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.01
-0.82
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.61
-40.62
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
4
266.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Dick Hoover
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA