Hal Hudson vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Hal Hudson
Greatest GenerationMichiganThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago White SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Hal Hudson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Mercedes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.75 and WHIP 1.455 compared to 7.84 and 2.226 for Hal Hudson. By the career numbers, Jose Mercedes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Hal Hudson and Jose Mercedes

Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
5.23
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
7.84
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.75
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.84
7.84
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.83
7.83
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.356
0.356
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
13.94
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.94
13.94
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
6.1
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
3.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.79
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.065
1.065
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.87
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
45.29
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.48
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
8.71
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.19
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.71
8.71
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.226
2.226
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
39.19
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.39
0.39
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.29
45.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Hal Hudson and Jose Mercedes

Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1749
27
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
583
9
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.77
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.2
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.14
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hal Hudson and Jose Mercedes

Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
3600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
570
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
3.13
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.04
-31.17
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hal Hudson
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA