Hideki Irabu vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Hideki Irabu
Gen XJapanThrows RightBats RightAsiaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Hideki Irabu and Jose Mercedes are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 109 for Hideki Irabu and 108 for Jose Mercedes, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 98 and 97 respectively. If forced to pick, Hideki Irabu gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Hideki Irabu and Jose Mercedes

Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.21
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.22
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.51
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
35
0.61
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.6
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.28
49.28
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.28
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
294
5.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.75
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.15
5.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547
9.58
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.58
9.58
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
1.59
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.16
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.16
1.16
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
3.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
3.44
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.44
3.44
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
405
7.09
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.09
7.09
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.21
3.21
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.128
1.128
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.44
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.11
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2236
39.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.49
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
308
5.39
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.19
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.39
5.39
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.25
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.3
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.51
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.405
1.405
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2012
35.23
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.44
2.44
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.15
39.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Hideki Irabu and Jose Mercedes

Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
2.21
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
80
1.4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.22
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
1542
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
514
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.23
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
0.96
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.26
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.19
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.54
0.54
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.49
63.49
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hideki Irabu and Jose Mercedes

Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
126
2223.53
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
34
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
28
494.12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.368
0.368
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
4.48
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
70.59
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.245
0.245
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.089
0.089
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.75
-13.18
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
229.41
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
360
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.62
2.62
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hideki Irabu
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA