Bill Magee vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Bill Magee
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Bill Magee 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 4.94 and 1.600 for Bill Magee. By the career numbers, Jose Mercedes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bill Magee and Jose Mercedes

Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.29
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
1.09
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.35
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.62
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.6
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.25
36.25
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84.11
84.11
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.84
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
408
4.94
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.75
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.94
4.94
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.91
4.91
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2231
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
743.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
838
10.14
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.14
10.14
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.28
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
352
4.26
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.26
4.26
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
161
1.95
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.79
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.95
1.95
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.5
1.5
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.71
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.02
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3376
40.86
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.21
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.28
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
6.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.19
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.33
6.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.6
1.6
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2965
35.88
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.89
4.89
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.86
40.86
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Bill Magee and Jose Mercedes

Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
107
1.3
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2226
27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
742
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
2.23
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.29
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
235
2.85
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
2.56
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.79
89.79
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.972
1.972
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill Magee and Jose Mercedes

Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
107
214
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
300
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
284
568
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.422
0.422
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
96
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
84
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.39
22.77
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
112
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
58
116
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.395
0.395
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.028
0.028
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.138
0.138
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
27
54
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
92
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.36
18.72
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
18
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
132
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
360
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.55
4.55
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
12
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill Magee
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA