Kit McKenna vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Kit McKenna
Pre-GenerationalVirginiaThrows RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Kit McKenna 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 5.31 and 1.785 for Kit McKenna. By the career numbers, Jose Mercedes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Kit McKenna and Jose Mercedes

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.36
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.8
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.25
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.56
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
30.77
30.77
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.09
59.09
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.68
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
86
5.31
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
308
4.75
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.31
5.31
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.75
4.75
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.18
6.18
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.306
0.306
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
437
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
145.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
184
11.37
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.37
11.37
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.31
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
4.7
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.7
4.7
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
2.1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.79
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.1
2.1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.55
1.55
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.755
0.755
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.74
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.24
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.32
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
697
43.06
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.49
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
6.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.19
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.98
6.98
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.785
1.785
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
37.13
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.14
5.14
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.319
0.319
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.06
43.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Kit McKenna and Jose Mercedes

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
1.39
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
447
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
149
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.18
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.66
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
2.9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
2.84
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.92
97.92
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.044
2.044
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Kit McKenna and Jose Mercedes

Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
23
215.63
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
57
534.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.531
0.531
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
93.75
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
37.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.99
37.42
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
131.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
150
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.246
0.246
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.07
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.176
0.176
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.426
0.426
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
56.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
65.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
121.88
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.73
34.97
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.88
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12.8
12.8
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.38
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Kit McKenna
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA