Jim McLaughlin vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Jim McLaughlin
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBaltimore OriolesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim McLaughlin as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim McLaughlin posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.68 and WHIP 1.727 compared to 4.75 and 1.455 for Jose Mercedes. By the career numbers, Jim McLaughlin had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Jose Mercedes

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.23
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.41
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.6
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
54.48
54.48
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
3.68
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.68
3.68
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.86
4.86
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.3
0.3
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.274
0.274
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
11.05
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
617
9.52
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.05
11.05
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.52
9.52
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.52
0.52
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
4.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
310
4.79
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.79
4.79
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.67
2.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.14
2.14
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.864
0.864
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.914
0.914
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
41.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.41
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
5.19
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.2
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.727
1.727
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
90
36.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2249
34.72
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.33
7.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.32
2.32
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.32
41.32
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Jose Mercedes

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.98
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
145
2.24
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
165
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.49
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.15
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.16
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
1.8
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
1.64
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.667
1.667
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.51
0.51
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim McLaughlin and Jose Mercedes

Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
5
136.36
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
22
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
20
600
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
600
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
19
570
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
27.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.73
47.27
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
218.18
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
136.36
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
60
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.364
0.364
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.591
0.591
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.471
0.471
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.94
52.81
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim McLaughlin
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA