Norm McRae vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Norm McRae
Baby BoomersNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Norm McRae as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Norm McRae posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.15 and WHIP 1.573 compared to 4.75 and 1.455 for Jose Mercedes. By the career numbers, Norm McRae had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Norm McRae and Jose Mercedes

Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.77
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.83
45.83
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.63
4.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
103
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
7.34
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
9.52
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.34
7.34
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.26
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.05
0.05
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
6.82
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.82
6.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
4.98
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.98
4.98
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.83
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
40.63
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.57
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
3.93
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.93
3.93
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.573
1.573
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
33.03
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
34.72
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.68
0.68
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.255
0.255
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.63
40.63
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Norm McRae and Jose Mercedes

Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
5.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.79
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.85
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.53
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
3.18
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.65
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.455
0.455
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.26
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Norm McRae and Jose Mercedes

Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
6600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
4350
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
3.13
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.058
0.058
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0.07
-20.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.67
1.67
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Norm McRae
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA