Jake Diekman vs. Hector Mercado — Career Comparison

Jake Diekman
MillenialNebraskaThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Hector Mercado
Gen XP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

The numbers give Hector Mercado a clear advantage over Jake Diekman across the core pitching metrics. Hector Mercado led in home run suppression (HR9+ 151 vs 131), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 99), and strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 120). Jake Diekman held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 99 vs 94). Hector Mercado was the better reliever — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jake Diekman and Hector Mercado

Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
10.53
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
8.09
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.4
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.51
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.26
44.26
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
3.91
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.55
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.91
3.91
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.55
4.55
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.62
3.62
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.217
0.217
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1807
27
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
27
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602.1
9
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
124.2
9
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
483
7.22
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
117
8.45
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.22
7.22
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.45
8.45
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
0.79
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
1.08
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.13
0.13
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
358
5.35
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.41
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.31
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.35
5.35
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
764
11.42
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
9.17
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.42
11.42
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.17
9.17
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.08
1.08
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.863
1.863
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
0.66
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.72
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.7
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2662
39.78
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
40.36
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
2.11
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
1.8
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
312
4.66
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
67
4.84
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.66
4.66
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.36
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.72
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.51
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.396
1.396
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2224
33.23
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
471
34
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.44
0.44
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.306
0.306
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.78
39.78
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36

Fielding Stats for Jake Diekman and Hector Mercado

Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
13
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
705
10.53
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
112
8.09
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.22
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1807
27
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
27
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602.1
9
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
124.2
9
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.34
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.87
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.87
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.18
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.39
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.01
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
1.21
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.94
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
87.1
87.1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.115
0.115
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.116
0.116
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jake Diekman and Hector Mercado

Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
13
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
705
423000
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
112
7466.67
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.82
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-66.4
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-0.61
-40.62
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
600
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jake Diekman
Career
Per 600 PA
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA