Hector Mercado vs. Jose Mercedes — Career Comparison

Hector Mercado
Gen XP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Hector Mercado as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Hector Mercado led in strikeout rate (K%+ 126 vs 82), home run suppression (HR9+ 151 vs 111), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 108 vs 97). Jose Mercedes held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 72). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Hector Mercado.

Pitching Stats for Hector Mercado and Jose Mercedes

Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.09
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.36
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.51
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.56
55.56
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.55
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.55
4.55
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.72
4.72
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.43
4.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
124.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
8.45
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
9.52
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.45
8.45
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
75
5.41
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.41
5.41
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
9.17
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.17
9.17
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.62
1.62
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.72
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.29
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
559
40.36
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
1.8
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
4.84
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.84
4.84
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.43
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.51
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.441
1.441
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
471
34
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
34.72
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.6
0.6
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.291
0.291
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.36
40.36
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06

Fielding Stats for Hector Mercado and Jose Mercedes

Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
8.09
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.22
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
374
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
124.2
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.87
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
1.01
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.2
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.94
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
1.14
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
92.86
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.87
94.87
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.116
0.116
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.68
2.68
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Hector Mercado and Jose Mercedes

Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
112
7466.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
145
4350
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
570
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.01
-0.82
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
3.13
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
30
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
-0.61
-40.62
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
-1.04
-31.17
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
266.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Hector Mercado
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2.25
2.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Hector Mercado
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA