Jose Mercedes vs. Cliff Speck — Career Comparison

Jose Mercedes
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Cliff Speck
Baby BoomersOregonThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Jose Mercedes built a career as a starting pitcher and Cliff Speck as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cliff Speck posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.13 and WHIP 1.412 compared to 4.75 and 1.455 for Jose Mercedes. By the career numbers, Cliff Speck had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Mercedes and Cliff Speck

Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.51
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.6
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
308
4.75
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.72
4.72
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.86
4.86
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.238
0.238
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
617
9.52
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
7.94
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.52
9.52
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.94
7.94
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
1.16
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.16
1.16
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.64
0.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
223
3.44
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
4.76
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
310
4.79
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
6.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.79
4.79
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.67
6.67
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.14
2.14
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.62
1.62
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.914
0.914
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.32
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2530
39.06
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
39.07
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.28
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.95
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
336
5.19
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.2
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.37
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
1.05
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.64
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.441
1.441
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.412
1.412
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2249
34.72
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
33.35
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.32
2.32
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.291
0.291
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.06
39.06
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.07
39.07

Fielding Stats for Jose Mercedes and Cliff Speck

Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
145
2.24
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
4.13
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.22
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1749
27
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
27
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.1
9
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.37
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.32
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
0.77
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.59
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
78
1.2
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.91
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
1.14
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.91
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.462
0.462
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.48
54.48
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.69
7.69
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Mercedes and Cliff Speck

Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
4350
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
13
1560
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19
570
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
3
360
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
0.1
3.13
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
4.24
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
60
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.053
0.053
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.058
0.058
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.113
0.113
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
-1.04
-31.17
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
2.95
Jose Mercedes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
12
360
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
360
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
1.67
1.67
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Mercedes
Career
Per 600 PA
Cliff Speck
Career
Per 600 PA