Spike Merena vs. Manny Sarmiento — Career Comparison

Spike Merena
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Manny Sarmiento
Baby BoomersVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Spike Merena built a career as a starting pitcher and Manny Sarmiento as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Spike Merena posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.92 and WHIP 1.459 compared to 3.49 and 1.291 for Manny Sarmiento. By the career numbers, Spike Merena had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Spike Merena and Manny Sarmiento

Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
1.46
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
3.99
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.09
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.39
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.46
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.73
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
75
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.65
9.65
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.21
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.92
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
199
3.49
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.09
3.09
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.55
5.55
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.242
0.242
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
74
27
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1541
27
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.2
9
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
513.2
9
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
7.3
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
8.08
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.73
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.74
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
5.84
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
172
3.01
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.53
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.01
3.01
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.55
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
4.96
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.55
2.55
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.96
4.96
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.75
1.75
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.24
1.24
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.932
0.932
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.886
0.886
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.36
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
39.41
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2134
37.39
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.37
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
2.92
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
3.92
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.92
2.92
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.42
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.56
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.6
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.46
1.46
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
91
33.2
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1903
33.34
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.98
0.98
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.266
0.266
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.41
39.41
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.39
37.39

Fielding Stats for Spike Merena and Manny Sarmiento

Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
228
3.99
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.39
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1541
27
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
513.2
9
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.47
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.86
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
1.37
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
1.33
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.5
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.333
0.333
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.65
9.65
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Spike Merena and Manny Sarmiento

Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
7
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
4
240
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
229
1321.15
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
104
600
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
7
420
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
87
501.92
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.55
0.55
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.361
0.361
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
17
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1.37
7.91
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
51.92
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
80.77
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.143
0.143
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.103
0.103
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.148
0.148
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.167
0.167
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
11.54
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
23.08
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
34.62
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
23.06
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.8
-4.6
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.77
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
23.08
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
60
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
27
155.77
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
10
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
3.85
3.85
Spike Merena
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0.15
0.15
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Manny Sarmiento
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
69.23
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Spike Merena
Career
Per 600 PA
Manny Sarmiento
Career
Per 600 PA