How Raul Valdes's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players

Raul Valdes totaled 601 career Batters Faced, well below the relief pitcher average of 1,243.7 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batters Faced season came in 2010, posting 262, well above the relief pitcher average of 180.2 that year. The lowest point came in 2014 at 19, well below the relief pitcher average of 169.2 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 113 in 2012 to 152 in 2013 and 19 in 2014, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 19 to 262 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Raul Valdes Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats

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Raul Valdes Batters Faced Per Season

Raul Valdes's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Raul Valdes Batters Faced per season line chart

Raul Valdes Batters Faced by Team

Raul Valdes's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Raul Valdes career Batters Faced by team bar chart

Raul Valdes Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression

A running total of Raul Valdes's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Raul Valdes Batters Faced year-over-year waterfall chart

Raul Valdes Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Raul Valdes's seasonal Batters Faced alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Raul Valdes Batters Faced distribution box chart versus comparable players

Raul Valdes Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Raul Valdes's MLB career with Batters Faced alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Raul Valdes Batters Faced season-by-season breakdown table