Rick Aguilera vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Rick Aguilera
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMinnesota TwinsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Rick Aguilera as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Rick Aguilera led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 152 vs 126), strikeout rate (K%+ 99 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 101 vs 87). Role difference aside, Rick Aguilera holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Rick Aguilera and Ismael Valdez

Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
5.1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.6
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.51
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
0.56
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.52
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51.5
51.5
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.16
12.16
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
2.22
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
512
3.57
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.69
3.69
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3874
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1291.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1233
8.59
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.59
8.59
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
351
2.45
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
2.58
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.29
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.45
2.45
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1030
7.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
5.78
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.18
7.18
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.41
1.41
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.069
1.069
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.37
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
5391
37.57
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7760
38.22
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
557
3.88
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
568
3.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
4.39
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
52
0.36
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
0.23
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
0.66
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.227
1.227
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.311
1.311
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
4919
34.28
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7075
34.85
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.78
0.78
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.57
37.57
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Rick Aguilera and Ismael Valdez

Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
16
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
732
5.1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
89
0.62
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
3874
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
1291.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.69
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.63
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
177
1.23
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.03
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
1.96
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.06
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
276
1.92
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.99
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.22
98.22
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.65
96.65
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.377
0.377
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.16
12.16
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Aguilera and Ismael Valdez

Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
16
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
737
2746.58
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
161
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
139
518.01
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
104.35
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
65.82
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22
81.99
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
53.16
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
3
11.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
11.18
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.27
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.36
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
12.66
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.022
0.022
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.107
0.107
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.04
37.4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.35
13.1
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
149.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
81.01
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
126.71
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.288
0.288
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.522
0.522
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.086
0.086
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.411
0.411
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
44.72
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
40.99
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
21.52
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
74.53
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9.92
36.97
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.4
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
22.36
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
137.89
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
122
154.43
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.35
4.35
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
3.89
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
16
59.63
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Rick Aguilera
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.73
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Rick Aguilera
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100