Jose Alvarez vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Jose Alvarez
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Fernando Valenzuela built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Alvarez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jose Alvarez led in strikeout rate (K%+ 119 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 116 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 95 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 96). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Jose Alvarez.

Pitching Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
2.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.99
2.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.55
3.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.9
3.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.24
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
7.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.76
7.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
79
4.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
7.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.43
7.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
688
38.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
2.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
56
3.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.1
3.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.349
1.349
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
32.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.57
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.292
0.292
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.14
38.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98
5.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
487
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
162.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
1.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
2.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.439
0.439
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Alvarez and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
99
3960
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
11
440
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.02
40.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.273
0.273
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.218
0.218
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.44
57.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
40
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.5
7.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Jose Alvarez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jose Alvarez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0