Brett Anderson vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Brett Anderson
MillenialTexasThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Brett Anderson a clear advantage over Fernando Valenzuela across the core pitching metrics. Brett Anderson led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 134 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 145 vs 110), and run prevention (ERA+ 123 vs 95). Brett Anderson was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Brett Anderson and Fernando Valenzuela

Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
0.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.52
47.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
516
4.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.274
0.274
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3421
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1140.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1217
9.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.61
9.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
115
0.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
304
2.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.4
2.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
772
6.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.09
6.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4828
38.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
572
4.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
134
1.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.334
1.334
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4438
35.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Brett Anderson and Fernando Valenzuela

Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
222
1.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
210
1.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3421
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1140.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
1.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
233
1.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
224
1.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.14
96.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.009
1.009
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.59
94.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Brett Anderson and Fernando Valenzuela

Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
222
972.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
137
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
115
503.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
52.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
39.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
13.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
1.91
8.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
65.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
22
96.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.176
0.176
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.112
0.112
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.229
0.229
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
4
17.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
6
26.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
43.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.03
-8.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
43.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
271.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
2.21
2.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
12
52.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Brett Anderson
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
26.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Brett Anderson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0