Jose Ascanio vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Jose Ascanio
MillenialVenezuelaThrows RightBats RightSouth AmericaChicago CubsNational 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 Ascanio as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fernando Valenzuela posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 5.28 and 1.804 for Jose Ascanio. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jose Ascanio and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
8.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
5.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.28
5.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.12
6.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.302
0.302
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
57
11.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.15
11.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
4.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
8.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.02
8.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.95
0.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.348
1.348
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
43.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
3.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
5.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.67
5.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.696
1.696
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
36.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.67
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.355
0.355
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.24
43.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jose Ascanio and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
8.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
1.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.89
88.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.186
0.186
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Ascanio and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PAverified
43
12900
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.21
-63.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Jose Ascanio
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jose Ascanio
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0