Al Atkinson vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Al Atkinson
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Al Atkinson as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Al Atkinson posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.96 and WHIP 1.259 compared to 4.09 and 1.332 for Ismael Valdez. By the career numbers, Al Atkinson had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Atkinson and Ismael Valdez

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
106
1.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
0.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.5
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.52
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.62
88.62
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99
0.97
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
403
3.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.251
0.251
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2745
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
915
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
943
9.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1872
9.22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.28
9.28
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.21
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.21
0.21
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
2.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
2.58
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
435
4.28
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.28
4.28
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
0.79
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.37
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4001
39.35
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
656
6.45
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
4.39
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.45
6.45
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.259
1.259
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.311
1.311
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3754
36.92
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7075
34.85
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.19
6.19
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.35
39.35
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Al Atkinson and Ismael Valdez

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.6
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2832
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
944
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.52
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
174
1.66
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
1.36
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.41
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
272
2.59
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
2.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
229
2.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.99
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.19
84.19
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.991
1.991
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.03
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Atkinson and Ismael Valdez

Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
110
155.66
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
412.66
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
424
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
387
547.64
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.48
0.48
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
90.57
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
52
65.82
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
76.42
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
42
53.16
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
9.91
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.83
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.27
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
14.15
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
10
12.66
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.016
0.016
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.95
31.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
10.35
13.1
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
78
110.38
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
64
81.01
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
101
142.92
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.238
0.238
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.44
0.44
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.036
0.036
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.378
0.378
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.168
0.168
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
77.83
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
14
19.81
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
68
96.23
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21.4
30.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.4
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.42
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
50.94
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
16.98
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
122
154.43
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35.33
35.33
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
3.89
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Atkinson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
9.91
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
5.06
Al Atkinson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100