Jeff Austin vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Jeff Austin
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City RoyalsAmerican 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 Jeff Austin 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 6.75 and 1.730 for Jeff Austin. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jeff Austin and Fernando Valenzuela

Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.42
18.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
6.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.75
6.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.08
6.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.83
5.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
69
9.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.51
9.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
1.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.79
1.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
5.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.65
5.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
7.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.58
7.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.45
1.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.469
1.469
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
301
41.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
2.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
50
6.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.89
6.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.684
1.684
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
253
34.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41.46
41.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jeff Austin and Fernando Valenzuela

Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
196
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
65.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
1.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
84.62
84.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
18.42
18.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff Austin and Fernando Valenzuela

Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
2280
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
10
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
8
480
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
6.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
1
60
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.088
0.088
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-6.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
300
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Jeff Austin
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jeff Austin
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0