Plácido Bernal vs. Cesar Valdez — Career Comparison

Plácido Bernal
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanNew York CubansNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher
Cesar Valdez
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBaltimore OriolesAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Plácido Bernal built a career as a starting pitcher and Cesar Valdez as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Cesar Valdez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 6.11 and WHIP 1.643 compared to 8.08 and 1.772 for Plácido Bernal. By the career numbers, Cesar Valdez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Plácido Bernal and Cesar Valdez

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
2.55
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.54
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.85
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.4
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.48
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
20
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.45
45.45
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33.33
33.33
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.43
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.88
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
8.08
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
76
6.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.08
8.08
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.11
6.11
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.85
6.85
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.79
5.79
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.53
5.53
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.45
4.45
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.305
0.305
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
27
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.1
9
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
12.76
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
141
11.33
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.76
12.76
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.33
11.33
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.37
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.49
1.49
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.37
1.37
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.58
0.58
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
3.19
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
3.05
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.4
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.05
3.05
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
3.4
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
91
7.31
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.4
3.4
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.31
7.31
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.32
1.32
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.732
0.732
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.152
1.152
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.56
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.24
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
43.16
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
505
40.58
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.49
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
2.57
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
9.57
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
85
6.83
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.57
9.57
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.83
6.83
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.85
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.16
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.06
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.772
1.772
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.598
1.598
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
183
38.91
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
37.13
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.23
1.23
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.331
0.331
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.35
0.35
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.16
43.16
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.58
40.58

Fielding Stats for Plácido Bernal and Cesar Valdez

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
2.72
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
5.54
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.48
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
27
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
336
27
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
9
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
9
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.64
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.72
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.72
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
3.77
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.37
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.56
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.37
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.308
1.308
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.246
0.246
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30.77
30.77
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.7
8.7
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.08
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Plácido Bernal and Cesar Valdez

Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
13
390
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
69
10350
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
600
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
510
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.09
32.74
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
120
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
150
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.278
0.278
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.513
0.513
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
90
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.51
45.42
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-64.8
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
30
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.33
1.33
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
60
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Plácido Bernal
Career
Per 600 PA
Cesar Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA