Ted Bowsfield vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Ted Bowsfield
Silent GenerationCANThrows LeftBats RightNorth AmericaKansas City AthleticsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Ted Bowsfield and Fernando Valenzuela are about as close as two starters get — the gap between them is negligible across the key measures. Their run-prevention numbers were nearly identical — ERA+ of 92 for Ted Bowsfield and 95 for Fernando Valenzuela, with skill-based marks of DICE+ 96 and 91 respectively. If forced to pick, Fernando Valenzuela gets the slight nod, but this is a genuinely even pairing.

Pitching Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Fernando Valenzuela

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
48.68
48.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
320
4.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.48
4.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.264
0.264
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1987
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
662.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
699
9.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.5
9.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
259
3.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.52
3.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
326
4.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.883
0.883
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2920
39.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
51
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
5.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.01
5.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.446
1.446
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2649
36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.72
1.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.68
39.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Fernando Valenzuela

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
215
2.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1989
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
663
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
179
2.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
164
2.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.62
91.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.763
0.763
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
40
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ted Bowsfield and Fernando Valenzuela

Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
235
705
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
200
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
173
519
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.415
0.415
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
22
66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
18
54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
4
12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
5.53
16.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
27
81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
36
108
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.193
0.193
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.156
0.156
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.349
0.349
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.27
0.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
8
24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2.66
7.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
66
198
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Ted Bowsfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ted Bowsfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0