Sal Campfield vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Sal Campfield
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational 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 Sal Campfield 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 4 and 1.370 for Sal Campfield. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sal Campfield and Fernando Valenzuela

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.06
4.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.284
0.284
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
10.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
117
39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
109
36.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.294
0.294
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Sal Campfield and Fernando Valenzuela

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
81
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
1.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.33
83.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.833
0.833
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sal Campfield and Fernando Valenzuela

Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
276.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
13
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
553.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
1
46.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.76
35.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
3
138.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.231
0.231
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.481
0.481
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.083
0.083
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.166
0.166
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
92.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
138.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
230.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.62
28.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
46.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
92.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
6.5
6.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Sal Campfield
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Sal Campfield
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0