Larry Cheney vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Larry Cheney
Lost GenerationKansasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Larry Cheney posted a stronger line than Fernando Valenzuela. Larry Cheney posted stronger numbers in ERA (2.7 vs 3.54) and WHIP (1.243 vs 1.343). By the career numbers, Larry Cheney had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Larry Cheney and Fernando Valenzuela

Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
313
1.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.7
53.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.88
71.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
564
2.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.7
2.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.83
2.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.53
3.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.227
0.227
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
5644
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
1881.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1605
7.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
733
3.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
926
4.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.96
2.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.882
0.882
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
7865
37.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
0.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
784
3.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7073
33.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.62
37.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Larry Cheney and Fernando Valenzuela

Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
314
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8798
27
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2932.2
9
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
501
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
602
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.771
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry Cheney and Fernando Valenzuela

Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
316
273.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
694
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
617
533.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.527
0.527
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
115
99.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
90
77.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
17
14.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
6.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
21.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.009
0.009
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38.88
33.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
149
128.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
161
139.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.243
0.243
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.484
0.484
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0.055
0.055
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.393
0.393
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.261
0.261
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
39.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
42
36.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
87
75.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38.81
33.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
35.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
179
154.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
3.88
3.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
31
26.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry Cheney
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
4.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Larry Cheney
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
60
60
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0