Bert Cole vs. Raul Valdes — Career Comparison

Bert Cole
Lost GenerationCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaDetroit TigersAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Raul Valdes
Gen XCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bert Cole built a career as a starting pitcher and Raul Valdes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bert Cole posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.67 and WHIP 1.593 compared to 5.13 and 1.361 for Raul Valdes. By the career numbers, Bert Cole had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bert Cole and Raul Valdes

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
177
2.63
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.68
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
0.42
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.48
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25.99
25.99
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.27
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.06
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.15
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
314
4.67
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
5.13
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.67
4.67
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.25
4.25
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.95
3.95
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.295
0.295
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.257
0.257
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1817
27
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
27
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
605.2
9
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
140.1
9
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
735
10.92
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
8.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.92
10.92
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.85
8.85
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.39
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.39
0.39
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
230
3.42
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.14
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.42
3.42
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
1.77
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
9.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.77
1.77
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.576
0.576
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.09
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.28
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2742
40.75
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
38.54
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
83
1.23
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.73
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
393
5.84
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
81
5.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.84
5.84
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.19
5.19
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.58
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.593
1.593
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.333
1.333
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2493
37.05
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
538
34.5
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.22
2.22
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.302
0.302
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.75
40.75
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Bert Cole and Raul Valdes

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
180
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
421
27
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140.1
9
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.38
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
163
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
1.15
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
212
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.54
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
204
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
1.54
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.23
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1.133
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.233
0.233
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.91
2.91
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bert Cole and Raul Valdes

Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
202
536.28
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
3433.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
226
600
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
205
544.25
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.618
0.618
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.944
0.944
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49
130.09
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41
108.85
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
3
100
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
7.96
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.62
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.163
0.163
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18.43
48.93
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
80.53
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
63
167.26
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
62
164.6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.307
0.307
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.592
0.592
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.068
0.068
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.49
0.49
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
76.99
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
47.79
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
122.12
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
21.14
56.11
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.68
89.48
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.2
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.58
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.28
6.28
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.31
0.31
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
21.24
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.65
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.31
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bert Cole
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
50
50
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA