Jim Crawford vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Jim Crawford
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Faustino Valdés built a career as a starting pitcher and Jim Crawford as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Crawford posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.4 and WHIP 1.583 compared to 4.62 and 1.549 for Faustino Valdés. By the career numbers, Jim Crawford had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Crawford and Faustino Valdés

Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.78
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.25
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.1
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.31
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.58
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
34.88
34.88
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.73
7.73
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.24
88.24
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.02
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
4.4
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.62
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.4
4.4
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.43
4.43
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.85
3.85
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1294
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431.1
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
477
9.95
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.98
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.95
9.95
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.56
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.37
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.37
0.37
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
3.8
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.96
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.5
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.8
3.8
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
276
5.76
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
3.15
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.76
5.76
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.15
3.15
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.52
1.52
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.062
1.062
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
32
0.67
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.15
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.1
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1923
40.12
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
40.5
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
5.26
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.43
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.26
5.26
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.73
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.5
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.86
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.44
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.528
1.528
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1675
34.95
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
475
34.85
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.39
1.39
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.328
0.328
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.12
40.12
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Jim Crawford and Faustino Valdés

Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
181
3.77
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.29
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1295
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
431.2
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
95
1.98
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.4
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.08
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.23
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
2.36
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
109
2.27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.46
96.46
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.44
94.44
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.602
0.602
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.73
7.73
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.13
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Crawford and Faustino Valdés

Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
181
3194.12
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
34
600
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
30
529.41
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
541.67
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.691
0.691
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
141.18
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
108.33
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
105.88
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
100
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
35.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.21
56.57
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.93
32.74
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
176.47
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
116.67
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
194.12
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
150
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.067
0.067
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.565
0.565
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
2
35.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
88.24
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
83.33
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.48
61.38
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.58
38.13
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
52.94
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
41.67
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
10
176.47
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.4
3.4
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Crawford
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.65
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.65
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Jim Crawford
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100