Clarence Currie vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Clarence Currie
Pre-GenerationalCANThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Faustino Valdés built a career as a starting pitcher and Clarence Currie as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Clarence Currie posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.39 and WHIP 1.363 compared to 4.62 and 1.549 for Faustino Valdés. By the career numbers, Clarence Currie had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Clarence Currie and Faustino Valdés

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.28
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
1.25
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
0.92
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.36
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.56
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.66
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.47
39.47
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.7
71.7
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.24
88.24
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.75
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.88
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.39
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
63
4.62
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.62
4.62
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1114
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371.1
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
385
9.33
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
9.98
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.33
9.33
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.98
9.98
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.22
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
121
2.93
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
3.96
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.96
3.96
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
111
2.69
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.15
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.69
2.69
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.09
2.09
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.625
0.625
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.791
0.791
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.17
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.51
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1567
37.98
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
552
40.5
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
5.07
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
74
5.43
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.07
5.07
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.43
5.43
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.363
1.363
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.549
1.549
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1425
34.54
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
475
34.85
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.94
3.94
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.288
0.288
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Clarence Currie and Faustino Valdés

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
53
1.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.29
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1113
27
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
371
9
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.41
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
3.35
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
2.4
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.29
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
167
4.05
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
155
3.76
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.81
92.81
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.925
2.925
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.12
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Clarence Currie and Faustino Valdés

Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
55
235.71
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
22
183.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
140
600
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
72
600
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
129
552.86
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
65
541.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.518
0.518
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
85.71
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
108.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
72.86
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
8.57
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
12.86
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5.12
21.95
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.93
32.74
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
102.86
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
116.67
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
115.71
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
150
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.199
0.199
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.257
0.257
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.186
0.186
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.473
0.473
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.031
0.031
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.136
0.136
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0.294
0.294
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
5
21.43
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
38.57
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
3
25
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
60
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
3.78
16.18
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.58
38.13
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
25.71
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
41.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
42
180
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.33
3.33
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.14
0.14
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Clarence Currie
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
17.14
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
2
16.67
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
1
4.29
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Clarence Currie
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100