Sean Doolittle vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Sean Doolittle
MillenialSouth DakotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Sean Doolittle as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sean Doolittle led in home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 74), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 126 vs 87), and walk avoidance (BB%+ 161 vs 126). Role difference aside, Sean Doolittle holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Doolittle and Ismael Valdez

Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.52
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.51
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.48
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.52
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
52
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.24
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
7.07
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.96
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
2.58
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
10.42
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1173
5.78
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.16
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1801
35.97
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7760
38.22
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.35
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.34
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
4.39
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.311
1.311
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1665
33.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7075
34.85
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Sean Doolittle and Ismael Valdez

Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.78
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.06
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.74
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.99
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Doolittle and Ismael Valdez

Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
464
69600
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.82
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
53.16
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.35
13.1
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
81.01
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
82.28
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.32
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
45.57
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-112.87
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
1.4
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.46
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.59
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100