Sean Doolittle vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Sean Doolittle
MillenialSouth DakotaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaOakland AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Fernando Valenzuela 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 walk avoidance (BB%+ 161 vs 80), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 126 vs 91), and strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 79). Role difference aside, Sean Doolittle holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Doolittle and Fernando Valenzuela

Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
52
52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
2.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.81
2.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.213
0.213
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
354
7.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.07
7.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
48
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
2.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.06
2.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
522
10.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.42
10.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.13
1.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.387
1.387
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1801
35.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
218
4.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
3.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.014
1.014
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1665
33.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.97
35.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Sean Doolittle and Fernando Valenzuela

Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
463
9.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
1352
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
450.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
0.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.87
94.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.08
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Doolittle and Fernando Valenzuela

Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
464
69600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.75
-112.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
300
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Sean Doolittle
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Sean Doolittle
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0