Pete Fries vs. Faustino Valdés — Career Comparison

Pete Fries
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaColumbus BuckeyesAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Faustino Valdés
UnknownCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars WestNegro National LeagueStarting Pitcher

Faustino Valdés built a career as a starting pitcher and Pete Fries as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Faustino Valdés posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.62 and WHIP 1.549 compared to 6.48 and 1.920 for Pete Fries. By the career numbers, Faustino Valdés had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Pete Fries and Faustino Valdés

Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
1.25
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
1.1
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.08
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.66
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
40
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.24
88.24
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.08
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.88
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
6.48
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
4.62
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.06
6.06
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.17
4.17
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
368
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
9
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
122.2
9
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
12.24
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
136
9.98
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
12.24
12.24
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.98
9.98
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.36
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.37
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.37
0.37
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.33
0.33
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
5.04
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.96
3.96
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
2.52
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
3.15
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.52
2.52
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.15
3.15
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.33
2.33
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.84
0.84
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.791
0.791
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
2.88
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.15
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.07
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
45.36
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
552
40.5
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
11.16
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
5.43
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.16
11.16
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.43
5.43
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
1.61
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.44
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.549
1.549
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
40.32
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
475
34.85
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.33
10.33
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.35
4.35
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.307
0.307
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.36
45.36
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.5
40.5

Fielding Stats for Pete Fries and Faustino Valdés

Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.97
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
1.29
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
1.11
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
111
27
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
461
27
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
9
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153.2
9
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.24
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.58
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.46
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
2.4
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.73
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.23
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
2.43
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
4.22
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.7
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
3.98
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
70
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.44
94.44
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.091
3.091
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.36
86.36
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Pete Fries and Faustino Valdés

Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
4
160
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
22
183.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
15
600
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
600
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
13
520
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
541.67
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.867
0.867
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.518
0.518
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
160
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
108.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
2
80
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
100
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
8.33
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.59
103.46
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3.93
32.74
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
116.67
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
240
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
18
150
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.257
0.257
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.462
0.462
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.215
0.215
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.862
0.862
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.473
0.473
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.015
0.015
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.889
0.889
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.385
0.385
Pete Fries
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
58.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
25
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
1
40
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
83.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.51
100.39
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4.58
38.13
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
80
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
5
41.67
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
16.67
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
8.33
Pete Fries
Career
Per 600 PA
Faustino Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100