Jim Golden vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Jim Golden
Silent GenerationMissouriThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Jim Golden and Ismael Valdez are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ismael Valdez posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.09 vs 4.54) and WHIP (1.332 vs 1.514). Jim Golden had the advantage in home runs allowed (0.91 per nine innings vs 1.15). By the career numbers, Ismael Valdez had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Jim Golden and Ismael Valdez

Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.99
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.87
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.56
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.52
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.91
40.91
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.76
49.76
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.99
28.99
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.22
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
105
4.54
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.09
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.3
4.3
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.276
0.276
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
624
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
208
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
233
10.08
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1872
9.22
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.08
10.08
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.91
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.91
0.91
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
76
3.29
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.26
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.29
3.29
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
4.98
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.67
1.67
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.918
0.918
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.39
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
921
39.85
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.78
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
5.32
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
4.39
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.32
5.32
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.486
1.486
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
845
36.56
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7075
34.85
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.78
1.78
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.85
39.85
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Jim Golden and Ismael Valdez

Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
2.98
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.86
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
625
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
208.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.48
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
1.68
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
1.36
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
2.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
2.06
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.16
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.99
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.15
96.15
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.725
0.725
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.99
28.99
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Golden and Ismael Valdez

Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
75
692.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
65
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
60
553.85
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
65.82
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
53.16
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
27.69
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
11.39
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
46.15
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
12.66
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.63
42.76
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.35
13.1
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
81.01
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.242
0.242
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.117
0.117
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
21.52
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
147.69
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.81
44.36
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.4
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.46
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
73.85
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
122
154.43
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.13
8.13
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
3.89
3.89
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
3
27.69
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Jim Golden
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
9.23
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.59
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Jim Golden
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100