Mark Grant vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Mark Grant
Baby BoomersIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Mark Grant as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ismael Valdez led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 107), run prevention (ERA+ 93 vs 84), and home run suppression (HR9+ 74 vs 71). Mark Grant held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 90 vs 79). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Ismael Valdez.

Pitching Stats for Mark Grant and Ismael Valdez

Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
3.28
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.45
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.52
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
40.74
40.74
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.76
49.76
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.89
24.89
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
306
4.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.09
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.4
4.4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.42
4.42
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.277
0.277
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1916
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
638.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
676
9.53
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1872
9.22
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.53
9.53
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
1.01
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.01
1.01
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.31
0.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
235
3.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.51
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.31
3.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
382
5.38
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.38
5.38
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.64
1.64
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.966
0.966
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.34
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.14
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2743
38.65
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.96
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
334
4.71
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
4.39
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.71
4.71
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.33
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
0.94
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
143
0.7
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.426
1.426
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
2441
34.4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7075
34.85
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.65
38.65
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Mark Grant and Ismael Valdez

Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
233
3.28
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
58
0.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
1916
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
638.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.59
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
85
1.2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.14
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
1.93
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.06
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
1.79
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.99
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.7
92.7
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.545
0.545
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.89
24.89
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mark Grant
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mark Grant and Ismael Valdez

Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
234
1080
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
130
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
104
480
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
505.06
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.354
0.354
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.82
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
53.16
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
1.18
5.45
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.35
13.1
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
7
32.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
81.01
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
19
87.69
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.164
0.164
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.231
0.231
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
2
9.23
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
55.38
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.13
-9.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
1.4
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
9.23
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
46.15
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
212.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
2.83
2.83
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
14
64.62
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Mark Grant
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
4.62
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Mark Grant
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100