Bob Grim vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Bob Grim
Silent GenerationNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York YankeesAmerican LeagueRelief PitcherRookie of the YearAll-Star
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Grim as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Grim posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.61 and WHIP 1.395 compared to 4.09 and 1.332 for Ismael Valdez. By the career numbers, Bob Grim had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Grim and Ismael Valdez

Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
3.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.71
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
0.72
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.51
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.49
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.52
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59.8
59.8
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.39
22.39
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.21
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.05
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.44
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
305
3.61
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.05
4.05
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.245
0.245
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2279
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
759.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
708
8.39
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.39
8.39
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
0.59
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.59
0.59
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
330
3.91
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.26
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
5.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.25
5.25
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.65
1.65
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.018
1.018
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.15
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.18
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3234
38.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
120
1.42
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
346
4.1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
4.39
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.1
4.1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.366
1.366
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2889
34.23
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7075
34.85
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.31
38.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Bob Grim and Ismael Valdez

Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
268
3.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.71
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
2279
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
759.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.46
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
1.23
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.08
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
150
1.78
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.06
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
143
1.69
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.99
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.33
95.33
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.534
0.534
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
22.39
22.39
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Grim
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Grim and Ismael Valdez

Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
268
708.37
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
326
412.66
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
227
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
189
499.56
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
505.06
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.127
0.127
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.445
0.445
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
24
63.44
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.82
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
55.51
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
53.16
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.93
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.27
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
3
7.93
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.016
0.016
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.003
0.003
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7.38
19.51
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.35
13.1
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
87.22
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
81.01
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
95.15
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.353
0.353
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.048
0.048
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.124
0.124
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.271
0.271
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.188
0.188
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
31.72
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
55.51
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
17
21.52
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
79.3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.36
8.88
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.4
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
11
29.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
75
198.24
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
3.03
3.03
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.15
0.15
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
25
66.08
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.27
Bob Grim
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.64
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Bob Grim
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100