Ken Grundt vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Ken Grundt
Gen XIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Ken Grundt as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ismael Valdez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 10.8 and 1.800 for Ken Grundt. By the career numbers, Ismael Valdez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ken Grundt and Ismael Valdez

Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
105
0.52
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.76
49.76
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.06
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.09
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.23
6.23
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
16.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1872
9.22
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.2
16.2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.22
9.22
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
523
2.58
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.58
2.58
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.11
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
2.7
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.09
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
43.2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
10.8
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
4.39
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.8
10.8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.8
1.8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
43.2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7075
34.85
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.375
0.375
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.289
0.289
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.2
43.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Ken Grundt and Ismael Valdez

Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
8.1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
5.4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.63
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.07
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
5.4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
2.06
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
5.4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.99
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.65
96.65
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.667
0.667
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ken Grundt and Ismael Valdez

Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
2
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
3
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
412.66
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
600
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
399
505.06
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.13
0.13
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
52
65.82
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
42
53.16
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.35
13.1
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
64
81.01
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
82.28
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.157
0.157
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.16
0.16
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.111
0.111
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
0.23
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.184
0.184
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.32
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
45.57
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.1
1.4
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.46
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
122
154.43
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Ken Grundt
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Ken Grundt
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100