Willie Jefferson vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Willie Jefferson
Greatest GenerationOklahomaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCleveland BuckeyesNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Willie Jefferson and Fernando Valenzuela are fairly close on the surface numbers. Willie Jefferson carried a career ERA of 3.94 against Fernando Valenzuela's 3.54. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Willie Jefferson and Fernando Valenzuela — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Willie Jefferson and Fernando Valenzuela

Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.83
47.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
69.7
69.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
175
3.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.94
3.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.47
3.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1199
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
399.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
439
9.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.89
9.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.94
1.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
215
4.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.26
3.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.753
0.753
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1737
39.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
228
5.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.314
1.314
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1618
36.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.45
3.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.12
39.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Willie Jefferson and Fernando Valenzuela

Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
1.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
1.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1329
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
443
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
160
3.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
3.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.25
96.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.053
2.053
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie Jefferson and Fernando Valenzuela

Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
77
241.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
191
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
179
562.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
131.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
33
103.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
18.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
5.75
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
28.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.214
0.214
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.048
0.048
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14.73
46.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
56
175.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
47
147.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.255
0.255
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.078
0.078
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.464
0.464
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
17
53.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
65.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
113.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16.26
51.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
7
21.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
9.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie Jefferson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
12.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Willie Jefferson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0