Alex Jones vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Alex Jones
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLouisville ColonelsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Jones as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Alex Jones posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.73 and WHIP 1.378 compared to 4.09 and 1.332 for Ismael Valdez. By the career numbers, Alex Jones had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Alex Jones and Ismael Valdez

Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.17
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.6
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.08
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.67
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.52
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.82
31.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.76
49.76
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.31
92.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.62
88.62
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.81
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
3.73
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.73
3.73
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.86
3.86
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.249
0.249
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
199
8.94
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.94
8.94
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.13
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.12
0.12
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
77
3.46
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.46
3.46
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
2.92
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.92
2.92
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.709
0.709
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.928
0.928
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.49
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
886
39.8
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.09
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
137
6.15
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
4.39
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.15
6.15
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.378
1.378
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
798
35.85
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7075
34.85
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.27
5.27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.8
39.8
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Alex Jones and Ismael Valdez

Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
1.16
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.6
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
603
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
201
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.58
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
2.24
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
1.36
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.31
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
3.13
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
2.06
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
2.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.99
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
90
90
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.423
2.423
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.18
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.08
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Alex Jones and Ismael Valdez

Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
26
179.31
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
412.66
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
87
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
544.83
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.165
0.165
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.458
0.458
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
89.66
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
65.82
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
82.76
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
53.16
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
6.9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.86
26.6
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.35
13.1
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
96.55
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
81.01
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
144.83
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.241
0.241
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.177
0.177
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.419
0.419
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.013
0.013
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.153
0.153
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.283
0.283
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
62.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
25.32
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
34.48
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
21.52
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
14
96.55
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.64
25.08
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.4
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
55.17
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
33
227.59
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
2.64
2.64
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.11
0.11
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Alex Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.06
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
6.9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
5.06
Alex Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100