Sam Jones vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Sam Jones
Greatest GenerationOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

The numbers give Sam Jones a clear advantage over Ismael Valdez across the core pitching metrics. Sam Jones led in strikeout rate (K%+ 149 vs 79), home run suppression (HR9+ 114 vs 74), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 104 vs 87). Ismael Valdez held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 126 vs 72). Sam Jones was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Sam Jones and Ismael Valdez

Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
1.76
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
225
1.21
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
0.56
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.51
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
104
0.56
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.52
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
49.76
49.76
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
68.81
68.81
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77
0.42
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.09
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.03
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.05
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
3.63
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
830
4.09
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.63
3.63
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
5008
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1669.1
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1437
7.75
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
152
0.82
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.82
0.82
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.46
0.46
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
840
4.53
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
0.2
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.19
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1393
7.51
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1173
5.78
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.51
7.51
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.26
4.26
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.61
3.61
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.338
1.338
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
0.24
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.32
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.23
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7204
38.84
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
0.25
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.06
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
778
4.19
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
892
4.39
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.02
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.02
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.364
1.364
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
6301
33.97
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7075
34.85
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.38
2.38
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.84
38.84
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Sam Jones and Ismael Valdez

Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
12
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
327
1.81
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
325
1.6
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
221
1.22
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
4874
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
1624.2
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
0.47
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.63
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
219
1.21
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
277
1.36
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
21
0.12
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
324
1.79
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
418
2.06
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
303
1.68
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
1.99
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.52
93.52
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.243
1.243
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
67.58
67.58
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sam Jones and Ismael Valdez

Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
12
12
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
327
327.55
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
326
412.66
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
599
600
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
474
600
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
533
533.89
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.152
0.152
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.412
0.412
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.424
0.424
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
81.14
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
52
65.82
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
73
73.12
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
42
53.16
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.01
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
11.39
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8.01
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
12.66
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.099
0.099
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.192
0.192
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.012
0.012
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14.94
14.97
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
10.35
13.1
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
91
91.15
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
64
81.01
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
99
99.17
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.171
0.171
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.349
0.349
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.019
0.019
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.03
0.03
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.123
0.123
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.236
0.236
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.217
0.217
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
19
19.03
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.32
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
30.05
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
17
21.52
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
48
48.08
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
36
45.57
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.64
6.66
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.4
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17.03
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
13
16.46
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
167
167.28
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
3.59
3.59
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
44
44.07
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Sam Jones
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4.01
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.27
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9.02
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
7.59
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Sam Jones
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100