Derek Lowe vs. Lucio Valdés — Career Comparison

Derek Lowe
Gen XMichiganThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Lucio Valdés
Lost GenerationCubaCaribbeanCuban Stars EastAmerican Negro LeagueStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Derek Lowe and Lucio Valdés are fairly close on the surface numbers. Derek Lowe posted stronger numbers in ERA (4.03 vs 33.75) and WHIP (1.355 vs 3.750). Lucio Valdés had the advantage in home runs allowed (0 per nine innings vs 0.73). By the career numbers, Derek Lowe had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Derek Lowe and Lucio Valdés

Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
2.29
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.27
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
176
0.59
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
157
0.53
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
52.85
52.85
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.36
55.36
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
0.29
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1195
4.03
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
33.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.03
4.03
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.82
3.82
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
19.81
19.81
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.75
3.75
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.75
9.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2759
9.3
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
20.25
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.3
9.3
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
20.25
20.25
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
217
0.73
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.73
0.73
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.32
0.32
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
794
2.68
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
13.5
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.23
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.68
2.68
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.5
13.5
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1722
5.8
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.8
5.8
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.53
2.53
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.942
0.942
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.19
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
78
0.26
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.04
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11358
38.27
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
67.5
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
168
0.57
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1333
4.49
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
33.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.49
4.49
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.75
33.75
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
0.34
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
6.75
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
56
0.19
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
315
1.06
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.33
1.33
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10330
34.8
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
40.5
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.96
1.96
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.303
0.303
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.27
38.27
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
67.5
67.5

Fielding Stats for Derek Lowe and Lucio Valdés

Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
681
2.29
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
377
1.27
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
6.75
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8014
27
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
27
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2671.1
9
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
9
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
0.74
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.53
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.06
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
691
2.33
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
674
2.27
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.54
97.54
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.99
0.99
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
55.36
55.36
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.09
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Derek Lowe and Lucio Valdés

Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
682
766.29
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
534
600
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
1
600
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
436
489.89
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
600
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.486
0.486
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
73.03
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
51
57.3
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
14.61
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
15.73
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.002
0.002
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.015
0.015
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16.53
18.58
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
81
91.01
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
94
105.62
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.201
0.201
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.186
0.186
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.387
0.387
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.137
0.137
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.208
0.208
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
30
33.71
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
25
28.09
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
54
60.67
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11.81
13.26
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.1
-60
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
32.58
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
129
144.94
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.14
4.14
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
75.28
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.25
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7.87
Lucio Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.12
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Derek Lowe
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Lucio Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA