Harry Mace vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Harry Mace
Pre-GenerationalDistrict of ColumbiaThrows RightNorth AmericaWashington StatesmenAmerican AssociationRelief Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Fernando Valenzuela built a career as a starting pitcher and Harry Mace as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fernando Valenzuela posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 7.31 and 1.625 for Harry Mace. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harry Mace and Fernando Valenzuela

Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
33.33
33.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
7.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.31
7.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.53
4.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.273
0.273
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
10.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.13
10.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
4.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
1.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.69
1.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.688
0.688
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
42.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
7.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.88
7.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.625
1.625
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
37.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.67
4.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.19
42.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Harry Mace and Fernando Valenzuela

Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
48
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
2.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
2.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
80
80
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harry Mace and Fernando Valenzuela

Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
6
514.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
1.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.064
0.064
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.32
-27.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Harry Mace
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Harry Mace
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0