Sean Marshall vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Sean Marshall
MillenialVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief 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 Sean Marshall as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sean Marshall led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 113 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 99 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 91). Role difference aside, Sean Marshall holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Sean Marshall and Fernando Valenzuela

Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
396
5.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
46
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.58
44.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.9
14.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
3.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.78
3.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.71
3.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1846
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
615.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
596
8.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.72
8.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
221
3.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
25
0.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
537
7.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.85
7.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.36
1.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.232
1.232
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2648
38.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
79
1.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
289
4.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.328
1.328
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2361
34.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.73
0.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.304
0.304
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.73
38.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Sean Marshall and Fernando Valenzuela

Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
397
5.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1847
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
615.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
43
0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
1.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
141
2.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
138
2.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.348
0.348
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.86
14.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sean Marshall and Fernando Valenzuela

Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
396
2140.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
111
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
101
545.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.423
0.423
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
86.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
14
75.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1
5.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2
10.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.01
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.063
0.063
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
3.69
19.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
20
108.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
18
97.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.373
0.373
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.128
0.128
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.289
0.289
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
32.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
27.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
10
54.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
1.81
9.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
10.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
48
259.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
2.31
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
8
43.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Sean Marshall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Sean Marshall
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0