Mike Matthews vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Mike Matthews
Gen XVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaSt. Louis CardinalsNational 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 Mike Matthews as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Mike Matthews led in home run suppression (HR9+ 125 vs 110), strikeout rate (K%+ 92 vs 79), and run prevention (ERA+ 107 vs 95). Role difference aside, Mike Matthews holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Mike Matthews and Fernando Valenzuela

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.33
58.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
4.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.54
4.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.259
0.259
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
237
8.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.75
8.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
1.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
121
4.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
175
6.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.46
6.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.215
1.215
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1073
39.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47
1.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
129
4.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
0.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.469
1.469
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
915
33.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.63
39.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Mike Matthews and Fernando Valenzuela

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
230
8.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
731
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
243.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
1.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.165
0.165
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Mike Matthews and Fernando Valenzuela

Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
231
4950
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
28
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
25
535.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
5.75
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
21.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1.31
27.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
6
128.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3
64.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.12
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.24
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.36
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.273
0.273
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
1
21.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
2
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
5.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
192.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
3.11
3.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
64.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Mike Matthews
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Mike Matthews
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0