Bill McCall vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Bill McCall
Lost GenerationGeorgiaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBirmingham Black BaronsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Bill McCall and Fernando Valenzuela are fairly close on the surface numbers. Bill McCall posted stronger numbers in WHIP (1.271 vs 1.343) and home runs allowed (0.36 per nine innings vs 0.69). Fernando Valenzuela had the advantage in ERA (3.54 vs 3.97). By the career numbers, Bill McCall 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 Bill McCall and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
112
1.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
0.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.57
38.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.82
59.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
0.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
3.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.43
3.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1879
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
626.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
602
8.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.22
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
2.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.79
2.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
341
4.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.854
0.854
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
15
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
2185
31.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
341
4.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
0.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.271
1.271
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1910
27.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.04
3.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.374
0.374
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
31.4
31.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bill McCall and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
1.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
517
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
188
3.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
3.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.15
94.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.566
1.566
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
60.18
60.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bill McCall and Fernando Valenzuela

Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
116
267.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
260
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
237
546.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.54
0.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
117.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
103.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
5
11.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
6
13.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.118
0.118
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15.75
36.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
58
133.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
66
152.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.507
0.507
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.398
0.398
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
21
48.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
16
36.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
37
85.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18.55
42.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
32.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
260
260
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
8
18.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bill McCall
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Bill McCall
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0