Randy McCament vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Randy McCament
Baby BoomersNew MexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational 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 Randy McCament 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 3.8 and 1.641 for Randy McCament. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Randy McCament and Fernando Valenzuela

Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.8
3.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.46
5.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.255
0.255
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
40
8.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
28
5.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
3.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.59
3.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.61
0.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.055
1.055
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
189
39.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
5.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.594
1.594
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
157
33.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.86
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.265
0.265
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.87
39.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Randy McCament and Fernando Valenzuela

Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
5.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
128
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
2.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.31
92.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.429
0.429
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy McCament
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Randy McCament and Fernando Valenzuela

Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
4200
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.23
34.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.175
0.175
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
43.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
150
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Randy McCament
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Randy McCament
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0