Lance McCullers vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Lance McCullers
Baby BoomersFloridaThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational 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 Lance McCullers as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Lance McCullers led in strikeout rate (K%+ 118 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 127 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 89). Role difference aside, Lance McCullers holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Lance McCullers and Fernando Valenzuela

Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.46
47.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
3.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.25
3.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.97
3.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.223
0.223
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
427
7.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.3
7.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
0.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.8
0.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
252
4.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
0.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
442
7.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.56
7.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2221
37.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
155
2.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.74
3.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
0.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.29
1.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1912
32.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.72
0.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.98
37.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Lance McCullers and Fernando Valenzuela

Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
306
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
1579
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
526.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
1.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
1.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
100
1.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
90.91
90.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.327
0.327
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.94
2.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Lance McCullers and Fernando Valenzuela

Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
312
3172.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
59
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
48
488.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.104
0.104
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.447
0.447
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
5
50.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
3
30.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
20.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2
20.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
1.73
17.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
7
71.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
10
101.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.335
0.335
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.302
0.302
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
4
40.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
91.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0.6
6.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
50.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
233.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.22
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
61.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Lance McCullers
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
10.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Lance McCullers
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0