Larry McKeon vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Larry McKeon
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkNorth AmericaIndianapolis HoosiersAmerican AssociationRelief 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 Larry McKeon 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 3.71 and 1.210 for Larry McKeon. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Larry McKeon and Fernando Valenzuela

Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
116
1.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.39
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.82
41.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
99.14
99.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
110
1.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
3.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.18
3.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
2937
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
979
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
979
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.29
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
206
1.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.89
1.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
474
4.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.36
4.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.09
4.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.695
0.695
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
58
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
34
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4183
38.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
643
5.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.91
5.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.21
1.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3943
36.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.54
5.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.45
38.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Larry McKeon and Fernando Valenzuela

Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
1.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
3195
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
1065
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
132
1.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
210
1.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
369
3.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
2.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.68
92.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.631
2.631
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Larry McKeon and Fernando Valenzuela

Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
125
164.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
456
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
455
598.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.202
0.202
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
92
121.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
97.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
17.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
6.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
23.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.59
29.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
151.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
93
122.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.204
0.204
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.253
0.253
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.457
0.457
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.051
0.051
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.32
0.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0.203
0.203
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
52
68.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
17
22.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
69
90.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PAverified
22.95
30.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
228
228
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Larry McKeon
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Larry McKeon
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0