Willie McMeans vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Willie McMeans
UnknownChicago American GiantsNegro American LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Fernando Valenzuela posted a stronger line than Willie McMeans. Fernando Valenzuela posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.54 vs 6.56) and WHIP (1.343 vs 2.057). By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela 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 Willie McMeans and Fernando Valenzuela

Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
1.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
1.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
6.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.56
6.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.27
8.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.97
4.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.365
0.365
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
70
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
23.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
14.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.66
14.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.77
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
3.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
3.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.09
3.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.771
0.771
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
45.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
21
8.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
8.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.057
2.057
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
40.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.383
0.383
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45.51
45.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Willie McMeans and Fernando Valenzuela

Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
2.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
1.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
5.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.3
2.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
60
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Willie McMeans and Fernando Valenzuela

Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
342.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
21
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
15
428.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.595
0.595
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.06
30.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
2
57.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
200
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.483
0.483
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.191
0.191
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0.133
0.133
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
57.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.58
45.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
142.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
1
28.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Willie McMeans
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Willie McMeans
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0