Conner Menez vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Conner Menez
MillenialCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth 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 Conner Menez 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 3.95 and 1.292 for Conner Menez. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Conner Menez and Fernando Valenzuela

Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
3.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.13
4.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.8
4.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.226
0.226
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
7.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.48
7.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
1.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.66
1.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.33
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
4.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.15
4.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
9.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.55
9.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.92
1.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.523
1.523
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
38.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
1.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
4.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.98
4.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.292
1.292
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
159
33.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.267
0.267
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.42
38.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Conner Menez and Fernando Valenzuela

Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
4.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
130
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
43.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
1.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
1.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
75
75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
16.67
16.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Conner Menez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Conner Menez and Fernando Valenzuela

Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25
5000
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
3
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-60
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Conner Menez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Conner Menez
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0