Sparrow Morton vs. Ismael Valdez — Career Comparison

Sparrow Morton
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Ismael Valdez
Gen XMexicoThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Ismael Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Sparrow Morton as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ismael Valdez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.09 and WHIP 1.332 compared to 5.29 and 1.588 for Sparrow Morton. By the career numbers, Ismael Valdez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Sparrow Morton and Ismael Valdez

Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.6
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
104
0.51
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
0.52
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49.76
49.76
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.62
88.62
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
13
0.06
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.03
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
5.29
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
830
4.09
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.29
5.29
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.09
4.09
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.58
3.58
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.03
4.03
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.35
4.35
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.32
4.32
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.222
0.222
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.265
0.265
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
8.47
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1872
9.22
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.47
8.47
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.22
9.22
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
234
1.15
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.15
1.15
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.72
0.72
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
5.82
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
523
2.58
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.19
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.82
5.82
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.58
2.58
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
2.65
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1173
5.78
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.78
5.78
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.5
2.5
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.61
3.61
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.941
0.941
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.928
0.928
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
2.12
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.11
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.09
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
83
43.94
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7760
38.22
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.06
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
10.59
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
892
4.39
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.59
10.59
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.39
4.39
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
68
0.33
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
0.23
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
143
0.7
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.588
1.588
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.311
1.311
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
38.12
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7075
34.85
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
10
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.74
2.74
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.239
0.239
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.289
0.289
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
43.94
43.94
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.22
38.22

Fielding Stats for Sparrow Morton and Ismael Valdez

Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
325
1.6
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
1.42
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
51
27
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5482
27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
9
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1827.1
9
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
1.06
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
127
0.63
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
1.59
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
277
1.36
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.06
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
3.71
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
418
2.06
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
2.65
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
404
1.99
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.65
96.65
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.5
2.5
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
88.62
88.62
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.08
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Sparrow Morton and Ismael Valdez

Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2
150
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
326
412.66
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
8
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
600
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
600
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
399
505.06
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.424
0.424
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
65.82
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
150
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
53.16
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
11.39
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
75
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
12.66
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.192
0.192
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.003
0.003
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.019
0.019
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.37
102.45
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10.35
13.1
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
300
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
64
81.01
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
225
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
82.28
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.375
0.375
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.157
0.157
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.318
0.318
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.125
0.125
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.03
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.111
0.111
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.8
0.8
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.23
0.23
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.184
0.184
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
25.32
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
21.52
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
36
45.57
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.45
109.12
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1.1
1.4
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
16.46
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
225
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
154.43
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
2.67
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.89
3.89
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61
77.22
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.27
Sparrow Morton
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
6
7.59
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.06
Sparrow Morton
Career
Per 600 PA
Ismael Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100