Jim Nash vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Jim Nash
Silent GenerationNevadaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaAtlanta BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Jim Nash a clear advantage over Fernando Valenzuela across the core pitching metrics. Jim Nash led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 111 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 105 vs 79), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 98 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 81). Jim Nash was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jim Nash and Fernando Valenzuela

Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
0.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.52
51.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.08
83.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
441
3.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.63
3.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3322
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1107.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1050
8.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.53
8.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.54
0.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
401
3.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.26
3.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
771
6.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.27
6.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.84
3.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.058
1.058
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4697
38.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
3.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.98
3.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.31
1.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4228
34.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.44
2.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.281
0.281
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.18
38.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jim Nash and Fernando Valenzuela

Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
201
1.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
167
1.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
3319
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
1106.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
60
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
0.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
185
1.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
175
1.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.59
94.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.871
0.871
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
83.08
83.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Nash and Fernando Valenzuela

Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
202
300.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
403
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
375
558.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.101
0.101
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.319
0.319
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
38
56.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
27
40.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
6
8.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
5.75
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
11
16.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.105
0.105
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
9.53
14.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
58
86.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
47
69.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.122
0.122
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.155
0.155
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.277
0.277
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.053
0.053
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.197
0.197
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
16
23.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
21
31.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
33
49.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
-6.93
-10.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
9
13.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
199
296.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
2.03
2.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0.05
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
18
26.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Jim Nash
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jim Nash
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0