Fred Newman vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Fred Newman
Silent GenerationMassachusettsThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaCalifornia AngelsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Fred Newman a clear advantage over Fernando Valenzuela across the core pitching metrics. Fred Newman led in home run suppression (HR9+ 177 vs 110), walk avoidance (BB%+ 137 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 66). Fred Newman was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Fred Newman and Fernando Valenzuela

Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
33
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
0.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
45.83
45.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.11
86.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
231
3.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.41
3.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.16
3.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.252
0.252
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1830
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
610
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
589
8.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.69
8.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.56
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.35
0.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
154
2.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.27
2.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
254
3.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.75
3.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.35
2.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.669
0.669
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
2512
37.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
3.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.76
3.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.218
1.218
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2341
34.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.36
2.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.269
0.269
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.06
37.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Fred Newman and Fernando Valenzuela

Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
108
1.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1830
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
610
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
52
0.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
2.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
219
3.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
211
3.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.35
96.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.954
1.954
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
86.11
86.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fred Newman and Fernando Valenzuela

Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
115
323.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
213
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
183
515.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.471
0.471
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
28
78.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
25
70.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
2
5.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
8.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.107
0.107
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
7.92
22.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
35
98.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
115.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.191
0.191
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.398
0.398
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.141
0.141
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.31
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.234
0.234
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
10
28.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
11
30.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
19
53.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
5.73
16.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
36.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
72
202.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.96
2.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
15
42.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.45
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
8.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Fred Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Fred Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0