Ray Newman vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Ray Newman
Silent GenerationIndianaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational 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 Ray Newman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ray Newman posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.97 and WHIP 1.225 compared to 3.54 and 1.343 for Fernando Valenzuela. By the career numbers, Ray Newman had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ray Newman and Fernando Valenzuela

Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
6.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.06
3.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.91
3.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.228
0.228
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
191
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
7.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.49
7.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.39
3.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
6.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.5
6.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.02
1.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.1
1.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
261
36.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
24
3.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
2.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.209
1.209
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
232
32.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ray Newman and Fernando Valenzuela

Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
6.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
190
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
63.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
1.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
2.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ray Newman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ray Newman and Fernando Valenzuela

Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
45
3857.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
10.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.286
0.286
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.1
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
85.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
171.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.05
-4.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
257.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
2.33
2.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Ray Newman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ray Newman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0