Jeff Niemann vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Jeff Niemann
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaTampa Bay RaysAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Jeff Niemann a clear advantage over Fernando Valenzuela across the core pitching metrics. Jeff Niemann led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 106 vs 80), strikeout rate (K%+ 101 vs 79), and run prevention (ERA+ 105 vs 95). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 99). Jeff Niemann was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jeff Niemann and Fernando Valenzuela

Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.61
60.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.85
94.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
247
4.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.08
4.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.86
3.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.16
4.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.251
0.251
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1633
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
544.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
523
8.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.65
8.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.07
1.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.67
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
2.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.93
2.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
409
6.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.76
6.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.077
1.077
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2306
38.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
4.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.286
1.286
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2083
34.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.72
2.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.285
0.285
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.13
38.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jeff Niemann and Fernando Valenzuela

Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
1.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1633
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
544.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
54
0.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
84
1.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
83
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.81
98.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.856
0.856
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.85
94.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jeff Niemann and Fernando Valenzuela

Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
97
4157.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
557.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.214
0.214
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.07
2.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.077
0.077
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.154
0.154
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0.083
0.083
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.69
-29.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9
385.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1.56
1.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
42.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Jeff Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jeff Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0