Randy Niemann vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Randy Niemann
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican 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 Randy Niemann as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Randy Niemann led in home run suppression (HR9+ 294 vs 110), walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 109 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 86). Role difference aside, Randy Niemann holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Randy Niemann and Fernando Valenzuela

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
46.67
46.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
103
4.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.64
4.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.82
3.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.283
0.283
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
219
9.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.86
9.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.36
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.07
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
82
3.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
0.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.69
3.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
102
4.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.59
4.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.92
0.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
885
39.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
1.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
112
5.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.04
5.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.505
1.505
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
773
34.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.92
0.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.83
39.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Randy Niemann and Fernando Valenzuela

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
122
5.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
600
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
200
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
37
1.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
2.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
2.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.434
0.434
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.2
8.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Randy Niemann and Fernando Valenzuela

Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
122
2218.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
33
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
545.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.606
0.606
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.8
32.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
145.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
181.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.313
0.313
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.267
0.267
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.207
0.207
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.348
0.348
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.54
46.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
36.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
127.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
4.71
4.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.29
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
1
18.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Randy Niemann
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
36.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Randy Niemann
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0