Billy Otterson vs. Fermín Valdés — Career Comparison

Billy Otterson
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBrooklyn BridegroomsAmerican AssociationShortstop
Fermín Valdés
Greatest GenerationCubaThrows RightBats RightCaribbeanPollock's Cuban StarsEast-West LeagueSecond Baseman

Looking at the career totals, Billy Otterson and Fermín Valdés are closely matched on the surface stats. Billy Otterson posted stronger numbers in OPS (.579 vs .510) and slugging (.320 vs .244). Fermín Valdés had the advantage in on-base percentage (.266 vs .259). By the career numbers, Billy Otterson had the stronger overall case — though those totals don't account for the eras and run environments each player worked in.

Hitting Stats for Billy Otterson and Fermín Valdés

Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
4
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
30
166.67
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
67
150.56
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
108
600
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
267
600
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
100
555.56
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
246
552.81
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.215
0.215
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.651
0.651
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.546
0.546
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
20
111.11
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
53
119.1
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
13
72.22
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
103.37
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
22.22
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
15.73
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
5.56
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
11.11
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
38.89
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
7
15.73
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.132
0.132
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.02
0.02
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.1
0.1
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.41
57.86
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17.28
38.83
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
32
177.78
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
60
134.83
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
28
155.56
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
157.3
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.259
0.259
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.266
0.266
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.244
0.244
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.51
0.51
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.12
0.12
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.029
0.029
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.197
0.197
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.181
0.181
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.42
0.42
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.222
0.222
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0.216
0.216
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
88.89
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
24
53.93
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
83.33
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
20
44.94
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
29
161.11
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
44
98.88
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.08
55.98
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19.75
44.39
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.49
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.44
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
15
33.71
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
17
94.44
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.25
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
6.35
6.35
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
267
267
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.47
0.47
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
15
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
8.99
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.44
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.99
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Billy Otterson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
44.44
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
4
8.99
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 600 PA
100
100

Fielding Stats for Billy Otterson and Fermín Valdés

Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
1.12
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
66
1.1
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66
1.1
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
726
27
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1625
27
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
242
9
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
541.2
9
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
1.52
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
2.33
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
3.46
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
189
3.14
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.82
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.25
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
156
5.8
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
344
5.72
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
134
4.98
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
5.47
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.9
85.9
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.64
95.64
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.467
4.467
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.985
4.985
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.41
Fermín Valdés
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.42
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Billy Otterson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fermín Valdés
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0