Harley Parker vs. Sergio Valdez — Career Comparison

Harley Parker
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Sergio Valdez
Baby BoomersD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanMontreal ExposNational LeagueStarting Pitcher

Sergio Valdez built a career as a starting pitcher and Harley Parker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Sergio Valdez posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 5.06 and WHIP 1.493 compared to 5.9 and 1.749 for Harley Parker. By the career numbers, Sergio Valdez had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Harley Parker and Sergio Valdez

Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.21
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.94
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.92
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.33
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.36
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.54
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.59
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.46
38.46
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.5
37.5
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
77.78
77.78
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
26.72
26.72
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.87
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.07
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
88
5.9
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
170
5.06
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.9
5.9
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.06
5.06
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.02
6.02
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.13
4.13
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.336
0.336
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
403
27
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
134.1
9
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302.2
9
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
196
13.13
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
9.87
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.13
13.13
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.87
9.87
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.33
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.37
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.4
0.4
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
2.61
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
109
3.24
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.33
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.61
2.61
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.61
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
190
5.65
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.61
1.61
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.65
5.65
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.64
1.64
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.469
0.469
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.988
0.988
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.4
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.48
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.4
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
629
42.14
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1325
39.4
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.27
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.83
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
125
8.37
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
5.77
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.37
8.37
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.77
5.77
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.42
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.77
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.749
1.749
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.457
1.457
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
584
39.13
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1188
35.33
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.94
6.94
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.67
1.67
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.3
0.3
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.14
42.14
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.4
39.4

Fielding Stats for Harley Parker and Sergio Valdez

Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.25
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
116
3.45
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.92
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
411
27
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
908
27
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
137
9
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
302.2
9
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.59
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
29
0.86
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
2.3
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
1.07
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.15
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
3.15
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
70
2.08
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
44
2.89
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
65
1.93
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.67
91.67
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.86
92.86
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.316
2.316
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.56
0.56
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
26.72
26.72
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.2
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Harley Parker and Sergio Valdez

Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
8
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
19
175.38
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
116
1933.33
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
65
600
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
36
600
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
62
572.31
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
33
550
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.274
0.274
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.654
0.654
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.306
0.306
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
156.92
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
15
138.46
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.118
0.118
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6.46
59.59
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.43
7.22
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
21
193.85
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
184.62
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
4
66.67
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.339
0.339
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.646
0.646
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.242
0.242
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.065
0.065
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.223
0.223
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.085
0.085
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.533
0.533
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.138
0.138
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7
64.62
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
1
16.67
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
13
120
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
2
33.33
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.81
72.13
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.62
-10.27
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.23
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
18.46
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
55.38
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
14
233.33
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10.83
10.83
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
2.57
2.57
Harley Parker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
50
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Harley Parker
Career
Per 600 PA
Sergio Valdez
Career
Per 600 PA