Jim Pastorius vs. Jose Valverde — Career Comparison

Jim Pastorius
Pre-GenerationalPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Valverde
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Jim Pastorius built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Valverde as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Jim Pastorius posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.12 and WHIP 1.352 compared to 3.27 and 1.245 for Jose Valverde. By the career numbers, Jim Pastorius had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Jim Pastorius and Jose Valverde

Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.2
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
8.94
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.04
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.38
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.39
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
55
0.68
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.05
36.05
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
45
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.6
86.6
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.71
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
4.11
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
252
3.12
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
3.27
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.12
3.12
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.49
3.49
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.92
3.92
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.258
0.258
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2181
27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1891
27
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
727
9
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
630.1
9
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
705
8.73
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
7
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.73
8.73
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.19
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.15
0.15
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
278
3.44
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
264
3.77
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.44
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
205
2.54
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
9.88
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.54
2.54
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.88
9.88
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.11
2.11
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.664
0.664
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.517
1.517
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.17
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.34
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.21
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3026
37.46
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2646
37.78
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.16
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
7.42
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
338
4.18
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
3.64
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.18
4.18
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.23
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.352
1.352
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2731
33.81
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
2328
33.24
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.275
0.275
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.27
0.27
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.46
37.46
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Jim Pastorius and Jose Valverde

Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
97
1.2
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
8.94
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
84
1.04
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2184
27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1891
27
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
728
9
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
630.1
9
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.35
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.49
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
208
2.57
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.12
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
246
3.04
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.92
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.84
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95.93
95.93
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.06
88.06
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.433
2.433
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.094
0.094
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86.6
86.6
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.12
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jim Pastorius and Jose Valverde

Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
98
222.73
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
187800
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
264
600
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
231
525
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
79.55
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
31
70.45
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
4.55
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
4.55
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
9.09
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.114
0.114
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.95
22.61
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
41
93.18
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
127.27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.222
0.222
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.178
0.178
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.4
0.4
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.026
0.026
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.316
0.316
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0.206
0.206
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
17
38.64
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
22.73
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
27
61.36
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.02
20.5
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
45.45
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PAverified
61
138.64
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4.33
4.33
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
27.27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jim Pastorius
Career
Per 600 PA
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA