Al Piechota vs. Marc Valdes — Career Comparison

Al Piechota
Greatest GenerationIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston BravesNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Marc Valdes
Gen XOhioThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaMontreal ExposNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Al Piechota built a career as a starting pitcher and Marc Valdes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Marc Valdes posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 4.95 and WHIP 1.628 compared to 5.66 and 1.774 for Al Piechota. By the career numbers, Marc Valdes had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Al Piechota and Marc Valdes

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
3.19
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
5.17
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
1.16
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.79
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.29
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.43
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.73
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.54
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
28.57
28.57
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.44
44.44
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36.36
36.36
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
15.28
15.28
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
39
5.66
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
138
4.95
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.95
4.95
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.66
5.66
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.1
5.1
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.71
5.71
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.62
4.62
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.271
0.271
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.285
0.285
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
186
27
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
752
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
9
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
250.2
9
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
68
9.87
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
281
10.09
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.87
9.87
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.09
10.09
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.87
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.75
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.87
0.87
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
42
6.1
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
118
4.24
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.32
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.1
6.1
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.24
4.24
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
2.61
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
135
4.85
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.61
2.61
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.85
4.85
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.82
0.82
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.94
0.94
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.968
0.968
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.009
1.009
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.29
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.57
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.07
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
293
42.53
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1145
41.11
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
1.02
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
35
1.26
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
45
6.53
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
162
5.82
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.53
6.53
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5.82
5.82
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.39
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.47
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.97
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.774
1.774
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.592
1.592
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
251
36.44
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
987
35.44
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.05
2.05
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.13
1.13
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.273
0.273
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.313
0.313
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.53
42.53
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
41.11
41.11

Fielding Stats for Al Piechota and Marc Valdes

Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
144
5.17
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
22
0.79
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
752
27
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
250.2
9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.9
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
1.01
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.04
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
1.94
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
1.9
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.15
98.15
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
0.636
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.368
0.368
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15.28
15.28
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.14
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Al Piechota and Marc Valdes

Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
22
550
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
144
1878.26
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
24
600
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
600
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
20
500
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
43
560.87
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.563
0.563
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.272
0.272
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
52.17
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
52.17
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.36
33.94
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.63
8.2
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
4
52.17
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
175
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
7
91.3
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.304
0.304
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.093
0.093
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.504
0.504
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.245
0.245
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.092
0.092
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.438
0.438
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.18
0.18
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
50
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
13.04
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5
125
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.79
44.7
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.77
-10.07
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
13.04
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
75
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
26.09
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
100
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
15
195.65
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
3.07
3.07
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.75
0.75
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0.13
0.13
Al Piechota
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
25
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Al Piechota
Career
Per 600 PA
Marc Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA