Bugs Raymond vs. Raul Valdes — Career Comparison

Bugs Raymond
Pre-GenerationalIllinoisThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaNew York GiantsNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Raul Valdes
Gen XCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Bugs Raymond built a career as a starting pitcher and Raul Valdes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bugs Raymond posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 2.49 and WHIP 1.177 compared to 5.13 and 1.361 for Raul Valdes. By the career numbers, Bugs Raymond had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bugs Raymond and Raul Valdes

Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.43
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
95
1
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
45
0.47
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.6
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
44.12
44.12
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
50
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69.85
69.85
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57
0.6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.09
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.02
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
236
2.49
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
5.13
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.49
2.49
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.235
0.235
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2564
27
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
854.2
9
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
140.1
9
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
724
7.62
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
8.85
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.62
7.62
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.16
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
1.28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.19
0.19
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
282
2.97
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
3.14
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.97
2.97
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.14
3.14
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
401
4.22
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
9.43
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.22
4.22
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.95
2.95
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.799
0.799
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.23
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.35
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3399
35.79
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
38.54
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.31
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.73
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
360
3.79
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.58
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.177
1.177
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3084
32.48
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
34.5
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.65
2.65
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
35.79
35.79
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54

Fielding Stats for Bugs Raymond and Raul Valdes

Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
136
1.58
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
86
1
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2319
27
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
27
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
773
9
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
140.1
9
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37
0.43
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
279
3.25
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.15
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.23
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
336
3.91
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.54
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
316
3.68
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.54
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.05
94.05
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.324
2.324
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.233
0.233
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
63.24
63.24
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.09
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bugs Raymond and Raul Valdes

Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
136
279.45
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
3433.33
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
292
600
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
263
540.41
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.16
0.16
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.944
0.944
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
42
86.3
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
35
71.92
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
4
8.22
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
6.16
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
14.38
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11.79
24.24
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
80.53
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
52
106.85
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
59
121.23
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.211
0.211
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.038
0.038
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.144
0.144
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.317
0.317
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0.239
0.239
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
14
28.77
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
53.42
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
9.96
20.46
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.68
89.48
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
32.88
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
87
178.77
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
3.36
3.36
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.18
0.18
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
24.66
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.05
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bugs Raymond
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA