Jose Santiago vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Jose Santiago
Silent GenerationP.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Jose Santiago a clear advantage over Fernando Valenzuela across the core pitching metrics. Jose Santiago led in strikeout rate (K%+ 108 vs 79), walk avoidance (BB%+ 99 vs 80), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 102 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 97). Jose Santiago was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Jose Santiago and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
29
0.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.97
53.97
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.88
39.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
231
3.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.74
3.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.6
3.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.99
3.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.242
0.242
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1668
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
556
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
518
8.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.38
8.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
56
0.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.91
0.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.34
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
200
3.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.24
3.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
404
6.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.54
6.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.48
2.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.086
1.086
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2354
38.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
265
4.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.291
1.291
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2143
34.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.63
1.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.275
0.275
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.1
38.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Jose Santiago and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
2.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
1667
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
555.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
1.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
115
1.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
110
1.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.675
0.675
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
39.88
39.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Jose Santiago and Fernando Valenzuela

Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
172
570.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
181
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
162
537.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.173
0.173
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.486
0.486
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
28
92.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
21
69.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
19.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
23.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.006
0.006
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
8.02
26.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
37
122.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
119.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.211
0.211
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.228
0.228
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.439
0.439
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.056
0.056
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0.331
0.331
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
53.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
7
23.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
22
72.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
6.46
21.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
26.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
152.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
3.93
3.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
10
33.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
1
3.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Jose Santiago
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
6.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Jose Santiago
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0