Bob Savage vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Bob Savage
Greatest GenerationNew HampshireThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Fernando Valenzuela built a career as a starting pitcher and Bob Savage as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fernando Valenzuela posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 4.32 and 1.532 for Bob Savage. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Bob Savage and Fernando Valenzuela

Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
129
2.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.21
37.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
24.03
24.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
203
4.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.32
4.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.3
4.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.44
4.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.26
0.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1269
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
423
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
433
9.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.21
9.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.49
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.18
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
215
4.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.57
4.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
3.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.64
3.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.33
1.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.913
0.913
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1882
40.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
59
1.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
227
4.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.532
1.532
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1665
35.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.76
1.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.04
40.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Savage and Fernando Valenzuela

Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
129
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8798
27
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2932.2
9
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.481
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Savage
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Savage and Fernando Valenzuela

Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
129
609.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
127
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
104
491.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.394
0.394
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
9
42.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
9
42.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
2.55
12.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
9
42.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
127.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.221
0.221
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.087
0.087
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.308
0.308
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.121
0.121
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.284
0.284
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
6
28.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
1.2
5.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
85.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
51
240.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
2.49
2.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.35
0.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
5
23.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Bob Savage
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bob Savage
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0