Rick Sawyer vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Rick Sawyer
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Fernando Valenzuela posted a stronger line than Rick Sawyer. Fernando Valenzuela posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.54 vs 4.49) and WHIP (1.343 vs 1.717). By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Rick Sawyer and Fernando Valenzuela

Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
57.14
57.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.03
27.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
4.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.21
5.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.84
4.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.299
0.299
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
10.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.29
10.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
0.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.76
0.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.23
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
96
4.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.31
4.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
82
3.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.68
3.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.889
0.889
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
895
40.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
108
4.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.85
4.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
19
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
18
0.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.622
1.622
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
767
34.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.46
1.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.317
0.317
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.21
40.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Rick Sawyer and Fernando Valenzuela

Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
74
3.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
601
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
200.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
2.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
44
1.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.65
95.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.595
0.595
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
27.03
27.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Rick Sawyer and Fernando Valenzuela

Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
74
765.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
58
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
44
455.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.578
0.578
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
2.67
27.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
8
82.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
15
155.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.294
0.294
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0.182
0.182
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.476
0.476
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.178
0.178
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
41.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
4
41.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
8
82.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3.65
37.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
103.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
5.8
5.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.7
0.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
72.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Rick Sawyer
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Rick Sawyer
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0