Bob Scanlan vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Bob Scanlan
Gen XCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaChicago CubsNational 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 Scanlan as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Bob Scanlan led in walk avoidance (BB%+ 116 vs 80), home run suppression (HR9+ 138 vs 110), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 99 vs 91). Fernando Valenzuela held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 68). Role difference aside, Bob Scanlan holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Bob Scanlan and Fernando Valenzuela

Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
34
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.04
37.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.45
13.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
276
4.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.63
4.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.47
4.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.38
4.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.281
0.281
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1610
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
536.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
583
9.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.78
9.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
3.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.51
3.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
245
4.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.11
4.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.84
0.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.846
0.846
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2358
39.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
1.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
312
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.476
1.476
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2077
34.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.08
1.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.303
0.303
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.54
39.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Bob Scanlan and Fernando Valenzuela

Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
4.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
0.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1610
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
536.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
40
0.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
1.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
133
2.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.47
89.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.45
13.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Bob Scanlan and Fernando Valenzuela

Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
290
4971.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
35
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
30
514.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.271
0.271
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.11
-1.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
2
34.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.094
0.094
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.067
0.067
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.161
0.161
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.059
0.059
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.097
0.097
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
1
17.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
51.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
4
68.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.36
-40.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
12
205.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
2.92
2.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.08
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
17.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
6
3.45
Bob Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
51.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Bob Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0