Doc Scanlan vs. Jose Valverde — Career Comparison

Doc Scanlan
Pre-GenerationalNew YorkThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueStarting Pitcher
Jose Valverde
Gen XD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanArizona DiamondbacksNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Doc Scanlan built a career as a starting pitcher and Jose Valverde as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Doc Scanlan posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3 and WHIP 1.333 compared to 3.27 and 1.245 for Jose Valverde. By the career numbers, Doc Scanlan had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Doc Scanlan and Jose Valverde

Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.3
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
8.94
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
149
1.07
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.47
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
27
0.39
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
71
0.51
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.47
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
47.79
47.79
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
45
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
82.32
82.32
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
102
0.73
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.04
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
288
4.11
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
417
3
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
229
3.27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.27
3.27
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.19
3.19
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.04
3.04
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.77
3.77
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.57
3.57
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.235
0.235
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.211
0.211
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3756
27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1891
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1252
9
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
630.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1061
7.63
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
7
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.63
7.63
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
15
0.11
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.11
0.11
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.96
0.96
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.08
0.08
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.11
0.11
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
608
4.37
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
264
3.77
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.44
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.37
4.37
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.77
3.77
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
584
4.2
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
692
9.88
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.88
9.88
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.23
3.23
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.11
1.11
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.952
0.952
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.517
1.517
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.14
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.34
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.26
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
26
0.37
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.01
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.04
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5169
37.16
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2646
37.78
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.19
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
520
7.42
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
557
4
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
255
3.64
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.64
3.64
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.17
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.23
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.44
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.196
1.196
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4525
32.53
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2328
33.24
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.08
3.08
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.41
0.41
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.266
0.266
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.27
0.27
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.16
37.16
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
37.78
37.78

Fielding Stats for Doc Scanlan and Jose Valverde

Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
181
1.43
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
626
8.94
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
1.05
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3414
27
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
1891
27
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1138
9
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
630.1
9
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
0.22
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
34
0.49
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
262
2.07
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.36
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.15
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.11
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
309
2.44
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
67
0.96
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
290
2.29
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
59
0.84
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.85
93.85
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.06
88.06
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.602
1.602
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.094
0.094
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73.48
73.48
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.08
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Doc Scanlan and Jose Valverde

Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
12
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
181
232.55
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
626
187800
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
467
600
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
2
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
416
534.48
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.188
0.188
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
78
100.21
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
65
83.51
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
11
14.13
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2.57
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
13
16.7
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.167
0.167
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
25.71
33.03
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
212.28
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
119.49
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
600
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
113
145.18
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.251
0.251
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.224
0.224
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.474
0.474
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.169
0.169
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.475
0.475
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.391
0.391
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0.233
0.233
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
23
29.55
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
23
29.55
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46
59.1
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
300
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26.97
34.64
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.67
199.5
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1.28
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
34
43.68
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PAverified
81
104.07
Jose Valverde
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1
300
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
5.77
5.77
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.42
0.42
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
16
20.56
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
5.14
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Doc Scanlan
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Jose Valverde
Career
Per 600 PA