Ed Seward vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Ed Seward
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows RightNorth AmericaPhiladelphia AthleticsAmerican AssociationRelief 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 Ed Seward as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Ed Seward posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.4 and WHIP 1.225 compared to 3.54 and 1.343 for Fernando Valenzuela. By the career numbers, Ed Seward had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Seward and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
176
1.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.39
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
169
1.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
89
0.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
72
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.28
55.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.02
96.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
159
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
561
3.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.4
3.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.85
2.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.45
3.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.237
0.237
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4457
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1485.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1369
8.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.29
8.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
23
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.13
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
451
2.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
589
3.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.57
3.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.35
3.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.7
0.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
136
0.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
66
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6286
38.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
823
4.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.99
4.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.225
1.225
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5769
34.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.68
4.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.261
0.261
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ed Seward and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
223
1.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
5313
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
1771
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
0.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
298
1.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
57
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
502
2.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
445
2.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
88.65
88.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.996
1.996
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Seward and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
218
162.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
805
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
728
542.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.572
0.572
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
127
94.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
88
65.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24
17.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
4.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
6.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
10
5.75
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
39
29.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.307
0.307
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.012
0.012
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.011
0.011
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.071
0.071
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.054
0.054
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
61.63
45.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PAverified
190
141.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
204
152.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.253
0.253
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0.261
0.261
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.514
0.514
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.087
0.087
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.503
0.503
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0.189
0.189
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
66.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
62
46.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
142
105.84
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
57.67
42.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
7.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
67
49.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
95
70.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.47
8.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.71
0.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
26.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Seward
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
35
26.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Ed Seward
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0