Curt Simmons vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Curt Simmons
Silent GenerationPennsylvaniaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

The numbers give Fernando Valenzuela a clear advantage over Curt Simmons across the core pitching metrics. Fernando Valenzuela led in strikeout rate (K%+ 79 vs 69), home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 103), and run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 88). Curt Simmons held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 108 vs 80). Fernando Valenzuela was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Curt Simmons and Fernando Valenzuela

Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
1.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
462
1.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
193
0.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
183
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
51.33
51.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
81.2
81.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
163
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
36
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1318
3.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.58
3.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.98
3.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10045
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3348.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
3313
8.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.91
8.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
255
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.45
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1063
2.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
62
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.86
2.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1697
4.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.56
4.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.98
2.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.824
0.824
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
53
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
14144
38.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1551
4.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.17
4.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.307
1.307
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13028
35.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.73
2.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.276
0.276
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.02
38.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Curt Simmons and Fernando Valenzuela

Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
20
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
17
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
569
2.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
339
1.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
7152
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
2384
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
127
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
514
1.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
664
2.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
641
2.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.54
96.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.127
1.127
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
59.58
59.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Curt Simmons and Fernando Valenzuela

Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
20
20
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
17
17
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
609
290.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1256
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1135
542.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.171
0.171
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.453
0.453
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
194
92.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
171
81.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
19
9.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
23
10.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.119
0.119
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.001
0.001
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
45.3
21.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
222
106.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
255
121.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.213
0.213
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.196
0.196
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.408
0.408
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.025
0.025
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.145
0.145
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0.298
0.298
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.226
0.226
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
44.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
76
36.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
168
80.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
38.76
18.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
59
28.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
283
135.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
4.44
4.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.21
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
57
27.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
3
1.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
16
7.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
6.9
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
0.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Curt Simmons
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
1.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Curt Simmons
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
66.67
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0