Ed Smith vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Ed Smith
Pre-GenerationalIndianaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

Looking at the career totals, Ed Smith and Fernando Valenzuela are fairly close on the surface numbers. Ed Smith carried a career ERA of 3.72 against Fernando Valenzuela's 3.54. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Ed Smith and Fernando Valenzuela — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Smith and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.39
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
42.11
42.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
64
3.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.53
3.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.85
3.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
464
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
154.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
153
8.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.9
8.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53
3.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.08
3.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
2.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.62
2.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.37
2.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.634
0.634
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
647
37.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
90
5.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.24
5.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.332
1.332
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
34.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.74
4.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.279
0.279
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.65
37.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ed Smith and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
1.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
465
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
3.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
67
3.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
61
3.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.04
91.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.211
3.211
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
94.74
94.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Smith and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
63
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
54
514.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.204
0.204
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.579
0.579
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
11
104.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
95.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
9.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.091
0.091
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4.31
41.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
13
123.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
18
171.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.295
0.295
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.241
0.241
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.536
0.536
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.037
0.037
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.193
0.193
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.465
0.465
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.314
0.314
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
13
123.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
47.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
9.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
57.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
19
180.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
3.32
3.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
2
19.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Ed Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ed Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0