Theolic Smith vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Theolic Smith
Greatest GenerationArkansasThrows RightBats SwitchNorth AmericaPittsburgh CrawfordsNegro National League IIStarting PitcherAll-Star
Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star

On the career pitching numbers, Fernando Valenzuela posted a stronger line than Theolic Smith. Fernando Valenzuela posted stronger numbers in ERA (3.54 vs 4.95) and WHIP (1.343 vs 1.511). By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this comparison — though ERA and WHIP alone don't account for era, park factors, or the defenses each pitcher worked behind.

Pitching Stats for Theolic Smith and Fernando Valenzuela

Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
63
1.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
45
1.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
27
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.64
38.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
71.43
71.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
195
4.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.5
4.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.01
4.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.29
0.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1064
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
354.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
409
10.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.38
10.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
20
0.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.51
0.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.32
0.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
126
3.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.2
3.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
155
3.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.93
3.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.46
2.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.792
0.792
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1588
40.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
245
6.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.22
6.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
41
1.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
19
0.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.509
1.509
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1409
35.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.89
3.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.315
0.315
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
40.3
40.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Theolic Smith and Fernando Valenzuela

Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
92
1.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
61
1.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
1564
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
521.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
46
0.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
139
2.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
194
3.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
185
3.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.36
95.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.011
2.011
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.3
66.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Theolic Smith and Fernando Valenzuela

Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
92
234.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
235
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
197
502.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.254
0.254
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.717
0.717
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
127.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
40
102.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10
25.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
25.45
64.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
65
165.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
78
199.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.347
0.347
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.33
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.677
0.677
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.076
0.076
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.239
0.239
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.649
0.649
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.251
0.251
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
36
91.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
16
40.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
51
130.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28.66
73.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
71.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
235
235
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
28
28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
10
25.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Theolic Smith
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
2.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
10.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Theolic Smith
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
75
75
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0