Josh Smoker vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Josh Smoker
MillenialGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaNew York MetsNational LeagueRelief 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 Josh Smoker as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fernando Valenzuela posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.54 and WHIP 1.343 compared to 5.35 and 1.797 for Josh Smoker. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Josh Smoker and Fernando Valenzuela

Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
66.67
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
5.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.35
5.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.35
6.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.96
4.96
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.286
0.286
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
91
10.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.37
10.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
1.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.82
1.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.2
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
43
4.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.9
4.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
97
11.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11.05
11.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.18
1.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.772
1.772
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
370
42.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
51
5.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.81
5.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.696
1.696
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
318
36.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.62
0.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.366
0.366
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.15
42.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Josh Smoker and Fernando Valenzuela

Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
82
9.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
237
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
79
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.085
0.085
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Josh Smoker and Fernando Valenzuela

Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
82
12300
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.43
-64.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Josh Smoker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Josh Smoker
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0