Charlie Sprague vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Charlie Sprague
Pre-GenerationalOhioThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaToledo MaumeesAmerican 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 Charlie Sprague 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 4.51 and 1.627 for Charlie Sprague. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Charlie Sprague and Fernando Valenzuela

Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
453
1.39
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
58.82
58.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
70.83
70.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
4.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.51
4.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.75
4.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.46
4.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.254
0.254
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
485
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
161.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
162
9.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.02
9.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.06
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.04
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
101
5.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.62
5.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
4.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.23
4.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.17
3.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.095
1.095
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
24
1.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
763
42.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
0.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
130
7.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.627
1.627
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
638
35.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.42
5.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.48
42.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Charlie Sprague and Fernando Valenzuela

Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
1.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1398
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
466
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
96
1.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
86
1.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
89.58
89.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.323
1.323
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Charlie Sprague and Fernando Valenzuela

Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
60
150.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
239
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
219
549.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.664
0.664
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
50
125.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
38
95.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
5
12.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
15.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.58
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
1
2.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
30.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.24
0.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0.005
0.005
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0.02
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
24.02
60.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
175.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
70
175.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.293
0.293
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.32
0.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.613
0.613
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.091
0.091
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.212
0.212
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.598
0.598
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
67.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
20
50.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
46
115.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PAverified
26.04
65.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
7.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
42.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
5.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
119.5
119.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8.5
8.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Charlie Sprague
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
11
27.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
2
1.15
Charlie Sprague
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0