Ed Strelecki vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Ed Strelecki
Greatest GenerationNew JerseyThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSt. Louis BrownsAmerican 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 Ed Strelecki 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 5.78 and 1.518 for Ed Strelecki. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Ed Strelecki and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
42
4.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
55
5.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.78
5.78
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.95
4.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.05
5.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
257
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
85.2
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
98
10.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.3
10.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.74
0.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.17
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
3.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.36
3.36
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
13
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.37
1.37
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.31
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.525
0.525
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
0.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
379
39.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
19
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
60
6.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.3
6.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.518
1.518
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
342
35.93
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.43
1.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.283
0.283
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.82
39.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Ed Strelecki and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8798
27
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2932.2
9
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
26
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
92.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.619
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Ed Strelecki and Fernando Valenzuela

Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
42
1145.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
22
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
17
463.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.568
0.568
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.05
28.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
3
81.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
163.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0.177
0.177
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.477
0.477
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.179
0.179
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.429
0.429
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
0.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
1
27.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
4
109.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.38
37.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
81.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
7
190.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
3.14
3.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.43
0.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
54.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Ed Strelecki
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ed Strelecki
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0