Raul Valdes vs. Fernando Valenzuela — Career Comparison

Raul Valdes
Gen XCubaThrows LeftBats LeftCaribbeanPhiladelphia PhilliesNational 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 Raul Valdes as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Fernando Valenzuela led in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 65), run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 64), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 88). Raul Valdes held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 129 vs 80). Keeping the role difference in mind, the edge still goes to Fernando Valenzuela.

Pitching Stats for Raul Valdes and Fernando Valenzuela

Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
50
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
80
5.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.13
5.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.25
4.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.257
0.257
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
140.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
138
8.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.85
8.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
20
1.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.28
1.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.19
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
49
3.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.14
3.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
147
9.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.43
9.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.43
1.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.397
1.397
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
601
38.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
1.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
81
5.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.19
5.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
0.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.333
1.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
538
34.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.79
0.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.318
0.318
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.54
38.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08

Fielding Stats for Raul Valdes and Fernando Valenzuela

Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
103
6.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
421
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
140.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
6
0.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
1.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
1.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.233
0.233
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.91
2.91
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Raul Valdes and Fernando Valenzuela

Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
5
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
103
3433.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
18
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
13
433.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.944
0.944
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.42
80.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
233.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.385
0.385
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.539
0.539
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.923
0.923
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.875
0.875
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
33.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
1
33.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
2
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2.68
89.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
6
6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
166.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Raul Valdes
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Raul Valdes
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0