Fernando Valenzuela vs. Roberto Vargas — Career Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star
Roberto Vargas
Silent GenerationP.R.Throws LeftBats LeftCaribbeanMilwaukee BravesNational LeagueRelief PitcherAll-Star

Fernando Valenzuela built a career as a starting pitcher and Roberto Vargas 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 7.24 and 2.000 for Roberto Vargas. By the career numbers, Fernando Valenzuela had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Roberto Vargas

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
33
7.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.24
7.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.49
7.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.344
0.344
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
62
13.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.61
13.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.88
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.14
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
3.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.95
3.95
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
4.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.39
4.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.71
0.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.927
0.927
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
119
0.37
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
203
44.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
1.54
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
37
8.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.12
8.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.951
1.951
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
180
39.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.32
1.32
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.372
0.372
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.56
44.56

Fielding Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Roberto Vargas

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
6.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
41
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
202
0.62
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
2.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
3.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.607
0.607
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
10.71
10.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Roberto Vargas

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
2
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
1866.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
9
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.92
61.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
3
200
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.233
0.233
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
1
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1.24
82.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Roberto Vargas
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Roberto Vargas
Career
Per 600 PA