Fernando Valenzuela vs. Zack Wheeler — Career Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star
Zack Wheeler
MillenialGeorgiaThrows RightBats LeftNorth AmericaPhiladelphia PhilliesNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveAll-Star

The numbers give Zack Wheeler a clear advantage over Fernando Valenzuela across the core pitching metrics. Zack Wheeler led in strikeout rate (K%+ 114 vs 79), run prevention (ERA+ 122 vs 95), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 117 vs 91). Zack Wheeler was the better starter — the numbers make that case clearly.

Pitching Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Zack Wheeler

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
75
0.39
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
60.11
60.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.6
93.6
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1154
3.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
630
3.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.28
3.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.98
2.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.13
3.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.229
0.229
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1475
7.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.68
7.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
166
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.86
0.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.5
0.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.59
0.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
490
2.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.55
2.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1820
9.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.48
9.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.58
4.58
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.43
6.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.337
1.337
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
0.21
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
76
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12398
38.08
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
7086
36.9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.03
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1303
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
683
3.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.56
3.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
33
0.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
127
0.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.137
1.137
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
6451
33.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.41
2.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.293
0.293
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.08
38.08
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
36.9
36.9

Fielding Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Zack Wheeler

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
283
1.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
5185
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1728.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
118
0.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
171
0.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
299
1.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
289
1.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.66
96.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.021
1.021
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
93.19
93.19
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
17
0.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Zack Wheeler

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
11
11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
288
534.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
323
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
288
534.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.153
0.153
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.429
0.429
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
44
81.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
34
63.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
9
16.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
10
18.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.227
0.227
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.004
0.004
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.023
0.023
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
9.82
18.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
56
104.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
51
94.74
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.172
0.172
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.194
0.194
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.367
0.367
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.042
0.042
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.126
0.126
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.256
0.256
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.269
0.269
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
13
24.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
18
33.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
30
55.73
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
4.48
8.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
9.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
128
237.77
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
2.52
2.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0.04
0.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
27
50.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1.86
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Zack Wheeler
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
3.72
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Zack Wheeler
Career
Per 600 PA