Fernando Valenzuela vs. Ed Whitson — Career Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star
Ed Whitson
Baby BoomersTennesseeThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Diego PadresNational LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

When held to the same standard, Fernando Valenzuela comes out ahead of Ed Whitson in this starter comparison. Fernando Valenzuela led in home run suppression (HR9+ 110 vs 77), run prevention (ERA+ 95 vs 83), and skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 91 vs 87). Ed Whitson held the edge in strikeout rate (K%+ 97 vs 79). The edge goes to Fernando Valenzuela.

Pitching Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Ed Whitson

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
333
1.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
126
0.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
50.6
50.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.67
73.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
12
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
944
3.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.07
4.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.261
0.261
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
211
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.85
0.85
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.47
0.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
698
2.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
54
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.8
2.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
1266
5.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.09
5.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.8
2.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.877
0.877
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.13
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
29
0.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
9479
38.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1045
4.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.2
4.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
101
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
78
0.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
160
0.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.312
1.312
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8573
34.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.287
0.287
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.286
0.286
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.09
38.09

Fielding Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Ed Whitson

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
15
15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
452
1.82
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
424
1.3
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
332
1.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
6720
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
2240
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
274
1.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
21
0.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
418
1.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
397
1.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
94.98
94.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.878
0.878
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
73.45
73.45
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.06
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Ed Whitson

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
15
15
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
461
411
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
673
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
576
513.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.125
0.125
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.389
0.389
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
72
64.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
62
55.27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
9
8.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
1
0.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
10
8.92
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.139
0.139
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.002
0.002
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.014
0.014
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
12.81
11.42
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
84
74.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
90
80.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.152
0.152
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.146
0.146
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.297
0.297
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.021
0.021
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.105
0.105
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.201
0.201
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0.175
0.175
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
24
21.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
27
24.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
50
44.58
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.71
-0.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
16.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
169
150.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
3.98
3.98
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.11
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PAverified
79
70.43
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Ed Whitson
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3
2.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Ed Whitson
Career
Per 600 PA