Fernando Valenzuela vs. Leon Williams — Career Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star
Leon Williams
Greatest GenerationGeorgiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaBrooklyn DodgersNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela built a career as a starting pitcher and Leon Williams 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 5.4 and 2.160 for Leon Williams. 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 Leon Williams

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
8.64
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
173
0.53
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
53.07
53.07
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
5
5.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.4
5.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.44
8.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.41
0.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
16
17.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
17.28
17.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
2.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.16
2.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
3.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.24
3.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.38
0.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.6
0.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.08
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
1.08
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
41
44.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
7.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
6.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.48
6.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.16
2.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
39
42.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.75
0.75
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.444
0.444
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
44.28
44.28

Fielding Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Leon Williams

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
455
1.4
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8798
27
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2932.2
9
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
100
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.556
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Leon Williams

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12
1440
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
5
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
5
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.38
45.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
2
240
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.4
0.4
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.6
0.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.062
0.062
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.19
0.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.5
0.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.333
0.333
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
120
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
0.3
35.81
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
2
240
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
2.5
2.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Leon Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Leon Williams
Career
Per 600 PA