Fernando Valenzuela vs. Lefty Williams — Career Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star
Lefty Williams
Lost GenerationVirginiaThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaHomestead GraysNegro National League IIStarting Pitcher

Looking at the career totals, Fernando Valenzuela and Lefty Williams are fairly close on the surface numbers. Fernando Valenzuela carried a career ERA of 3.54 against Lefty Williams's 4.41. The surface numbers don't cleanly separate Fernando Valenzuela and Lefty Williams — era context would be needed for a firmer verdict.

Pitching Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Lefty Williams

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
60
1.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
40
1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
153
0.47
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
70
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
66.67
66.67
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
113
0.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
31
0.1
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.01
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
176
4.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.41
4.41
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.5
3.5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.34
3.34
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.79
3.79
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.35
3.35
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.248
0.248
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.271
0.271
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1078
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
359.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2718
8.35
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
369
9.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.35
8.35
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
226
0.69
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.69
0.69
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.15
0.15
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.1
0.1
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1151
3.54
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
105
2.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
65
0.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.54
3.54
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.63
2.63
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2074
6.37
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
148
3.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6.37
6.37
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.71
3.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.47
2.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.101
1.101
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.704
0.704
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9
0.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
11
0.03
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1522
38.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
13
0.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.23
5.23
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
182
0.56
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
47
1.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
69
0.21
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
209
0.64
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
32
0.8
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.321
1.321
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.319
1.319
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10971
33.7
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1361
34.09
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.88
2.88
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.48
3.48
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.301
0.301
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.12
38.12

Fielding Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Lefty Williams

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.53
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
42
0.99
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
1150
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
383.1
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
20
0.47
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
586
1.8
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
2.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
30
0.09
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
818
2.51
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
140
3.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
788
2.42
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
133
3.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
96.33
96.33
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
95
95
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.732
1.732
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.046
2.046
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
64.62
64.62
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
3
0.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Lefty Williams

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
8
8
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
474
272.67
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
65
234.94
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
166
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
936
538.45
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
149
538.55
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.2
0.2
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.228
0.228
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.52
0.52
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.575
0.575
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
187
107.57
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
34
122.89
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
150
86.29
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
27
97.59
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
26
14.96
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
37
21.28
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
7
25.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.198
0.198
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.206
0.206
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
49.61
28.54
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
10.87
39.28
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
245
140.94
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
195
112.18
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
41
148.19
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.205
0.205
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.263
0.263
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.262
0.262
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.275
0.275
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.467
0.467
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.538
0.538
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0.047
0.047
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.158
0.158
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.187
0.187
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.332
0.332
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.417
0.417
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.225
0.225
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.235
0.235
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
56
32.21
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
28
101.2
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
84
48.32
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
16
57.83
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
130
74.78
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
44
159.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
46.68
26.85
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
12.47
45.07
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
3.61
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
8
4.6
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PAverified
6
21.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
145
83.41
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
14.46
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
7.19
7.19
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
41.5
41.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0.06
0.06
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.5
1.5
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
93
53.5
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
10
36.14
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Lefty Williams
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Lefty Williams
Career
Per 600 PA