Fernando Valenzuela vs. Brandon Workman — Career Comparison

Fernando Valenzuela
Baby BoomersMexicoThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaLos Angeles DodgersNational LeagueStarting PitcherGold GloveCy Young AwardSilver SluggerRookie of the YearAll-Star
Brandon Workman
MillenialTexasThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaBoston Red SoxAmerican LeagueRelief Pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela built a career as a starting pitcher and Brandon Workman as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Brandon Workman led in home run suppression (HR9+ 275 vs 110), run prevention (ERA+ 129 vs 95), and strikeout rate (K%+ 110 vs 79). Role difference aside, Brandon Workman holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Brandon Workman

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
453
1.39
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
6.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
173
0.53
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
26
0.71
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
153
0.47
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.07
53.07
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
54.17
54.17
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.6
93.6
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
0.35
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.01
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.68
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1154
3.54
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
147
4.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.02
4.02
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.5
3.5
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.79
3.79
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.88
3.88
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.248
0.248
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.243
0.243
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8790
27
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
987
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2930
9
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2718
8.35
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
299
8.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.35
8.35
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.18
8.18
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
226
0.69
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
38
1.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.04
1.04
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.5
0.5
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.16
0.16
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1151
3.54
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
157
4.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
0.2
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.54
3.54
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.29
4.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2074
6.37
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
343
9.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.37
6.37
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9.38
9.38
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.58
4.58
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.44
1.44
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.101
1.101
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.52
1.52
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
119
0.37
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.08
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
4
0.11
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
11
0.03
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
0.05
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12398
38.08
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1410
38.57
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.03
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
73
2
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1303
4
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
164
4.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
4
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.49
4.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
182
0.56
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
0.22
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
69
0.21
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
0.3
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
209
0.64
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.321
1.321
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.386
1.386
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10971
33.7
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1230
33.65
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.88
2.88
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.69
0.69
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.287
0.287
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.307
0.307
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.08
38.08
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38.57
38.57

Fielding Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Brandon Workman

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
17
17
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
455
1.4
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
238
6.51
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
424
1.3
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
18
0.49
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8798
27
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
987
27
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2932.2
9
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
329
9
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
202
0.62
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.6
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
586
1.8
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.66
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
30
0.09
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
818
2.51
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
47
1.29
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
788
2.42
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
46
1.26
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
96.33
96.33
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.87
97.87
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.732
1.732
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.193
0.193
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93.19
93.19
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.56
7.56
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.1
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.03
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Fernando Valenzuela and Brandon Workman

Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
17
17
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
7
7
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
474
272.67
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
238
35700
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
1043
600
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
4
600
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
936
538.45
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.2
0.2
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.52
0.52
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0.25
0.25
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
187
107.57
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
150
86.29
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
26
14.96
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.58
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
5.75
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
37
21.28
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.198
0.198
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.011
0.011
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.054
0.054
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
49.61
28.54
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
245
140.94
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
195
112.18
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.205
0.205
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.262
0.262
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.467
0.467
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.062
0.062
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.158
0.158
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.332
0.332
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.225
0.225
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
56
32.21
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
84
48.32
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
130
74.78
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46.68
26.85
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
-0.3
-45.12
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
8
4.6
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PAverified
145
83.41
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
3
450
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
7.19
7.19
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
1.33
1.33
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.06
0.06
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
93
53.5
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
150
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
3.45
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
12
6.9
Brandon Workman
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
1.15
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Fernando Valenzuela
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Brandon Workman
Career
Per 600 PA