Yordano Ventura vs. Alex Young — Career Comparison

Yordano Ventura
MillenialD.R.Throws RightBats RightCaribbeanKansas City RoyalsAmerican LeagueStarting Pitcher
Alex Young
MillenialIllinoisThrows LeftBats LeftNorth AmericaCincinnati RedsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher

Yordano Ventura built a career as a starting pitcher and Alex Young as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Yordano Ventura led in home run suppression (HR9+ 130 vs 69), skill-based run prevention (DICE+ 106 vs 82), and strikeout rate (K%+ 103 vs 81). Alex Young held the edge in walk avoidance (BB%+ 122 vs 82). Role difference aside, Yordano Ventura holds a clear edge on every meaningful shared measure.

Pitching Stats for Yordano Ventura and Alex Young

Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.53
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
38
0.62
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
16
0.52
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
31
0.51
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
18
0.58
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
55.07
55.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
47.06
47.06
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.94
98.94
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2
0.03
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
237
3.89
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
134
4.34
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.89
3.89
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.34
4.34
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.92
3.92
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.76
4.76
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.84
3.84
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
4.83
4.83
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.262
0.262
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1643
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547.2
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
525
8.63
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
285
9.24
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.63
8.63
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.24
9.24
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
54
0.89
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
1.59
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.89
0.89
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.59
1.59
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.57
0.57
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.28
0.28
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
211
3.47
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
3.44
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
0.05
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.47
3.47
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.44
3.44
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
470
7.72
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
239
7.75
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
7.72
7.72
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
7.75
7.75
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
5
5
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.35
1.35
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.244
1.244
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.243
1.243
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
0.58
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
9
0.29
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
22
0.36
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10
0.32
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.03
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2355
38.7
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1219
39.51
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
28
0.91
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
247
4.06
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
156
5.06
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.06
4.06
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.06
5.06
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
7
0.12
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
6
0.19
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
12
0.2
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8
0.26
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
49
0.81
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
27
0.88
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.344
1.344
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.408
1.408
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2103
34.56
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1089
35.3
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.63
2.63
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.88
0.88
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.298
0.298
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.295
0.295
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
38.7
38.7
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
39.51
39.51

Fielding Stats for Yordano Ventura and Alex Young

Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
6
6
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
94
1.54
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
177
5.74
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
93
1.53
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
25
0.81
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1643
27
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
833
27
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
547.2
9
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
277.2
9
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
48
0.79
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14
0.45
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
65
1.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
24
0.78
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.16
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.03
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
123
2.02
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
39
1.26
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
113
1.86
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
38
1.23
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
91.87
91.87
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
97.44
97.44
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.202
1.202
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.215
0.215
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
98.94
98.94
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
14.12
14.12
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
0.07
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
2
0.06
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Yordano Ventura and Alex Young

Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
4
4
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
6
6
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PAverified
94
4028.57
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
177
3662.07
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
14
600
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PA
29
600
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
13
557.14
Alex Young
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
29
600
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.357
0.357
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.28
11.82
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.03
0.63
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
2
85.71
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.154
0.154
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.035
0.035
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.308
0.308
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.069
0.069
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.108
0.108
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.024
0.024
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.182
0.182
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.036
0.036
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.667
0.667
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0.143
0.143
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1
20.69
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-0
-0.04
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
-2.47
-51.03
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
10
428.57
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
22
455.17
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1.4
1.4
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
1.32
1.32
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
42.86
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Yordano Ventura
Career
Per 600 PA
Alex Young
Career
Per 600 PA