Fernando Valenzuela vs Kevin Appier

Fernando Valenzuela Kevin Appier

Fernando Valenzuela and Kevin Appier compared on their MLB careers: Fernando Valenzuela played 17 seasons, 1980 to 1997, Kevin Appier 16 seasons, 1989 to 2004. Fernando Valenzuela has 173 wins to Kevin Appier's 169. Fernando Valenzuela won 2 titles, Kevin Appier won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Fernando Valenzuela and Kevin Appier career totals

453	GP	414
173	W	169
153	L	137
3.5	ERA	3.7
2,930	IP	2595.1
2,074	K	1,994
1,151	BB	933
1.3	WHIP	1.3
2	SV	0

How do they compare in the postseason?

Fernando Valenzuela and Kevin Appier postseason

9	GP	7
0	R	19
47	H	34

Where each stands all time

Fernando Valenzuela and Kevin Appier all-time places

82nd (2,074)	Strikeouts (pitching)	96th (1,994)
175th (173)	Wins (pitching)	185th (169)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Fernando Valenzuela: 2 championships; NL Cy Young, NL Rookie of the Year, NL Silver Slugger ×2, NL Gold Glove
Kevin Appier: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Fernando Valenzuela and Kevin Appier season by season

1st	1980	2	0	0.00	1989	1	4	9.14
2nd	1981	13	7	2.48	1990	12	8	2.76
3rd	1982	19	13	2.87	1991	13	10	3.42
4th	1983	15	10	3.75	1992	15	8	2.46
5th	1984	12	17	3.03	1993	18	8	2.56
6th	1985	17	10	2.45	1994	7	6	3.83
7th	1986	21	11	3.14	1995	15	10	3.89
8th	1987	14	14	3.98	1996	14	11	3.62
9th	1988	5	8	4.24	1997	9	13	3.40
10th	1989	10	13	3.43	1998	1	2	7.80
11th	1990	13	13	4.59	1999	16	14	5.17
12th	1991	0	2	12.15	2000	15	11	4.52
13th	1993	8	10	4.94	2001	11	10	3.57
14th	1994	1	2	3.00	2002	14	12	3.92
15th	1995	8	3	4.98	2003	8	9	5.40
16th	1996	13	8	3.62	2004	0	1	13.50
17th	1997	2	12	4.96	—	—	—	—

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA