Fernando Valenzuela

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: November 1, 1960 in Navojoa, Mexico mx

High School: Navajoa (Navajoa, Mexico)

Debut: September 15, 1980 (Age 19-319d, 14,397th in major league history)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 14, 1997 (Age 36-255d)
vs. CIN 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 6 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Dick Moss, Tony DeMarco

Full Name: Fernando Valenzuela

Nicknames: El Toro

Pronunciation: \val-en-ZWAY-lah\

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Cy Young
Rookie of the Year
6x All-Star
1981 World Series
Gold Glove
2x Silver Slugger
ML PoY

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

41.5

173

153

ERA

3.54

453

424

2930.0

2074

WHIP

1.320

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Team Record in Appearances: 5-4 / in Starts: 5-3

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Postseason Pitching Game Log

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Postseason Pitching Game Log
Rk	Year	Series	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1981	NLDS g1	Oct 6	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.13	1.85	31					10	7	0	0	6	70			2	0	1	29	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.40	0.280	21.80	2.38%	2.29	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
2	1981	NLDS g4	Oct 10	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(1-0)	3	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	0	0	1.06	1.95	31					10	12	0	2	4	78			0	1	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.548	26.55	6.83%	2.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	1981	NLCS g2	Oct 14	LAD		MON	L,0-3	GS-6	L(1-1)	3	6.0	7	3	3	2	4	0	0	1.96	2.03	25	88	50	8	8	8	4	0	1	7	48			0	1	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.111	28.89	-2.58%	-0.49	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
4	1981	NLCS g5	Oct 19	LAD	@	MON	W,2-1	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.2	3	1	1	3	6	0	0	1.71	2.09	32	113	71	22	11	9	11	1	4	3	77			0	0	0	28	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.21	0.388	101.12	17.97%	2.53	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
5	1981	WS g3	Oct 23	LAD		NYY	W,5-4	CG	W(3-1)	3	9.0	9	4	4	7	6	2	0	2.21	3.07	40	147	92	27	13	12	10	4	2	5	52			0	1	0	32	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.47	0.197	61.28	4.52%	-0.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
1983 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	1983	NLCS g2	Oct 5	LAD		PHI	W,4-1	GS-9	W(1-0)	4	8.0	7	1	1	4	5	1	0	1.13	4.63	33	136	79	26	8	10	8	1	0	6	65			1	0	0	28	1	0	0	3	0	0	1.11	0.241	31.49	3.74%	1.66	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
1985 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
7	1985	NLCS g1	Oct 9	LAD		STL	W,4-1	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	6.1	7	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.42	1.74	27	105	67	18	11	9	10	5	3	0	59			1	1	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.255	27.15	3.67%	1.20	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
8	1985	NLCS g5	Oct 14	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	4	2	2	8	7	0	0	1.88	2.96	36	129	68	15	19	8	10	2	2	3	65			1	0	0	26	2	0	2	0	0	0	1.36	0.273	56.47	6.22%	1.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
1996 Postseason		Year	Series	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	1996	NLDS g3	Oct 5	SDP		STL	L,5-7	8-8		10	0.2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.00	12.17	4	15	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.55	0.016	18.39	0.12%	0.11	8t 1-- 0 out d1	8t 123 2 out d1
											63.2	47	14	14	31	44	3	0	1.98		259																			7

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