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\

View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen

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: 16-9 / in Starts: 16-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	11	1	Apr 9	LAD		HOU	W,2-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	2.16	33	10	11	2	0	5	80			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.524	.91	0.25%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
2	12	5	Apr 14	LAD	@	SFG	W,7-1	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	10	0	0	0.50	1.60	33	7	10	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.437	.97	0.26%	2.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
3	13	8	Apr 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	SHO	W(3-0)	3	9.0	5	0	0	0	10	0	0	0.33	1.19	33	13	5	1	2	5	87			0	1	0	33	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.25	0.565	1.35	0.36%	3.66	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
4	14	12	Apr 22	LAD	@	HOU	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-0)	3	9.0	7	0	0	3	11	0	0	0.25	1.18	35	12	3	0	0	6	81			3	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.83	0.741	2.13	0.52%	3.70	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	15	17	Apr 27	LAD		SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(5-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	4	7	0	0	0.20	1.42	35	8	9	1	0	7	76			1	1	1	31	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.01	0.286	1.25	0.21%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	16	22	May 3	LAD	@	MON	W,6-1	GS-9	W(6-0)	5	9.0	5	1	1	0	7	0	0	0.33	1.36	32	13	9	1	2	3	80			2	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	0.378	1.83	0.24%	2.93	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
7	17	27	May 8	LAD	@	NYM	W,1-0	SHO	W(7-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	5	11	0	0	0.29	1.43	37	8	8	0	1	5	79			3	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.84	0.771	2.11	0.53%	3.81	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
8	18	32	May 14	LAD		MON	W,3-2	CG	W(8-0)	5	9.0	3	2	2	1	7	2	0	0.50	1.78	31	5	15	2	0	3	79			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.105	1.33	0.07%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
9	19	36	May 18	LAD		PHI	L,0-4	GS-7	L(8-1)	3	7.0	3	4	4	2	6	1	0	0.91	1.94	27	10	6	1	2	3	59			0	1	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	2	.53	-0.202	.59	-0.13%	-1.07	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
10	20	40	May 23	LAD	@	CIN	W,9-6	GS-8		4	8.0	8	5	4	6	3	0	0	1.24	2.14	36	16	11	4	1	0	45			2	0	0	27	1	0	1	3	1	0	1.82	-0.537	2.85	-0.51%	-1.47	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
11	21	45	May 28	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-9	GS-4	L(8-2)	4	3.2	6	7	7	2	2	0	1	1.89	2.21	20	7	4	2	0	4	21			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.32	-0.227	1.72	-0.18%	-2.95	1b start tie	4b 123 2 out d4
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	22	49	Jun 1	LAD		ATL	W,5-2	CG	W(9-2)	3	9.0	7	2	2	2	11	0	0	1.90	2.09	35	8	7	1	1	7	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	0.234	1.41	0.19%	1.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
13	23	53	Jun 6	LAD	@	CHC	L,5-11	GS-4	L(9-3)	4	3.1	6	7	7	3	4	2	0	2.45	2.37	19	3	9	6	0	0	21			1	0	0	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.546	1.54	-0.40%	-4.68	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 1 out d2
14	24	57	Jun 11	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-7	L(9-4)	4	7.0	3	2	2	3	9	1	0	2.45	2.42	27	8	4	1	0	3	69			1	0	0	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	.66	0.032	.79	0.02%	1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
15	25	59	Aug 11	LAD		CIN	L,6-7	GS-5		60	4.1	5	3	3	4	3	1	0	2.60	2.59	22	5	5	0	0	5	40			2	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	-0.224	2.13	-0.22%	-1.73	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
16	26	64	Aug 16	LAD		ATL	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	8	5	5	0	9	3	0	2.87	2.77	23	4	3	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.305	.85	-0.28%	-2.91	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
17	27	69	Aug 22	LAD	@	STL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(10-4)	5	8.2	4	2	2	4	12	0	0	2.81	2.66	32	7	6	1	1	3	76			1	1	1	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.44	0.458	1.96	0.38%	1.80	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 2 out a1
18	28	74	Aug 27	LAD		CHC	W,6-0	SHO	W(11-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	2	10	0	0	2.63	2.56	31	6	11	5	0	2	87			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	.74	0.352	1.38	0.40%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
19	29	79	Sep 1	LAD		PIT	W,3-2	GS-10		4	10.0	8	1	1	1	7	0	0	2.51	2.48	39	11	12	3	4	8	78			1	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.598	2.05	0.59%	3.19	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
20	30	84	Sep 6	LAD		STL	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.37	2.41	32	8	11	3	3	4	86			1	1	1	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	.97	0.444	1.53	0.42%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
21	31	89	Sep 12	LAD	@	CIN	L,5-6	GS-7		5	6.1	9	4	4	5	4	0	0	2.49	2.46	31	10	3	0	0	9	38			0	1	0	26	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.42	-0.085	2.64	-0.09%	-0.04	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a2
22	32	94	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	W,2-0	SHO	W(13-4)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	6	0	0	2.36	2.43	31	10	10	3	2	3	85			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.529	2.02	0.66%	3.77	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
23	33	98	Sep 22	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS-6	L(13-5)	4	6.0	7	4	4	3	6	1	0	2.49	2.49	28	8	4	0	0	7	45			2	0	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.222	.96	-0.14%	-1.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
24	34	103	Sep 27	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-6)	4	7.0	7	4	4	2	5	0	0	2.59	2.48	28	8	6	1	0	7	50			2	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.81	-0.047	.13	-0.01%	-1.12	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
25	35	107	Oct 1	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	GS-8	L(13-7)	3	8.0	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	2.48	2.44	28	12	3	0	2	4	75			1	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.234	.00	0.00%	2.35	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
							16-9		W-L:13-7	4.0	192.1	140	55	53	61	180	11	1	2.48	2.44	758	1.17		9%	5%	114	65		---%	25	10	3	684	12	3	4	11	3	5	1.19	4.293	1.50	3.15%	30.29

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