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: 18-17 / in Starts: 18-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1985 Pitching Game Log

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1985 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	142	1	Apr 9	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-2	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	7.0	9	2	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.40	32	12	5	0	1	9	57			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	2	1.12	0.042	1.74	0.04%	1.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
2	143	5	Apr 13	LAD		SFG	W,1-0	SHO	W(1-1)	3	9.0	5	0	0	2	5	0	0	0.00	2.31	33	10	15	4	1	1	80			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	0.662	2.13	0.64%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	144	10	Apr 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	8	0	0	0.00	2.16	31	7	11	0	0	2	88			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.48	0.250	.87	0.27%	4.03	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
4	145	15	Apr 23	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(2-2)	4	8.0	4	2	0	1	8	0	1	0.00	1.99	30	8	8	3	0	4	77			2	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	.89	0.044	1.55	0.05%	1.44	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
5	146	20	Apr 28	LAD		SDP	L,0-1	CG	L(2-3)	4	9.0	2	1	1	1	10	1	0	0.21	2.04	31	9	9	0	0	2	88			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.193	2.33	0.25%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
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	147	24	May 4	LAD	@	PIT	W,6-5	CG(10)	W(3-3)	5	10.0	10	5	4	3	8	1	0	0.87	2.28	42	9	12	2	0	10	59			0	1	0	36	0	0	0	1	2	1	1.68	0.130	2.73	0.13%	-0.53	1b start a 2	10b 3 out a1
7	148	29	May 9	LAD		STL	L,4-5	GS-8		4	8.0	8	4	3	4	8	0	0	1.20	2.27	36	11	5	0	0	8	56			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.193	1.82	-0.20%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	149	33	May 14	LAD		CHC	L,3-8	GS-4	L(3-4)	4	4.0	6	6	4	4	3	0	0	1.69	2.39	21	7	7	3	0	0	29			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.27	-0.479	2.06	-0.47%	-4.26	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
9	150	37	May 19	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(4-4)	4	7.1	3	1	1	2	6	0	0	1.64	2.33	27	6	10	0	0	3	72			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.233	1.35	0.17%	1.85	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a2
10	151	42	May 25	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-2	CG	W(5-4)	5	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	1.68	2.31	35	10	9	0	0	6	71			0	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.359	1.32	0.26%	2.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
11	152	46	May 30	LAD		PHI	L,1-6	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	7.0	6	5	3	4	7	0	0	1.85	2.32	30	9	4	0	0	6	52			2	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	2	0	.88	-0.252	1.19	-0.21%	-1.96	1t start tie	7t 3 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	153	51	Jun 4	LAD		NYM	L,1-4	GS-9	L(5-6)	4	8.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	0	2.06	2.47	36	8	13	0	0	9	52			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.34	-0.136	1.99	-0.12%	-0.55	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out d3
13	154	55	Jun 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-10	GS-6	L(5-7)	4	5.2	8	5	5	4	3	1	0	2.39	2.66	30	8	8	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.242	.99	-0.20%	-2.58	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d4
14	155	59	Jun 16	LAD	@	HOU	W,9-0	SHO	W(6-7)	6	9.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.20	2.66	37	17	6	0	0	6	77			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.45	0.233	.90	0.28%	3.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
15	156	64	Jun 22	LAD		HOU	W,6-3	CG	W(7-7)	5	9.0	6	3	3	3	14	0	0	2.26	2.50	37	7	7	0	0	6	74			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	0.175	1.98	0.21%	0.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	157	69	Jun 27	LAD	@	SDP	L,4-5	GS-6	L(7-8)	4	6.0	9	5	5	6	3	1	0	2.51	2.71	29	9	2	0	0	9	31			1	1	0	22	1	0	2	3	0	0	1.48	-0.395	3.93	-0.63%	-2.32	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
Jul				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
17	158	74	Jul 2	LAD		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(8-8)	4	9.0	3	0	0	2	8	0	0	2.34	2.63	32	11	8	1	0	3	87			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.472	1.87	0.58%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
18	159	79	Jul 8	LAD	@	PIT	W,4-3	CG	W(9-8)	5	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	0	2.38	2.65	37	15	10	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.84	0.413	3.73	0.50%	1.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
19	160	84	Jul 13	LAD	@	CHC	W,9-1	CG	W(10-8)	4	9.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	0	2.30	2.67	32	10	7	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.34	0.167	.91	0.27%	3.48	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
20	161	88	Jul 20	LAD		STL	W,3-0	SHO	W(11-8)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.17	2.60	30	6	13	1	0	3	87			0	0	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	1	.72	0.377	2.03	0.64%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
21	162	93	Jul 25	LAD		CHC	W,7-3	GS-8	W(12-8)	4	7.2	6	2	2	8	6	0	0	2.18	2.68	37	13	10	5	2	0	57			0	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.35	0.174	4.07	0.31%	0.75	1t start tie	8t 123 2 out a5
22	163	98	Jul 30	LAD		SFG	W,4-2	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	5	4	0	0	2.14	2.72	31	8	8	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.205	3.02	0.33%	2.04	1t start tie	7t 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
23	164	103	Aug 4	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	5	4	4	2	5	2	0	2.26	2.84	29	9	8	0	0	5	54			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	1	.41	-0.137	1.49	-0.30%	-0.71	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
24	165	107	Aug 10	LAD		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(13-8)	5	9.0	4	1	0	3	8	0	0	2.15	2.79	35	13	7	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.72	0.563	7.19	1.41%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	166	112	Aug 15	LAD		ATL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(14-8)	4	8.0	7	4	4	1	4	1	0	2.25	2.83	32	9	11	5	0	7	55			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.174	1.74	-0.17%	-0.53	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
26	167	117	Aug 21	LAD	@	PHI	W,15-6	GS-8	W(15-8)	5	7.1	9	6	6	2	8	2	0	2.43	2.90	33	5	9	0	2	9	42			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.22	-0.009	.32	-0.01%	-2.93	1b start a 5	8b -2- 1 out a9
27	168	122	Aug 26	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	W(16-8)	4	9.0	10	1	1	1	8	0	0	2.37	2.83	35	7	10	1	0	9	70			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.181	1.42	0.21%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
28	169	126	Aug 31	LAD		PHI	L,0-5	GS-7	L(16-9)	4	7.0	8	5	2	3	6	2	0	2.37	2.93	30	5	8	1	0	8	50			0	3	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	1	.54	-0.226	.95	-0.24%	-1.96	1t start tie	7t 3 out d5
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
29	170	131	Sep 6	LAD		NYM	L,0-2	GS-11		5	11.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	2.26	2.91	39	16	9	1	0	6	87			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.34	0.886	1.25	0.50%	4.78	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
30	171	137	Sep 11	LAD	@	ATL	W,12-3	GS-6	W(17-9)	4	6.0	5	1	1	4	1	0	0	2.24	2.95	26	5	11	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.010	.23	0.00%	1.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out a11
31	172	142	Sep 15	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-10	GS-6	L(17-10)	3	5.1	6	8	6	2	6	0	0	2.41	2.92	25	7	4	0	0	6	32			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.504	.19	-0.05%	-4.34	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out tie
32	173	147	Sep 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-6		4	6.0	4	2	2	6	5	0	0	2.43	2.95	27	8	4	1	0	4	55			1	1	0	21	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.25	-0.001	1.13	0.00%	0.58	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	174	152	Sep 25	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-6	GS-9		4	9.0	6	4	2	4	5	1	0	2.41	2.99	36	12	9	0	0	6	64			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	1	1	1.24	0.005	.41	0.00%	-0.05	1b start a 3	9b 3 out tie
34	175	156	Sep 30	LAD		SDP	L,4-6	GS-8		4	7.1	7	4	4	2	6	0	0	2.48	2.96	30	7	8	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	-0.296	.18	-0.02%	-0.86	1t start tie	8t -23 1 out tie
35	176	160	Oct 4	LAD		CIN	L,2-4	GS-4		3	4.0	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.45	2.95	16	3	5	0	0	4	56			1	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.202	.00	0.00%	1.74	1t start tie	4t 3 out tie
							18-17		W-L:17-10	4.2	272.1	211	92	74	101	208	14	1	2.45	2.95	1109	1.09		5%	1%	193	62		---%	14	11	1	986	33	1	5	21	8	17	1.04	2.932	1.81	4.42%	27.96

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