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: 16-18 / in Starts: 16-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1987 Pitching Game Log

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1987 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	211	2	Apr 7	LAD	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-7		99	7.0	10	2	2	3	7	0	0	2.57	2.16	34	9	5	1	0	10	53			2	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.225	2.34	0.20%	1.39	1b start tie	7b 3 out a2
2	212	7	Apr 12	LAD		SFG	W,7-5	GS-7	W(1-0)	4	7.0	8	2	2	2	6	0	0	2.57	2.09	30	6	9	1	0	7	57			0	2	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.140	.85	0.08%	1.46	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
3	213	12	Apr 17	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	7	3	3	5	6	1	0	2.74	3.09	37	12	13	2	0	1	62			0	0	0	32	1	1	0	2	0	0	.85	0.253	.77	0.14%	1.36	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a2
4	214	17	Apr 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	GS-8	W(3-0)	4	8.0	7	3	2	1	12	0	0	2.61	2.35	30	5	5	0	0	7	69			0	2	2	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.032	1.37	-0.03%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
5	215	21	Apr 28	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-6	GS-6	L(3-1)	5	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	0	0	2.92	2.25	24	4	8	0	2	6	52			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.099	.83	-0.07%	0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
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	216	26	May 4	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	GS-7		5	7.0	10	4	4	2	7	3	1	3.27	3.12	32	6	6	0	0	10	46			1	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.34	-0.064	1.66	-0.05%	-0.36	1b start a 1	7b 3 out tie
7	217	31	May 9	LAD		STL	W,4-2	CG	W(4-1)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	5	0	0	3.06	3.17	39	13	10	1	0	6	67			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.38	0.391	1.62	0.28%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
8	218	36	May 15	LAD	@	MON	L,3-6	GS-7	L(4-2)	5	7.0	10	6	4	6	6	0	0	3.30	3.24	39	12	13	6	1	2	37			3	0	0	33	4	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.280	.94	-0.22%	-2.36	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
9	219	41	May 22	LAD	@	NYM	L,4-6	GS-6		6	6.0	6	4	4	2	7	3	1	3.55	3.72	26	6	7	2	0	3	49			0	1	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.248	1.00	-0.15%	-1.13	1b start a 3	6b 3 out d1
10	220	46	May 27	LAD		MON	W,6-4	CG	W(5-2)	4	9.0	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	3.60	3.66	36	14	8	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.222	.85	0.13%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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
11	221	50	Jun 1	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	GS-5	L(5-3)	4	5.0	10	5	5	3	5	0	0	3.94	3.60	29	7	14	6	3	0	29			2	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	1	1.00	-0.208	.99	-0.12%	-2.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d5
12	222	54	Jun 6	LAD	@	CIN	L,2-5	GS-5	L(5-4)	4	5.0	6	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.24	3.58	23	3	10	1	2	6	35			2	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.305	1.06	-0.25%	-2.38	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
13	223	59	Jun 11	LAD		HOU	L,0-1	CG	L(5-5)	4	9.0	7	1	1	5	6	0	0	3.93	3.54	39	17	11	7	1	0	70			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	0.331	1.45	0.27%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	224	64	Jun 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,7-8	GS-6		5	6.0	7	5	4	2	4	2	0	4.05	3.74	27	11	10	2	0	0	42			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.240	.78	-0.13%	-2.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
15	225	69	Jun 23	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	CG	W(6-5)	5	9.0	5	2	1	4	4	0	0	3.80	3.71	37	12	17	4	0	0	71			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.51	0.499	.95	0.19%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	226	74	Jun 28	LAD		CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	7	1	0	3.66	3.66	32	12	9	3	0	3	75			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.269	1.05	0.18%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
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	227	78	Jul 3	LAD	@	PIT	L,0-6	GS-5	L(7-6)	4	5.0	9	5	5	2	4	1	0	3.88	3.72	25	5	13	6	0	1	31			0	0	0	23	2	1	0	1	0	1	.59	-0.250	.48	-0.12%	-2.48	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
18	228	83	Jul 8(1)	LAD	@	STL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(7-7)	4	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	2	1	4.15	3.91	24	9	9	1	0	0	28			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.196	.59	-0.07%	-3.43	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
19	229	89	Jul 16	LAD		PIT	W,7-0	SHO	W(8-7)	7	9.0	7	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.88	3.81	35	15	6	1	1	2	77			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	3	0	1	1.19	0.402	.70	0.14%	4.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
20	230	93	Jul 21	LAD		STL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(8-8)	4	6.0	6	6	5	7	4	1	0	4.03	3.95	30	8	7	3	1	4	35			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.24	-0.288	.82	-0.11%	-3.03	1t start tie	6t 3 out d5
21	231	98	Jul 26	LAD		CHC	W,7-6	GS-6		4	5.1	9	6	6	3	1	1	1	4.25	4.07	28	9	13	8	0	1	24			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.445	.36	-0.08%	-3.60	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out tie
22	232	102	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	W,9-5	GS-7	W(9-8)	4	7.0	7	5	2	3	4	2	0	4.17	4.19	32	17	6	3	0	2	50			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	2	1.24	0.014	.50	0.00%	-1.33	1b start a 3	7b 3 out a2
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	233	107	Aug 5	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS-6	L(9-9)	4	6.0	8	6	6	4	3	0	0	4.35	4.18	29	12	10	3	0	0	31			0	0	0	23	0	0	1	1	1	0	1.12	-0.309	.79	-0.13%	-2.85	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
24	234	111	Aug 10	LAD		CIN	L,3-4	CG	L(9-10)	4	9.0	7	4	4	5	9	0	0	4.33	4.09	39	12	13	5	0	0	61			4	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.42	-0.176	.69	-0.05%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
25	235	116	Aug 15	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-5	GS-7	L(9-11)	4	7.0	10	4	4	3	5	0	0	4.36	4.04	33	8	7	0	1	10	43			2	1	0	29	2	0	1	0	0	0	.56	-0.172	.27	-0.05%	-0.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
26	236	120	Aug 20	LAD	@	MON	W,7-2	GS-8	W(10-11)	4	7.0	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	4.30	4.05	34	11	11	1	0	0	59			0	1	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	3	1.46	0.274	.16	0.02%	1.29	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 0 out a4
27	237	126	Aug 25	LAD	@	NYM	W,3-1	CG	W(11-11)	4	9.0	4	1	1	8	13	0	0	4.14	3.99	39	8	10	2	0	0	80			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	2	1.94	0.575	.07	0.01%	3.31	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a2
28	238	130	Aug 30	LAD		MON	L,4-5	GS-9	L(11-12)	4	8.1	10	5	5	7	10	0	0	4.20	3.95	42	5	11	1	0	9	46			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.61	0.043	.01	0.00%	0.88	1t start tie	9t 123 1 out a2
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	239	135	Sep 5	LAD		NYM	L,3-4	CG	L(11-13)	5	9.0	8	4	4	3	5	2	0	4.19	4.02	38	15	13	4	0	2	57			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.066	.00	0.00%	0.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	240	140	Sep 11	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-2	CG	W(12-13)	5	9.0	4	2	2	4	6	1	0	4.10	4.03	34	12	11	1	0	1	73			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	3	0	2	.92	0.385	.00	0.00%	2.72	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
31	241	145	Sep 17(1)	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(12-14)	5	10.0	10	3	3	3	8	2	0	4.04	4.06	41	14	14	5	1	2	65			0	1	1	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	-0.117	.00	0.00%	1.94	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
32	242	151	Sep 22	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	W(13-14)	4	8.0	10	3	3	4	6	3	0	4.01	4.19	38	7	11	0	0	10	52			0	0	0	33	3	0	1	1	0	1	1.92	0.212	.00	0.00%	0.87	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
33	243	155	Sep 27	LAD		SDP	W,4-3	GS-8		4	7.1	10	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.00	4.18	35	10	10	1	0	9	44			1	1	1	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.42	-0.054	.00	0.00%	0.05	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d2
34	244	160	Oct 2	LAD	@	SDP	W,10-3	GS-6	W(14-14)	4	6.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	3.98	4.18	26	11	5	1	0	4	52			0	0	0	22	2	1	0	1	0	0	.93	0.043	.00	0.00%	0.91	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a6
							16-18		W-L:14-14	4.4	251.0	254	120	111	124	190	25	4	3.98	4.18	1116	1.01		12%	2%	126	52		---%	19	12	5	968	49	5	4	21	2	21	1.15	0.729	.70	0.02%	5.52

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