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: 16-15 / in Starts: 16-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	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	268	4	Apr 7	LAD	@	ATL	L,1-6	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.2	8	5	5	4	8	0	0	6.75	2.16	32	114	66	20	15	10	10	0	3	0	42			1	0	0	28	3	0	0	0	0	1	.96	-0.261	1.60	-0.26%	-2.44	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d4
2	269	8	Apr 12	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	6.35	3.56	21	79	41	10	6	5	11	3	1	0	41			0	1	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.189	1.36	-0.19%	-1.08	1b start a 1	5b 1-- 2 out d2
3	270	13	Apr 17	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-5		4	5.0	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	4.41	3.68	21	77	44	13	6	7	7	3	0	0	60			1	1	1	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.10	0.268	1.71	0.25%	2.17	1t start tie	5t 3 out a1
4	271	18	Apr 23	LAD		SFG	W,7-6	GS-5		5	4.1	7	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.79	3.88	24	86	46	12	5	7	11	3	0	0	35			0	0	0	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	-0.191	2.29	-0.19%	-1.32	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a2
5	272	23	Apr 29	LAD	@	STL	L,0-1	GS-7		5	7.0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.58	3.63	25	94	58	16	4	11	12	8	2	0	69			0	0	1	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.424	1.55	0.38%	3.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
May				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	273	28	May 4	LAD		STL	L,0-12	GS-2	L(0-3)	4	1.2	5	6	5	1	0	1	0	4.91	4.13	12	37	21	7	1	4	7	4	2	0	22			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	1	.75	-0.267	1.22	-0.26%	-2.86	1t start tie	2t 123 2 out d3
7	274	36	May 17	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-3	GS-6		12	6.0	5	3	3	6	6	1	0	4.84	4.43	28	117	63	21	12	8	8	5	1	0	50			1	1	1	21	2	0	1	1	1	1	1.18	-0.148	1.63	-0.12%	-0.51	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
8	275	41	May 23	LAD		PHI	L,1-4	GS-5	L(0-4)	5	5.0	4	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.91	4.37	23	98	52	11	8	8	8	1	3	0	46			1	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.23	-0.153	1.86	-0.14%	-0.84	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
9	276	46	May 28	LAD		NYM	W,4-3	GS-7		4	6.0	3	2	2	2	3	0	0	4.66	4.17	22	96	55	13	6	7	10	2	2	0	59			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.160	1.47	0.14%	1.23	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out a2
Jun				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
10	277	51	Jun 2	LAD	@	HOU	L,0-1	GS-7	L(0-5)	4	7.0	5	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.22	3.91	27	114	70	15	12	7	13	4	1	0	66			3	1	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.142	1.72	0.13%	1.97	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
11	278	57	Jun 7	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(1-5)	4	6.1	9	4	4	4	2	1	0	4.37	4.14	31	110	62	15	8	13	12	3	1	0	37			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	0.059	1.19	0.04%	0.27	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a3
12	279	62	Jun 13	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-5)	5	7.1	4	2	2	4	3	0	0	4.16	4.08	30	110	60	24	5	7	16	4	5	0	61			2	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.092	1.54	0.07%	0.63	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
13	280	67	Jun 18	LAD		ATL	W,5-3	GS-8	W(3-5)	4	7.1	6	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.12	4.08	29	102	69	16	9	11	14	3	2	0	56			0	1	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	1	.68	0.092	.71	0.06%	-0.16	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a2
14	281	72	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-3	GS-6	W(4-5)	5	6.0	9	3	3	3	4	0	0	4.15	4.00	28	106	66	14	13	8	13	3	1	0	43			0	1	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.029	1.07	-0.02%	-0.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
15	282	77	Jun 29	LAD		SDP	L,3-5	GS-7	L(4-6)	4	7.0	8	4	1	3	3	0	0	3.92	3.93	30	116	70	16	9	11	13	4	3	0	51			0	1	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.216	.69	-0.09%	-0.97	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Jul				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
16	283	82	Jul 4	LAD	@	STL	L,1-2	GS-6	L(4-7)	4	6.0	4	2	2	2	6	0	0	3.86	3.79	23	101	61	16	8	4	11	4	4	0	60			1	0	0	20	2	0	0	1	1	0	.81	0.036	.48	0.01%	0.70	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
17	284	87	Jul 9	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-11	GS-4	L(4-8)	4	4.0	5	6	3	2	2	1	0	3.98	3.90	20	77	48	10	10	7	9	3	0	0	34			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	.59	-0.301	.16	-0.05%	-4.11	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
18	285	90	Jul 15	LAD		STL	L,0-2	CG	L(4-9)	5	9.0	10	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.81	3.87	38	140	73	21	4	18	16	4	2	0	57			0	2	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.39	0.069	.38	0.01%	1.90	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
19	286	96	Jul 21(2)	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-3	GS-7	W(5-9)	5	7.0	4	2	2	6	2	0	1	3.73	3.95	29	123	67	16	7	9	11	3	4	0	57			1	2	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.178	.10	0.01%	0.94	1b start tie	7b 3 out a3
20	287	102	Jul 26	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-10)	4	6.2	9	6	5	4	2	0	0	3.90	3.95	33	119	68	16	10	12	15	3	3	0	32			0	0	0	28	4	0	1	0	1	0	.97	-0.176	.15	-0.02%	-3.23	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d6
Aug				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
21	288	107	Aug 1	LAD		SFG	L,2-5	GS-7	L(5-11)	5	7.0	5	3	1	2	4	1	0	3.76	3.98	28	103	63	15	9	8	14	6	3	0	61			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.14	-0.113	.15	-0.01%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
22	289	112	Aug 6	LAD		SDP	W,4-2	GS-7	W(6-11)	4	7.0	9	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.69	4.02	33	116	69	20	9	10	16	5	1	0	52			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.57	0.052	.15	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
23	290	117	Aug 12	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-1	CG	W(7-11)	5	9.0	2	1	0	3	6	0	1	3.46	3.94	34	143	85	17	16	12	12	1	4	0	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.09	0.280	.09	0.01%	2.82	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
24	291	121	Aug 17	LAD	@	PHI	W,10-4	GS-6	W(8-11)	4	6.0	9	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.50	3.92	27	105	60	6	9	9	15	6	5	0	41			0	1	1	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.014	.08	0.00%	-0.40	1b start tie	6b 3 out a5
25	292	126	Aug 22	LAD	@	MON	L,2-4	GS-6	L(8-12)	4	6.0	7	4	3	3	6	1	0	3.54	3.94	27	99	56	16	6	6	11	1	4	1	47			0	0	0	24	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.03	-0.178	.03	0.00%	-1.35	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d3
26	293	130	Aug 27	LAD		PHI	W,8-1	GS-7	W(9-12)	4	7.0	6	1	1	2	5	0	0	3.44	3.86	29	105	72	21	12	7	15	7	2	0	64			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	0.178	.02	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out a5
Sept				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
27	294	135	Sep 2	LAD		MON	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	6	3	3	4	3	0	0	3.46	3.85	28	97	54	13	8	9	12	3	6	0	52			0	2	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.053	.00	0.00%	0.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
28	295	140	Sep 7	LAD	@	CIN	W,8-2	CG	W(10-12)	4	9.0	6	2	2	4	6	1	0	3.39	3.87	35	117	71	19	13	8	17	7	2	0	69			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.48	0.066	.00	0.00%	2.10	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
29	296	145	Sep 12	LAD		CIN	W,5-4	GS-7		4	7.0	5	2	2	4	8	0	0	3.36	3.81	27	123	66	13	13	6	9	4	0	0	63			0	1	0	22	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.28	0.229	.00	0.00%	1.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out a1
30	297	150	Sep 17	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	GS-7		4	7.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.28	3.74	31	144	80	23	14	10	11	2	5	0	65			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.207	.00	0.00%	2.03	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
31	298	155	Sep 23	LAD		SDP	L,1-7	GS-5	L(10-13)	5	4.2	6	7	5	6	4	1	0	3.43	3.84	27	106	62	19	9	10	7	2	2	0	26			2	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.00	-0.294	.00	0.00%	-5.23	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d7
							16-15		W-L:10-13	4.4	196.2	185	89	75	98	116	11	2	3.43	3.84	852	3274	58%	15%	8%	0.73		17%	12%	1	52		---%	15	15	6	738	41	0	6	9	7	10	1.04	-0.023	.71	-0.23%	-0.70

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