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: 16-17 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1990 Pitching Game Log

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1990 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	299	3	Apr 11	LAD	@	SDP	L,1-3	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	6	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.60	2.01	23	95	58	20	7	9	7	2	1	0	50			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.023	1.93	-0.02%	0.37	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
2	300	8	Apr 16	LAD		SFG	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-2)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.09	2.44	26					7	14	5	0	0	49			0	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	1	1	.86	-0.086	1.37	-0.08%	-0.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
3	301	13	Apr 21	LAD		HOU	L,5-6	GS-6		4	6.0	7	4	4	3	5	2	0	4.76	4.04	27	103	61	16	12	8	9	2	3	2	44			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.159	1.80	-0.16%	-1.27	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
4	302	18	Apr 27	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-2)	5	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.12	3.31	33	119	78	14	9	18	11	3	3	0	83			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	2	.85	0.374	1.22	0.32%	4.10	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	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
5	303	23	May 2	LAD		PIT	W,6-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	2.83	3.21	38	112	73	17	12	15	16	5	1	0	64			0	0	0	35	4	0	1	0	0	0	1.00	0.308	1.50	0.28%	2.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
6	304	28	May 9	LAD	@	MON	L,3-5	GS-4	L(2-3)	6	4.0	5	4	2	4	2	0	0	3.00	3.37	20					7	7	5	0	0	38			0	0	0	15	3	0	0	1	0	1	.92	-0.226	1.21	-0.18%	-2.20	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
7	305	32	May 14	LAD		MON	W,3-2	GS-9	W(3-3)	4	8.0	5	2	1	1	6	1	0	2.68	3.36	31	134	79	25	11	14	10	3	3	0	71			0	1	1	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.94	0.140	.86	0.08%	1.27	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
8	306	36	May 19	LAD		PHI	L,12-15	GS-5		4	4.1	9	5	5	1	0	1	0	3.33	3.63	24	70	42	7	4	10	13	5	0	0	24			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.01	-0.495	1.20	-0.35%	-4.08	1t start tie	5t -23 1 out a3
9	307	41	May 24	LAD	@	CHC	W,15-6	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	6	4	4	1	5	2	0	3.61	3.87	24					6	12	4	2	0	48			1	0	0	23	0	1	0	1	0	0	.33	0.105	.35	0.07%	-0.95	1b start a 2	6b 3 out a6
10	308	46	May 29	LAD	@	PIT	L,5-9	GS-5	L(4-4)	4	4.1	6	6	5	6	0	0	0	4.09	4.09	25	89	46	10	2	10	9	4	1	0	23			1	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	1	0	.50	-0.300	.62	-0.23%	-4.88	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d6
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
11	309	51	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	L,0-2	GS-7	L(4-5)	4	7.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	3.93	3.97	31	135	80	17	11	14	10	4	0	0	52			0	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.053	1.75	0.04%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
12	310	56	Jun 9	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-4	GS-6		5	5.2	5	3	3	2	7	1	0	4.00	3.95	25	105	62	14	13	8	7	3	0	1	52			0	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.060	.75	-0.03%	-0.58	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a1
13	311	61	Jun 15	LAD		SDP	L,1-3	GS-8		5	8.0	7	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.72	3.83	31	128	74	21	9	12	11	6	1	0	66			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	0.377	1.02	0.16%	2.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
14	312	65	Jun 19	LAD		HOU	W,5-1	GS-7	W(5-5)	3	7.0	4	1	1	4	6	1	0	3.53	3.89	29	126	72	21	8	7	11	4	2	1	67			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.254	.41	0.09%	2.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out a4
15	313	69	Jun 24	LAD	@	CIN	L,6-10	GS-6	L(5-6)	4	5.1	10	8	8	2	2	2	0	4.09	4.13	28	115	69	16	5	11	13	4	2	0	16			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	-0.669	1.41	-0.45%	-5.30	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out d4
16	314	73	Jun 29	LAD		STL	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-6)	4	9.0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	3.73	3.97	30	119	72	18	14	9	11	1	1	0	91			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.72	0.394	.41	0.14%	4.10	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
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
17	315	78	Jul 4	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	7.0	10	5	4	1	2	1	0	3.82	4.00	30	100	63	11	8	8	19	9	4	0	40			0	0	1	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.270	.46	-0.09%	-1.81	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
18	316	83	Jul 12	LAD	@	CHC	W,6-3	GS-7	W(7-7)	7	7.0	9	3	3	2	3	1	0	3.82	4.04	32	119	72	18	4	9	18	6	4	0	48			0	0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.131	.32	0.02%	0.56	1b start a 2	7b 3 out a2
19	317	88	Jul 17	LAD	@	STL	L,0-3	GS-6	L(7-8)	4	6.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	3.78	3.96	25	90	56	17	2	5	14	8	0	0	54			0	0	0	23	5	0	0	1	0	0	.88	0.001	.31	0.00%	0.82	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
20	318	93	Jul 23	LAD		SFG	W,11-1	GS-6	W(8-8)	5	6.0	4	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.68	3.90	24	100	55	15	2	7	11	6	4	0	62			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.24	0.096	.06	0.02%	1.73	1t start tie	6t 3 out a8
21	319	98	Jul 28	LAD		ATL	W,8-7	GS-7		4	6.1	10	7	7	2	4	0	0	3.97	3.83	29					8	15	9	0	0	27			0	1	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.568	.56	-0.18%	-3.46	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d2
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
22	320	103	Aug 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-6	L(8-9)	4	6.0	6	3	2	2	8	1	0	3.93	3.81	27					5	11	5	2	1	56			0	0	0	25	4	0	1	0	0	2	1.22	-0.138	.77	-0.05%	-0.30	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d2
23	321	108	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	W,4-2	CG	W(9-9)	5	9.0	7	2	1	1	4	1	0	3.75	3.80	33	125	76	21	8	13	14	6	3	1	70			0	1	1	32	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.34	0.435	1.33	0.26%	2.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
24	322	113	Aug 13	LAD	@	ATL	L,5-9	GS-4	L(9-10)	4	4.0	10	7	7	2	4	1	0	4.06	3.85	22	84	52	16	12	6	10	8	0	0	16			0	1	1	20	3	0	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.330	.63	-0.22%	-5.03	1b start tie	4b 3 out d7
25	323	119	Aug 18	LAD		MON	W,3-2	GS-7	W(10-10)	4	7.0	7	2	2	2	3	1	0	4.00	3.88	30					9	16	4	5	0	56			3	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	0.158	1.22	0.09%	1.19	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
26	324	124	Aug 23	LAD		NYM	W,4-2	GS-8	W(11-10)	4	7.0	4	2	2	7	0	0	0	3.94	3.96	31	112	63	20	2	7	17	5	7	0	54			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	0.104	1.82	0.08%	0.82	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
27	325	129	Aug 29	LAD	@	PHI	W,12-2	GS-5	W(12-10)	5	5.0	5	2	2	0	2	1	0	3.93	3.98	19					8	8	3	2	1	51			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.059	1.17	0.04%	0.33	1b start a 1	5b 3 out a1
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
28	326	134	Sep 3	LAD		HOU	L,3-7	GS-4	L(12-11)	4	3.1	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.16	3.98	20					7	10	5	2	0	19			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.386	1.47	-0.26%	-4.66	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d5
29	327	139	Sep 8	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	GS-3	L(12-12)	4	3.0	6	5	5	3	1	0	0	4.34	4.00	18	74	39	14	1	5	9	4	1	0	25			1	0	0	14	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.03	-0.410	2.41	-0.57%	-3.63	1t start tie	3t 3 out d2
30	328	144	Sep 14	LAD	@	CIN	W,10-4	CG	W(13-12)	5	9.0	9	4	4	4	4	1	0	4.33	4.03	40	155	89	16	11	12	20	9	4	0	53			2	0	0	34	2	0	1	0	1	0	.70	-0.012	.73	-0.01%	0.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
31	329	149	Sep 19	LAD		SDP	L,4-9	GS-5		4	4.2	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	4.36	4.01	25	84	53	13	2	11	10	5	1	0	34			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.121	1.83	-0.11%	-1.46	1t start tie	5t 123 2 out a1
32	330	154	Sep 24	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-5	GS-6		4	6.0	9	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.37	3.98	27					9	16	6	3	0	42			2	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.111	.38	-0.02%	-0.27	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
33	331	159	Sep 30	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-8	GS-4	L(13-13)	5	4.0	7	8	7	2	3	1	0	4.59	4.02	23	94	57	9	12	10	8	4	2	0	19			3	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	.62	-0.335	.00	0.00%	-6.20	1b start tie	4b 3 out d8
							16-17		W-L:13-13	4.4	204.0	223	112	104	77	115	19	0	4.59	4.02	900	2587	60%	15%	7%	0.77		23%	9%	7	47		---%	19	7	4	808	51	1	4	9	4	16	.98	-1.710	1.00	-1.33%	-20.08

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