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: 4-14 / in Starts: 4-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 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	436	3	Apr 3	SDP		NYM	L,1-4	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	5	4	2	4	2	1	0	3.60	7.31	23	86	47	14	2	6	11	4	3	0	43			0	2	1	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.232	1.15	-0.15%	-1.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
2	437	8	Apr 8	SDP		PIT	L,0-2	GS-6		4	6.0	6	0	0	3	5	0	0	1.64	4.93	27	101	60	21	6	14	5	2	0	0	62			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.35	0.349	1.49	0.23%	2.87	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
3	438	13	Apr 16	SDP	@	PIT	W,7-5	GS-7	W(1-1)	7	7.0	5	1	1	2	8	1	0	1.50	4.39	27	109	66	19	9	6	11	4	0	0	69			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.273	.65	0.17%	2.70	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
4	439	17	Apr 22	SDP		HOU	L,3-12	GS-5	L(1-2)	5	5.0	6	5	2	1	3	0	1	1.96	4.11	23	88	50	11	11	10	8	3	2	0	43			0	1	1	20	1	0	0	0	1	1	.98	-0.318	.98	-0.19%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
5	440	21	Apr 27	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-2	CG(5)	L(1-3)	4	4.1	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.30	3.95	21	71	42	13	5	6	10	2	2	0	42			0	1	1	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.94	-0.058	.74	-0.03%	-0.32	1b start tie	5b 12- 1 out d2
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	441	26	May 2	SDP		MON	L,4-5	GS-7		4	7.0	7	4	4	3	5	2	0	2.88	4.51	30	112	68	17	5	10	12	5	3	0	49			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.27	-0.225	.77	-0.08%	-0.66	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
7	442	31	May 8	SDP		CHC	L,2-6	GS-5	L(1-4)	5	5.0	10	5	4	1	2	2	0	3.43	4.96	24	95	57	17	6	8	13	5	2	0	30			0	2	1	23	3	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.275	.39	-0.08%	-2.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
8	443	35	May 13	SDP	@	MON	L,3-7	GS-4	L(1-5)	4	4.0	7	6	6	2	2	1	0	4.36	5.14	20	76	47	10	8	6	10	2	2	0	24			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	0	0	0	.41	-0.324	.22	-0.10%	-3.97	1b start tie	4b 3 out d5
9	444	40	May 18	SDP	@	CIN	L,0-5	GS-3	L(1-6)	4	3.0	5	3	2	3	4	0	1	4.47	5.09	19	82	41	8	6	9	2	2	0	0	40			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	-0.158	.48	-0.03%	-1.43	1b start tie	3b 3 out d3
10	445	45	May 23	SDP		FLA	W,6-3	GS-6	W(2-6)	4	5.2	5	0	0	2	4	0	0	3.98	4.84	24	99	55	14	4	10	8	2	1	0	61			0	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.233	.53	0.08%	2.28	1t start tie	6t -23 2 out a3
11	446	50	May 29	SDP	@	HOU	L,6-10	GS-3	L(2-7)	5	2.2	5	3	3	3	2	0	1	4.28	4.90	18	72	36	9	3	8	4	2	0	0	35			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.237	.48	-0.05%	-2.29	1b start tie	3b 123 2 out d2
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
12	447	55	Jun 3	SDP	@	ATL	W,5-2	GS-6		4	6.0	6	2	2	4	8	0	1	4.15	4.71	28	116	65	16	12	8	7	6	0	0	56			2	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.42	0.086	.72	0.03%	1.14	1b start a 1	6b 3 out tie
13	448	60	Jun 8	SDP		HOU	L,0-9	GS-6	L(2-8)	4	5.2	10	7	7	2	3	3	0	4.75	5.16	29	102	62	23	2	11	13	2	1	0	22			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	1	0	.58	-0.277	.35	-0.10%	-3.56	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d6
				Player went from San Diego Padres to St. Louis Cardinals
14	449	68	Jun 17	STL	@	MIL	L,3-4	GS-6	L(2-9)	8	5.0	5	4	3	3	3	1	0	4.79	5.24	24	89	47	14	6	10	8	3	2	0	43			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.257	1.23	-0.16%	-1.12	1b start a 1	6b --3 0 out tie
15	450	73	Jun 23	STL		CHC	L,0-3	GS-6	L(2-10)	5	6.0	5	3	1	0	2	1	0	4.54	5.19	24	86	52	17	6	13	9	3	2	0	56			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	0	0	2	.85	-0.052	.92	-0.03%	0.05	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
16	451	78	Jun 28	STL	@	CIN	W,12-6	GS-5		4	4.0	6	6	4	2	3	0	0	4.76	5.09	21	89	53	12	6	10	6	3	1	0	31			3	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	0	1	.63	-0.176	.80	-0.13%	-3.91	1b start a 3	5b 12- 0 out a5
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	452	83	Jul 3	STL		PIT	L,4-6	GS-5	L(2-11)	4	5.0	4	3	3	3	1	0	0	4.80	5.05	21	80	48	11	2	6	11	4	0	0	45			0	1	1	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.109	2.12	-0.12%	-0.46	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
18	453	91	Jul 14	STL	@	CIN	L,2-4	GS-3	L(2-12)	10	2.2	2	3	3	6	1	0	1	4.96	5.21	16					4	2	0	2	2	37			0	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.56	-0.185	2.23	-0.16%	-2.05	1b start tie	3b -23 2 out d3
							4-14		W-L:2-12	4.7	89.0	106	61	49	46	61	12	5	4.96	5.21	419	1553	58%	16%	6%	1.03		18%	8%	2	44		---%	8	7	5	359	18	1	0	2	2	7	1.02	-1.942	.88	-0.92%	-17.56

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