Fernando Valenzuela

Positions: Starting Pitcher, Rightfielder and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

5-11, 180lb (180cm, 81kg)

Born: November 1, 1960 in Navojoa, Mexico mx

High School: Navajoa (Navajoa, Mexico)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1979	18	-3.8	Lodi	CALL	A	LAD	1	2	.333	1.13	3.75	3	3		0	0	0	24.0	21	10	3	0	13	2	18	0	1	1		1.417	7.9	0.0	4.9	6.8	1.38
1980	19	-3.8	San Antonio	TL	AA	LAD	13	9	.591	3.10	3.62	27	25		11	4	0	174.0	156	70	60	4	70	5	162	2	2	9		1.299	8.1	0.2	3.6	8.4	2.31
1980	19	-9.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	2	0	1.000	0.00	1.02	10	0	4	0	0	1	17.2	8	2	0	0	5	0	16	0	1	0	66	0.736	4.1	0.0	2.5	8.2	3.20
1981	20	-8.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	7	.650	2.48	2.57	25	25	0	11	8	0	192.1	140	55	53	11	61	4	180	1	0	4	758	1.045	6.6	0.5	2.9	8.4	2.95
1982	21	-7.7	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	19	13	.594	2.87	3.32	37	37	0	18	4	0	285.0	247	105	91	13	83	12	199	2	0	4	1156	1.158	7.8	0.4	2.6	6.3	2.40
1983	22	-6.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	15	10	.600	3.75	4.27	35	35	0	9	4	0	257.0	245	122	107	16	99	10	189	3	1	12	1094	1.339	8.6	0.6	3.5	6.6	1.91
1984	23	-5.1	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	12	17	.414	3.03	3.76	34	34	0	12	2	0	261.0	218	109	88	14	106	4	240	2	1	11	1078	1.241	7.5	0.5	3.7	8.3	2.26
1985	24	-4.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	17	10	.630	2.45	3.04	35	35	0	14	5	0	272.1	211	92	74	14	101	5	208	1	1	10	1109	1.146	7.0	0.5	3.3	6.9	2.06
1986	25	-3.3	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	21	11	.656	3.14	3.48	34	34	0	20	3	0	269.1	226	104	94	18	85	5	242	1	0	13	1102	1.155	7.6	0.6	2.8	8.1	2.85
1987	26	-2.2	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	14	14	.500	3.98	4.30	34	34	0	12	1	0	251.0	254	120	111	25	124	4	190	4	1	14	1116	1.506	9.1	0.9	4.4	6.8	1.53
1988	27	-1.5	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	5	8	.385	4.24	4.49	23	22	1	3	0	1	142.1	142	71	67	11	76	4	64	0	1	7	626	1.532	9.0	0.7	4.8	4.0	0.84
1989	28	-0.8	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	10	13	.435	3.43	4.07	31	31	0	3	0	0	196.2	185	89	75	11	98	6	116	2	4	6	852	1.439	8.5	0.5	4.5	5.3	1.18
1990	29	0.6	LAD	NL	Maj	LAD	13	13	.500	4.59	4.94	33	33	0	5	2	0	204.0	223	112	104	19	77	4	115	0	1	13	900	1.471	9.8	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.49
1991	30		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AAA-AA-A+	CAL	6	4	.600	4.81	5.65	12	12	0	1	1	0	63.2	70	40	34	10	26	1	55	2	0	5	19	1.508	9.9	1.4	3.7	7.8	2.12
1991	30	4.2	Edmonton	PCL	AAA	CAL	3	3	.500	7.12	8.35	7	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	48	34	29	9	17	1	36	1	0	0		1.773	11.8	2.2	4.2	8.8	2.12
1991	30	5.8	Midland	TL	AA	CAL	3	1	.750	1.96	1.96	4	4	0	1	1	0	23.0	18	5	5	1	6	0	17	1	0	5		1.043	7.0	0.4	2.3	6.7	2.83
1991	30	6.9	Palm Springs	CALL	A+	CAL	0	0		0.00	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
1991	30	1.5	CAL	AL	Maj	CAL	0	2	.000	12.15	13.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.2	14	10	9	3	3	0	5	0	0	1	36	2.550	18.9	4.1	4.1	6.8	1.67

1993	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	BAL	0	1	.000	4.82	4.82	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.1	10	5	5	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	40	1.393	9.6	0.0	2.9	4.8	1.67
1993	32	6.1	Rochester	IL	AAA	BAL	0	1	.000	10.80	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	6	4	4	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	18	2.700	16.2	0.0	8.1	2.7	0.33
1993	32	8.3	Bowie	EL	AA	BAL	0	0		1.50	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	22	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
1993	32	3.3	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	8	10	.444	4.94	5.24	32	31	0	5	2	0	178.2	179	104	98	18	79	2	78	4	0	8	768	1.444	9.0	0.9	4.0	3.9	0.99
1994	33	4.9	PHI	NL	Maj	PHI	1	2	.333	3.00	3.20	8	7	0	0	0	0	45.0	42	16	15	8	7	1	19	0	0	1	182	1.089	8.4	1.6	1.4	3.8	2.71
1995	34	6.1	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	8	3	.727	4.98	5.28	29	15	5	0	0	0	90.1	101	53	50	16	34	2	57	0	0	4	395	1.494	10.1	1.6	3.4	5.7	1.68
1996	35	6.6	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	13	8	.619	3.62	4.09	33	31	0	0	0	0	171.2	177	78	69	17	67	2	95	0	0	7	741	1.421	9.3	0.9	3.5	5.0	1.42
1997	36		2 Teams	NL	Maj	SDP-STL	2	12	.143	4.96	6.17	18	18	0	1	0	0	89.0	106	61	49	12	46	0	61	5	0	4	419	1.708	10.7	1.2	4.7	6.2	1.33
1997	36	7.9	SDP	NL	Maj	SDP	2	8	.200	4.75	5.70	13	13	0	1	0	0	66.1	84	42	35	10	32	0	51	4	0	2	313	1.749	11.4	1.4	4.3	6.9	1.59
1997	36	7.9	STL	NL	Maj	STL	0	4	.000	5.56	7.54	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.2	22	19	14	2	14	0	10	1	0	2	106	1.588	8.7	0.8	5.6	4.0	0.71

2006-07	45	17.9	Mexicali	MXPW	FgW		6	3	.667	5.43	6.42	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.2	69	39	33	6	19	0	21	2	0	4	249	1.610	11.4	1.0	3.1	3.5	1.11
2007-08	46	19.0	Mexicali	MXPW	FgW		0	0		8.10	9.45	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.2	10	7	6	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	36	2.100	13.5	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (17 seasons)					Majors		173	153	.531	3.54	4.00	453	424	10	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1303	1154	226	1151	65	2074	25	11	119	12398	1.320	8.3	0.7	3.5	6.4	1.80
Minors (4 seasons)					Minors		20	16	.556	3.39	4.15	44	42	0	12	5	0	271.0	257	125	102	14	112	8	240	5	3	15	59	1.362	8.5	0.5	3.7	8.0	2.14
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		6	3	.667	5.72	6.75	14	12	0	0	0	0	61.1	79	46	39	6	23	0	25	2	0	4	285	1.663	11.6	0.9	3.4	3.7	1.09
All Levels (20 Seasons)							199	172	.536	3.57	4.07	511	478	10	125	36	2	3262.1	3054	1474	1295	246	1286	73	2339	32	14	138	12742	1.330	8.4	0.7	3.5	6.5	1.82

AAA (2 seasons)					Minors		3	4	.429	7.43	8.55	8	8	0	0	0	0	40.0	54	38	33	9	20	1	37	1	0	0	18	1.850	12.2	2.0	4.5	8.3	1.85
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		16	10	.615	2.93	3.37	32	30	0	12	5	0	203.0	178	76	66	5	76	5	183	4	2	14	22	1.251	7.9	0.2	3.4	8.1	2.41
A+ (1 season)					Minors		0	0		0.00	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	19	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
A (1 season)					Minors		1	2	.333	1.13	3.75	3	3		0	0	0	24.0	21	10	3	0	13	2	18	0	1	1		1.417	7.9	0.0	4.9	6.8	1.38