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: 5-5

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 8, Entered with runners on base: 3

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	BB	SO	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	IR	IS	SB	CS	AB	2B	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	143	Sep 15	LAD	@	ATL	L,0-9	6-7		99	2.0	1	2	0	1	1.75	9	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	1	2	.05	-0.004	.24	-0.01%	-1.08	6b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d7
2	2	147	Sep 19	LAD		CIN	L,7-10	4-6		3	3.0	2	0	0	4	0.75	10	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	.45	0.079	2.27	0.24%	1.33	4t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d2
3	3	149	Sep 21	LAD		CIN	L,2-7	9-9		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1.09	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	.82	0.032	4.95	0.12%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d1	9t 3 out d1
4	4	152	Sep 24	LAD		SFG	W,5-4	7-8		2	1.2	0	0	1	2	1.32	6	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	2.78	0.245	15.76	0.83%	1.29	7t 12- 1 out tie	8t 3 out tie
5	5	155	Sep 27	LAD	@	SDP	W,6-4	8-GF	S(1)	2	1.1	0	0	1	0	1.86	6	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	2.59	0.149	12.85	0.44%	0.81	8b 12- 2 out a2	9b end a 2
6	6	156	Sep 28	LAD	@	SDP	L,5-7	8-GF(8)		0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1.92	2	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2.10	-0.165	10.58	-0.50%	-0.53	8b 123 1 out tie	8b end d 2
7	7	157	Sep 30	LAD	@	SFG	W,6-3	9-GF(10)	W(1-0)	1	2.0	0	0	2	4	1.89	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	2.08	0.157	11.08	0.50%	0.87	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end a 3
8	8	160	Oct 3	LAD		HOU	W,3-2	9-GF(10)	W(2-0)	2	2.0	2	0	0	3	1.58	8	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.157	6.68	0.62%	0.89	9t --- 0 out d1	10t end tie
9	9	162	Oct 5	LAD		HOU	W,4-3	6-7		1	2.0	0	0	1	1	1.79	7	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	.53	0.062	12.04	0.84%	0.89	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
10	10	163	Oct 6	LAD		HOU	L,1-7	6-7		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	1.79	7	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	.04	0.006	1.85	0.15%	0.89	6t --- 0 out d6	7t 3 out d6
							5-5		W-L:2-0,Sv:1	1.3	17.2	8	2	5	16	1.79	66	0.95		11%	8%	8	7	29%	1	1	59	1	1	1	3	1.09	0.718	7.17	3.23%	5.80

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