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: 12-11 / in Starts: 11-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 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	245	1	Apr 4	LAD		SFG	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	7	5	4	4	4	0	0	6.00	3.44	29	100	59	16	6	10	11	5	0	0	40			0	1	1	21	0	1	0	0	2	0	.96	-0.342	1.50	-0.32%	-2.48	1t start tie	6t 3 out d4
2	246	5	Apr 9	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-3	GS-8	W(1-1)	4	8.0	6	3	3	2	3	1	0	4.50	3.98	32	110	67	14	10	15	12	3	0	0	59			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	.61	0.196	1.04	0.20%	0.57	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a8
3	247	9	Apr 14	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(1-2)	4	8.0	9	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.68	3.81	35	150	86	21	10	15	13	4	2	0	55			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	0.057	1.93	0.07%	1.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
4	248	15	Apr 24	LAD	@	SFG	W,4-0	GS-8	W(2-2)	9	7.2	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	2.73	3.65	30	104	60	15	11	9	15	5	2	0	69			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.354	2.38	0.48%	2.59	1b start tie	8b 123 2 out a4
5	249	20	Apr 30	LAD		STL	L,2-5	GS-8	L(2-3)	5	8.0	6	5	4	6	4	0	0	3.11	3.72	36	137	76	20	8	15	11	3	0	0	50			2	1	1	26	2	0	0	0	2	0	.59	-0.272	1.15	-0.32%	-1.63	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
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	250	25	May 6	LAD	@	STL	W,10-2	CG	W(3-3)	5	9.0	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	2.89	3.71	34	112	65	18	7	10	18	6	2	0	67			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	2	1	0	.34	0.132	.70	0.16%	1.91	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
7	251	29	May 11	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	GS-8		4	7.0	7	1	1	5	8	0	0	2.68	3.57	32	137	83	21	12	12	7	5	0	0	62			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.39	0.351	3.10	0.47%	2.58	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a1
8	252	34	May 17	LAD		MON	L,5-6	GS-7	L(3-4)	5	7.0	10	6	6	6	4	0	0	3.26	3.64	35	118	61	12	7	9	16	5	1	0	31			0	1	1	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.36	-0.467	2.96	-0.61%	-3.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
9	253	39	May 22	LAD		NYM	L,2-5	GS-2	L(3-5)	4	1.2	6	5	5	2	0	1	0	3.90	3.92	13	51	30	11	2	6	5	3	0	0	21			1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.379	1.64	-0.45%	-4.71	1t start tie	2t -23 2 out d5
10	254	44	May 28	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-9		5	9.0	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	3.66	3.81	34	113	65	12	6	18	12	4	2	0	69			0	1	0	31	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.65	0.132	3.80	0.18%	2.02	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
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	255	49	Jun 3	LAD		CIN	W,13-5	GS-3		5	2.1	5	4	4	2	2	1	0	4.03	3.98	15	61	34	9	7	4	7	4	1	0	31			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.244	2.28	-0.39%	-3.21	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out a3
12	256	54	Jun 8	LAD		HOU	W,11-1	CG	W(4-5)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	0	0	0	3.70	3.95	34	105	57	12	3	12	19	5	2	0	68			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	0	.50	0.196	1.70	0.40%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a10
13	257	59	Jun 14	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-7	W(5-5)	5	7.0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	3.61	3.94	26	88	53	13	6	12	10	4	0	0	59			0	0	0	23	1	1	0	2	0	0	.83	0.186	1.94	0.26%	1.12	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a3
14	258	66	Jun 19(2)	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.1	11	3	3	3	3	1	0	3.62	4.02	36	121	75	26	7	19	11	5	1	0	44			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.61	0.033	4.28	0.05%	-0.25	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out a1
15	259	71	Jun 25	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-4	GS-1		5	0.2	5	4	4	1	0	3	0	3.96	4.44	8	34	17	4	1	2	5	4	0	0	25			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.334	1.76	-0.59%	-4.02	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d4
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	260	76	Jul 1	LAD		CHC	L,2-9	GS-7	L(5-6)	5	7.0	8	6	6	6	2	0	0	4.21	4.46	35	138	77	13	9	14	13	6	1	0	33			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	.60	-0.319	1.55	-0.50%	-3.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
17	261	81	Jul 6	LAD		STL	W,7-3	GS-7		4	7.0	4	3	3	3	6	1	0	4.19	4.44	28	93	53	13	8	9	10	6	0	0	60			0	0	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	.70	-0.033	1.69	-0.05%	-0.05	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
18	262	87	Jul 15	LAD	@	CHC	W,3-2	GS-7		8	7.0	6	2	2	5	3	0	0	4.10	4.42	27	94	51	13	8	9	10	3	0	0	55			0	1	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.13	0.071	2.99	0.11%	1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
19	263	93	Jul 20	LAD	@	STL	L,7-8	GS-5	L(5-7)	4	5.0	11	7	7	2	4	0	0	4.44	4.34	27	102	62	16	10	11	10	4	3	0	19			2	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.305	1.47	-0.45%	-4.83	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
20	264	98	Jul 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-3	GS-7	L(5-8)	4	7.0	9	3	3	5	3	1	0	4.41	4.42	34	128	71	16	7	9	16	7	2	1	45			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.31	-0.159	4.32	-0.31%	-0.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
21	265	103	Jul 30	LAD		HOU	L,6-14	GS-5		4	4.2	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.39	4.44	17	81	47	15	8	8	5	3	0	0	52			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.026	4.17	-0.07%	0.02	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out tie
Sep/Oct				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	266	157	Sep 26	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS-3		57	3.0	2	2	1	2	3	1	0	4.36	4.50	14	60	34	10	3	6	2	0	0	1	50			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.69	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.72	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
23	267	161	Oct 1	LAD		SFG	W,2-1	6-GF	S(1)	4	4.0	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	4.24	4.48	15	64	37	7	6	4	8	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.97	0.275	.00	0.00%	0.68	6t --- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
							12-11		W-L:5-8,Sv:1	4.8	142.1	142	71	67	76	64	11	0	4.24	4.48	626	2301	57%	14%	7%	0.97		20%	4%	2	48	0	---%	8	8	3	530	17	3	4	12	5	4	.97	-1.014	2.21	-1.67%	-11.28

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