Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando (Anguamea) Valenzuela (El Toro)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 1, 1960 in Navojoa, 26, Mexico
High School: Navajoa (Mexico, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1980
Final Game: July 14, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1980 LAD NL 19 P 10 0 17.2 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.53 0.30 .933 1.94 0.69
1981 LAD NL 20 P 25 25 192.1 48 12 33 3 2 .938 2.11 1.80 .960 1.97 0.68 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5,RoY-1,SS
1982 LAD NL 21 P 37 37 285.0 86 20 64 2 4 .977 2.65 2.27 .951 1.96 0.70 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1982 LAD NL 21 LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1982 LAD NL 21 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1982 LAD NL 21 RF 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 540.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.60 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1983 LAD NL 22 P 35 35 257.0 76 20 54 2 5 .974 2.59 2.11 .951 1.92 0.68 AS,SS
1984 LAD NL 23 P 34 34 261.0 71 21 48 2 4 .972 2.38 2.03 .954 1.88 0.67 AS
1985 LAD NL 24 P 35 35 272.1 63 18 45 0 0 1.000 2.08 1.80 .951 1.92 0.68 AS,CYA-5,MVP-23
1986 LAD NL 25 P 34 34 269.1 77 29 47 1 2 .987 2.54 2.24 .953 1.94 0.66 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1987 LAD NL 26 P 34 34 251.0 72 15 53 4 2 .944 2.44 2.00 .956 1.91 0.62
1988 LAD NL 27 P 23 22 142.1 45 6 38 1 2 .978 2.78 1.91 .953 1.96 0.69
1989 LAD NL 28 P 31 31 196.2 58 18 35 5 4 .914 2.43 1.71 .948 1.87 0.63
1989 LAD NL 28 1B 1 0 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.80 2.00 1.000 9.72 8.40
1990 LAD NL 29 P 33 33 204.0 39 5 31 3 2 .923 1.59 1.09 .959 1.80 0.58
1991 CAL AL 30 P 2 2 6.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.50 1.000 1.76 0.60
1993 BAL AL 32 P 32 31 178.2 52 11 37 4 1 .923 2.42 1.50 .954 1.79 0.56
1994 PHI NL 33 P 8 7 45.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.00 1.25 .960 1.86 0.54
1995 SDP NL 34 P 29 15 90.1 34 7 27 0 2 1.000 3.39 1.17 .953 1.84 0.51
1996 SDP NL 35 P 33 31 171.2 50 11 38 1 0 .980 2.57 1.48 .952 1.84 0.52
1997 TOT NL 36 P 18 18 89.0 31 5 24 2 0 .935 2.93 1.61 .955 1.85 0.52
1997 SDP NL 36 P 13 13 66.1 21 4 16 1 0 .952 2.71 1.54 .952 1.85 0.52
1997 STL NL 36 P 5 5 22.2 10 1 8 1 0 .900 3.57 1.80 .960 1.87 0.52
17 Seasons P 453 424 2930.0 816 200 586 30 31 .963 2.41 1.74 .953 1.90 0.62
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 10.80 2.00 1.000 9.72 8.40
1 Season LF 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 -360.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.60
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 240.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
1 Season RF 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 540.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0 13.50 1.00 1.000 2.70 1.60
17 Seasons TOT 455 424 2932.2 818 202 586 30 31 .963 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 0 2.42 1.73 .917 1.90 0.64
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 LAD NL 19 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 LAD NL 20 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 21 38 37 38 38 37 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0
1983 LAD NL 22 36 35 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 LAD NL 23 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 LAD NL 24 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 LAD NL 25 39 34 39 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 LAD NL 26 38 34 38 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1988 LAD NL 27 23 22 23 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 28 34 31 34 32 31 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1990 LAD NL 29 35 33 35 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 CAL AL 30 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BAL AL 32 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 PHI NL 33 8 7 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 SDP NL 34 29 15 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SDP NL 35 36 31 36 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1997 SDP NL 36 14 13 14 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 STL NL 36 5 4 4 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 474 390 439 455 453 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 19 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1980 LAD NL 19 69 70% 23% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1981 LAD NL 20 801 70% 25% 37 89% 1 12 2 6 33 22 5 3 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 6 83%
1982 LAD NL 21 1202 76% 29% 63 90% 1 18 7 9 63 39 5 2 0 2 0 2 4 1 2 2 11 91%
1983 LAD NL 22 1147 75% 26% 62 89% 2 21 3 8 56 39 5 2 0 2 0 2 5 2 4 1 11 64%
1984 LAD NL 23 1140 69% 25% 43 98% 0 22 1 15 49 32 4 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 6 100%
1985 LAD NL 24 1146 73% 26% 50 100% 0 19 4 7 47 35 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 100%
1986 LAD NL 25 1142 71% 29% 62 90% 5 28 8 11 46 29 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 20 80%
1987 LAD NL 26 1162 73% 26% 57 91% 0 15 4 8 52 39 4 4 0 3 1 3 2 1 2 0 17 94%
1988 LAD NL 27 650 78% 33% 40 93% 2 6 1 2 38 26 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 13 77%
1989 LAD NL 28 892 76% 27% 37 86% 3 18 5 8 34 20 5 5 0 2 3 1 4 3 3 1 15 80%
1990 LAD NL 29 942 80% 30% 33 88% 1 5 2 1 32 20 3 3 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 12 83%
1991 CAL AL 30 40 80% 15% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 BAL AL 32 799 80% 34% 37 86% 3 10 1 6 38 20 4 4 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 11 64%
1994 PHI NL 33 188 86% 35% 9 78% 0 2 0 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1995 SDP NL 34 405 78% 28% 27 100% 1 7 4 3 26 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 9 100%
1996 SDP NL 35 767 79% 32% 41 88% 0 10 4 5 37 29 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 89%
1997 SDP NL 36 327 73% 31% 16 88% 0 4 2 2 16 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1997 STL NL 36 114 78% 34% 10 80% 0 1 1 0 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
17 Seasons 12933 75% 28% 627 91% 19 198 49 93 587 395 49 30 0 14 16 13 31 16 24 7 163 85%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 90% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 LAD NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 100% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 100% 0% 0
MLB Averages 59.3% 2.6% 56% 77% 33% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1982 LAD NL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 50% 50% 1 100%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 50% 50% 1 100%
MLB Averages 44.0% 2.7% 56% 77% 33% 55%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 LAD NL 28 8 50% 63% 13% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 8 50% 63% 13% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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