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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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1980 19 LAD NL 2 0 1.000 0.00 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 LAD NL 13 7 .650 2.48 25 25 0 11 8 0 192.1 140 55 53 11 61 4 180 1 0 4 758 135 1.045 6.6 0.5 2.9 8.4 2.95 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5,RoY-1,SS
1982 21 LAD NL 19 13 .594 2.87 37 37 0 18 4 0 285.0 247 105 91 13 83 12 199 2 0 4 1156 122 1.158 7.8 0.4 2.6 6.3 2.40 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1983 22 LAD NL 15 10 .600 3.75 35 35 0 9 4 0 257.0 245 122 107 16 99 10 189 3 1 12 1094 96 1.339 8.6 0.6 3.5 6.6 1.91 AS,SS
1984 23 LAD NL 12 17 .414 3.03 34 34 0 12 2 0 261.0 218 109 88 14 106 4 240 2 1 11 1078 116 1.241 7.5 0.5 3.7 8.3 2.26 AS
1985 24 LAD NL 17 10 .630 2.45 35 35 0 14 5 0 272.1 211 92 74 14 101 5 208 1 1 10 1109 141 1.146 7.0 0.5 3.3 6.9 2.06 AS,CYA-5,MVP-23
1986 25 LAD NL 21 11 .656 3.14 34 34 0 20 3 0 269.1 226 104 94 18 85 5 242 1 0 13 1102 110 1.155 7.6 0.6 2.8 8.1 2.85 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1987 26 LAD NL 14 14 .500 3.98 34 34 0 12 1 0 251.0 254 120 111 25 124 4 190 4 1 14 1116 101 1.506 9.1 0.9 4.4 6.8 1.53
1988 27 LAD NL 5 8 .385 4.24 23 22 1 3 0 1 142.1 142 71 67 11 76 4 64 0 1 7 626 79 1.532 9.0 0.7 4.8 4.0 0.84
1989 28 LAD NL 10 13 .435 3.43 31 31 0 3 0 0 196.2 185 89 75 11 98 6 116 2 4 6 852 100 1.439 8.5 0.5 4.5 5.3 1.18
1990 29 LAD NL 13 13 .500 4.59 33 33 0 5 2 0 204.0 223 112 104 19 77 4 115 0 1 13 900 80 1.471 9.8 0.8 3.4 5.1 1.49
1991 30 CAL AL 0 2 .000 12.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 14 10 9 3 3 0 5 0 0 1 36 34 2.550 18.9 4.1 4.1 6.8 1.67
1993 32 BAL AL 8 10 .444 4.94 32 31 0 5 2 0 178.2 179 104 98 18 79 2 78 4 0 8 768 90 1.444 9.0 0.9 4.0 3.9 0.99
1994 33 PHI NL 1 2 .333 3.00 8 7 0 0 0 0 45.0 42 16 15 8 7 1 19 0 0 1 182 143 1.089 8.4 1.6 1.4 3.8 2.71
1995 34 SDP NL 8 3 .727 4.98 29 15 5 0 0 0 90.1 101 53 50 16 34 2 57 0 0 4 395 81 1.494 10.1 1.6 3.4 5.7 1.68
1996 35 SDP NL 13 8 .619 3.62 33 31 0 0 0 0 171.2 177 78 69 17 67 2 95 0 0 7 741 111 1.421 9.3 0.9 3.5 5.0 1.42
1997 36 TOT NL 2 12 .143 4.96 18 18 0 1 0 0 89.0 106 61 49 12 46 0 61 5 0 4 419 80 1.708 10.7 1.2 4.7 6.2 1.33
1997 36 SDP NL 2 8 .200 4.75 13 13 0 1 0 0 66.1 84 42 35 10 32 0 51 4 0 2 313 82 1.749 11.4 1.4 4.3 6.9 1.59
1997 36 STL NL 0 4 .000 5.56 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.2 22 19 14 2 14 0 10 1 0 2 106 75 1.588 8.7 0.8 5.6 4.0 0.71
17 Seasons 173 153 .531 3.54 453 424 10 113 31 2 2930.0 2718 1303 1154 226 1151 65 2074 25 11 119 12398 104 1.320 8.3 0.7 3.5 6.4 1.80
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .531 3.54 35 33 1 9 2 0 227 211 101 89 18 89 5 161 2 1 9 961 104 1.320 8.3 0.7 3.5 6.4 1.80
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
LAD (11 yrs) 141 116 .549 3.31 331 320 5 107 29 2 2348.2 2099 981 864 152 915 58 1759 16 11 94 9857 107 1.283 8.0 0.6 3.5 6.7 1.92
SDP (3 yrs) 23 19 .548 4.22 75 59 5 1 0 0 328.1 362 173 154 43 133 4 203 4 0 13 1449 95 1.508 9.9 1.2 3.6 5.6 1.53
PHI (1 yr) 1 2 .333 3.00 8 7 0 0 0 0 45.0 42 16 15 8 7 1 19 0 0 1 182 143 1.089 8.4 1.6 1.4 3.8 2.71
STL (1 yr) 0 4 .000 5.56 5 5 0 0 0 0 22.2 22 19 14 2 14 0 10 1 0 2 106 75 1.588 8.7 0.8 5.6 4.0 0.71
CAL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 12.15 2 2 0 0 0 0 6.2 14 10 9 3 3 0 5 0 0 1 36 34 2.550 18.9 4.1 4.1 6.8 1.67
BAL (1 yr) 8 10 .444 4.94 32 31 0 5 2 0 178.2 179 104 98 18 79 2 78 4 0 8 768 90 1.444 9.0 0.9 4.0 3.9 0.99
NL (15 yrs) 165 141 .539 3.43 419 391 10 108 29 2 2744.2 2525 1189 1047 205 1069 63 1991 21 11 110 11594 105 1.309 8.3 0.7 3.5 6.5 1.86
AL (2 yrs) 8 12 .400 5.20 34 33 0 5 2 0 185.1 193 114 107 21 82 2 83 4 0 9 804 86 1.484 9.4 1.0 4.0 4.0 1.01

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 20 LAD NL NLDS W HOU 1 0 1.000 1.06 2 2 0 1 0 0 17.0 10 2 2 0 3 1 10 0 0 0 62 0.765 5.3 0.0 1.6 5.3 3.33
1981 20 LAD NL NLCS W MON 1 1 .500 2.45 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 10 4 4 0 5 1 10 0 0 1 57 1.023 6.1 0.0 3.1 6.1 2.00
1981 20 LAD NL WS W NYY 1 0 1.000 4.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 4 4 2 7 2 6 0 0 0 40 1.778 9.0 2.0 7.0 6.0 0.86
1983 22 LAD NL NLCS L PHI 1 0 1.000 1.12 1 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 1 1 1 4 0 5 0 0 1 33 1.375 7.9 1.1 4.5 5.6 1.25
1985 24 LAD NL NLCS L STL 1 0 1.000 1.88 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.1 11 3 3 0 10 2 13 0 0 1 63 1.465 6.9 0.0 6.3 8.2 1.30
1996 35 SDP NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 3.000 0.0 0.0 27.0 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons (6 Series) 5 1 .833 1.98 9 8 0 2 0 0 63.2 47 14 14 3 31 7 44 0 0 3 259 1.225 6.6 0.4 4.4 6.2 1.42
2 NLDS 1 0 1.000 1.02 3 2 0 1 0 0 17.2 10 2 2 0 5 2 10 0 0 0 66 0.849 5.1 0.0 2.5 5.1 2.00
3 NLCS 3 1 .750 1.95 5 5 0 0 0 0 37.0 28 8 8 1 19 3 28 0 0 3 153 1.270 6.8 0.2 4.6 6.8 1.47
1 WS 1 0 1.000 4.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 4 4 2 7 2 6 0 0 0 40 1.778 9.0 2.0 7.0 6.0 0.86

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1980 19 LAD NL 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 20 LAD NL 25 71 64 3 16 0 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 .250 .262 .281 .543 57 18 0 0 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-5,RoY-1,SS
1982 21 LAD NL 38 110 95 6 16 0 0 1 9 0 0 3 16 .168 .190 .200 .390 11 19 0 0 10 2 0 1/79 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1983 22 LAD NL 36 105 91 5 17 3 0 1 9 0 1 1 23 .187 .194 .253 .446 24 23 2 0 12 1 0 1 AS,SS
1984 23 LAD NL 35 89 79 5 15 3 0 3 7 0 0 1 11 .190 .200 .342 .542 51 27 2 0 9 0 0 1 AS
1985 24 LAD NL 35 103 97 7 21 2 0 1 7 0 1 0 9 .216 .214 .268 .482 36 26 3 0 5 1 0 1 AS,CYA-5,MVP-23
1986 25 LAD NL 39 116 109 5 24 4 0 0 7 0 0 0 11 .220 .218 .257 .475 35 28 1 0 6 1 0 1 AS,CYA-2,MVP-19,GG
1987 26 LAD NL 38 100 92 4 13 1 0 1 8 0 0 0 11 .141 .141 .185 .326 -13 17 4 0 8 0 0 1
1988 27 LAD NL 23 52 44 2 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .182 .200 .227 .427 24 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
1989 28 LAD NL 34 73 66 3 12 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 11 .182 .182 .212 .394 13 14 0 0 7 0 0 1/3
1990 29 LAD NL 35 78 69 8 21 5 0 1 11 0 0 1 12 .304 .310 .420 .730 101 29 0 0 7 1 0 1
1994 33 PHI NL 8 16 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 50 4 0 0 4 0 0 /1
1995 34 SDP NL 29 35 32 3 8 1 0 2 8 0 0 0 6 .250 .250 .469 .719 87 15 0 0 3 0 0 1
1996 35 SDP NL 36 66 63 4 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .143 .143 .175 .317 -15 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1997 36 TOT NL 17 28 22 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .182 .182 .182 .364 -2 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1997 36 SDP NL 13 21 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .176 .176 .176 .353 -4 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1997 36 STL NL 4 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 /1
17 Seasons 438 1043 936 56 187 26 1 10 84 0 2 8 145 .200 .205 .262 .467 30 245 12 0 93 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 386 346 21 69 10 0 4 31 0 1 3 54 .200 .205 .262 .467 30 91 4 0 34 2 0
G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
LAD (11 yrs) 348 898 807 48 163 22 1 8 72 0 2 8 119 .202 .208 .261 .470 32 211 12 0 77 6 0
SDP (3 yrs) 78 122 112 7 20 3 0 2 11 0 0 0 24 .179 .179 .259 .437 16 29 0 0 10 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 8 16 12 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .333 .583 50 4 0 0 4 0 0
STL (1 yr) 4 7 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 2 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 20 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1981 20 LAD NL NLCS MON W 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 20 LAD NL WS NYY W 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 22 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 24 LAD NL NLCS STL L 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 1 0 0
1996 35 SDP NL NLDS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (6 Series) 9 24 20 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .050 .136 .050 .186 1 0 0 2 0 0
2 NLDS 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
3 NLCS 5 15 13 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 .077 .143 .077 .220 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
2003 BBWAA ( 6.2%)
2004 BBWAA ( 3.8%)

All-Star Games
1981 (P)
1982 *
1983
1984 *
1985 *
1986 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1981 NL Cy Young
1981 ML Major League Player of the Year
1981 NL Rookie of the Year
1981 NL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 NL (5, 27%)
1982 NL (21, 1%)
1985 NL (23, 0%)
1986 NL (19, 1%)
0.29 Career Shares (604th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 NL (1, 57%)
1982 NL (3, 21%)
1985 NL (5, 3%)
1986 NL (2, 73%)
1 Cy Young
1.55 Career Shares (24th)

Gold Gloves
1986 NL (P)

Silver Sluggers
1981 NL (P)
1983 NL (P)
All multiple winners

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1981 NL  2.48 (7th)
1982 NL  2.87 (5th)
1984 NL  3.03 (10th)
1985 NL  2.45 (6th)

Wins s c a p y
1981 NL  13 (2nd)
1982 NL  19 (2nd)
1983 NL  15 (6th)
1985 NL  17 (10th)
1986 NL  21 (1st)
1987 NL  14 (8th)
Career  173 (169th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1981 NL  .650 (10th)
1983 NL  .600 (9th)
1986 NL  .656 (7th)
1996 NL  .619 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1981 NL  1.045 (2nd)
1982 NL  1.158 (9th)
1986 NL  1.155 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL  6.551 (3rd)
1982 NL  7.800 (8th)
1984 NL  7.517 (6th)
1985 NL  6.973 (6th)
1986 NL  7.552 (9th)
Career  8.349 (249th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 NL  8.423 (3rd)
1982 NL  6.284 (10th)
1984 NL  8.276 (3rd)
1985 NL  6.874 (7th)
1986 NL  8.087 (5th)
1987 NL  6.813 (7th)
Career  6.371 (163rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 NL  192.3 (1st)
1982 NL  285.0 (2nd)
1983 NL  257.0 (5th)
1984 NL  261.0 (2nd)
1985 NL  272.3 (3rd)
1986 NL  269.3 (2nd)
1987 NL  251.0 (3rd)
Career  2930.0 (144th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 NL  180 (1st)
1982 NL  199 (4th)
1983 NL  189 (4th)
1984 NL  240 (2nd)
1985 NL  208 (4th)
1986 NL  242 (2nd)
1987 NL  190 (4th)
Career  2074 (58th)

Games Started s c a p y
1981 NL  25 (1st)
1982 NL  37 (2nd)
1983 NL  35 (5th)
1984 NL  34 (3rd)
1985 NL  35 (8th)
1986 NL  34 (10th)
1987 NL  34 (8th)
1990 NL  33 (7th)
Career  424 (93rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (1st)
1982 NL  18 (2nd)
1983 NL  9 (4th)
1984 NL  12 (2nd)
1985 NL  14 (2nd)
1986 NL  20 (1st)
1987 NL  12 (1st)
1993 AL  5 (10th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 NL  8 (1st)
1982 NL  4 (4th)
1983 NL  4 (2nd)
1984 NL  2 (8th)
1985 NL  5 (3rd)
1986 NL  3 (3rd)
1990 NL  2 (9th)
1993 AL  2 (5th)
Career  31 (103rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (3rd)
Career  226 (137th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  61 (6th)
1982 NL  83 (7th)
1983 NL  99 (6th)
1984 NL  106 (1st)
1985 NL  101 (4th)
1986 NL  85 (9th)
1987 NL  124 (1st)
1988 NL  76 (10th)
1989 NL  98 (2nd)
1990 NL  77 (7th)
Career  1151 (63rd)

Hits s c a p y
1982 NL  247 (2nd)
1983 NL  245 (4th)
1984 NL  218 (9th)
1986 NL  226 (7th)
1987 NL  254 (1st)
1990 NL  223 (6th)
Career  2718 (175th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  2.951 (3rd)
1986 NL  2.847 (6th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 NL  .411 (8th)
1984 NL  .483 (9th)
1985 NL  .463 (6th)
1986 NL  .602 (10th)
1989 NL  .503 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1982 NL  13 (10th)
1984 NL  17 (2nd)
1987 NL  14 (8th)
1989 NL  13 (8th)
1990 NL  13 (8th)
1997 NL  12 (6th)
Career  153 (147th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 NL  91 (8th)
1983 NL  107 (2nd)
1984 NL  88 (8th)
1986 NL  94 (8th)
1987 NL  111 (3rd)
1990 NL  104 (1st)
Career  1154 (144th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1983 NL  12 (3rd)
1984 NL  11 (4th)
1985 NL  10 (4th)
1986 NL  13 (2nd)
1987 NL  14 (1st)
1990 NL  13 (2nd)
Career  119 (47th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 NL  758 (2nd)
1982 NL  1156 (2nd)
1983 NL  1094 (5th)
1984 NL  1078 (1st)
1985 NL  1109 (3rd)
1986 NL  1102 (1st)
1987 NL  1116 (1st)
Career  12398 (118th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1981 NL  135 (8th)
1982 NL  122 (6th)
1985 NL  141 (6th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1983 NL  12 (4th)

Salary s c a p y
1986 NL  $1,600,000 (10th)
1987 NL  $1,850,000 (5th)
1988 NL  $2,050,000 (5th)
1990 NL  $2,000,000 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1980 NL  born 1960-11-01 (1st)
1981 NL  born 1960-11-01 (3rd)
1982 NL  born 1960-11-01 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 19 (104), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 143 (105), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 66 (174), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 25 (202), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  9. Larry Dierker (943)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ken Holtzman (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Steve Carlton (960) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

July 6, 1979: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from Yucatan (Mexican).

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 28, 1991: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 20, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

July 5, 1991: Released by the California Angels.

July 10, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

September 10, 1991: Released by the California Angels.

March 20, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

June 3, 1992: Purchased by Jalisco (Mexican) from the Detroit Tigers.

February 27, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

June 24, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 5, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

November 11, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

November 5, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

June 13, 1997: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Scott Livingstone and Phil Plantier to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rich Batchelor, Danny Jackson and Mark Sweeney.

July 15, 1997: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Los Angeles Dodgers$1,200,000
1986Los Angeles Dodgers$1,600,000
1987Los Angeles Dodgers$1,850,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$2,050,000
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$1,850,000
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$2,000,000
1991California Angels$300,000
1993Baltimore Orioles$650,000
1994San Diego Padres$275,000
1995San Diego Padres$425,000
1996San Diego Padres$1,000,000
1997San Diego Padres$1,650,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,850,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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