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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

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

Gold Gloves
1986-NL-P

Silver Sluggers
1981-NL-P
1983-NL-P
All multiple winners

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 (599th)

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)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1981 NL--2.480--7th
1982 NL--2.874--5th
1984 NL--3.034--10th
1985 NL--2.446--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

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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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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

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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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