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: 20-15 / in Starts: 20-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1983 Pitching Game Log

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1983 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	73	1	Apr 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,16-7	GS-3		99	2.2	7	6	6	4	2	0	0	20.25	5.76	19	4	2	1	0	7	18			0	1	0	15	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.469	1.85	-0.44%	-5.18	1b start a 4	3b 1-3 2 out tie
2	74	5	Apr 10	LAD		MON	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.63	2.58	33	12	9	0	1	7	78			0	1	1	32	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.448	1.36	0.36%	4.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	75	9	Apr 15	LAD		SDP	W,6-2	GS-9	W(2-0)	4	8.2	11	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.54	2.95	37	14	5	0	1	11	53			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	3	0	0	.90	0.159	1.75	0.19%	1.61	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a4
4	76	13	Apr 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-10	L(2-1)	4	9.0	7	3	3	4	10	0	0	3.38	2.62	38	9	8	1	1	7	67			1	1	1	33	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.66	-0.045	3.12	-0.05%	0.18	1b start tie	10b 123 0 out tie
5	77	16	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	W,8-0	SHO	W(3-1)	4	9.0	7	0	0	2	6	0	1	2.58	2.57	35	13	7	1	0	6	77			2	1	1	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	.70	0.374	1.26	0.41%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
6	78	20	Apr 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	6.0	7	7	7	1	4	1	1	3.65	2.85	26	9	4	2	0	7	33			0	1	1	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.246	1.68	-0.30%	-4.15	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
7	79	25	May 6	LAD		STL	W,16-10	GS-4		5	3.0	5	5	5	2	2	0	1	4.37	2.95	16	2	4	1	0	5	29			0	1	1	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.105	1.87	-0.12%	-2.46	1t start tie	4t 123 0 out a4
8	80	30	May 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-9	W(4-2)	5	8.2	6	3	3	7	6	1	0	4.18	3.31	39	13	7	0	0	6	59			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.43	0.016	3.41	0.02%	0.59	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
9	81	34	May 17	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-9		4	9.0	6	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.88	3.12	34	12	10	1	2	6	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.46	0.190	3.15	0.25%	2.08	1b start a 2	9b 3 out tie
10	82	38	May 23	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-2)	5	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	3.41	2.97	31	10	8	2	1	4	84			0	2	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	0.697	3.08	0.94%	4.08	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
11	83	43	May 28	LAD		SFG	W,5-0	SHO	W(6-2)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.04	2.90	30	9	12	3	2	2	86			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.266	1.60	0.45%	4.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	84	48	Jun 2	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.0	10	4	4	5	3	2	0	3.16	3.27	37	12	7	1	0	10	44			1	0	0	30	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.29	-0.343	3.00	-0.48%	-0.75	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out tie
13	85	53	Jun 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-5	CG	W(7-2)	5	9.0	11	5	4	1	5	3	0	3.24	3.55	40	12	11	2	0	11	51			2	0	0	39	2	0	0	0	0	1	.73	0.078	2.81	0.18%	-0.55	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a6
14	86	58	Jun 13	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	W(8-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	6	1	0	3.06	3.57	34	10	10	0	1	5	76			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.20	0.411	2.94	0.61%	3.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
15	87	63	Jun 18	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	L(8-3)	4	6.2	9	3	3	2	2	0	0	3.11	3.54	29	8	8	0	2	9	44			1	1	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.53	-0.175	3.61	-0.25%	-0.04	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
16	88	68	Jun 23	LAD		SDP	L,5-7	GS-7	L(8-4)	4	6.1	9	7	6	1	2	2	0	3.39	3.71	29	10	8	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.653	3.28	-1.16%	-4.47	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
17	89	73	Jun 29	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-13	GS-5	L(8-5)	5	4.1	6	10	5	3	1	1	0	3.63	3.83	23	12	2	0	0	5	19			1	0	0	17	0	0	1	1	1	2	.86	-0.483	2.40	-0.81%	-7.26	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d7
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
18	90	78	Jul 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	4	4	4	4	6	0	0	3.76	3.79	23	5	4	0	2	4	46			1	1	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.168	3.33	-0.28%	-0.28	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
19	91	82	Jul 11	LAD		STL	W,7-6	GS-6		6	5.2	7	5	1	3	0	0	0	3.67	3.81	27	13	4	0	0	7	40			1	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.17	-0.016	2.83	-0.02%	-0.02	1t start tie	6t 123 2 out a1
20	92	87	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,7-4	GS-9	W(9-5)	4	8.1	13	4	4	4	6	1	0	3.71	3.84	41	11	8	0	3	12	43			1	0	0	37	4	0	0	1	0	0	.83	-0.038	1.89	-0.05%	-1.27	1t start tie	9t -23 1 out a3
21	93	92	Jul 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-8		4	7.1	8	3	3	3	9	0	0	3.71	3.73	33	4	9	1	1	8	56			0	1	0	30	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.27	0.034	2.83	0.05%	0.40	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a2
22	94	97	Jul 26	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	3	9	0	0	3.61	3.62	38	10	8	0	0	8	69			0	0	0	34	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.292	2.55	0.36%	2.28	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
23	95	102	Jul 31(2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS-8	L(10-6)	4	7.1	6	7	7	4	6	0	0	3.83	3.58	31	10	5	0	1	6	40			1	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.54	-0.299	3.01	-0.35%	-1.95	1b start a 1	8b 123 1 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
24	96	107	Aug 5	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	5	1	0	1	9	0	0	3.63	3.46	34	12	8	0	0	4	83			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.29	0.573	3.39	0.90%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
25	97	110	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-8		3	7.2	8	4	4	5	5	0	0	3.68	3.45	35	10	7	2	1	8	47			1	0	0	29	3	0	3	1	0	0	1.46	-0.185	2.42	-0.18%	-0.54	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d2
26	98	115	Aug 14	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-8	W(12-6)	4	7.1	8	4	4	3	8	1	0	3.72	3.46	32	4	9	0	0	8	51			1	0	1	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.16	-0.039	3.22	-0.07%	-0.72	1b start a 3	8b -2- 1 out a1
27	99	120	Aug 20	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	W(13-6)	5	7.1	8	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.72	3.48	30	9	6	2	1	8	53			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.072	2.51	0.11%	0.49	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out a2
28	100	125	Aug 26	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-7	L(13-7)	5	7.0	6	4	3	2	6	0	0	3.73	3.42	29	10	5	1	0	6	55			1	2	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	2	.80	-0.185	2.64	-0.37%	-0.83	1b start a 1	7b 3 out d3
29	101	132	Aug 31	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-7	GS-6	L(13-8)	4	6.0	9	7	6	4	7	2	0	3.88	3.52	31	6	5	1	2	9	31			1	0	0	26	2	0	1	0	0	1	.73	-0.368	2.80	-0.84%	-4.28	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d6
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
30	102	137	Sep 5	LAD		SDP	L,2-5	GS-7	L(13-9)	4	7.0	8	4	4	5	6	0	0	3.92	3.51	33	10	4	0	1	8	46			3	1	0	26	1	0	2	1	0	1	.82	-0.170	2.95	-0.37%	-0.83	1t start tie	7t 3 out d3
31	103	142	Sep 10	LAD		ATL	L,3-6	GS-7		4	7.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.91	3.48	29	11	7	0	1	5	55			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.007	8.95	0.03%	0.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out tie
32	104	147	Sep 16	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-7	L(13-10)	5	7.0	5	1	1	2	7	0	0	3.84	3.42	27	7	6	0	1	5	68			1	1	1	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.15	0.166	2.73	0.24%	2.11	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
33	105	152	Sep 21	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	W(14-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	0	0	3.73	3.37	35	13	6	1	0	6	75			2	0	0	31	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.71	0.517	5.89	1.07%	3.08	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	106	156	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,12-9	GS-7		4	6.1	5	5	5	4	8	0	0	3.82	3.34	28	8	3	1	0	5	47			1	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.37	-0.295	2.07	-0.27%	-2.07	1b start a 1	7b -23 1 out a1
35	107	161	Sep 30	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	GS-7	W(15-10)	3	7.0	6	2	1	1	7	0	0	3.75	3.28	28	8	6	1	0	6	65			0	1	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.30	0.248	.55	0.06%	1.17	1t start tie	7t 3 out a2
							20-15		W-L:15-10	4.2	257.0	245	122	107	99	189	16	3	3.75	3.28	1094	1.43		4%	4%	239	54		---%	24	17	7	960	51	4	10	19	5	19	1.15	0.266	2.85	-0.18%	-0.79

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