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: 14-20 / in Starts: 14-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	108	1	Apr 3	LAD		STL	L,7-11	GS-4	L(0-1)	99	3.0	8	6	6	2	2	1	0	18.00	7.77	18	5	1	0	0	8	19			0	0	0	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.405	1.37	-0.32%	-3.63	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d1
2	109	5	Apr 8	LAD		PIT	L,2-5	GS-7	L(0-2)	4	6.0	9	4	3	3	3	0	0	9.00	4.77	31	12	4	0	0	9	40			0	0	0	28	3	0	0	1	0	2	.78	-0.246	.93	-0.18%	-3.15	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out d4
3	110	10	Apr 15	LAD		SFG	L,6-8	GS-7		6	7.0	7	4	3	1	9	2	0	6.75	4.58	27	4	6	0	0	7	57			0	1	1	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.248	1.59	-0.26%	-0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
4	111	15	Apr 20	LAD		SDP	W,8-2	CG	W(1-2)	4	9.0	5	2	2	3	6	0	0	5.04	3.81	32	9	9	0	0	5	72			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	2	0	0	.75	0.154	1.64	0.20%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
5	112	20	Apr 25	LAD		HOU	W,4-2	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	3	2	0	1	8	0	0	3.71	3.15	31	13	6	0	0	3	84			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.315	1.61	0.39%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
6	113	25	Apr 30	LAD	@	SFG	W,1-0	SHO	W(3-2)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	10	0	1	2.93	2.88	34	10	6	0	0	4	86			0	2	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.93	0.785	4.35	1.06%	3.96	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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	114	30	May 6(2)	LAD	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(3-3)	5	8.1	7	2	2	5	5	0	0	2.81	2.96	38	7	14	1	5	7	61			2	0	0	32	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.43	-0.011	3.17	-0.02%	1.22	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out d1
8	115	35	May 11	LAD		NYM	L,0-2	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	8.0	10	2	2	5	8	0	0	2.73	2.92	36	7	6	0	0	10	57			1	1	1	31	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.02	0.076	2.08	0.09%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	116	40	May 16	LAD		PHI	L,2-7	GS-7	L(3-5)	4	7.0	7	7	2	2	7	1	1	2.71	3.02	31	10	4	0	0	7	50			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	.93	-0.375	1.86	-0.45%	-3.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d6
10	117	45	May 23	LAD	@	PHI	W,1-0	SHO	W(4-5)	6	9.0	3	0	0	6	15	0	0	2.39	2.83	33	6	3	1	0	3	90			1	2	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.02	0.791	3.95	0.93%	4.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
11	118	50	May 28	LAD	@	MON	W,6-1	CG	W(5-5)	4	9.0	8	1	1	2	5	0	0	2.24	2.78	34	10	9	0	0	8	70			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.123	1.25	0.14%	2.92	1b start tie	9b 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	119	55	Jun 4	LAD		CIN	L,1-3	GS-8	L(5-6)	6	8.0	8	3	3	2	6	0	0	2.34	2.71	33	18	7	2	0	0	58			1	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.141	2.58	-0.18%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
13	120	60	Jun 9	LAD		ATL	W,4-3	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	9	3	3	4	9	0	0	2.40	2.66	40	9	18	9	2	0	62			3	0	0	35	3	0	1	0	0	0	.84	0.034	1.98	0.05%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	121	65	Jun 14	LAD	@	HOU	L,1-3	GS-7	L(6-7)	4	7.0	10	3	3	4	5	0	0	2.49	2.68	33	10	4	0	0	10	46			1	2	0	28	2	1	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.107	1.27	-0.12%	-0.09	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
15	122	69	Jun 19	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-10	GS-5	L(6-8)	4	4.1	6	7	7	6	3	0	0	2.96	2.79	24	6	3	0	0	6	20			2	0	0	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.451	2.30	-0.42%	-3.18	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d1
16	123	73	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	W,10-2	GS-7	W(7-8)	3	6.0	4	2	1	3	8	0	0	2.88	2.73	25	8	3	0	0	3	63			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	-0.003	2.24	0.00%	0.53	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
17	124	77	Jun 27	LAD		SDP	W,5-4	GS-9	W(8-8)	3	8.2	7	4	4	3	11	0	0	2.97	2.63	33	8	4	0	0	7	62			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	2	0	0	.68	0.367	1.32	0.43%	1.53	1t start tie	9t 1-3 2 out a3
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	125	81	Jul 1	LAD		CHC	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	7.0	6	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.01	2.58	25	12	3	0	0	6	57			0	1	1	25	1	1	0	2	0	0	.77	-0.071	1.00	-0.06%	0.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
19	126	86	Jul 6	LAD		STL	W,3-2	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.97	2.69	31	12	6	0	0	6	63			2	1	0	28	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.13	0.012	1.35	0.01%	1.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
20	127	92	Jul 15	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-7	L(8-10)	8	7.0	3	4	2	1	10	1	0	2.95	2.67	26	4	8	0	2	3	68			1	0	0	23	1	0	1	0	2	1	1.15	-0.212	1.57	-0.17%	-0.57	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
21	128	97	Jul 20	LAD	@	STL	L,5-10	GS-6	L(8-11)	4	6.0	9	5	4	1	5	2	0	3.07	2.79	28	5	8	0	0	9	40			2	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	1	0	.65	-0.275	.73	-0.19%	-2.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
22	129	101	Jul 25	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	W(9-11)	4	9.0	6	1	1	3	8	0	0	2.96	2.75	34	7	10	2	0	6	76			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.70	0.550	1.57	0.31%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
23	130	106	Jul 30	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-12	GS-5	L(9-12)	4	4.2	7	8	5	3	6	1	0	3.14	2.81	25	6	4	0	0	6	27			3	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	1	.52	-0.324	.46	-0.17%	-6.04	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out d8
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	131	111	Aug 5	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	GS-10		5	10.0	2	1	1	6	10	0	0	3.02	2.80	39	8	13	0	0	2	88			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	2.04	0.422	.42	0.05%	3.71	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
25	132	116	Aug 10	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-4	GS-7	L(9-13)	4	7.0	8	4	4	3	11	0	0	3.10	2.72	31	5	4	0	0	8	53			0	0	1	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.185	.27	-0.04%	-0.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
26	133	121	Aug 15	LAD		NYM	L,2-3	GS-8	L(9-14)	4	8.0	4	3	2	5	9	1	0	3.06	2.78	35	15	2	0	0	4	68			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.30	-0.025	.35	0.00%	0.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
27	134	126	Aug 21	LAD		MON	W,4-3	CG	W(10-14)	5	9.0	6	3	3	2	4	0	0	3.06	2.77	33	13	8	1	0	6	65			1	1	1	30	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.22	0.401	.12	0.02%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
28	135	131	Aug 27	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-5	CG(8)	L(10-15)	5	8.0	6	5	4	7	7	1	0	3.11	2.86	34	11	9	2	0	0	52			2	1	0	27	0	0	1	1	0	0	.75	-0.163	.02	0.00%	-1.41	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
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
29	136	136	Sep 1	LAD	@	MON	W,4-3	GS-9	W(11-15)	4	8.0	10	3	3	5	5	1	0	3.12	2.94	38	10	8	0	0	10	50			1	1	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.13	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a1
30	137	141	Sep 6	LAD		ATL	L,2-3	GS-10		4	10.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	0	3.07	2.90	40	12	13	0	0	9	70			0	1	0	39	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.51	0.380	.00	0.00%	2.44	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
31	138	145	Sep 11	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	W(12-15)	4	9.0	6	2	2	1	4	0	0	3.03	2.88	33	14	8	0	0	6	70			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.26	0.356	.00	0.00%	2.08	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
32	139	149	Sep 16	LAD	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-7		4	7.0	3	3	3	3	7	1	0	3.05	2.91	26	4	9	0	0	3	63			2	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.006	.00	0.00%	0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
33	140	154	Sep 21	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-5	GS-7	L(12-16)	4	7.0	6	5	2	4	9	0	0	3.04	2.88	31	7	5	0	0	6	56			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	0	0	1	.78	-0.162	.00	0.00%	-1.92	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
34	141	159	Sep 26	LAD		HOU	L,1-3	CG	L(12-17)	4	9.0	6	3	3	3	12	1	0	3.03	2.87	36	9	6	0	0	6	72			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.070	.00	0.00%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
							14-20		W-L:12-17	4.3	261.0	218	109	88	106	240	14	2	3.03	2.87	1078	1.32		3%	2%	193	60		---%	31	17	5	952	38	6	4	20	7	15	1.13	1.227	1.28	1.12%	8.97

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