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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\

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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: 21-16 / in Starts: 21-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	36	4	Apr 10	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	6.0	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	0.00	1.88	25	9	6	1	2	5	65			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.266	1.60	0.25%	2.66	1t start tie	6t 3 out a4
2	37	8	Apr 15	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	GS-7	L(1-1)	4	6.2	5	2	2	3	6	0	1	1.42	2.32	27	11	1	0	0	5	59			1	1	0	23	1	0	2	1	0	0	.92	0.032	1.45	0.03%	0.32	1b start tie	7b 123 2 out d2
3	38	13	Apr 20	LAD		HOU	W,10-2	CG	W(2-1)	4	9.0	8	2	1	1	7	1	0	1.25	2.58	34	8	10	2	0	8	71			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.234	.60	0.12%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
4	39	17	Apr 25	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-6	GS-8	L(2-2)	4	7.1	3	4	4	5	5	1	0	2.17	3.23	28	13	2	0	0	3	56			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.52	0.129	1.99	0.10%	1.08	1b start a 1	8b 123 1 out a2
5	40	21	Apr 30	LAD		MON	L,2-4	GS-7	L(2-3)	4	7.0	7	4	4	2	1	0	0	2.75	3.24	29	14	5	1	0	7	46			1	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	1	0	.99	-0.259	1.15	-0.18%	-0.89	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
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
6	41	25	May 4	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	W(3-3)	3	9.0	7	1	1	3	7	0	0	2.40	3.03	36	10	9	0	2	7	73			1	0	0	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.50	0.491	1.34	0.26%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
7	42	29	May 9	LAD	@	MON	W,5-4	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	8	4	4	4	4	0	0	2.67	3.05	38	10	12	0	5	8	55			1	1	1	32	2	0	0	1	1	1	1.81	0.234	2.59	0.20%	0.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
8	43	34	May 14	LAD	@	NYM	W,4-1	CG	W(5-3)	4	9.0	7	1	1	1	6	0	0	2.43	2.86	31	11	6	0	2	7	74			0	1	1	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.416	1.31	0.31%	3.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
9	44	39	May 20	LAD		CHC	L,3-8	GS-5	L(5-4)	5	5.0	8	7	5	2	2	0	0	2.91	2.88	24	6	6	1	2	8	27			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	2	0	.57	-0.394	.70	-0.29%	-4.78	1t start tie	5t 3 out d6
10	45	44	May 25	LAD		PIT	W,5-2	CG	W(6-4)	4	9.0	5	2	2	0	7	1	0	2.81	2.85	31	14	5	1	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.00	0.201	1.24	0.15%	2.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
11	46	48	May 30	LAD	@	CHC	W,7-0	SHO	W(7-4)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	9	0	0	2.51	2.62	34	12	6	1	1	7	80			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	1	.86	0.393	1.13	0.31%	4.16	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a7
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	47	53	Jun 5	LAD	@	STL	W,6-2	CG	W(8-4)	5	9.0	9	2	2	1	3	0	0	2.46	2.60	35	15	7	0	0	9	63			1	1	1	34	1	0	0	2	0	1	.85	0.124	.94	0.08%	2.12	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
13	48	58	Jun 10	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-8	L(8-5)	4	7.1	6	3	3	5	3	0	0	2.55	2.70	32	16	2	0	0	6	52			0	1	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.210	1.38	-0.11%	-0.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out d1
14	49	62	Jun 14	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	14	3	3	3	7	0	0	2.59	2.65	42	11	7	0	0	14	51			2	2	2	37	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.81	0.135	1.68	0.08%	0.92	1b start tie	9b 3 out tie
15	50	66	Jun 19	LAD	@	CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(9-5)	4	9.0	5	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.47	2.70	31	10	12	2	0	5	77			0	0	1	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.656	1.32	0.44%	3.16	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a1
16	51	70	Jun 23	LAD	@	ATL	L,2-7	GS-6	L(9-6)	3	5.0	8	6	6	2	3	0	0	2.80	2.70	25	9	4	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	-0.257	2.12	-0.37%	-3.62	1b start a 1	6b 12- 0 out d4
17	52	75	Jun 28	LAD		SDP	W,6-4	GS-8	W(10-6)	4	7.1	8	4	4	3	3	0	0	2.92	2.72	33	14	5	1	1	8	46			1	0	0	28	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.221	2.63	-0.27%	-1.30	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a1
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	53	80	Jul 3	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG	W(11-6)	4	9.0	8	4	4	1	5	0	0	2.99	2.67	36	10	12	0	0	8	59			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.232	1.39	0.16%	0.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	54	84	Jul 7	LAD	@	MON	W,3-1	CG	W(12-6)	3	9.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	2.87	2.64	36	16	4	0	0	8	71			1	2	1	34	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	0.453	1.34	0.33%	3.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
20	55	88	Jul 11	LAD	@	PHI	L,3-4	GS-6	L(12-7)	3	6.0	5	4	1	3	5	0	0	2.81	2.63	28	7	8	1	2	5	54			1	1	1	24	0	1	1	0	0	2	1.19	-0.224	1.52	-0.17%	-1.20	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
21	56	90	Jul 16	LAD		NYM	W,7-6	GS-6	W(13-7)	4	6.0	8	6	5	1	6	1	0	2.99	2.66	25	8	2	0	0	8	39			1	1	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.13	-0.342	1.10	-0.20%	-3.34	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
22	57	95	Jul 21	LAD		MON	L,1-4	GS-8		4	8.0	6	1	1	3	3	0	0	2.90	2.68	29	12	5	0	1	6	66			0	2	1	25	1	0	1	2	0	0	1.07	0.258	1.18	0.17%	2.55	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
23	58	99	Jul 26	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-6	GS-7	L(13-8)	4	7.0	5	5	5	6	5	0	0	3.04	2.73	29	2	11	2	0	5	46			0	0	0	23	2	0	2	1	0	0	.94	-0.257	.93	-0.15%	-1.86	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
24	59	104	Jul 31	LAD	@	ATL	W,3-0	SHO	W(14-8)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	8	0	0	2.89	2.66	35	11	9	0	2	6	82			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	0.451	2.29	0.53%	4.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
25	60	109	Aug 5	LAD		ATL	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.0	5	2	2	2	4	1	0	2.91	2.72	22	4	7	1	1	5	51			1	0	0	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	.99	-0.057	3.43	-0.12%	-0.15	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out d2
26	61	114	Aug 10	LAD		CIN	W,11-3	CG	W(15-8)	4	9.0	6	3	1	2	4	0	0	2.83	2.71	36	13	11	2	0	6	69			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	1	.79	0.236	2.70	0.48%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
27	62	119	Aug 15	LAD		SFG	L,6-8	GS-3	L(15-9)	4	3.0	8	5	5	2	7	1	0	3.00	2.73	18	1	0	0	0	8	28			1	1	1	16	2	1	0	0	0	0	.71	-0.356	3.06	-0.93%	-3.67	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
28	63	123	Aug 20	LAD	@	PIT	W,1-0	SHO	W(16-9)	4	9.0	2	0	0	3	9	0	0	2.88	2.69	32	9	9	4	0	2	89			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	0.813	5.59	1.90%	4.24	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
29	64	128	Aug 25	LAD	@	STL	W,11-3	CG	W(17-9)	4	9.0	6	3	1	1	4	1	0	2.80	2.73	36	14	11	2	0	6	70			2	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	2	.91	0.233	3.65	0.56%	1.12	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a8
30	65	132	Aug 30	LAD		STL	L,2-3	CG	L(17-10)	4	9.0	6	3	3	2	8	0	0	2.81	2.68	35	10	9	1	0	6	69			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	1	0	.93	-0.008	3.79	-0.02%	1.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				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
31	66	136	Sep 4	LAD		PIT	L,0-1	CG	L(17-11)	4	9.0	4	1	1	2	11	1	0	2.74	2.67	32	8	7	0	0	4	84			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.292	2.51	0.62%	3.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
32	67	141	Sep 9	LAD	@	ATL	L,3-10	GS-6	L(17-12)	4	6.0	6	8	8	3	2	3	0	2.97	2.85	27	8	8	0	0	6	27			0	0	0	22	1	0	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.323	5.28	-1.77%	-5.18	1b start tie	6b 3 out d6
33	68	146	Sep 14	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	SHO	W(18-12)	4	9.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	2.86	2.80	30	6	12	1	3	6	81			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.707	7.14	2.26%	4.00	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
34	69	150	Sep 19	LAD		HOU	W,5-4	CG(10)	W(19-12)	4	10.0	12	4	3	1	8	0	0	2.86	2.75	44	14	9	0	2	12	61			2	0	0	41	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.39	-0.098	5.36	-0.23%	0.44	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
35	70	154	Sep 25	LAD		SFG	L,4-5	GS-8	L(19-13)	5	7.1	10	5	3	4	2	0	0	2.88	2.78	37	13	8	0	1	10	40			2	0	0	32	2	2	0	1	0	2	1.52	-0.473	12.41	-2.32%	-1.58	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out tie
36	71	158	Sep 29	LAD		ATL	L,3-4	GS-7		3	7.0	7	2	2	3	6	1	1	2.87	2.82	30	11	2	0	0	7	58			1	1	1	25	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.13	0.072	16.35	0.63%	1.11	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
37	72	162	Oct 3	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-5	GS-6		3	6.0	2	2	2	5	9	0	0	2.87	2.81	24	3	5	0	1	2	64			1	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.17	0.112	13.30	0.76%	0.69	1b start tie	6b 3 out tie
							21-16		W-L:19-13	3.9	285.0	247	105	91	83	199	13	2	2.87	2.81	1156	1.47		4%	4%	245	60		---%	23	18	12	1046	45	6	12	21	6	17	1.14	3.691	3.24	3.60%	23.26

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