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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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	21-15 / in Starts: 20-15
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 4 bases loaded PA and 3 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 106 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	72 (37-19-16)
Avg. MLBer w/ 106 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	64 (31-21-11)

Most Driven In
J Fimple	2
D Thomas	2
G Brock	1
B Russell	1
D Anderson	1
M Marshall	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
D Baker	1
K Landreaux	1
R Roenicke	1
P Guerrero	1
S Sax	0

1983 Batting Game Log

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1983 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	74	1	Apr 5	LAD	@	HOU	W,16-7	GS-3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.34	0.014	.53	0.01%	0.17	P
2	75	5 (3)	Apr 10	LAD		MON	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	.48	-0.037	.64	-0.03%	-0.64	P
3	76	9 (3)	Apr 15	LAD		SDP	W,6-2	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	.43	0.001	.83	0.00%	0.00	P
4	77	13 (3)	Apr 20	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-3	GS-10	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	1.30	-0.051	2.45	-0.06%	-0.35	P
5	78	16 (2)	Apr 25	LAD	@	STL	W,8-0	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	9	.54	-0.058	.98	-0.06%	-1.46	P
6	79	20 (3)	Apr 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.125	.125	.125	.250	9	2.21	-0.197	4.45	-0.24%	-1.89	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	80	25 (4)	May 6	LAD		STL	W,16-10	GS-4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.118	.118	.118	.235	9	.58	-0.015	1.12	-0.02%	-0.52	P
8	81	30 (4)	May 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,4-3	GS-9	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.190	.238	.429	9	.74	-0.016	1.76	-0.02%	0.05	P
9	82	34 (3)	May 17	LAD	@	MON	L,2-3	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.208	.250	.458	9	.68	-0.021	1.47	-0.03%	-0.12	P
10	83	38 (3)	May 23	LAD	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.321	.571	9	1.02	-0.048	2.28	-0.07%	-0.53	P
11	84	43 (4)	May 28	LAD		SFG	W,5-0	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.258	.323	.581	9	.35	0.058	1.01	0.10%	0.55	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	85	48 (4)	Jun 2	LAD		NYM	W,5-4	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.265	.324	.588	9	1.35	-0.029	3.13	-0.04%	-0.24	P
13	86	53 (4)	Jun 8	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-5	CG	5	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.289	.282	.421	.703	9	.26	0.052	.98	0.12%	1.73	P
14	87	56 (2)	Jun 11	LAD	@	CIN	W,3-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.275	.410	.685	9	.60	-0.017	1.48	-0.03%	-0.22	PH
15	88	58 (1)	Jun 13	LAD	@	CIN	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.250	.372	.622	9	.64	-0.067	1.56	-0.10%	-0.88	P
16	89	63 (4)	Jun 18	LAD		CIN	L,2-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.239	.356	.595	9	.65	-0.031	1.53	-0.04%	-0.29	P
17	90	68 (4)	Jun 23	LAD		SDP	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.245	.354	.599	9	1.76	-0.076	5.20	-0.13%	-0.58	P
18	91	73 (4)	Jun 29	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-13	GS-5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.260	.388	.648	9	1.25	0.103	3.47	0.17%	0.80	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
19	92	78 (4)	Jul 4	LAD	@	HOU	L,4-5	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.255	.380	.635	9	1.30	-0.052	3.57	-0.09%	-0.37	P
20	93	82 (3)	Jul 11	LAD		STL	W,7-6	GS-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.255	.380	.635	9	1.10	-0.022	2.65	-0.03%	-0.37	P
21	94	87 (4)	Jul 16	LAD		CHC	W,7-4	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.273	.389	.662	9	.20	0.014	.45	0.02%	0.26	P
22	95	92 (4)	Jul 21	LAD	@	PIT	L,4-5	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.271	.368	.640	9	.94	-0.067	2.09	-0.09%	-0.64	P
23	96	97 (4)	Jul 26	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.262	.356	.618	9	.72	-0.042	1.46	-0.05%	-0.76	P
24	97	102 (4)	Jul 31 (2)	LAD	@	SFG	L,6-8	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.266	.355	.620	9	1.71	-0.038	3.32	-0.04%	-0.52	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	98	107 (4)	Aug 5	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.266	.273	.359	.632	9	.90	0.114	2.36	0.18%	1.37	P
26	99	110 (2)	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.261	.343	.604	9	1.24	-0.098	2.06	-0.10%	-0.80	P
27	100	115 (4)	Aug 14	LAD	@	ATL	W,5-4	GS-8	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.247	.324	.571	9	.63	-0.065	1.75	-0.11%	-1.20	P
28	101	120 (4)	Aug 20	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.237	.311	.548	9	.29	-0.021	.76	-0.03%	-0.58	P
29	102	125 (4)	Aug 26	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.231	.303	.533	9	1.54	-0.084	5.07	-0.17%	-0.64	P
30	103	132 (6)	Aug 31	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.225	.295	.520	9	1.22	-0.063	4.64	-0.14%	-0.62	P
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	104	137 (4)	Sep 5	LAD		SDP	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.213	.220	.288	.507	9	1.27	-0.094	4.58	-0.20%	-0.84	P
32	105	142 (4)	Sep 10	LAD		ATL	L,3-6	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.210	.217	.284	.501	9	1.01	-0.027	7.21	-0.12%	-0.39	P
33	106	147 (4)	Sep 16	LAD	@	SFG	L,0-1	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.212	.277	.489	9	1.17	-0.057	2.77	-0.08%	-0.42	P
34	107	152 (4)	Sep 21	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.198	.205	.267	.472	9	.89	-0.065	3.08	-0.13%	-0.44	P
35	108	156 (3)	Sep 26	LAD	@	CIN	W,12-9	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.200	.261	.461	9	1.73	0.003	2.61	0.00%	0.13	P
36	109	161 (4)	Sep 30	LAD		SFG	W,4-3	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.187	.194	.253	.446	9	.45	-0.034	.19	-0.01%	-0.45	P
							21-15		106	91	5	17	3	0	1	9	1	0	23	0	12	1	1	2	0	1	.187	.194	.253	.446		.88	-1.133	2.17	-1.65%	-11.68

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