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: 18-11 / in Starts: 10-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 19, Entered with runners on base: 5

1995 Pitching Game Log

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1995 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	374	5	Apr 30	SDP		CIN	W,7-6	GS-5		99	5.0	6	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.60	3.30	22					6	14	6	1	0	47			2	0	1	19	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.03	0.057	1.16	0.04%	0.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
2	375	10	May 5	SDP		SFG	L,2-9	GS-5	L(0-1)	4	4.2	7	6	6	2	4	3	0	7.45	7.03	23	78	49	9	5	7	10	3	3	0	28			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.278	.90	-0.20%	-3.60	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d6
3	376	15	May 10	SDP		LAD	L,1-3	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	5.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	6.14	5.49	19					10	5	1	1	0	53			0	0	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	1	.87	0.004	.95	0.00%	0.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out d2
4	377	23	May 20	SDP		PIT	W,9-6	9-GF	W(1-2)	9	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.74	5.53	5	13	7	1	2	2	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	.45	0.017	.43	0.01%	0.50	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
5	378	25	May 23	SDP	@	MON	L,4-6	7-7		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.51	5.31	3	16	9	1	1	1	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.008	.33	0.00%	0.20	7b --- 0 out d2	7b -2- 2 out d2
6	379	29	May 27	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-4		3	4.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	6.20	5.07	18	67	38	15	1	10	5	1	2	0	33			0	1	1	15	4	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.208	.69	-0.11%	-1.96	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
7	380	32	May 30	SDP	@	NYM	L,0-8	7-8		2	1.0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	6.75	5.17	5	18	10	4	1	0	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.15	0.003	.15	0.00%	-0.50	7b --- 0 out d3	8b 12- 0 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
8	381	38	Jun 6	SDP		PHI	W,1-0	GS-6	W(2-2)	6	6.0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.27	4.68	22	98	55	10	7	6	13	3	2	0	67			0	1	1	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.367	.82	0.17%	3.01	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
9	382	42	Jun 11	SDP		NYM	W,6-3	8-8		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.08	4.48	3	14	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.028	.31	0.01%	0.50	8t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
10	383	47	Jun 17	SDP	@	PIT	W,11-8	GS-5		5	4.1	8	8	5	0	1	3	0	5.79	5.43	22	95	59	16	4	8	13	3	4	0	22			0	0	0	22	3	0	0	1	0	2	.41	-0.023	.38	-0.01%	-5.09	1b start a 1	5b -2- 1 out a4
11	384	55	Jun 25	SDP		COL	L,3-11	8-8		7	1.0	4	4	4	0	1	1	0	6.68	5.69	7	28	18	4	1	2	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.065	.44	-0.06%	-3.50	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d7
12	385	57	Jun 27	SDP	@	LAD	W,14-3	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.49	5.61	3	7	5	2	0	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a11	9b end a11
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
13	386	61	Jul 2	SDP	@	SFG	W,15-3	9-GF		4	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6.31	5.63	4	15	8	2	0	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.49	9b --- 0 out a12	9b end a12
14	387	68	Jul 8(2)	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-4	GS-7	L(2-3)	5	6.1	8	4	4	2	5	1	0	6.21	5.46	28	103	64	17	9	8	13	2	1	0	44			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	0	0	.95	-0.133	.88	-0.07%	-1.18	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out d3
15	388	73	Jul 16	SDP		ATL	W,3-1	8-8	H(1)	7	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.17	5.39	2	5	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.50	0.007	1.50	0.00%	-0.56	8t 12- 2 out a3	8t 3 out a2
16	389	77	Jul 21	SDP	@	ATL	W,9-6	8-8	H(2)	4	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.12	5.38	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.79	0.071	2.30	0.03%	0.24	8b 1-- 2 out a1	8b 3 out a1
17	390	82	Jul 27(1)	SDP	@	FLA	W,8-2	9-GF		5	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.98	5.32	3	16	10	1	1	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a6	9b end a 6
18	391	85	Jul 29	SDP		HOU	L,1-6	8-GF		1	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.80	5.26	4	11	7	3	0	3	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.02	0.00%	0.73	8t 1-- 2 out d5	9t end d 5
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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
19	392	91	Aug 4	SDP	@	COL	L,12-14	2-5		5	3.1	2	2	2	1	2	2	0	5.77	5.63	13	50	30	13	1	3	7	1	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	.58	-0.031	.50	-0.02%	0.86	2b 123 2 out d7	5b 3 out d2
20	393	98	Aug 11(2)	SDP		STL	W,5-2	GS-5		6	4.0	7	2	2	3	1	1	0	5.68	5.82	20	93	56	14	5	5	11	5	2	0	38			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.35	-0.068	1.09	-0.03%	-0.38	1t start tie	5t 1-- 0 out tie
21	394	103	Aug 18	SDP	@	MON	L,3-7	7-7		6	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	5.74	5.69	5	18	14	3	2	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.006	.11	0.00%	-0.47	7b --- 0 out d5	7b 3 out d6
22	395	107	Aug 22	SDP	@	PHI	W,5-3	4-6	W(3-3)	3	2.2	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	5.46	5.69	13	57	28	10	1	4	5	2	2	0		2	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.62	0.147	2.41	0.13%	2.09	4b 12- 0 out d3	6b 12- 2 out a2
23	396	112	Aug 27	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-1	GS-6	W(4-3)	4	6.0	6	1	1	3	4	0	0	5.08	5.46	26	92	55	18	4	10	9	2	1	0	57			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.236	1.27	0.16%	1.97	1b start tie	6b 3 out a3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	397	116	Sep 1	SDP		PHI	W,6-3	GS-6	W(5-3)	4	5.2	8	2	2	0	5	1	0	4.92	5.30	25	95	58	20	4	5	15	4	2	0	50			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.10	0.128	1.37	0.10%	0.57	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a4
25	398	121	Sep 6	SDP		NYM	W,6-5	GS-4		4	3.0	6	5	5	1	5	1	0	5.35	5.30	15	81	53	12	6	3	6	3	0	0	31			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.244	1.19	-0.17%	-2.49	1t start tie	4t 12- 0 out d2
26	399	126	Sep 12	SDP	@	PIT	W,5-1	GS-6	W(6-3)	5	5.2	5	1	1	2	2	1	0	5.07	5.33	22	91	54	19	4	6	12	3	1	0	55			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.95	0.192	.32	0.04%	1.69	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out a3
27	400	131	Sep 17	SDP		CHC	W,11-3	GS-5	W(7-3)	4	5.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	4.98	5.33	23	98	55	13	5	7	10	3	0	0	49			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.151	.26	0.03%	0.51	1t start tie	5t 3 out a5
28	401	136	Sep 22	SDP	@	LAD	L,5-6	GS-3		4	2.2	2	4	4	3	4	1	0	5.25	5.42	14	51	30	9	6	4	3	1	1	0	39			0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.246	.20	-0.03%	-2.81	1b start tie	3b 1-- 2 out d4
29	402	141	Sep 27	SDP	@	SFG	W,4-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	6.1	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	4.98	5.27	24	95	55	14	12	10	7	2	1	0	62			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.01	0.185	.00	0.00%	1.26	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a3
							18-11		W-L:8-3,Hld:2	4.4	90.1	101	53	50	34	57	16	0	4.98	5.27	395	1407	60%	17%	6%	0.75		16%	10%	0	45	9	11%	4	4	3	349	27	0	2	11	2	5	.91	0.305	.77	0.02%	-5.90

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