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Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela
Full name: Fernando (Anguamea) Valenzuela
Born: November 1, 1960, Navojoa, Sonora (Mexico)
First Game: September 15, 1980; Final Game: July 14, 1997
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180
NL Cy Young (1981)
NL Rookie of the Year (1981)
TSN Player of the Year (1981)
TSN NL Pitcher of the Year (1981)
TSN NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year (1981)
LHP on TSN NL All-Star Team (1981 and 1986)
NL Silver Slugger as P (1981 and 1983)
NL Gold Glove as P (1986)
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Batting RecordBatting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1980 LA  N Daily Splits   10     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000   0.0 1980 LA  N
1981 LA  N Daily Splits   25    64    3   16   0   1   0    7    1   0    9   0   6   0   0   2   0    0   0  .250  .262  .281   0.0 1981 LA  N
1982 LA  N Daily Splits   38    95    6   16   0   0   1    9    3   0   16   0  10   2   0   3   0    0   0  .168  .190  .200   0.3 1982 LA  N
1983 LA  N Daily Splits   36    91    5   17   3   0   1    9    1   0   23   0  12   1   1   3   2    0   1  .187  .194  .253   0.0 1983 LA  N
1984 LA  N Daily Splits   35    79    5   15   3   0   3    7    1   0   11   0   9   0   0   0   2    0   0  .190  .200  .342   0.0 1984 LA  N
1985 LA  N Daily Splits   35    97    7   21   2   0   1    7    0   0    9   0   5   1   0   2   3    0   1  .216  .214  .268   0.0 1985 LA  N
1986 LA  N Daily Splits   39   109    5   24   4   0   0    7    0   0   11   0   6   1   0   3   1    0   0  .220  .218  .257   0.0 1986 LA  N
1987 LA  N Daily Splits   38    92    4   13   1   0   1    8    0   0   11   0   8   0   0   1   4    0   0  .141  .141  .185   0.0 1987 LA  N
1988 LA  N Daily Splits   23    44    2    8   2   0   0    1    1   0    5   0   7   0   0   1   0    0   0  .182  .200  .227   0.0 1988 LA  N
1989 LA  N Daily Splits   34    66    3   12   2   0   0    6    0   0   11   0   7   0   0   1   0    0   0  .182  .182  .212   0.1 1989 LA  N
1990 LA  N Daily Splits   35    69    8   21   5   0   1   11    1   0   12   0   7   1   0   4   0    0   0  .304  .310  .420   0.0 1990 LA  N
1991 CAL A                 2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1991 CAL A
1993 BAL A                32     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 1993 BAL A
1994 PHI N Daily Splits    8    12    0    3   1   0   0    0    0   0    2   0   4   0   0   0   0    0   0  .250  .250  .333   0.0 1994 PHI N
1995 SD  N Daily Splits   29    32    3    8   1   0   2    8    0   0    6   0   3   0   0   1   0    0   0  .250  .250  .469   0.0 1995 SD  N
1996 SD  N Daily Splits   36    63    4    9   2   0   0    2    0   0   15   0   3   0   0   1   0    0   0  .143  .143  .175   0.0 1996 SD  N
1997 SD  N Daily Splits   14    17    0    3   0   0   0    1    0   0    3   0   4   0   0   0   0    0   0  .176  .176  .176   0.0 1997 SD  N
1997 STL N Daily Splits    5     5    1    1   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   2   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200   0.0 1997 STL N
1997 TOT N                19    22    1    4   0   0   0    2    0   0    3   0   6   0   0   0   0    0   0  .182  .182  .182   0.0 1997 TOT N
Total NL                 440   936   56  187  26   1  10   84    8   0  145   0  93   6   1  22  12    0   2  .200  .205  .262   0.4 Total NL        
Total AL                  34     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     -   0.0 Total AL        
Total            Splits  474   936   56  187  26   1  10   84    8   0  145   0  93   6   1  22  12    0   2  .200  .205  .262   0.4 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
Division Series Batting RecordDivision Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    2     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1981 LA  N
1996 SD  N                 1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1996 SD  N
Total            Splits    3     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    1   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    2     5    0    0   0   0   0    1    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .000  .000 1981 LA  N
1983 LA  N Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   1   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000 1983 LA  N
1985 LA  N Daily Splits    2     5    0    1   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   1   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .200  .200 1985 LA  N
Total            Splits    5    13    0    1   0   0   0    1    1   0    0   0   1   0   0   1   0    0   0  .077  .143  .077 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
World Series Batting RecordWorld Series Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    1     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .000  .250  .000 1981 LA  N
All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1981 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1981 NL   
1982 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1982 NL   
1984 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1984 NL   
1985 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1985 NL   
1986 NL                    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - 1986 NL   
Total                      5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0     -     -     - Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Pitching RecordPitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
1980 LA  N Daily Splits   10   0   0   0   4   1   17.2    8    66   0    2    0    5   0   16   1   1   0   0   1   1   0   1   3   2   0   0.00   0.8 1980 LA  N
1981 LA  N Daily Splits   25  25  11   8   0   0  192.1  140   758  11   55   53   61   4  180   9   3   4   1   0  12   3  11   6  13   7   2.48   2.6 1981 LA  N
1982 LA  N Daily Splits   37  37  18   4   0   0  285    247  1156  13  105   91   83  12  199  19   6   4   2   0  45   6  21  18  19  13   2.87   2.4 1982 LA  N
1983 LA  N Daily Splits   35  35   9   4   0   0  257    245  1094  16  122  107   99  10  189  27   5  12   3   1  51   4  19  18  15  10   3.75   0.3 1983 LA  N
1984 LA  N Daily Splits   34  34  12   2   0   0  261    218  1078  14  109   88  106   4  240  11   7  11   2   1  38   6  20  17  12  17   3.03   2.0 1984 LA  N
1985 LA  N Daily Splits   35  35  14   5   0   0  272.1  211  1109  14   92   74  101   5  208  13   8  10   1   1  33   1  21  17  17  10   2.45   3.5 1985 LA  N
1986 LA  N Daily Splits   34  34  20   3   0   0  269.1  226  1102  18  104   94   85   5  242  15   3  13   1   0  40   2  16  22  21  11   3.14   2.0 1986 LA  N
1987 LA  N Daily Splits   34  34  12   1   0   0  251    254  1116  25  120  111  124   4  190  18   2  14   4   1  49   5  21  22  14  14   3.98   0.3 1987 LA  N
1988 LA  N Daily Splits   23  22   3   0   1   1  142.1  142   626  11   71   67   76   4   64  15   5   7   0   1  17   3  12   7   5   8   4.24  -0.8 1988 LA  N
1989 LA  N Daily Splits   31  31   3   0   0   0  196.2  185   852  11   89   75   98   6  116   7   7   6   2   4  41   0   9  12  10  13   3.43  -0.1 1989 LA  N
1990 LA  N Daily Splits   33  33   5   2   0   0  204    223   900  19  112  104   77   4  115  11   4  13   0   1  51   1   9  16  13  13   4.59  -1.3 1990 LA  N
1991 CAL A Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0    6.2   14    36   3   10    9    3   0    5   1   1   1   0   0   3   0   0   1   0   2  12.15  -0.9 1991 CAL A
1993 BAL A Daily Splits   32  31   5   2   0   0  178.2  179   768  18  104   98   79   2   78   4   7   8   4   0  44   6  20   9   8  10   4.94  -0.6 1993 BAL A
1994 PHI N Daily Splits    8   7   0   0   0   0   45     42   182   8   16   15    7   1   19   3   2   1   0   0   8   0   1   2   1   2   3.00   0.5 1994 PHI N
1995 SD  N Daily Splits   29  15   0   0   5   0   90.1  101   395  16   53   50   34   2   57  10   2   4   0   0  27   0  11   5   8   3   4.98  -0.4 1995 SD  N
1996 SD  N Daily Splits   33  31   0   0   0   0  171.2  177   741  17   78   69   67   2   95  11   4   7   0   0  38   1  14  10  13   8   3.62   0.7 1996 SD  N
1997 SD  N Daily Splits   13  13   1   0   0   0   66.1   84   313  10   42   35   32   0   51   3   2   2   4   0  13   1   1   3   2   8   4.75  -1.0 1997 SD  N
1997 STL N Daily Splits    5   5   0   0   0   0   22.2   22   106   2   19   14   14   0   10   4   0   2   1   0   5   0   1   4   0   4   5.56  -0.7 1997 STL N
1997 TOT N                18  18   1   0   0   0   89    106   419  12   61   49   46   0   61   7   2   4   5   0  18   1   2   7   2  12   4.96  -1.7 1997 TOT N
Total NL                 419 391 108  29  10   2 2744.2 2525 11594 205 1189 1047 1069  63 1991 177  61 110  21  11 469  33 188 182 165 141   3.43  10.8 Total NL        
Total AL                  34  33   5   2   0   0  185.1  193   804  21  114  107   82   2   83   5   8   9   4   0  47   6  20  10   8  12   5.20  -1.5 Total AL        
Total            Splits  453 424 113  31  10   2 2930   2718 12398 226 1303 1154 1151  65 2074 182  69 119  25  11 516  39 208 192 173 153   3.54   9.3 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA    PW Year Team
Division Series Pitching RecordDivision Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   1   0   0   0   17     10    62   0    2    2    3   1   10   1   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   1.06 1981 LA  N
1996 SD  N Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.2    0     4   0    0    0    2   1    0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1996 SD  N
Total            Splits    3   2   1   0   0   0   17.2   10    66   0    2    2    5   2   10   2   0   0   0   0   2   0   0   0   1   0   1.02 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
League Championship Series Pitching RecordLeague Championship Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.2   10    57   0    4    4    5   1   10   1   0   1   0   0   3   0   1   1   1   1   2.45 1981 LA  N
1983 LA  N Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    8      7    33   1    1    1    4   0    5   1   0   1   0   0   1   0   3   0   1   0   1.12 1983 LA  N
1985 LA  N Daily Splits    2   2   0   0   0   0   14.1   11    63   0    3    3   10   2   13   2   0   1   0   0   3   0   0   0   1   0   1.88 1985 LA  N
Total            Splits    5   5   0   0   0   0   37     28   153   1    8    8   19   3   28   4   0   3   0   0   7   0   4   1   3   1   1.95 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
World Series Pitching RecordWorld Series Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 LA  N Daily Splits    1   1   1   0   0   0    9      9    40   2    4    4    7   2    6   1   0   0   0   0   2   0   1   0   1   0   4.00 1981 LA  N
All-Star Game Pitching RecordAll-Star Game Pitching Record
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team
1981 NL    Daily Splits    1   1   0   0   0   0    1      2     4   0    0    0    0   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1981 NL   
1982 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    0.2    0     4   0    0    0    2   0    0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1982 NL   
1984 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    2      2     7   0    0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1984 NL   
1985 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    1      0     4   0    0    0    1   0    1   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1985 NL   
1986 NL    Daily Splits    1   0   0   0   0   0    3      1    10   0    0    0    0   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 1986 NL   
Total            Splits    5   1   0   0   0   0    7.2    5    29   0    0    0    3   0    9   0   0   1   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00 Total
Year Team                  G  GS  CG SHO  GF  SV   IP      H   BFP  HR    R   ER   BB  IB   SO  SH  SF  WP HPB  BK  2B  3B GDP ROE   W   L    ERA Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1980 LA  N Daily   P   10    0    0    17.2     0    3    0    1   0    0    1    1    0 1.000
1981 LA  N Daily   P   25   25   11   192.1    12   33    3    2   0    1   10   25    3  .938
1982 LA  N Daily   P   37   37   18   285      20   64    2    4   0    2   18   23   12  .977
1982 LA  N        RF    1    0    0     0.2     1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1982 LA  N        LF    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
1982 LA  N        OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    1 
1983 LA  N Daily   P   35   35    9   257      20   54    2    5   0    0   17   24    6  .974
1984 LA  N Daily   P   34   34   12   261      21   48    2    4   0    0   17   31    5  .972
1985 LA  N Daily   P   35   35   14   272.1    18   45    0    0   0    1   11   14    1 1.000
1986 LA  N Daily   P   34   34   20   269.1    29   47    1    2   0    3   11   15    1  .987
1987 LA  N Daily   P   34   34   12   251      15   53    4    2   0    1   12   19    5  .944
1988 LA  N Daily   P   23   22    3   142.1     6   38    1    2   0    0    8    8    3  .978
1989 LA  N Daily   P   31   31    3   196.2    18   35    5    4   0    1   15   15    6  .914
1989 LA  N        1B    1    0    0     1.2     2    0    0    0   0                     1.000
1990 LA  N Daily   P   33   33    5   204       5   31    3    2   0    0    7   19    4  .923
1991 CAL A Daily   P    2    2    0     6.2     0    1    0    0   0    2    0    0    1 1.000
1993 BAL A Daily   P   32   31    5   178.2    11   37    4    1   0    0   14   10    2  .923
1994 PHI N Daily   P    8    7    0    45       2    8    0    0   0    0    2    2    1 1.000
1995 SD  N Daily   P   29   15    0    90.1     7   27    0    2   0    0    4    4    2 1.000
1996 SD  N Daily   P   33   31    0   171.2    11   38    1    0   0    2    8   17    6  .980
1997 SD  N Daily   P   13   13    1    66.1     4   16    1    0   0    0    6    5    3  .952
1997 STL N Daily   P    5    5    0    22.2     1    8    1    0   0    1    1    3    1  .900
1997 TOT N         P   18   18    1    89       5   24    2    0   0    1    7    8    4  .935
Total              P  453  424  113  2930     200  586   30   31   0   14  162  235   62  .963
Total             1B    1    0    0     1.2     2    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total             RF    1    0    0     0.2     1    0    0    0   0                     1.000
Total             LF    1    0    0     0.1     0    0    0    0   0                         -
Total             OF    1    0    0     1       0    0    0    0   0                         -     1    0    1 
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
Division Series Fielding RecordDivision Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
1981 LA  N Daily   P    2    2    1    17       0    5    0    0   0    0    1    2    2 1.000
1996 SD  N Daily   P    1    0    0     0.2     0    1    0    0   0    0    0    0    0 1.000
Total              P    3    2    1    17.2     0    6    0    0   0    0    1    2    2 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   PB   CS   SB  PkO   AVG
League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A