Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela
Born: November 1, 1960
Navojoa, Sonora Mexico
Primary Position: P
All Position(s) Played: P, 1B, RF, LF, OF, PH
Bats: L
Throws: L
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 180
Career: 1980-1997
Minor League Statistics
Fernando Valenzuela compiled a career record of 173 wins and 153 losses in his 474-game career with the Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres and St. Louis Cardinals. He began playing during the 1980 season and last took the field during the 1997 campaign.
 Los Angeles Dodgers |
 California Angels |
 Baltimore Orioles |
 Philadelphia Phillies |
 San Diego Padres |
 St. Louis Cardinals |
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Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 13 | 7 | .650 | 2.48 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 192.3 | 140 | 55 | 53 | 11 | 61 | 4 | 180 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 758 |
| 1982 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 19 | 13 | .594 | 2.87 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 285.0 | 247 | 105 | 91 | 13 | 83 | 12 | 199 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1156 |
| 1983 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 15 | 10 | .600 | 3.75 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 257.0 | 245 | 122 | 107 | 16 | 99 | 10 | 189 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1094 |
| 1984 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 12 | 17 | .414 | 3.03 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 261.0 | 218 | 109 | 88 | 14 | 106 | 4 | 240 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 1078 |
| 1985 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 17 | 10 | .630 | 2.45 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 272.3 | 211 | 92 | 74 | 14 | 101 | 5 | 208 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1109 |
| 1986 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 21 | 11 | .656 | 3.14 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 269.3 | 226 | 104 | 94 | 18 | 85 | 5 | 242 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 1102 |
| 1987 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 14 | 14 | .500 | 3.98 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 251.0 | 254 | 120 | 111 | 25 | 124 | 4 | 190 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1116 |
| 1988 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.24 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 142.3 | 142 | 71 | 67 | 11 | 76 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 626 |
| 1989 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 10 | 13 | .435 | 3.43 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 196.7 | 185 | 89 | 75 | 11 | 98 | 6 | 116 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 852 |
| 1990 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 13 | 13 | .500 | 4.59 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 204.0 | 223 | 112 | 104 | 19 | 77 | 4 | 115 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 900 |
| 1991 | AL | California Angels | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 |
| 1993 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 8 | 10 | .444 | 4.94 | 32 | 31 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 178.7 | 179 | 104 | 98 | 18 | 79 | 2 | 78 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 768 |
| 1994 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 1 | 2 | .333 | 3.00 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 42 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 182 |
| 1995 | NL | San Diego Padres | 8 | 3 | .727 | 4.98 | 29 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90.3 | 101 | 53 | 50 | 16 | 34 | 2 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 395 |
| 1996 | NL | San Diego Padres | 13 | 8 | .619 | 3.62 | 33 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.7 | 177 | 78 | 69 | 17 | 67 | 2 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 741 |
| 1997 | NL | San Diego Padres | 2 | 8 | .200 | 4.75 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 66.3 | 84 | 42 | 35 | 10 | 32 | 0 | 51 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 313 |
| 1997 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 0 | 4 | .000 | 5.56 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.7 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 106 |
| Totals | 173 | 153 | .531 | 3.54 | 453 | 424 | 10 | 113 | 31 | 2 | 2930.0 | 2718 | 1303 | 1154 | 226 | 1151 | 65 | 2074 | 25 | 11 | 119 | 12398 |
Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 25 | 71 | 64 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .250 | .262 | .281 | .543 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 38 | 110 | 95 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .168 | .190 | .200 | .390 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 36 | 105 | 91 | 5 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | .187 | .194 | .253 | .446 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 35 | 89 | 79 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .190 | .200 | .342 | .542 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 35 | 103 | 97 | 7 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .216 | .214 | .268 | .482 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 39 | 116 | 109 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .220 | .218 | .257 | .475 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 38 | 100 | 92 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .141 | .141 | .185 | .326 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 23 | 52 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .200 | .227 | .427 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 34 | 73 | 66 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .182 | .182 | .212 | .394 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 35 | 78 | 69 | 8 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .304 | .310 | .420 | .730 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991 | AL | California Angels | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1993 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1994 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | 8 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .250 | .333 | .583 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | NL | San Diego Padres | 29 | 35 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .250 | .469 | .719 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | NL | San Diego Padres | 36 | 66 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .143 | .143 | .175 | .317 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | NL | San Diego Padres | 14 | 21 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .176 | .176 | .176 | .353 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 474 | 1043 | 936 | 56 | 187 | 26 | 1 | 10 | 84 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 145 | .200 | .205 | .262 | .467 | 245 | 12 | 0 | 93 | 6 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 10 | 0 | 17.7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.528 | .300 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 25 | 25 | 192.3 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 2 | .938 | 2.106 | 1.800 |
| 1982 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 37 | 37 | 285.0 | 20 | 64 | 2 | 4 | .977 | 2.653 | 2.270 |
| 1982 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | OF | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | |
| 1983 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 35 | 35 | 257.0 | 20 | 54 | 2 | 5 | .974 | 2.591 | 2.114 |
| 1984 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 34 | 34 | 261.0 | 21 | 48 | 2 | 4 | .972 | 2.379 | 2.029 |
| 1985 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 35 | 35 | 272.3 | 18 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.082 | 1.800 |
| 1986 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 34 | 34 | 269.3 | 29 | 47 | 1 | 2 | .987 | 2.540 | 2.235 |
| 1987 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 34 | 34 | 251.0 | 15 | 53 | 4 | 2 | .944 | 2.438 | 2.000 |
| 1988 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 23 | 22 | 142.3 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .978 | 2.782 | 1.913 |
| 1989 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 31 | 31 | 196.7 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 4 | .914 | 2.425 | 1.710 |
| 1989 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | 1 | 0 | 1.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.800 | 2.000 |
| 1990 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | P | 33 | 33 | 204.0 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 | .923 | 1.588 | 1.091 |
| 1991 | AL | California Angels | P | 2 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.350 | .500 |
| 1993 | AL | Baltimore Orioles | P | 32 | 31 | 178.7 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 1 | .923 | 2.418 | 1.500 |
| 1994 | NL | Philadelphia Phillies | P | 8 | 7 | 45.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1.250 |
| 1995 | NL | San Diego Padres | P | 29 | 15 | 90.3 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 3.387 | 1.172 |
| 1996 | NL | San Diego Padres | P | 33 | 31 | 171.7 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 0 | .980 | 2.569 | 1.485 |
| 1997 | NL | San Diego Padres | P | 13 | 13 | 66.3 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | .952 | 2.714 | 1.538 |
| 1997 | NL | St. Louis Cardinals | P | 5 | 5 | 22.7 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 3.574 | 1.800 |
| Totals | 455 | 424 | 2932.7 | 202 | 586 | 30 | 31 | .963 | 2.418 | 1.732 |
Postseason - Pitching:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NWDIV | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.06 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1 | 1 | .500 | 2.45 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.7 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 1983 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
| 1985 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.88 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 63 |
| 1996 | NL | San Diego Padres | NLDS2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Totals | 5 | 1 | .833 | 1.98 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 63.7 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 | 7 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 259 |
Postseason - Batting:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NWDIV | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .250 | .000 | .250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | 2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .200 | .200 | .200 | .400 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | NL | San Diego Padres | NLDS2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 9 | 24 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .050 | .136 | .050 | .186 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Postseason - Fielding:
| Year | Lg | Team | Rnd | Pos | GP | GS | Inn. | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/9 | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NWDIV | P | 2 | 2 | 17.0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.647 | 2.500 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | P | 2 | 2 | 14.7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.227 | 1.000 |
| 1981 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | WS | P | 1 | 1 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
| 1983 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | P | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.125 | 1.000 |
| 1985 | NL | Los Angeles Dodgers | NLCS | P | 2 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 2.512 | 2.000 |
| 1996 | NL | San Diego Padres | NLDS2 | P | 1 | 0 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 13.500 | 1.000 |
| Totals | 9 | 8 | 63.7 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | 1.979 | 1.556 |
Awards
1981 - NL TSN All-Star LHP
1981 - NL Rookie of the Year
1981 - NL TSN Pitcher of the Year
1981 - NL Silver Slugger P
1981 - NL Cy Young Award
1983 - NL Silver Slugger P
1986 - NL TSN All-Star LHP
1986 - NL Gold Glove P
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