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Fernando Valenzuela

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Full name Fernando (Anguamea) Valenzuela
Born November 1, 1960, Navojoa, Sonora (Mexico)
Died October 22, 2024, Los Angeles, California
First Game: September 15, 1980; Final Game: July 14, 1997
Bat: Left Throw: Left Height: 5' 11" Weight: 180
Named Major League Player of the Year by The Sporting News (1981)
Named NL Cy Young Award Winner by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1981)
Named NL Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1981)
Named NL Rookie of the Year by Baseball Writers' Association of America (1981)
Named NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year by The Sporting News (1981)
Named left-handed pitcher on The Sporting News NL All-Star Team (1981 and 1986)
Won NL Gold Glove as pitcher (1986)
Named pitcher on The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger Team (1981 and 1983)

Top Performances

Pitcher Matchups Batter Matchups

                       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 BFW Year Team 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 (15 Years) 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 ( 2 Years) 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - 0.0 Total AL Total (17 Years) 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 Team

       Division 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 ( 2 Years) 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 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 ( 3 Years) 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 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 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 Years) 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 Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS 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 3.60 2.5 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 19 19 13 2.87 3.92 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 20 15 10 3.75 4.83 0.4 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 18 12 17 3.03 3.12 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 18 17 10 2.45 4.20 3.6 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 24 21 11 3.14 4.71 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 4.03 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 8 5 8 4.24 4.86 -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 14 10 13 3.43 3.65 -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 17 13 13 4.59 5.03 -1.2 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 2 0 2 12.15 0.00 -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 4.65 -0.5 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 3.14 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 6 8 3 4.98 4.87 -0.3 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 11 13 8 3.62 4.68 0.8 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 2.85 -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 4.20 -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 3.22 -1.7 1997 TOT N Total NL (15 Years) 419 391 108 29 10 2 2744.2 2525 11594 205 1189 1047 1069 63 1991 177 61 110 21 11 469 33 188 195 165 141 3.43 4.19 11.2 Total NL Total AL ( 2 Years) 34 33 5 2 0 0 185.1 193 804 21 114 107 82 2 83 5 8 9 4 0 47 6 20 11 8 12 5.20 4.36 -1.4 Total AL Total (17 Years) Splits 453 424 113 31 10 2 2930 2718 12398 226 1303 1154 1151 65 2074 182 69 119 25 11 516 39 208 206 173 153 3.54 4.20 9.8 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS PW Year Team

         Division Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS 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 1.50 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 ( 2 Years) 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 1.50 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

League Championship Series Pitching Record Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS 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 1.00 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 1 1 0 1.12 4.00 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 3.00 1985 LA N Total ( 3 Years) Splits 5 5 0 0 0 0 37 28 153 1 8 8 19 3 28 4 0 3 0 0 7 0 4 2 3 1 1.95 2.40 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

            World Series Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS 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 5.00 1981 LA N

           All-Star Game Pitching Record

Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS 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 5.00 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 ( 5 Years) 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 5.00 Total Year Team G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H BFP HR R ER BB IB SO SH SF WP HBP BK 2B 3B GDP ROE W L ERA RS Year Team

                       Fielding Record

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

       Division Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1981 LA N Daily Splits P 2 2 1 17 0 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1.000 1996 SD N Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 Total ( 2 Years) Splits P 3 2 1 17.2 0 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

League Championship Series Fielding Record Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1981 LA N Daily Splits P 2 2 0 14.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.000 1983 LA N Daily Splits P 1 1 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1985 LA N Daily Splits P 2 2 0 14.1 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 .800 Total ( 3 Years) Splits P 5 5 0 37 2 5 1 0 0 0 3 2 2 .875 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

          World Series Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1981 LA N Daily Splits P 1 1 1 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000

         All-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG 1981 NL Daily Splits P 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1982 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1984 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1985 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1986 NL Daily Splits P 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - Total ( 5 Years) Splits P 5 1 0 7.2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG

Transaction Information

Sold by Yucatan (Mexican) to Los Angeles Dodgers (July 6, 1979).

Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 15, 1989).

Granted free agency (November 5, 1990).

Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 19, 1990).

Released by Los Angeles Dodgers (March 28, 1991).

Signed by California Angels (May 20, 1991).

Released by California Angels (July 5, 1991).

Signed by California Angels (July 10, 1991).

Released by California Angels (September 10, 1991).

Signed by Detroit Tigers (March 20, 1992).

Sold by Detroit Tigers to Jalisco (Mexican) with Rich Renteria (June 3, 1992).

Signed by Baltimore Orioles (February 27, 1993).

Granted free agency (October 29, 1993).

Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (June 24, 1994).

Granted free agency (October 24, 1994).

Signed by San Diego Padres (April 5, 1995).

Granted free agency (November 11, 1995).

Signed by San Diego Padres (December 7, 1995).

Granted free agency (November 5, 1996).

Signed by San Diego Padres (January 7, 1997).

Traded by San Diego Padres with Scott Livingstone and Phil Plantier to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Rich Batchelor, Danny Jackson and Mark Sweeney (June 13, 1997).

Released by St. Louis Cardinals (July 15, 1997).

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