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Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando (Anguamea) Valenzuela

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut September 15, 1980
Final Game July 14, 1997
Born November 1, 1960 in Navojoa, Mexico
Died October 22, 2024 (age 63)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1981 20 LAN NL  20  11  .645  35  35  18   0   0   2  292.1  215  1161   89   75  24   85   4   4  287   5  0  2.31  CY-1
 1982 21 LAN NL  23  10  .697  36  36  11   0   0   3  269.1  228  1083   90   83  16   72   0   2  173   2  0  2.77  CY-2
 1983 22 LAN NL  14  16  .467  35  35   6   0   0   2  253.0  223  1065  116   98  18   91   2   5  191   8  1  3.49  
 1984 23 LAN NL  21   6  .778  34  34   7   0   0   5  254.1  225  1087   95   90  16  116   2   4  231  12  0  3.18  CY-2
 1985 24 LAN NL  17  10  .630  35  35   8   0   0   4  257.0  168  1020   77   70  14   88   0   4  207   4  1  2.45  CY-3
 1986 25 LAN NL  11   9  .550  24  24   8   0   0   3  188.0  172   785   78   75  21   61   1   4  178   6  0  3.59  
         DEA AL   1   9  .100  12  12   5   0   0   0   90.1   76   378   42   38   9   37   4   3   82   3  0  3.79  
         TOT     12  18  .400  36  36  13   0   0   3  278.1  248  1163  120  113  30   98   5   7  260   9  0  3.65 
 1987 26 DEA AL  10  24  .294  41  41  10   0   0   1  256.1  271  1172  181  164  33  142   4  17  171  16  2  5.76  
 1988 27 DEA AL   4   6  .400  23  18   2   1   0   0  111.1  105   490   50   44   8   58   0   5   52   8  0  3.56  
 1989 28 DEA AL   8  18  .308  34  34   4   0   0   0  190.2  214   873  121  108  15  104   2   5  108   3  4  5.10  
 1990 29 DEA AL  12  10  .545  34  34   1   0   0   0  214.1  208   923  119  116  26   94   3   7  111  14  1  4.87  
 1991           [Did not play]
 1992           [Did not play]
 1993 32 OAA AL   4  17  .190  32  32   2   0   0   1  176.1  199   792  124  101  18   73   4   5  106  15  0  5.16  
 1994 33 LAN NL   6   4  .600  44   1   0  19   5   0   58.0   50   236   22   21  10   12   2   0   32   2  0  3.26  
 1995 34 DEA AL   4   9  .308  46  21   0   9   0   0  134.0  194   665  138  119  32   80   4   8   63  12  0  7.99  
 1996 35 DEA AL   8  13  .381  32  31   1   1   0   0  178.2  209   816  114  100  26   81   0  11  105   6  0  5.04  
 1997 36 SFN NL   1   1  .500   3   1   0   1   0   0    9.2   17    50    8    8   2    7   1   0    7   0  0  7.45  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 15 Seasons     164 173  .487 500 424  83  31   5  21 2933.2 2774 12596 1464 1310 288 1201  33  84 2104 116  9  4.02
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With LAN     112  66  .629 243 200  58  19   5  19 1572.0 1281  6437  567  512 119  525  11  23 1299  39  2  2.93
   With DEA      47  89  .346 222 191  23  11   0   1 1175.2 1277  5317  765  689 149  596  17  56  692  62  7  5.27
   With OAA       4  17  .190  32  32   2   0   0   1  176.1  199   792  124  101  18   73   4   5  106  15  0  5.16
   With SFN       1   1  .500   3   1   0   1   0   0    9.2   17    50    8    8   2    7   1   0    7   0  0  7.45
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals     173 153  .531 453 424 113  10   2  31 2930.0 2718 12398 1303 1154 226 1151  65  25 2074 119 11  3.54
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1981 20 LAN NL  26   94   2.9   0  4.94  106  23   0  .217   3    9    6  .667   47   13  .783   12   
 1982 21 LAN NL  29   95   3.2   0  4.44  100  28   1  .280   0    7    7 1.000   13   10  .565  -16   
 1983 22 LAN NL  24  107   3.8   0  3.89   82  16   0  .195   1    3    2  .667   43   10  .811  -58   
 1984 23 LAN NL  18  109   3.9   0  5.00   87  14   3  .161   1    9    8  .889   13    5  .722   11   
 1985 24 LAN NL  18   69   2.4   0  3.97   96  16   0  .167   0   11    9  .818    1    2  .333  -56   
 1986 25 LAN NL  20   82   3.9   0  4.38   67  10   0  .149   0    3    3 1.000    0    3  .000   41   
         DEA AL  19   39   3.9   0  2.33    0   0   0  .000   0    4    4 1.000    5    2  .714   23   
         TOT         121   3.9   0         67  10   0  .149   0    7    7 1.000    5    5  .500
 1987 26 DEA AL  13  171   6.0   0  4.41    0   0   0  .000   7   15   10  .667   26    7  .788   18   
 1988 27 DEA AL  20   56   4.5   0  3.83    0   0   0  .000   1    3    2  .667    2    0 1.000  -38   
 1989 28 DEA AL  22  124   5.9   0  3.50    0   0   0  .000   3    3    0  .000   22    5  .815   75   
 1990 29 DEA AL  20  122   5.2   0  4.79    0   0   0  .000   3   10    7  .700   26    8  .765  -34   
 1991           [Did not play]
 1992           [Did not play]
 1993 32 OAA AL  30  111   5.6   0  3.44    1   0   0  .000   4    5    2  .400    0    1  .000   11   
 1994 33 LAN NL  21   22   3.5   6  6.00    7   4   0  .571   0    3    3 1.000    0    0  .000  -74   
 1995 34 DEA AL  29  140   9.4   0  5.71    0   0   0  .000   0    5    5 1.000    1    0 1.000  121   
 1996 35 DEA AL  18  124   6.3   0  4.48    0   0   0  .000   2    6    3  .500    6    8  .429   60   
 1997 36 SFN NL  47   13  12.2   0  3.00    2   1   0  .500   1    1    0  .000    0    2  .000  251   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 15 Seasons         1486   4.5   6        548 112   4  .204  26   97   71  .732  205   76  .730    5   4
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 19.9 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 69.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Postseason Stats   Postseason Register

 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  ERA    W-L  SV GS   IP   H   ER  BB  SO 
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1982 NLCS  LAN MON   L    1  2.57   0-1   0  1   7.0   4   2   0   8
+------------------+-----+--+------+-----+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+


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Transaction History


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1981  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1982  LAN   94-68   Billy Vanson
 1983  LAN   87-75   Billy Vanson
 1984  LAN   92-70   Billy Vanson
 1985  LAN   88-74   Billy Vanson
 1986  LAN   83-79   Billy Vanson
 1986  DEA   82-80   Dennis Van Langen
 1987  DEA   65-97   Dennis Van Langen
 1988  DEA   68-94   Rob Tomlinson
 1989  DEA   63-99   Rob Tomlinson, Clint Benjamin, Mike Mashanic
 1990  DEA   78-84   Mike Mashanic
 1993  OAA   60-102  Drew Kennedy
 1994  LAN   81-81   Billy Vanson
 1995  DEA   66-96   Mike Mashanic
 1996  DEA   65-97   Mike Mashanic
 1997  SFN   87-75   Pat Carr

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