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Fernando ValenzuelaWWikipedia↗

Bats: L · Throws: L · Born 1960-11-01 · Played 1980–1997 · Career WAR 41.8 (bWAR) ·

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Batting

Year	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR
1980	LAN	NL	10		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.0
1981	LAN	NL	25		64	3	16	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	9	.250	.262	.281	.543	0.6
1982	LAN	NL	38		95	6	16	0	0	1	9	0	0	3	16	.168	.190	.200	.390	0.4
1983	LAN	NL	36		91	5	17	3	0	1	9	0	1	1	23	.187	.194	.253	.447	0.2
1984	LAN	NL	35		79	5	15	3	0	3	7	0	0	1	11	.190	.200	.342	.542	0.5
1985	LAN	NL	35		97	7	21	2	0	1	7	0	1	0	9	.216	.214	.268	.482	0.5
1986	LAN	NL	39		109	5	24	4	0	0	7	0	0	0	11	.220	.218	.257	.475	0.6
1987	LAN	NL	38		92	4	13	1	0	1	8	0	0	0	11	.141	.141	.185	.326	-0.3
1988	LAN	NL	23		44	2	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.182	.200	.227	.427	0.2
1989	LAN	NL	34		66	3	12	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	11	.182	.182	.212	.394	0.0
1990	LAN	NL	35		69	8	21	5	0	1	11	0	0	1	12	.304	.310	.420	.730	1.2
1991	CAL	AL	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993	BAL	AL	32		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	PHI	NL	8		12	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.333	.583	0.1
1995	SDN	NL	29		32	3	8	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.469	.719	0.4
1996	SDN	NL	36		63	4	9	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	15	.143	.143	.175	.318	-0.2
1997	SDN	NL	14		17	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.176	.176	.176	.352	0.0
1997	SLN	NL	5		5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400
Total			474		936	56	187	26	1	10	84	0	2	8	145	.200	.207	.262	.468	4.2

Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	WAR
1980	LAN	NL	2	0	10	0	0	0	1	17.2	8	0	0	5	16	0.00	.736	0.9
1981	LAN	NL	13	7	25	25	11	8	0	192.1	140	53	11	61	180	2.48	1.045	4.8
1982	LAN	NL	19	13	37	37	18	4	0	285.0	247	91	13	83	199	2.87	1.158	5.0
1983	LAN	NL	15	10	35	35	9	4	0	257.0	245	107	16	99	189	3.75	1.339	2.7
1984	LAN	NL	12	17	34	34	12	2	0	261.0	218	88	14	106	240	3.03	1.241	3.7
1985	LAN	NL	17	10	35	35	14	5	0	272.1	211	74	14	101	208	2.45	1.146	5.5
1986	LAN	NL	21	11	34	34	20	3	0	269.1	226	94	18	85	242	3.14	1.155	5.5
1987	LAN	NL	14	14	34	34	12	1	0	251.0	254	111	25	124	190	3.98	1.506	4.1
1988	LAN	NL	5	8	23	22	3	0	1	142.1	142	67	11	76	64	4.24	1.532	-0.1
1989	LAN	NL	10	13	31	31	3	0	0	196.2	185	75	11	98	116	3.43	1.439	1.2
1990	LAN	NL	13	13	33	33	5	2	0	204.0	223	104	19	77	115	4.59	1.471	-0.1
1991	CAL	AL	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	6.2	14	9	3	3	5	12.15	2.550	-0.4
1993	BAL	AL	8	10	32	31	5	2	0	178.2	179	98	18	79	78	4.94	1.444	0.5
1994	PHI	NL	1	2	8	7	0	0	0	45.0	42	15	8	7	19	3.00	1.089	1.4
1995	SDN	NL	8	3	29	15	0	0	0	90.1	101	50	16	34	57	4.98	1.494	0.6
1996	SDN	NL	13	8	33	31	0	0	0	171.2	177	69	17	67	95	3.62	1.421	2.8
1997	SDN	NL	2	8	13	13	1	0	0	66.1	84	35	10	32	51	4.75	1.749	-0.5
1997	SLN	NL	0	4	5	5	0	0	0	22.2	22	14	2	14	10	5.56	1.588
Total			173	153	453	424	113	31	2	2930.0	2718	1154	226	1151	2074	3.54	1.320	37.6

Fielding

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP
1980	LAN	NL	P	10	0	17.2	0	3	0	1
1981	LAN	NL	P	25	25	192.1	12	33	3	2
1982	LAN	NL	OF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
1982	LAN	NL	P	37	37	285.0	20	64	2	4
1983	LAN	NL	P	35	35	257.0	20	54	2	5
1984	LAN	NL	P	34	34	261.0	21	48	2	4
1985	LAN	NL	P	35	35	272.1	18	45	0	0
1986	LAN	NL	P	34	34	269.1	29	47	1	2
1987	LAN	NL	P	34	34	251.0	15	53	4	2
1988	LAN	NL	P	23	22	142.1	6	38	1	2
1989	LAN	NL	1B	1	0	1.2	2	0	0	0
1989	LAN	NL	P	31	31	196.2	18	35	5	4
1990	LAN	NL	P	33	33	204.0	5	31	3	2
1991	CAL	AL	P	2	2	6.2	0	1	0	0
1993	BAL	AL	P	32	31	178.2	11	37	4	1
1994	PHI	NL	P	8	7	45.0	2	8	0	0
1995	SDN	NL	P	29	15	90.1	7	27	0	2
1996	SDN	NL	P	33	31	171.2	11	38	1	0
1997	SDN	NL	P	13	13	66.1	4	16	1	0
1997	SLN	NL	P	5	5	22.2	1	8	1	0
Total				455	424	2932.2	202	586	30	31

Awards

Year	Award	Lg
1981	TSN All-Star	NL
1981	TSN Major League Player of the Year	ML
1981	TSN Pitcher of the Year	NL
1981	Rookie of the Year	NL
1981	Cy Young Award	NL
1981	Silver Slugger	NL
1981	Player of the Week	NL
1981	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1981	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year	NL
1983	Silver Slugger	NL
1985	Pitcher of the Month	NL
1986	TSN All-Star	NL
1986	Gold Glove	NL
1986	Player of the Week	NL
1990	Player of the Week	NL
1993	Pitcher of the Month	AL

Hall of Fame ballots

Year	Voted by	Votes	Needed	Inducted
2003	BBWAA	31	372	No
2004	BBWAA	19	380	No
2026	Contemporary Baseball Era		12	No