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Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando (Anguamea) Valenzuela

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

Debut September 15, 1980
  vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 14, 1997
Born November 1, 1960 in Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1980 19 LAD NL   2   0  10   0   0   0   4  1   17.7    8    2    0   0    5   16   0   0    66   0   1  0.00  3.54  inf 0.736
 1981 20 LAD NL  13   7  25  25  11   8   0  0  192.3  140   55   53  11   61  180   1   4   758   4   0  2.48  3.35  135 1.045 MVP-5,CYA-1,RoY-1,AS
 1982 21 LAD NL  19  13  37  37  18   4   0  0  285.0  247  105   91  13   83  199   2   4  1156  12   0  2.87  3.50  122 1.158 MVP-21,CYA-3,AS
 1983 22 LAD NL  15  10  35  35   9   4   0  0  257.0  245  122  107  16   99  189   3  12  1094  10   1  3.75  3.60   96 1.339 AS
 1984 23 LAD NL  12  17  34  34  12   2   0  0  261.0  218  109   88  14  106  240   2  11  1078   4   1  3.03  3.52  116 1.241 AS
 1985 24 LAD NL  17  10  35  35  14   5   0  0  272.3  211   92   74  14  101  208   1  10  1109   5   1  2.45  3.45  141 1.146 MVP-23,CYA-5,AS
 1986 25 LAD NL  21  11  34  34  20   3   0  0  269.3  226  104   94  18   85  242   1  13  1102   5   0  3.14  3.47  110 1.155 MVP-19,CYA-2,AS
 1987 26 LAD NL  14  14  34  34  12   1   0  0  251.0  254  120  111  25  124  190   4  14  1116   4   1  3.98  4.00  101 1.506
 1988 27 LAD NL   5   8  23  22   3   0   1  1  142.3  142   71   67  11   76   64   0   7   626   4   1  4.24  3.35   79 1.532
 1989 28 LAD NL  10  13  31  31   3   0   0  0  196.7  185   89   75  11   98  116   2   6   852   6   4  3.43  3.43  100 1.439
 1990 29 LAD NL  13  13  33  33   5   2   0  0  204.0  223  112  104  19   77  115   0  13   900   4   1  4.59  3.68   80 1.471
 1991 30 CAL AL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    6.7   14   10    9   3    3    5   0   1    36   0   0 12.15  4.10   34 2.550
 1993 32 BAL AL   8  10  32  31   5   2   0  0  178.7  179  104   98  18   79   78   4   8   768   2   0  4.94  4.47   90 1.444
 1994 33 PHI NL   1   2   8   7   0   0   0  0   45.0   42   16   15   8    7   19   0   1   182   1   0  3.00  4.30  143 1.089
 1995 34 SDP NL   8   3  29  15   0   0   5  0   90.3  101   53   50  16   34   57   0   4   395   2   0  4.98  4.06   81 1.494
 1996 35 SDP NL  13   8  33  31   0   0   0  0  171.7  177   78   69  17   67   95   0   7   741   2   0  3.62  4.01  111 1.421
 1997 36 TOT NL   2  12  18  18   1   0   0  0   89.0  106   61   49  12   46   61   5   4   419   0   0  4.96  3.98   80 1.708
         SDP NL   2   8  13  13   1   0   0  0   66.3   84   42   35  10   32   51   4   2   313   0   0  4.75  3.91   82 1.749
         STL NL   0   4   5   5   0   0   0  0   22.7   22   19   14   2   14   10   1   2   106   0   0  5.56  4.17   75 1.588
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 17 Yr WL% .531 173 153 453 424 113  31  10  2 2930.0 2718 1303 1154 226 1151 2074  25 119 12398  65  11  3.54  3.67  104 1.320
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  35  32   8   2   0  0  227.0  210  101   89  17   89  160   1   9   961   5   0  3.54  3.67  104 1.320
 Career High     21  17  37  37  20   8   5  1  285.0  254  122  111  25  124  242   5  14  1156  12   4  2.45  4.47  143 1.045
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1980 19 LAD NL  10    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1981 20 LAD NL  25   64    3   16   0  1   0    7   0  0   1   9  .250  .262  .281   57   18   6   0   0   0   0 SS,MVP-5,RoY-1,AS
 1982 21 LAD NL  38   95    6   16   0  0   1    9   0  0   3  16  .168  .190  .200   11   19  10   2   0   0   0 MVP-21,AS
 1983 22 LAD NL  36   91    5   17   3  0   1    9   0  1   1  23  .187  .194  .253   24   23  12   1   0   0   2 SS,AS
 1984 23 LAD NL  35   79    5   15   3  0   3    7   0  0   1  11  .190  .200  .342   51   27   9   0   0   0   2 AS
 1985 24 LAD NL  35   97    7   21   2  0   1    7   0  1   0   9  .216  .214  .268   36   26   5   1   0   0   3 MVP-23,AS
 1986 25 LAD NL  39  109    5   24   4  0   0    7   0  0   0  11  .220  .218  .257   35   28   6   1   0   0   1 MVP-19,AS
 1987 26 LAD NL  38   92    4   13   1  0   1    8   0  0   0  11  .141  .141  .185  -13   17   8   0   0   0   4
 1988 27 LAD NL  23   44    2    8   2  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .182  .200  .227   24   10   7   0   0   0   0
 1989 28 LAD NL  34   66    3   12   2  0   0    6   0  0   0  11  .182  .182  .212   13   14   7   0   0   0   0
 1990 29 LAD NL  35   69    8   21   5  0   1   11   0  0   1  12  .304  .310  .420  101   29   7   1   0   0   0
 1994 33 PHI NL   8   12    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .250  .250  .333   50    4   4   0   0   0   0
 1995 34 SDP NL  29   32    3    8   1  0   2    8   0  0   0   6  .250  .250  .469   87   15   3   0   0   0   0
 1996 35 SDP NL  36   63    4    9   2  0   0    2   0  0   0  15  .143  .143  .175  -15   11   3   0   0   0   0
 1997 36 TOT NL  17   22    1    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   3  .182  .182  .182   -2    4   6   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL  13   17    0    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .176  .176  .176   -4    3   4   0   0   0   0
         STL NL   4    5    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .200  .200  .200    6    1   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 17 Seasons     438  936   56  187  26  1  10   84   0  2   8 145  .200  .205  .262   30  245  93   6   0   0  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        346   21   69  10  0   4   31   0  1   3  54  .200  .205  .262   30   91  34   2   0   0   4
 Career High     39  109    8   24   5  1   3   11   0  1   3  23                          29  12   2   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1980 19 LAD NL    1    1    0   0.0    94| .000  .266| .000  .328| .000  .386| .000  .714|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1981 20 LAD NL   71   54    5   2.5    89| .250  .259| .262  .324| .281  .371| .543  .695|  57  .288  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1982 21 LAD NL  110   91    4   1.2    93| .168  .263| .190  .326| .200  .383| .390  .709|  11  .089 -11.5  -1.2   0%
 1983 22 LAD NL  105   90    4   1.2    96| .187  .262| .194  .330| .253  .388| .447  .719|  24  .089  -9.6  -1.0   0%
 1984 23 LAD NL   89   75    5   1.8    92| .190  .261| .200  .326| .342  .379| .542  .705|  51  .175  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1985 24 LAD NL  103   86    5   1.6    92| .216  .256| .214  .324| .268  .382| .482  .706|  36  .141  -8.5  -0.9   0%
 1986 25 LAD NL  116   93    6   1.7    92| .220  .253| .218  .322| .257  .382| .475  .704|  35  .159  -9.5  -1.0   0%
 1987 26 LAD NL  100   91    2   0.6   104| .141  .267| .141  .336| .185  .416| .326  .751| -13  .022 -15.2  -1.5   0%
 1988 27 LAD NL   52   43    2   1.3    88| .182  .254| .200  .317| .227  .373| .427  .690|  24  .108  -4.4  -0.5   0%
 1989 28 LAD NL   73   61    3   1.3    90| .182  .253| .182  .320| .212  .376| .394  .696|  13  .115  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1990 29 LAD NL   78   56    9   4.3    96| .304  .262| .310  .328| .420  .393| .730  .721| 101  .491   0.0   0.0   0%
 1994 33 PHI NL   16   13    1   2.1   111| .250  .277| .250  .344| .333  .433| .583  .777|  50  .169  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1995 34 SDP NL   35   27    4   4.0   104| .250  .267| .250  .336| .469  .416| .719  .752|  87  .411  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1996 35 SDP NL   66   57    2   0.9   102| .143  .264| .143  .332| .175  .413| .318  .745| -15  .047 -10.3  -1.0   0%
 1997 36 TOT NL   28   24    1   1.1   103| .182  .264| .182  .334| .182  .414| .364  .748|  -2  .064  -3.2  -0.3   0%
         SDP NL   21   18    1   1.5   102| .176  .262| .176  .333| .176  .411| .352  .744|  -4  .103  -2.5  -0.2   0%
         STL NL    7    6    0   0.0   107| .200  .269| .200  .341| .200  .423| .400  .764|   6  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 17 Seasons     1043  862   53   1.7    95| .200  .260| .205  .327| .262  .390| .467  .717|  30  .146 -91.6  -9.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1980 19 LAD NL P 10 0 3 0 1 1.000 .938 0.30 0.69 1.53 1.93 0 17.7 1981 20 LAD NL P 25 12 33 3 2 .938 .959 1.80 0.68 2.11 1.97 25 192.3 AS 1982 21 LAD NL P 37 20 64 2 4 .977 .952 2.27 0.70 2.65 1.96 37 285.0 AS RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 12.86 2.57 0 0.7 AS LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 AS OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 AS 1983 22 LAD NL P 35 20 54 2 5 .974 .952 2.11 0.68 2.59 1.92 35 257.0 AS 1984 23 LAD NL P 34 21 48 2 4 .972 .954 2.03 0.67 2.38 1.88 34 261.0 AS 1985 24 LAD NL P 35 18 45 0 0 1.000 .953 1.80 0.68 2.08 1.92 35 272.3 AS 1986 25 LAD NL P 34 29 47 1 2 .987 .955 2.24 0.66 2.54 1.94 34 269.3 GG,AS 1987 26 LAD NL P 34 15 53 4 2 .944 .955 2.00 0.62 2.44 1.91 34 251.0 1988 27 LAD NL P 23 6 38 1 2 .978 .954 1.91 0.69 2.78 1.96 22 142.3 1989 28 LAD NL P 31 18 35 5 4 .914 .946 1.71 0.63 2.43 1.87 31 196.7 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 10.59 9.53 0 1.7 1990 29 LAD NL P 33 5 31 3 2 .923 .957 1.09 0.58 1.59 1.80 33 204.0 1991 30 CAL AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.60 1.34 1.75 2 6.7 1993 32 BAL AL P 32 11 37 4 1 .923 .952 1.50 0.56 2.42 1.79 31 178.7 1994 33 PHI NL P 8 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.54 2.00 1.86 7 45.0 1995 34 SDP NL P 29 7 27 0 2 1.000 .955 1.17 0.51 3.39 1.84 15 90.3 1996 35 SDP NL P 33 11 38 1 0 .980 .953 1.48 0.52 2.57 1.84 31 171.7 1997 36 TOT NL P 18 5 24 2 0 .935 .954 1.61 0.52 2.93 1.85 18 89.0 SDP NL P 13 4 16 1 0 .952 .952 1.54 0.52 2.71 1.85 13 66.3 STL NL P 5 1 8 1 0 .900 .957 1.80 0.52 3.57 1.86 5 22.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 28 LAD NL 1B 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 10.59 9.53 0 1.7 1982 21 LAD NL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1982 21 LAD NL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1980 19 LAD NL P 10 0 3 0 1 1.000 .938 0.30 0.69 1.53 1.93 0 17.7 1981 20 LAD NL P 25 12 33 3 2 .938 .959 1.80 0.68 2.11 1.97 25 192.3 1982 21 LAD NL P 37 20 64 2 4 .977 .952 2.27 0.70 2.65 1.96 37 285.0 1983 22 LAD NL P 35 20 54 2 5 .974 .952 2.11 0.68 2.59 1.92 35 257.0 1984 23 LAD NL P 34 21 48 2 4 .972 .954 2.03 0.67 2.38 1.88 34 261.0 1985 24 LAD NL P 35 18 45 0 0 1.000 .953 1.80 0.68 2.08 1.92 35 272.3 1986 25 LAD NL P 34 29 47 1 2 .987 .955 2.24 0.66 2.54 1.94 34 269.3 1987 26 LAD NL P 34 15 53 4 2 .944 .955 2.00 0.62 2.44 1.91 34 251.0 1988 27 LAD NL P 23 6 38 1 2 .978 .954 1.91 0.69 2.78 1.96 22 142.3 1989 28 LAD NL P 31 18 35 5 4 .914 .946 1.71 0.63 2.43 1.87 31 196.7 1990 29 LAD NL P 33 5 31 3 2 .923 .957 1.09 0.58 1.59 1.80 33 204.0 1991 30 CAL AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.60 1.34 1.75 2 6.7 1993 32 BAL AL P 32 11 37 4 1 .923 .952 1.50 0.56 2.42 1.79 31 178.7 1994 33 PHI NL P 8 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.54 2.00 1.86 7 45.0 1995 34 SDP NL P 29 7 27 0 2 1.000 .955 1.17 0.51 3.39 1.84 15 90.3 1996 35 SDP NL P 33 11 38 1 0 .980 .953 1.48 0.52 2.57 1.84 31 171.7 1997 36 TOT NL P 18 5 24 2 0 .935 .954 1.61 0.52 2.93 1.85 18 89.0 SDP NL P 13 4 16 1 0 .952 .952 1.54 0.52 2.71 1.85 13 66.3 STL NL P 5 1 8 1 0 .900 .957 1.80 0.52 3.57 1.86 5 22.7 1982 21 LAD NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 12.86 2.57 0 0.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 453 200 586 30 31 .963 .954 1.74 0.62 2.41 1.90 424 2930.0 1B* 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.00 8.40 10.59 9.53 0 1.7 RF* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.60 12.86 2.57 0 0.7 LF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.60 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 OF* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1 0 1# +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 455 202 586 30 31 .963 .954 1.73 0.64 2.42 1.90 424 2933
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   2   2   1.06  1  0  0  1  17    10   2   3  10 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   2   2   2.45  1  1  0  0  14.2  10   4   5  10 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   1   1   4.00  1  0  0  1   9     9   4   7   6 
 1983   NLCS  LAD PHI     L   1   1   1.12  1  0  0  0   8     7   1   4   5 
 1985   NLCS  LAD STL     L   2   2   1.88  1  0  0  0  14.1  11   3  10  13 
 1996   NLDS  SDP STL     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   0.2   0   0   2   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   2   1.02  1  0  0  1  17.2  10   2   5  10 
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2   5   5   1.95  3  1  0  0  37    28   8  19  28 
  6 Postseason Ser      3-3   9   8   1.98  5  1  0  2  63.2  47  14  31  44 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   NLDS  LAD HOU     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
        NLCS  LAD MON     W   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD NYY     W   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1983   NLCS  LAD PHI     L   1   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0  .000  .250  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1985   NLCS  LAD STL     L   2   5   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .200  .200  .200   0  0   1   0   0 
 1996   NLDS  SDP STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       1-1   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   1   0   0 
  3 Lg Champ Series     1-2   5  13   0   1  0  0  0   1   1   0  .077  .143  .077   0  0   1   0   0 
  6 Postseason Series   3-3   9  20   0   1  0  0  0   1   2   1  .050  .136  .050   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1981   LAD NL   *  0  0  0   1     2   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  1  0  0  0 
 1982   LAD NL      0  0  0   0.2   0   0   0   2   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1983   LAD NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1984   LAD NL      0  0  0   2     2   0   0   0   3  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
 1985   LAD NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   1   1  0   0  1   0  0  0  0  0 
 1986   LAD NL      0  0  0   3     1   0   0   0   5  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 Played 5/6      1  0  0  0   7.2   5   0   0   3   9  0   0  1   0  1  0  0  0   0.00 
+-------------+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+------+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1981   LAD NL   *   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting P 
 1982   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1983   LAD NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1984   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1985   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
 1986   LAD NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 5/6      1   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1981 (P)
1982 *
1983
1984 *
1985 *
1986 *

Awards
1981-NL-CYA
1981-ML-Major League Player of the Year
1981-NL-ROY
1981-NL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

Gold Gloves
1986-NL--P

Silver Sluggers
1981-NL--P
1983-NL--P
All Multiple Winners

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-NL-5-0.27
1982-NL-21-0.01
1985-NL-23-0.00
1986-NL-19-0.01
Car-599-0.29 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1981-NL-1-0.58
1982-NL-3-0.21
1985-NL-5-0.03
1986-NL-2-0.73
1 Cy Young
Car-23-1.55 shares

Sac. Hits
1983 NL-12-4

ERA
1981 NL-2.48-7
1982 NL-2.87-5
1984 NL-3.03-10
1985 NL-2.45-6
1986 NL-3.14-10

Wins
1981 NL-13-2
1982 NL-19-2
1983 NL-15-6
1985 NL-17-10
1986 NL-21-1
1987 NL-14-8

Won-Loss %
1986 NL-.656-10

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1981 NL-1.045-2
1982 NL-1.158-9
1986 NL-1.155-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1981 NL-6.55-3
1982 NL-7.80-8
1984 NL-7.52-6
1985 NL-6.97-6
1986 NL-7.55-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1981 NL-8.42-3
1982 NL-6.28-10
1984 NL-8.28-3
1985 NL-6.87-7
1986 NL-8.09-5
1987 NL-6.81-7

Innings
1981 NL-192.3-1
1982 NL-285.0-2
1983 NL-257.0-5
1984 NL-261.0-2
1985 NL-272.3-3
1986 NL-269.3-2
1987 NL-251.0-3

Strikeouts
1981 NL-180-1
1982 NL-199-4
1983 NL-189-4
1984 NL-240-2
1985 NL-208-4
1986 NL-242-2
1987 NL-190-4
Car-2074-56

Games Started
1981 NL-25-1
1982 NL-37-2
1983 NL-35-5
1984 NL-34-3
1985 NL-35-8
1986 NL-34-10
1987 NL-34-8
1990 NL-33-7
Car-424-93

Comp. Games
1981 NL-11-1
1982 NL-18-2
1983 NL-9-4
1984 NL-12-2
1985 NL-14-2
1986 NL-20-1
1987 NL-12-1
1993 AL-5-10

Shutouts
1981 NL-8-1
1982 NL-4-4
1983 NL-4-2
1984 NL-2-8
1985 NL-5-3
1986 NL-3-3
1990 NL-2-9
1993 AL-2-5

Home Runs Allow.
1981 NL-11-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1981 NL-61-6
1982 NL-83-7
1983 NL-99-6
1984 NL-106-1
1985 NL-101-4
1986 NL-85-9
1987 NL-124-1
1988 NL-76-10
1989 NL-98-2
1990 NL-77-7
Car-1151-63

Hits Allowed
1982 NL-247-2
1983 NL-245-4
1984 NL-218-9
1986 NL-226-7
1987 NL-254-1
1990 NL-223-6

SO to Walk
1981 NL-2.95-3
1986 NL-2.85-6

Losses
1982 NL-13-10
1984 NL-17-2
1987 NL-14-8
1989 NL-13-8
1990 NL-13-8
1997 NL-12-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1982 NL-91-8
1983 NL-107-2
1984 NL-88-8
1986 NL-94-8
1987 NL-111-3
1990 NL-104-1

Wild Pitches
1983 NL-12-3
1984 NL-11-4
1985 NL-10-4
1986 NL-13-2
1987 NL-14-1
1990 NL-13-2
Car-119-47

Batters Faced
1981 NL-758-2
1982 NL-1156-2
1983 NL-1094-5
1984 NL-1078-1
1985 NL-1109-3
1986 NL-1102-1
1987 NL-1116-1

Adjusted ERA+
1981 NL-135-8
1982 NL-122-6
1985 NL-141-6

Salary
1986 NL-$1,600,000-10
1987 NL-$1,850,000-5
1988 NL-$2,050,000-5
1990 NL-$2,000,000-9

Youngest Player
1980 NL-19-1
1981 NL-20-3
1982 NL-21-7

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 19 (101) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 138 (113) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 25.0 (202) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 66.5 (173) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 6, 1979: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Yucatan (Mexican).

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 19, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

March 28, 1991: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

May 20, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

July 5, 1991: Released by the California Angels.

July 10, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the California Angels.

September 10, 1991: Released by the California Angels.

March 20, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

June 3, 1992: Purchased by the Jalisco (Mexican) from the Detroit Tigers.

February 27, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

October 29, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

June 24, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 5, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

November 11, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

November 5, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

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

July 15, 1997: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Los Angeles Dodgers$1,200,000
1986Los Angeles Dodgers$1,600,000
1987Los Angeles Dodgers$1,850,000
1988Los Angeles Dodgers$2,050,000
1989Los Angeles Dodgers$1,850,000
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$2,000,000
1991California Angels$300,000
1993Baltimore Orioles$650,000
1994San Diego Padres$275,000
1995San Diego Padres$425,000
1996San Diego Padres$1,000,000
1997San Diego Padres$1,650,000
Career (may be incomplete)$14,850,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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