Player Report for #17 Fernando Valenzuela

Player Demographics
	Name:	Fernando Valenzuela	Height:	5' 10"
	Nickname:		Weight:	202 lbs
	Date of Birth:	November 1, 1960	Bats:	L
	Drafted:	Drafted by the Seattle Mariners with the 1^st pick in the 1^st round of the 1979 draft	Throws:	L
	Current Status:	Currently with Seattle Pilots
	Links:	Development History

Honors and Awards
Award	Years	Times Won
Cy Young Award	1980	1
Rookie of the Year	1980	1
All-Star	1980, 1981, 1983	3
Pitcher of the Month	7/80, 8/80	2
Rookie of the Month	7/80, 8/80, 9/80	3

Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HP	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	WAR	ERC	FIP	ERA+
1980 - SEA (AS)	19	33	33	18	7	0	2.65	254.3	191	84	75	21	102	232	4	0	6	2	1.15	.253	5.6	2.70	3.65	161
1981 - SEA (AS)	20	33	33	12	12	0	3.63	252.7	209	112	102	32	82	219	6	0	8	2	1.15	.252	4.2	3.09	4.09	116
1982 - SEA	21	13	13	4	5	0	3.72	94.3	76	41	39	9	40	72	1	0	4	0	1.23	.253	1.6	3.14	4.19	115
1983 - SEA (AS)	22	33	33	16	10	0	2.92	258.7	194	89	84	28	86	217	1	0	10	1	1.08	.236	5.2	2.55	3.93	145
1984 - HLY	23	31	31	13	10	0	3.71	240.3	206	101	99	25	97	205	2	0	9	1	1.26	.271	4.4	3.38	4.06	104
1985 - MON	24	32	32	17	9	0	4.03	237.0	201	114	106	31	81	187	1	0	13	1	1.19	.248	3.8	3.19	4.35	101
1986 - SF	25	30	30	12	13	0	5.44	202.0	207	135	122	33	124	153	2	0	3	1	1.64	.287	-0.2	5.59	5.65	74
1987 - SF	26	19	10	5	1	0	4.66	94.7	82	50	49	18	52	92	0	0	0	0	1.42	.261	-0.1	4.57	5.38	92
1988 - SF	27	31	31	7	15	0	4.79	197.3	180	116	105	27	117	156	1	0	1	0	1.51	.273	0.9	4.64	5.18	84
1989 - SF	28	12	12	3	6	0	5.59	74.0	62	49	46	10	49	59	0	0	0	0	1.50	.246	0.0	4.38	5.35	65
1990 - SF	29	8	7	3	3	0	4.38	49.3	38	26	24	4	38	46	0	0	2	0	1.54	.260	0.4	4.04	4.70	89
1990 - PIT	29	3	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.7	5	4	4	0	5	13	0	0	0	0	1.50	.455	0.3	2.85	1.55	83
1990 - Tot	29	11	7	3	3	0	4.50	56.0	43	30	28	4	43	59	0	0	2	0	1.54	.275	0.7	3.89	4.33	88
1991 - SEA	30	27	27	11	11	0	4.82	192.3	154	106	103	28	123	150	3	0	5	0	1.44	.241	0.5	4.33	5.45	89
1992 - TEX	31	32	32	5	23	0	6.84	193.3	210	161	147	28	157	154	3	0	6	1	1.90	.312	0.3	6.47	5.93	64
w/ SD (1xPOY, 3xAS)		143	143	63	44	0	3.26	1100.3	876	427	399	115	407	945	14	0	37	6	1.17	.253	21.0	2.94	3.95	130
w/ MON		32	32	17	9	0	4.03	237.0	201	114	106	31	81	187	1	0	13	1	1.19	.248	3.8	3.19	4.35	101
w/ SF		100	90	30	38	0	5.04	617.3	569	376	346	92	380	506	3	0	6	1	1.54	.272	1.2	4.86	5.34	80
w/ PIT		3	0	0	0	0	5.40	6.7	5	4	4	0	5	13	0	0	0	0	1.50	.455	0.3	2.85	1.55	83
w/ SEA		27	27	11	11	0	4.82	192.3	154	106	103	28	123	150	3	0	5	0	1.44	.241	0.5	4.33	5.45	89
w/ TEX		32	32	5	23	0	6.84	193.3	210	161	147	28	157	154	3	0	6	1	1.90	.312	0.3	6.47	5.93	64
Per 162 games		35	33	13	13	0	4.24	241.4	207	122	114	30	119	201	2	0	7	1	1.35	.262	2.8	3.83	4.64	105
Totals		337	324	126	125	0	4.24	2347.0	2015	1188	1105	294	1153	1955	24	0	67	9	1.35	.262	27.1	3.83	4.64	105

Expanded Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	BF	PI	R/9IP	H/9IP	K/9IP	BB/9IP	HR/9IP	K/BB	QS	QS%	CG%	GF	GB	FB	GB%	WP	BK	BS	SV%	SVO
1980 - SEA (AS)	19	1041	3996	2.97	6.76	8.21	3.61	0.74	2.27	25	75.8	18.2	0	226	274	45.2	3	4	0	0.0	0
1981 - SEA (AS)	20	1043	4061	3.99	7.44	7.80	2.92	1.14	2.67	20	60.6	24.2	0	224	286	43.9	3	1	0	0.0	0
1982 - SEA	21	392	1448	3.91	7.25	6.87	3.82	0.86	1.80	6	46.2	30.8	0	76	122	38.4	0	0	0	0.0	0
1983 - SEA (AS)	22	1047	4041	3.10	6.75	7.55	2.99	0.97	2.52	23	69.7	30.3	0	237	299	44.2	5	1	0	0.0	0
1984 - HLY	23	1003	3773	3.78	7.71	7.68	3.63	0.94	2.11	21	67.7	29.0	0	190	297	39.0	3	3	0	0.0	0
1985 - MON	24	991	3603	4.33	7.63	7.10	3.08	1.18	2.31	15	46.9	40.6	0	188	322	36.9	3	0	0	0.0	0
1986 - SF	25	923	3528	6.01	9.22	6.82	5.52	1.47	1.23	11	36.7	10.0	0	179	248	41.9	4	0	0	0.0	0
1987 - SF	26	409	1640	4.75	7.80	8.75	4.94	1.71	1.77	4	40.0	0.0	5	74	106	41.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
1988 - SF	27	870	3437	5.29	8.21	7.11	5.34	1.23	1.33	18	58.1	3.2	0	197	212	48.2	6	3	0	0.0	0
1989 - SF	28	331	1278	5.96	7.54	7.18	5.96	1.22	1.20	4	33.3	0.0	0	73	84	46.5	4	1	0	0.0	0
1990 - PIT	29	31	124	5.40	6.75	17.55	6.75	0.00	2.60	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	3	57.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
1990 - SF	29	220	863	4.74	6.93	8.39	6.93	0.73	1.21	4	57.1	28.6	1	37	58	39.0	0	0	1	0.0	1
1990 - Tot	29	251	987	4.82	6.91	9.48	6.91	0.64	1.37	4	57.1	28.6	3	41	61	40.2	0	0	1	0.0	1
1991 - SEA	30	834	3176	4.96	7.21	7.02	5.76	1.31	1.22	12	44.4	18.5	0	169	233	42.0	7	1	0	0.0	0
1992 - TEX	31	933	3583	7.49	9.78	7.17	7.31	1.30	0.98	8	25.0	18.8	0	196	200	49.5	4	2	0	0.0	0
w/ SD (1xPOY, 3xAS)		4526	17319	3.49	7.17	7.73	3.33	0.94	2.32	95	66.4	25.9	0	953	1278	42.7	14	9	0	0.0	0
w/ MON		991	3603	4.33	7.63	7.10	3.08	1.18	2.31	15	46.9	40.6	0	188	322	36.9	3	0	0	0.0	0
w/ SF		2753	10746	5.48	8.30	7.38	5.54	1.34	1.33	41	45.6	6.7	6	560	708	44.2	14	4	1	0.0	1
w/ PIT		31	124	5.40	6.75	17.55	6.75	0.00	2.60	0	0.0	0.0	2	4	3	57.1	0	0	0	0.0	0
w/ SEA		834	3176	4.96	7.21	7.02	5.76	1.31	1.22	12	44.4	18.5	0	169	233	42.0	7	1	0	0.0	0
w/ TEX		933	3583	7.49	9.78	7.17	7.31	1.30	0.98	8	25.0	18.8	0	196	200	49.5	4	2	0	0.0	0
Per 162 games		1036	3966	4.56	7.73	7.50	4.42	1.13	1.70	18	52.8	20.7	1	213	282	43.0	4	2	0	0.0	0
Totals		10068	38551	4.56	7.73	7.50	4.42	1.13	1.70	171	52.8	20.7	8	2070	2744	43.0	42	16	1	0.0	1

Postseason Pitching Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	HP	HLD	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	ERC	FIP
1980 - SEA	19	2	2	1	1	0	2.20	16.3	8	4	4	1	6	13	0	0	1	0	0.86	.179	1.45	3.51
1985 - MON	24	1	1	0	1	0	14.73	3.7	8	6	6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2.45	.615	10.48	1.29
w/ HLY		2	2	1	1	0	2.20	16.3	8	4	4	1	6	13	0	0	1	0	0.86	.179	1.45	3.51
w/ MON		1	1	0	1	0	14.73	3.7	8	6	6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	2.45	.615	10.48	1.29
Per 162 games		34	34	11	23	0	4.50	226.7	181	113	113	11	79	204	0	0	11	0	1.15	.288	2.66	3.10
Totals		3	3	1	2	0	4.50	20.0	16	10	10	1	7	18	0	0	1	0	1.15	.288	2.66	3.10

Fielding Stats

Year/Team	Age	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	SBA	RTO	RTO%
1980 - SEA	19	P	33	33	8	42	0	51	1	.980	254.3	1.77	0.3
1981 - SEA	20	P	33	33	8	27	0	37	2	.946	252.7	1.25	-0.8
1982 - SEA	21	P	13	13	4	12	0	16	0	1.000	94.3	1.53	0.2
1983 - SEA	22	P	33	33	6	27	1	33	0	1.000	258.7	1.15	-0.9
1984 - HLY	23	P	31	31	4	29	1	33	0	1.000	240.3	1.24	-0.4
1985 - MON	24	P	32	32	6	32	1	38	0	1.000	237.0	1.44	-0.1
1986 - SF	25	P	30	30	8	26	2	37	3	.919	202.0	1.51	-1.9
1987 - SF	26	P	19	10	5	20	1	25	0	1.000	94.7	2.38	-0.0
1988 - SF	27	P	31	31	6	29	2	35	0	1.000	197.3	1.60	-1.0
1989 - SF	28	P	12	12	5	7	0	12	0	1.000	74.0	1.46	-0.3
1990 - SF	29	P	8	7	0	4	0	5	1	.800	49.3	0.73	-0.9
1990 - PIT	29	P	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	6.7	0.00	-0.1
1990 - P Tot	29	P	11	7	0	4	0	5	1	.800	56.0	0.64	-1.0
1991 - SEA	30	P	27	27	2	23	0	25	0	1.000	192.3	1.17	-1.0
1992 - TEX	31	P	32	32	5	24	0	30	1	.967	193.3	1.35	-1.1
Pitcher			337	324	67	302	8	377	8	.979	2347.0	1.42	-8.0

Leaderboard Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
1980	33	5
1981	33	2
1983	33	5

Year	W	Rank
1980	18	3
1983	16	5
1985	17	9

Year	L	Rank
1992	23	1

Year	Win%	Rank
1980	.720	3
1983	.615	9
1985	.654	9

Year	IP	Rank
1980	254.1	3
1981	252.2	4
1983	258.2	4

Year	BF	Rank
1980	1041	2
1981	1043	6
1983	1047	5

Year	HRA	Rank
1981	32	5
1983	28	9
1986	33	8

Year	BB	Rank
1980	102	2
1981	82	8
1984	97	7
1986	124	3
1988	117	1
1991	123	3
1992	157	1

Year	K	Rank
1980	232	1
1981	219	1
1983	217	1
1984	205	3
1985	187	5

Year	ERA	Rank
1980	2.65	2
1983	2.92	2

Year	BABIP	Rank
1980	.253	7
1981	.252	6
1983	.236	2

Year	WHIP	Rank
1980	1.15	5
1981	1.15	6
1983	1.08	2

Year	K/BB	Rank
1980	2.27	7
1981	2.67	8
1983	2.52	6

Year	RA/9IP	Rank
1980	10.51	5
1981	10.58	7
1983	9.78	2

Year	H/9IP	Rank
1980	6.76	1
1981	7.44	4
1983	6.75	2

Year	K/9IP	Rank
1980	8.21	2
1981	7.80	2
1983	7.55	2
1984	7.68	3
1985	7.10	7

Year	VORP	Rank
1980	80.8	4
1983	84.3	5

Year	QS	Rank
1980	25	1
1981	20	8
1983	23	2

Year	QS%	Rank
1980	75.8	2
1983	69.7	5
1984	67.7	9

Year	CG	Rank
1983	10	5
1984	9	8
1985	13	1

Year	CG%	Rank
1983	30.3	7
1984	29.0	7
1985	40.6	1

Year	SHO	Rank
1980	2	3
1981	2	6
1984	1	9

Year	WAR	Rank
1980	6.06	2
1981	4.65	10
1983	5.63	3
1984	4.51	10

Career Metrics
Black Ink	8
Gray Ink	57
HOF Standards (pitching)	14

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Player	Score
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David Clyde	901
Jack Morris	891
Mike Morgan	891
Jose DeLeon	891

Trades
Date	Traded By	With	Traded To	For
December 25th, 1984	Hollywood Stars	P Frank DiPino	Montreal Expos	P Ray Fontenot
December 25th, 1985	Montreal Expos	P Larry McWilliams	San Francisco Giants	P Alejandro Pena
July 30th, 1990	San Francisco Giants	SS Roy Smalley	Pittsburgh Pirates	RF Pedro Guerrero SS Lou Whitaker
January 14th, 1991	Pittsburgh Pirates	-	Seattle Pilots	P Jose Mesa