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Fernando Valenzuela 2026 Season · Aguilas de Mexicali

Career: 173-153, 3.54 ERA, 2074 K in 2930.0 IP.

Awards: NL Cy Young (1981); Jackie Robinson NL Rookie of the Year (1981).

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Fernando Valenzuela Stats & Profile | Baseball NUT

Fernando Valenzuela

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P · Aguilas de Mexicali

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AGreat

+12.9Career NUT

+5.1 to Nutty

Career

3.54ERA1.32WHIP173W2074K2930.0IP2SV

L/L · 5' 11", 195 lb · b. Nov 1, 1960 · Navojoa, Mexico · Signed International FA, 1980

Player Overview

Year by Year


1980	19	LAD	—	2	0	0.00	10	0	0	0	4	1	1	66	17.2	8	0	5	0	16	0.74
1981	20	LAD	+2.7	13	7	2.48	25	25	11	8	0	0	0	758	192.1	140	53	61	1	180	1.05
1982	21	LAD	+3.5	19	13	2.87	37	37	18	4	0	0	0	1156	285.0	247	91	83	2	199	1.16
1983	22	LAD	+1.7	15	10	3.75	35	35	9	4	0	0	0	1094	257.0	245	107	99	3	189	1.34
1984	23	LAD	+2.9	12	17	3.03	34	34	12	2	0	0	0	1078	261.0	218	88	106	2	240	1.24
1985	24	LAD	+3.0	17	10	2.45	35	35	14	5	0	0	0	1109	272.1	211	74	101	1	208	1.15
1986	25	LAD	+3.6	21	11	3.14	34	34	20	3	0	0	0	1102	269.1	226	94	85	1	242	1.15
1987	26	LAD	+0.3	14	14	3.98	34	34	12	1	0	0	0	1116	251.0	254	111	124	4	190	1.51
1988	27	LAD	-1.3	5	8	4.24	23	22	3	0	1	1	1	626	142.1	142	67	76	0	64	1.53
1989	28	LAD	-0.3	10	13	3.43	31	31	3	0	0	0	0	852	196.2	185	75	98	2	116	1.44
1990	29	LAD	-0.4	13	13	4.59	33	33	5	2	0	0	0	900	204.0	223	104	77	0	115	1.47
1991	30	LAA	—	0	2	12.15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	36	6.2	14	9	3	0	5	2.55
1993	32	BAL	-1.3	8	10	4.94	32	31	5	2	0	0	0	768	178.2	179	98	79	4	78	1.44
1994	33	PHI	-0.3	1	2	3.00	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	182	45.0	42	15	7	0	19	1.09
1995	34	SD	-0.8	8	3	4.98	29	15	0	0	5	0	0	395	90.1	101	50	34	0	57	1.49
1996	35	SD	+0.2	13	8	3.62	33	31	0	0	0	0	0	741	171.2	177	69	67	0	95	1.42
1997	36	SD	-0.6	2	8	4.75	13	13	1	0	0	0	0	313	66.1	84	35	32	4	51	1.75
1997	36	STL	—	0	4	5.56	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	106	22.2	22	14	14	1	10	1.59
1997	36	TOT	-0.8	2	12	4.96	18	18	1	0	0	0	0	419	89.0	106	49	46	5	61	1.71
Career	—	17 yrs	+12.9	173	153	3.54	453	424	113	31	10	2	2	12398	2930.0	2718	1154	1151	25	2074	1.32

Stat definitions →

NUT Breakdown

K Ability

HR Prevention

Walk Avoidance

What's driving Valenzuela's career NUT of +12.9

Slice size = share of total NUT. K Ability = Strikeouts · HR Prevention = HR allowed · Walk Avoidance = BB + HBP.

Career NUT Trend

3.6

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NUT by Season

+2.7

+3.5

+1.7

+2.9

+3.0

+3.6

+0.3

-1.3

-0.3

-0.4

-1.3

-0.3

-0.8

+0.2

-0.8

Awards

1981NL Cy Young · Jackie Robinson NL Rookie of the Year · NL Player of the Week · NL All-Star · NL Pitcher of the Month · NL Silver Slugger · World Series Championship

1982NL All-Star

1983NL All-Star · NL Silver Slugger

1984NL All-Star

1985NL All-Star · NL Pitcher of the Month

1986NL Player of the Week · NL All-Star · Rawlings NL Gold Glove

1988World Series Champion*

1990NL Player of the Week

1993AL Pitcher of the Month

2023Uniform number retired

Minor League

Year	Age	Lv	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	BF	IP	H	ER	BB	HBP	SO	WHIP
1991	30	A+	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	19	4.0	4	0	3	0	2	1.75
1991	30	AA	3	1	1.96	4	4	1	1	93	23.0	18	5	6	1	17	1.04
1991	30	AAA	3	3	7.12	7	7	0	0	170	36.2	48	29	17	1	36	1.77
1993	32	AA	0	0	1.50	1	1	0	0	22	6.0	4	1	0	1	4	0.67
1993	32	AAA	0	1	10.80	1	1	0	0	18	3.1	6	4	3	0	1	2.70

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