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Fernando Valenzuela played 17 major-league seasons (1980-1997) as a P (453), OF (1), 1B (1). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 15 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 20 | LAN | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | -100 |
| 1981 | 21 | LAN | 25 | 64 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .250 | .543 | 59 |
| 1982 | 22 | LAN | 38 | 95 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 16 | .168 | .390 | 13 |
| 1983 | 23 | LAN | 36 | 91 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 23 | .187 | .446 | 27 |
| 1984 | 24 | LAN | 35 | 79 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .190 | .542 | 55 |
| 1985 | 25 | LAN | 35 | 97 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .216 | .482 | 39 |
| 1986 | 26 | LAN | 39 | 109 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .220 | .475 | 35 |
| 1987 | 27 | LAN | 38 | 92 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .141 | .326 | -11 |
| 1988 | 28 | LAN | 23 | 44 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .182 | .427 | 27 |
| 1989 | 29 | LAN | 34 | 66 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .182 | .394 | 16 |
| 1990 | 30 | LAN | 35 | 69 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .304 | .730 | 106 |
| 1994 | 34 | PHI | 8 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .583 | 56 |
| 1995 | 35 | SDN | 29 | 32 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .250 | .719 | 90 |
| 1996 | 36 | SDN | 36 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .143 | .317 | -14 |
| 1997 | 37 | SDN|SLN | 19 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .182 | .364 | -1 |
| Year | Age | Team | G | GS | W | L | SV | IP | SO | BB | ERA | ERA+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 20 | LAN | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17.2 | 16 | 5 | 0.00 | — |
| 1981 | 21 | LAN | 25 | 25 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 192.1 | 180 | 61 | 2.48 | 141 |
| 1982 | 22 | LAN | 37 | 37 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 285 | 199 | 83 | 2.87 | 125 |
| 1983 | 23 | LAN | 35 | 35 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 257 | 189 | 99 | 3.75 | 97 |
| 1984 | 24 | LAN | 34 | 34 | 12 | 17 | 0 | 261 | 240 | 106 | 3.03 | 118 |
| 1985 | 25 | LAN | 35 | 35 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 272.1 | 208 | 101 | 2.45 | 147 |
| 1986 | 26 | LAN | 34 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 0 | 269.1 | 242 | 85 | 3.14 | 118 |
| 1987 | 27 | LAN | 34 | 34 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 251 | 190 | 124 | 3.98 | 103 |
| 1988 | 28 | LAN | 23 | 22 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 142.1 | 64 | 76 | 4.24 | 81 |
| 1989 | 29 | LAN | 31 | 31 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 196.2 | 116 | 98 | 3.43 | 102 |
| 1990 | 30 | LAN | 33 | 33 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 204 | 115 | 77 | 4.59 | 83 |
| 1991 | 31 | CAL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 12.15 | 34 |
| 1993 | 33 | BAL | 32 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 178.2 | 78 | 79 | 4.94 | 88 |
| 1994 | 34 | PHI | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 19 | 7 | 3.00 | 140 |
| 1995 | 35 | SDN | 29 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 90.1 | 57 | 34 | 4.98 | 84 |
| 1996 | 36 | SDN | 33 | 31 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 171.2 | 95 | 67 | 3.62 | 116 |
| 1997 | 37 | SDN|SLN | 18 | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 89 | 61 | 46 | 4.96 | 85 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | P | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 1981 | P | 25 | 25 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 2 |
| 1982 | P | 37 | 37 | 20 | 64 | 2 | 4 |
| 1982 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | P | 35 | 35 | 20 | 54 | 2 | 5 |
| 1984 | P | 34 | 34 | 21 | 48 | 2 | 4 |
| 1985 | P | 35 | 35 | 18 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | P | 34 | 34 | 29 | 47 | 1 | 2 |
| 1987 | P | 34 | 34 | 15 | 53 | 4 | 2 |
| 1988 | P | 23 | 22 | 6 | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| 1989 | P | 31 | 31 | 18 | 35 | 5 | 4 |
| 1989 | 1B | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | P | 33 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| 1991 | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | P | 32 | 31 | 11 | 37 | 4 | 1 |
| 1994 | P | 8 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | P | 29 | 15 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | P | 33 | 31 | 11 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | P | 18 | 18 | 5 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Fernando Valenzuela won: Cy Young Award 1981 (NL), Rookie of the Year 1981 (NL), Silver Slugger 1981 (NL), TSN All-Star 1981 (NL), Silver Slugger 1983 (NL), Gold Glove 1986 (NL), TSN All-Star 1986 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (9 ballot finishes, 2 wins). Full year pages: 1986, 1985, 1982, 1981.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Cy Young Award (winner) | NL | 1 | 70 / 120 | 8 |
| 1981 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 90 / 336 | 1 |
| 1981 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 107 / 120 | 17 |
| 1982 | Cy Young Award | NL | 4 | 25 / 120 | 1 |
| 1982 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 22 | 3 / 336 | 0 |
| 1985 | Cy Young Award | NL | 5 | 4 / 120 | 0 |
| 1985 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 25 | 1 / 336 | 0 |
| 1986 | Cy Young Award | NL | 2 | 88 / 120 | 9 |
| 1986 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 20 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.