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Fernando Valenzuela

Game Log for 1981
Previous Season Next Season Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Apr 09 W, 2-0 vs Astros Start 1 1 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 2 0 5 0.00 W (1-0) LAD Apr 14 W, 7-1 at Giants Start 2 9.0 4 33 1 1 0 2 0 10 0.50 W (2-0) LAD Apr 18 W, 2-0 at Padres Start 3 2 9.0 5 33 0 0 0 0 0 10 0.33 W (3-0) LAD Apr 22 W, 1-0 at Astros Start 4 3 9.0 7 35 0 0 0 3 0 11 0.25 W (4-0) LAD Apr 27 W, 5-0 vs Giants Start 5 4 9.0 7 35 0 0 0 3 1 7 0.20 W (5-0) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD May 03 W, 6-1 at Expos Start 9.0 5 32 1 1 0 0 0 7 0.33 W (6-0) LAD May 08 W, 1-0 at Mets Start 6 5 9.0 7 37 0 0 0 5 0 11 0.29 W (7-0) LAD May 14 W, 3-2 vs Expos Start 7 9.0 3 31 2 2 2 1 0 7 0.50 W (8-0) LAD May 18 L, 0-4 vs Phillies Start 7.0 3 27 4 4 1 2 0 6 0.91 L (8-1) LAD May 23 W, 9-6 at Reds Start 8.0 8 36 5 4 0 5 1 3 1.24 LAD May 28 L, 4-9 at Braves Start 3.2 6 20 7 7 0 2 0 2 1.89 L (8-2) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Jun 01 W, 5-2 vs Braves Start 8 9.0 7 35 2 2 0 2 0 11 1.90 W (9-2) LAD Jun 06 L, 5-11 at Cubs Start 3.1 6 19 7 7 2 3 0 4 2.45 L (9-3) LAD Jun 11 L, 1-2 at Cardinals Start 7.0 3 27 2 2 1 2 1 9 2.45 L (9-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Aug 11 L, 6-7 vs Reds Start 4.1 5 22 3 3 1 4 0 3 2.60 LAD Aug 16 W, 6-5 vs Braves Start 5.0 8 23 5 5 3 0 0 9 2.87 LAD Aug 22 W, 3-2 at Cardinals Start 8.2 4 32 2 2 0 4 0 12 2.81 W (10-4) LAD Aug 27 W, 6-0 vs Cubs Start 9 6 9.0 4 31 0 0 0 2 0 10 2.63 W (11-4) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Sep 01 W, 3-2 vs Pirates Start 10.0 8 39 1 1 0 1 0 7 2.51 LAD Sep 06 W, 5-0 vs Cardinals Start 10 7 9.0 4 32 0 0 0 1 0 8 2.37 W (12-4) LAD Sep 12 L, 5-6 at Reds Start 6.1 9 31 4 4 0 4 1 4 2.49 LAD Sep 17 W, 2-0 vs Braves Start 11 8 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.36 W (13-4) LAD Sep 22 L, 2-5 at Giants Start 6.0 7 28 4 4 1 3 0 6 2.49 L (13-5) LAD Sep 27 L, 1-4 at Astros Start 7.0 7 28 4 4 0 2 0 5 2.59 L (13-6) Team Date Game Result Role CG SHO SV IP H BF R ER HR UW IW SO ERA Record LAD Oct 01 L, 0-1 vs Padres Start 8.0 5 28 1 0 0 2 0 7 2.48 L (13-7)

Pitcher data: Role: Start, finish or appear in middle relief; CG: Complete game; SHO: Shutout; Sv: Save; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BF: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; SO: Strikeouts; ERA: Earned run average

                                                                                                        Team
Role             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
As starter      13   7   2.48   25  25  11   0   0   8  192.1  140   758   55   53  11   57   4  180   16-9   3.60 runs/start

L/R              G   AB    R    H   TB  2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS   UW  IW  HP   SO  DP    BA   SLG   OBP   OPS
vs LHB              143    7   32   39   2   1   1    7   9   2   11   0   0   28   2  .224  .273  .276  .548
vs RHB              541   42  108  152  10   2  10   38  16   8   46   4   1  152   9  .200  .281  .268  .549

                                                                                                        Team
Site             W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Home             7   2   1.57   12  12   7   0   0   5   97.1   62   367   18   17   7   22   1   86    9-3   3.58 runs/start
Road             6   5   3.41   13  13   4   0   0   3   95.0   78   391   37   36   4   35   3   94    7-6   3.62 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Time of Day      W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Day              3   1   3.53    6   6   2   0   0   2   43.1   36   175   18   17   5   11   1   36    5-1   5.50 runs/start
Night           10   6   2.17   19  19   9   0   0   6  149.0  104   583   37   36   6   46   3  144   11-8   3.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Month            W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
April            5   0   0.20    5   5   5   0   0   4   45.0   28   169    1    1   0   10   1   43    5-0   3.40 runs/start
May              3   2   3.55    6   6   2   0   0   1   45.2   32   183   19   18   3   15   1   36    4-2   3.83 runs/start
June             1   2   5.12    3   3   1   0   0   0   19.1   16    81   11   11   3    7   1   24    1-2   3.67 runs/start
August           2   0   3.33    4   4   1   0   0   1   27.0   21   108   10   10   4   10   0   34    3-1   5.25 runs/start
September        2   2   2.47    6   6   2   0   0   2   47.1   38   189   13   13   1   13   1   36    3-3   3.00 runs/start
October          0   1   0.00    1   1   0   0   0   0    8.0    5    28    1    0   0    2   0    7    0-1   0.00 runs/start

                                                                                                        Team
Opponent         W   L    ERA    G  GS  CG  GF  SV  SHO   IP     H    BF    R   ER  HR   UW  IW   SO   Record
Astros           2   1   1.44    3   3   2   0   0   2   25.0   19    96    4    4   0    7   0   21    2-1   1.33 runs/start
Braves           2   1   4.72    4   4   2   0   0   1   26.2   24   109   14   14   3    6   0   28    3-1   4.25 runs/start
Cardinals        2   1   1.46    3   3   1   0   0   1   24.2   11    91    4    4   1    7   1   29    2-1   3.00 runs/start
Cubs             1   1   5.11    2   2   1   0   0   1   12.1   10    50    7    7   2    5   0   14    1-1   5.50 runs/start
Expos            2   0   1.50    2   2   1   0   0   0   18.0    8    63    3    3   2    1   0   14    2-0   4.50 runs/start
Giants           2   1   1.88    3   3   2   0   0   1   24.0   18    96    5    5   1    8   1   23    2-1   4.67 runs/start
Mets             1   0   0.00    1   1   1   0   0   1    9.0    7    37    0    0   0    5   0   11    1-0   1.00 runs/start
Padres           1   1   0.00    2   2   1   0   0   1   17.0   10    61    1    0   0    2   0   17    1-1   1.00 runs/start
Phillies         0   1   5.14    1   1   0   0   0   0    7.0    3    27    4    4   1    2   0    6    0-1   0.00 runs/start
Pirates          0   0   0.90    1   1   0   0   0   0   10.0    8    39    1    1   0    1   0    7    1-0   3.00 runs/start
Reds             0   0   5.30    3   3   0   0   0   0   18.2   22    89   12   11   1   13   2   10    1-2   6.67 runs/start

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