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Fernando Valenzuela

Dodgers Career team 1980 to 1990
Position P
Born Nov 1, 1960

Key Insights

1997
This opponent has his number every time they meet

Mark Parent has hit .583/.583/1.167 against Valenzuela over 12 plate appearances, more than any other hitter has managed.

7 for 12 with 2 home runs and 1 strikeout, against a .656 OPS median across his matchups.
This matchup ends in a strikeout more often than not

Valenzuela has struck Bill Laskey out 10 times in 17 plate appearances, 58.8% of everything between them.

10 strikeouts in 17 plate appearances.
He cannot get the bat on this opponent's pitches

No hitter swings through more of what Valenzuela throws than Dave Kingman: 75% of the swings between them come up empty.

19 plate appearances between them. 100th percentile of the 227 matchups on his own record.
One opponent brings the best out of him

Neal Heaton has hit .000/.000/.000 against Valenzuela over 13 plate appearances, the least any regular opponent has managed.

0 for 8 with 0 home runs and 2 strikeouts, against a .656 OPS median across his matchups.
He owns this opponent, and the record is not close

Ron Gardenhire is 0 for 12 against Valenzuela, a .000 average that is the worst any regular opponent has managed.

13 career plate appearances.
The long balls in this matchup all go one way

Dale Murphy has taken Valenzuela deep 8 times, once every 16.0 plate appearances between them.

128 career plate appearances against him.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Nov 1, 1960