Fernando Valenzuela career saves

• Best season on file: 1 in 1980.
• Most recent: 0 in 1997.

Sum of 17 regular seasons, 1980 through 1997. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.

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Fernando Valenzuela career saves, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1980	LAD	10	2	0	0.00	18.0	16	5	0.72	1
1981	LAD	25	13	7	2.48	192.0	180	61	1.05	0
1982	LAD	37	19	13	2.87	285.0	199	83	1.16	0
1983	LAD	35	15	10	3.75	257.0	189	99	1.34	0
1984	LAD	34	12	17	3.03	261.0	240	106	1.24	0
1985	LAD	35	17	10	2.45	272.1	208	101	1.15	0
1986	LAD	34	21	11	3.14	269.1	242	85	1.15	0
1987	LAD	34	14	14	3.98	251.0	190	124	1.51	0
1988	LAD	23	5	8	4.24	142.1	64	76	1.53	1
1989	LAD	31	10	13	3.43	196.2	116	98	1.44	0
1990	LAD	33	13	13	4.59	204.0	115	77	1.47	0
1991	LAA	2	0	2	12.15	6.2	5	3	2.55	0
1993	BAL	32	8	10	4.94	178.2	78	79	1.44	0
1994	PHI	8	1	2	3.00	45.0	19	7	1.09	0
1995	SD	29	8	3	4.98	90.1	57	34	1.49	0
1996	SD	33	13	8	3.62	171.2	95	67	1.42	0
1997	SD/STL	18	2	12	4.96	89.0	61	46	1.71	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV