Fernando Valenzuela vs Frank Tanana

Fernando Valenzuela Frank Tanana

Fernando Valenzuela and Frank Tanana compared on their MLB careers: Fernando Valenzuela played 17 seasons, 1980 to 1997, Frank Tanana 21 seasons, 1973 to 1993. Fernando Valenzuela has 173 wins to Frank Tanana's 240. Fernando Valenzuela won 2 titles.

Who has the better career numbers?

Fernando Valenzuela and Frank Tanana career totals

453	GP	638
173	W	240
153	L	236
3.5	ERA	3.7
2,930	IP	4186.2
2,074	K	2,773
1,151	BB	1,255
1.3	WHIP	1.3
2	SV	1

How do they compare in the postseason?

Fernando Valenzuela and Frank Tanana postseason

9	GP	2
0	R	4
47	H	12

Where each stands all time

Fernando Valenzuela and Frank Tanana all-time places

82nd (2,074)	Strikeouts (pitching)	26th (2,773)
175th (173)	Wins (pitching)	55th (240)

Among the MLB players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

Fernando Valenzuela: 2 championships; NL Cy Young, NL Rookie of the Year, NL Silver Slugger ×2, NL Gold Glove
Frank Tanana: 0 championships; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

Fernando Valenzuela and Frank Tanana season by season

1st	1980	2	0	0.00	1973	2	2	3.12
2nd	1981	13	7	2.48	1974	14	19	3.11
3rd	1982	19	13	2.87	1975	16	9	2.63
4th	1983	15	10	3.75	1976	19	10	2.44
5th	1984	12	17	3.03	1977	15	9	2.54
6th	1985	17	10	2.45	1978	18	12	3.65
7th	1986	21	11	3.14	1979	7	5	3.90
8th	1987	14	14	3.98	1980	11	12	4.15
9th	1988	5	8	4.24	1981	4	10	4.02
10th	1989	10	13	3.43	1982	7	18	4.21
11th	1990	13	13	4.59	1983	7	9	3.16
12th	1991	0	2	12.15	1984	15	15	3.25
13th	1993	8	10	4.94	1985	12	14	4.27
14th	1994	1	2	3.00	1986	12	9	4.16
15th	1995	8	3	4.98	1987	15	10	3.91
16th	1996	13	8	3.62	1988	14	11	4.21
17th	1997	2	12	4.96	1989	10	14	3.58
18th	—	—	—	—	1990	9	8	5.31
19th	—	—	—	—	1991	13	12	3.77
20th	—	—	—	—	1992	13	11	4.39
21st	—	—	—	—	1993	7	17	4.35

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA