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Photos: Dodgers’ Fernando Valenzuela as seen through the years – News Daily24
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela blows bubbles as he passes the time in the dugout during a rain delay before Game 3 of the National League playoffs against the Montreal Expos in Montreal on Oct. 18, 1981. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Manager Tommy Lasorda strums a guitar after Fernando Valenzuela is named Rookie of the Year in 1981 on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1981. (AP Photo/Wally Fong)
Looking more like a cowboy than a baseball player, Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching ace Fernando Valenzuela waves from atop the Grand Marshal’s float during the Christmas parade in downtown Los Angeles on Nov. 23, 1981. (AP Photo/Thanh My Huynh)
A box of Corn Flakes with Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela is seen in an exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, on July 11, 2023. (Photo by Mark Acosta, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)
With a large poster of himself in his prime as a Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher, Fernando Valenzuela answers reporters’ questions at a news conference announcing his return to the Dodger organization as a Spanish-language color commentator, at Dodger Stadium on Thursday, June 5, 2003. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela, right, makes his return to the Dodgers organization as a Spanish-language broadcaster as the Dodgers play the Chicago White Sox on Friday, May 6, 2003, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jerome T. Nakagawa)
Ex-Dodgers Manny Mota and Orel Hershiser reveal Fernando Valenzuela’s number 34 with other Dodger retired numbers at Dodger Stadium on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023. (File photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
From left, former Los Angeles Dodgers greats Steve Yeager and Fernando Valenzuela are seen with broadcaster Vin Scully before game two of the World Series against the Houston Astros at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017. (File photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Los Angeles Dodgers fans pose for photos in front of a Fernando Valenzuela sign prior to an Opening Day game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Washington Nationals in Los Angeles on Friday, April 9, 2021. (File photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Former Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela signs autographs during the Dodgers Fanfest at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019, in Los Angeles. (File photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela blows bubbles as he passes the time in the dugout during a rain delay before Game 3 of the National League playoffs against the Montreal Expos in Montreal on Oct. 18, 1981. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File)
Valenzuela’s death comes as the Dodgers prepare on Friday, Oct. 25, to start the 2024 World Series with a game at home against the New York Yankees. Valenzuela, who pitched in the 1981 World Series the last time the Dodgers faced the Yankees in the Fall Classic, will be honored during the series, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred has said.
