Reporter Park Sang-hyun = ‘El Toro (Bull)’ Fernando Valenzuela, who played a big role as a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1980s, will have his number 34 permanently retired.
The Los Angeles Dodgers announced on its official website on the 5th (Korean time) that Valenzuela’s uniform number 34 will be permanently retired and a commemorative ceremony will be held from August 12th to 14th.
As a result, Valenzuela is Pee-wee Reese (number 1), Tommy Lasorda (number 2), Duke Snider (number 4), Jill Hodges (number 14), Jim Gilliam (number 19), Don Sutton (number 20), Walter Alston (number 24). Burn), Sandy Koufax (32), Roy Campanella (39), Jackie Robinson (42), and Don Drysdale (53).
Valenzuela, who made his MLB debut in 1980 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, recorded 141 of his 173 career wins with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Valenzuela was instrumental in 1981, when the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series.
Valenzuela, who recorded 13-7 and a 2.48 ERA in the 1981 regular season, won a complete victory with 4 runs in 9 innings when he won 5-4 in Game 3 of the World Series against the New York Yankees. Valenzuela won both the National League Rookie of the Year Award and the Cy Young Award in 1981.
Valenzuela was responsible for the starting lineup of the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning 19 wins in 1982 and 21 wins in 1986. 메이저사이트
However, Valenzuela was released from the Los Angeles Dodgers during spring training in 1991 and has not been able to escape the decline since. Valenzuela, who won 141 games in 11 seasons since his debut until 1990, only won 32 games in six seasons from 1991 to 1997 (he didn’t play in 1992). He won 13 games in San Diego in 1996, but failed to win double figures the rest of the season. In 1997, his final season, he went 2-12.
Valenzuela’s relationship with the Los Angeles Dodgers was strained for a while after a bad split in 1991, but they dramatically reconciled with the club in 2003. The Los Angeles Dodgers also found it difficult to ignore the influence of Valenzuela as they took Los Angeles, California, where there are many Mexican immigrants, and eventually treated it as a Dodgers legend.