Fernando Valenzuela's legacy in Major League Baseball ... but it was in 1981 when his career reached new heights, becoming the first rookie in history to win both the Cy Young Award and Rookie ...
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Farewell, Fernando Valenzuela
Fernando Valenzuela arrived in Los Angeles in a whirlwind ... fresh into piling up shutouts and complete games as a rookie in ...
The passing of Fernando Valenzuela marks the end of an era for the Dodgers and Major League Baseball. Valenzuela’s ...
Fernando Valenzuela died Tuesday ... “I have El Toro there tossing up a baseball, very confident as a rookie, when he had that hairdo, kind of just like a mop. Really cool style there ...
Cancel anytime. FILE - Los Angeles Dodger pitcher Fernando Valenzuela tips his sombrero at a news conference after he was named National League Rookie of the Year, Dec. 2, 1981, in Los Angeles.
The passing of Fernando 'Toro' Valenzuela this Tuesday has left Mexico ... he won both the 'Cy Young' award for best pitcher and the Rookie of the Year trophy. Born in November 1960 in ...
The game said good-bye to Willie Mays, Rickey Henderson, Fernando Valenzuela and Peter Edward ... He won both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards. And he captivated Los Angeles like ...
To this day, he remains the only man to win Rookie-of-the-Year and the Cy Young Award in the same season. Fernando “El Toro” Valenzuela may have inspired the “Fernando-mania” craze of the ...
Fernando Valenzuela, 63. The Mexican-born phenom for the Los Angeles Dodgers who inspired “Fernandomania” while winning the NL Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in 1981. Bela Karolyi ...
In the end, the Dodgers won the game, 5-4, largely due to the gritty performance of their rookie left-hander. Valenzuela gave up nine hits and seven walks in a 146-pitch complete-game, spurring ...