Dodgers to honor Valenzuela with uniform patch in WS, 2025 season

The Dodgers will honor legendary pitcher Fernando Valenzuela with a uniform patch beginning with the World Series and continuing on through the 2025 season. The patch features Valenzuela’s first name and his No. 34, which the team retired in August 2023.

Valenzuela pitched parts of 11 seasons with the Dodgers, made six straight All-Star appearances and posted a 141-116 record and 3.31 ERA with L.A., earning a spot as one of the most popular players in franchise history.

Thanks to his rookie performance for the 1981 World Series championship team, Valenzuela became the first pitcher in MLB history to win the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year Awards in the same season. Valenzuela went 13-7 with a 2.48 ERA that season while also tossing an NL-leading 11 complete games and an MLB-high eight shutouts. He also led baseball with 180 strikeouts and topped the NL with 192 1/3 innings pitched.

Valenzuela capped his stellar rookie campaign with a complete game in Game 3 of the World Series against the Yankees, which helped propel the Dodgers to the title in six games.

Valenzuela’s best season with the Dodgers by winning percentage came in 1986, when he went 21-11 and finished second in the NL Cy Young voting.