On June 29, 1990 Oakland
Athletics Dave Stewart no-hits the Toronto Blue Jays and the Los Angeles Dodgers
Fernando Valenzuela no-hits the St. Louis Cardinals.
It is the first time
no-hitters were thrown in both leagues on the same day.
The two were also teammates in 1981 with the Los Angeles
Dodgers, the last time the Dodgers won the World Series.
Stewart played 17 seasons in the MLB with the Dodgers, Texas
Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Athletics and Toronto Blue Jays.
Stewart ended his career with one All-Star nomination in
1989, a three-time World Series Champion in 1981 with the Dodgers, 1989 with
the Athletics and in 1993 with the Blue Jays. In 1989 he was also the World
Series MVP.
Stewart was a two time American League Championship Series
(ALCS) MVP in 1990 and 1993, with the Athletics and Blue Jays respectively. In
1989 he won the Babe Ruth award and in 1990 he won the Roberto Clemente Award.
Stewart finished his career with 168 wins and 129 losses, a
3.95 ERA with 1,741 strikeouts in the regular season.
In the post season Stewart excelled. In 22 games he pitched
133 innings with 10 wins and six losses, posting a 2.77 ERA with 73 strikeouts
while only allowing 13 home runs.
In the World Series, Stewart started eight games, and
pitched in 10 for a total of 57 innings. He accumulated a 2-4 record with an
ERA of 3.32 while striking out 33. Both of his World Series victories came with
the Athletics against the San Francisco Giants in the 1989 Battle of the Bay
World Series.
After retirement Stewart has served as pitching coach for
the San Diego Padres,
Milwaukee Brewers,
and Toronto Blue Jays.
He was also assistant general manager for the Blue Jays, and
for a time regarded as a candidate for GM.
He started a sports agency called Sports Management
Partners, and currently represents Major League players such as Matt Kemp and Chad Billingsley of
the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Valenzuela played 18 seasons in the MLB with the Dodgers,
California Angels, Baltimore Orioles, Philadelphia Phillies, San Diego Padres
and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Valenzuela ended his career with six All-Star nominations,
one World Series Championship in 1981 with the Dodgers.
He was the 1981 Rookie of the Year and CY Young award
winner, making the first time in history that a rookie had won both awards. He
was a Gold Glove winner in 1986, a two-time Silver Slugger winner in 1981 and
1983.
Valenzuela finished his career with 173 wins and 153 losses,
a 3.54 ERA and 2,074 strikeouts in the regular season.
In the post season Valenzuela was stellar. In nine games he
pitched 63.2 innings with five wins and one loss, posting a 1.98 ERA and 44
strikeouts all while allowing just one home run.
In his only World Series appearance Valenzuela pitched a
complete game, nine innings allowing four earned runs, striking out six for the
win over the New York Yankees.
After
retirement Valenzuela returned to the Dodgers organization in 2003 as the
Spanish-language radio color commentator for National League West games, joining
Jaime Jarrín and Pepe Ýñiguez in
the Spanish-language booth.
Valenzuela
also served on the coaching staff of Team Mexico
during the 2006
World Baseball Classic, 2009 World
Baseball Classic and 2013 World
Baseball Classic.
He
was inducted into the Hispanic
Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame on August 23, 2003, in a pregame on
the field ceremony at Dodger
Stadium.
In
2005, he was named one of three starting pitchers on Major League Baseball's Latino Legends Team.
Dodgers’
clubhouse manager Mitch Poole has unofficially kept Valenzuela's jersey
number 34 out of circulation out of respect for him.
On
October 26, 2010, ESPN broadcast a documentary commemorating Valenzuela's
arrival with the Dodgers titled Fernando
Nation as part of their 30 for 30 documentary series.
In
2013,
he was enshrined into the Caribbean
Baseball Hall of Fame.
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