Fernando Valenzuela

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Major League Baseball player baseball player human pitcher

Fernando Valenzuela is a Mexican former Major League Baseball pitcher who became a cultural phenomenon in the 1980s, known for his dominant performances, distinctive screwball, and key role in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ success.

Aliases (1)

Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Baseball player → baseball player → human → pitcher →
awardReceived	All-Star selection → Gold Glove Award → Cy Young Award → surface form: "National League Cy Young Award" National League Rookie of the Year Award → Silver Slugger Award →
bats	right →
countryOfCitizenship	Mexico →
dateOfBirth	1960-11-01 →
ethnicGroup	Mexican →
familyName	Valenzuela →
fullName	Fernando Valenzuela → surface form: "Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea"
givenName	Fernando →
hallOfFame	Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame →
inductedIntoHallOfFame	Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame →
influenced	growth of Latino fan base for Los Angeles Dodgers →
jerseyNumber	34 →
languageSpoken	Spanish →
laterOccupation	baseball broadcaster → team executive →
league	Major League Baseball →
memberOfSportsTeam	Baltimore Orioles → Los Angeles Angels → surface form: "California Angels" Los Angeles Dodgers → Monterrey Sultanes → Philadelphia Phillies → San Diego Padres → St. Louis Cardinals →
MLBDebutDate	1980-09-15 →
MLBDebutTeam	Los Angeles Dodgers →
notableAchievement	led National League in strikeouts in 1981 → pitched no-hitter for Los Angeles Dodgers in 1990 → won Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year in same season →
notableFor	cultural phenomenon known as "Fernandomania" → popularizing baseball among Mexican-American communities in Los Angeles → screwball pitch →
numberOfAllStarSelections	6 →
numberRetired	34 →
placeOfBirth	Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico →
positionPlayed	pitcher →
season	1981 →
sport	baseball →
teamRetiredNumber	Los Angeles Dodgers →
teamWonWorldSeriesWith	Los Angeles Dodgers →
throws	left →
workedFor	Los Angeles Dodgers Spanish-language broadcasts →
worldSeriesChampion	1981 →

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Fernando Valenzuela → fullName → Fernando Valenzuela →

this entity surface form: "Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea"

Los Angeles Dodgers → notablePlayer → Fernando Valenzuela →