The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor franchise great Fernando Valenzuela with a jersey patch in the World Series and during the 2025 season.

The team unveiled the patch on Thursday: a circular design with a black background, his name in white and a large number 34 in Dodger Blue.

Valenzuela, who as a rookie created a fan phenomenon known as “Fernandomania” and became a Dodgers legend, died Tuesday night at the age of 63.

In memory of our hero Fernando Valenzuela, the Dodgers will wear this uniform patch during the World Series and throughout the 2025 season. pic.twitter.com/7HozGMf2Tr

— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) October 24, 2024

No cause of death was given.

Valenzuela pitched for the Dodgers from 1980 to 1990, then played for the Angels (1991), Orioles (1993), Phillies (1994), Padres (1995-97) and Cardinals (1997). He finished with a 173-153 record, a 3.54 ERA and 2,074 strikeouts in 2,930 innings pitched over 453 games (424 starts).

He conquered Southern California in 1981, when as a 20-year-old from Mexico he went 13-7 with a 2.48 ERA in 25 starts, throwing 11 complete games (eight of them shutouts) to earn both Rookie of the Year and National League Cy Young Award.

The Dodgers won the World Series that season against the New York Yankees – their opponent in this year’s World Series – and Valenzuela was 3-1 with a 2.21 ERA in five starts that postseason.

After pitching in the Majors for 17 seasons, Valenzuela served as the Spanish-language broadcaster for the Dodgers beginning in 2003. He had stepped back from his broadcasting duties before the start of these playoffs to “focus on his health,” the team said. .

Field Level Media contributed to this report.