▁League ▁( NL ) ▁All - Star ▁in ▁each ▁season ▁and ▁won ▁a ▁major ▁league - leading ▁ 2 1 ▁games ▁in ▁, ▁although ▁Mike ▁Scott ▁of ▁the ▁Houston ▁Ast ros ▁narrow ly ▁beat ▁him ▁out ▁in ▁the ▁Cy ▁Young ▁Award ▁voting . ▁Val enz uela ▁was ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁better ▁hitting ▁pitch ers ▁of ▁his ▁era . ▁He ▁had ▁ten ▁career ▁home ▁runs ▁and ▁was ▁occasionally ▁used ▁by ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁D od gers ▁manager ▁Tommy ▁Las ord a ▁as ▁a ▁pin ch - h itter . ▁However , ▁for ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁Val enz uela ’ s ▁D od gers ▁career , ▁his ▁pitch ing ▁efforts ▁were ▁rendered ▁less ▁effective , ▁largely ▁due ▁to ▁nag ging ▁shoulder ▁problems . ▁He ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁D od gers ’ ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁World ▁Series ▁championship ▁team , ▁but ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁play ▁in ▁the ▁post season ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁a iling ▁shoulder . ▁On ▁June ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 1 9 9 0 , ▁Val enz uela ▁threw ▁his ▁only ▁ML B ▁no - h itter , ▁pitch ing ▁at ▁D od ger ▁Stadium ▁against ▁the ▁St . ▁Louis ▁Card inals , ▁a ▁ 6 – 0 ▁victory . ▁Despite ▁having ▁recently ▁shown ▁flash es ▁of ▁his ▁former ▁self , ▁he ▁was ▁un cer emon iously ▁released ▁by ▁the ▁D od gers ▁just ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁ ▁season . ▁The ▁remainder ▁of ▁his ▁big ▁league ▁career ▁was ▁spent ▁with ▁the ▁California ▁Ang els , ▁Baltimore ▁Ori oles ,