they had only retired the numbers of players or managers who were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (with the exception of Jim Gilliam). Valenzuela pitched 11 seasons for the Dodgers ...

then on to Hodges to double off Jim Gilliam. Wills hit an inside-the-park home run. Gil Hodges (center) played a big part in both Mets and Dodgers history. New York Post It was a schizophrenic crowd.

Since the Dodgers began retiring jerseys in 1972, all but one of the 11 jerseys before Valenzuela's were worn by members of ...

The Dodgers rallied the final weekend to force ... with the lone exception of Jim Gilliam. Unofficially, No. 34 was never worn again by a Dodger after Valenzuela left, and you could say successive ...

The Dodgers had NL MVP Dolph Camilli ... 374 OBP, 108 runs) and Jim Gilliam (.383 OBP, 125 runs). It was not to be. The Yankees won the first two games, then Brooklyn took the next two.

The Dodgers quickly signed Valenzuela in 1979 ... team and has to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame – with the exception of ...

But the Dodgers steadfastly stood by their policy of retiring only the numbers of players who were already in the Baseball Hall of Fame (though Jim Gilliam’s number was retired in the wake of ...

Fernando Valenzuela, a Los Angeles icon that became a sensation for the Dodgers and the city's Hispanic ... the exception of former player and coach Jim Gilliam in 1978. Valenzuela never made ...

The Dodgers broke from protocol by retiring Valenzuela’s uniform number in August 2023. Previously, they had only retired the numbers of players or managers who were inducted into the Baseball Hall of ...