Fernando Valenzuela failed to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in voting over the weekend by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee in Orlando, Florida.

The late Dodger pitching star received less than five votes from the 16-member committee which consisted of seven Hall of Famers, six baseball executives, including Angels owner Artie Moreno and former Dodger assistant general manager Kim Ng, and three veteran media members or historians.

Career home-run leader Barry Bonds, seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens and Gary Sheffield also received less than five votes. Their specific totals were not announced.

Bonds and Clemens have long been dogged by allegations they used performance-enhancing drugs.

Valenzuela and the other player candidates who received fewer than five

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