Fernando Valenzuela, the Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month, according to his death certificate.

Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month, according to his death certificate. TMZ Sports obtained the document on Tuesday.

The underlying cause of death comes almost a month after the beloved Dodgers' pitcher was pronounced dead from a mysterious illness.

Fernando Valenzuela’s cause of death has been determined after the Dodgers legend died last month at the age of 63. According to his death certificate, the broadcaster and former pitched died due to decompensated alcoholic cirrhosis and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis cirrhosis.

Legendary Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela's cause of death was septic shock, according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ.