Dodger rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela sets the National League rookie mark with his eighth shutout of the season

Dodger rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela sets the National League rookie mark with his eighth shutout of the season

1981 – Dodger rookie sensation Fernando Valenzuela sets the National League rookie mark with his eighth shutout of the season. The record had been shared by Irv Young (1905), Grover Cleveland Alexander (1911) and Jerry Koosman(1968). He ties the major league mark of Russ Ford (1910) and Reb Russell (1913).