most complete game shutouts by a rookie pitcher in a season since 1940

Fernando Valenzuela pitched 11 complete games in his rookie season in complete games in 1981.

NAME CG SHO SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA SO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
11
8
1981
LAD LAD
11
11
0
1.000
11
0.45
96
0
99.0
56
5
5
2
24
0
0
1
366
0
8.73
2.18
4.00
0.18
26.2
6.6
0.81
.221
0.45
5.09
2 Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
17
7
1968
NYM NYM
17
15
2
.882
17
0.95
114
0
152.0
94
16
17
5
35
2
0
2
567
4
6.75
2.07
3.26
0.30
20.1
6.2
0.85
.217
1.01
5.57
3 Harvey Haddix
H. Haddix
19
6
1953
SLN SLN
19
16
3
.842
19
1.81
113
0
169.1
119
34
36
9
35
4
0
650
6
6.01
1.86
3.23
0.48
17.4
5.4
0.91
.225
1.91
6.32
4 Gene Bearden
G. Bearden
15
6
1948
CLE CLE
15
14
1
.933
15
1.27
49
0
135.0
93
19
21
3
51
1
0
526
4
3.27
3.40
0.96
0.20
9.3
9.7
1.07
.213
1.40
6.20
5 Mike Boddicker
M. Boddicker
10
5
1983
BAL BAL
10
8
2
.800
10
1.50
64
0
90.0
56
15
15
3
21
0
0
0
335
3
6.40
2.10
3.05
0.30
19.1
6.3
0.86
.215
1.50
5.60
6 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
9
5
1977
NYY NYY
9
8
1
.889
9
1.22
67
0
81.0
54
11
11
2
14
0
0
0
303
3
7.44
1.56
4.79
0.22
22.1
4.6
0.84
.236
1.22
6.00
7 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
8
5
1967
CIN CIN
8
7
1
.875
8
0.75
57
0
72.0
43
6
6
2
14
1
0
1
270
1
7.13
1.75
4.07
0.25
21.1
5.2
0.79
.209
0.75
5.38
8 Larry Jaster
L. Jaster
6
5
1966
STL STL
6
6
0
1.000
6
0.33
36
0
54.0
31
2
2
1
11
1
0
0
198
0
6.00
1.83
3.27
0.17
18.2
5.6
0.78
.201
0.33
5.17
9 Ray Culp
R. Culp
10
5
1963
PHI PHI
10
7
3
.700
10
1.06
90
0
85.0
45
10
10
4
33
2
0
2
326
1
9.53
3.49
2.73
0.42
27.6
10.1
0.92
.208
1.06
4.76
10 Mike Garcia
M. Garcia
8
5
1949
CLE CLE
8
8
0
1.000
8
0.50
47
0
72.0
43
4
4
3
20
0
0
273
0
5.88
2.50
2.35
0.38
17.2
7.3
0.88
.197
0.50
5.38
11 Don Newcombe
D. Newcombe
19
5
1949
BKN BKN
19
15
4
.789
19
1.70
102
0
169.2
128
32
34
9
47
2
0
660
1
5.41
2.49
2.17
0.48
15.5
7.1
1.03
.238
1.80
6.79
12 Ewell Blackwell
E. Blackwell
10
5
1946
CIN CIN
10
7
3
.700
10
0.92
44
0
88.1
51
9
10
0
30
4
0
339
0
4.48
3.06
1.47
0.00
13.0
8.8
0.92
.195
1.02
5.20
13 Dave Ferriss
D. Ferriss
26
5
1945
BSA BSA
26
20
6
.769
26
2.08
83
0
234.0
202
54
61
5
71
7
0
940
4
3.19
2.73
1.17
0.19
8.8
7.6
1.17
.255
2.35
7.77
14 Pedro Astacio
P. Astacio
4
4
1992
LAD LAD
4
4
0
1.000
4
0.00
18
0
36.0
18
0
0
0
8
1
0
0
134
0
4.50
2.00
2.25
0.00
13.4
6.0
0.72
.168
0.00
4.50
15 Dave Fleming
D. Fleming
7
4
1992
SEA SEA
7
4
3
.571
7
1.16
28
0
62.0
41
8
8
0
7
2
0
0
230
2
4.06
1.02
4.00
0.00
12.2
3.0
0.77
.212
1.16
5.95
16 Tom Browning
T. Browning
6
4
1985
CIN CIN
6
5
1
.833
6
0.68
25
0
53.0
36
4
4
1
5
0
0
0
196
0
4.25
0.85
5.00
0.17
12.8
2.6
0.77
.212
0.68
6.11
17 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
8
4
1984
LAD LAD
8
8
0
1.000
8
0.88
59
0
72.0
44
7
7
0
10
3
0
0
266
1
7.38
1.25
5.90
0.00
22.2
3.8
0.75
.227
0.88
5.50
18 Joaquin Andujar
J. Andujar
9
4
1976
HOU HOU
9
8
1
.889
9
0.88
35
0
82.0
55
8
9
0
28
0
0
0
319
1
3.84
3.07
1.25
0.00
11.0
8.8
1.01
.215
0.99
6.04
19 Mark Fidrych
M. Fidrych
24
4
1976
DET DET
24
18
6
.750
24
1.64
85
0
224.1
173
41
49
9
40
2
0
2
861
4
3.41
1.60
2.13
0.36
9.9
4.6
0.95
.226
1.97
6.94
20 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
10
4
1975
SFG SFG
10
10
0
1.000
10
0.59
79
0
91.0
62
6
8
0
20
1
0
1
353
1
7.81
1.98
3.95
0.00
22.4
5.7
0.90
.245
0.79
6.13
21 Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
12
4
1974
CAL CAL
12
8
4
.667
12
1.37
77
0
105.0
88
16
19
4
24
1
0
1
417
0
6.60
2.06
3.21
0.34
18.5
5.8
1.07
.270
1.63
7.54
22 Rick Reuschel
R. Reuschel
5
4
1972
CHC CHC
5
5
0
1.000
5
0.20
27
0
45.0
27
1
1
0
4
1
0
0
161
0
5.40
0.80
6.75
0.00
16.8
2.5
0.69
.209
0.20
5.40
23 Jon Matlack
J. Matlack
8
4
1972
NYM NYM
8
8
0
1.000
8
0.49
45
0
73.0
39
4
7
1
21
0
0
3
275
2
5.55
2.59
2.14
0.12
16.4
7.6
0.82
.183
0.86
4.81
24 Jim Slaton
J. Slaton
5
4
1971
MIL MIL
5
5
0
1.000
5
0.20
20
0
45.0
27
1
1
0
18
0
0
2
173
3
4.00
3.60
1.11
0.00
11.6
10.4
1.00
.200
0.20
5.40
25 Steve Arlin
S. Arlin
10
4
1971
SDP SDP
10
9
1
.900
10
0.81
53
0
89.0
56
8
11
3
28
1
0
3
345
4
5.36
2.83
1.89
0.30
15.4
8.1
0.94
.204
1.11
5.66
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