who won cy young award in their rookie season

Fernando Valenzuela won the Cy Young award in his rookie season in 1981.

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		NAME	CY	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1		Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	1	1981	LAD	25	13	7	.650	25	2.48	180	11	8	0	192.1	140	53	55	11	61	1	0	4	758	4	8.42	2.85	2.95	0.51	23.7	8.0	1.05	.255	2.57	73	2.44	72	6.55	20.4

	NAME	DATE	CY	SEASON	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	10/1/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	SDP	L	1	0.00	7	0	0	8.0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	28	0
2	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	9/27/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	HOU	L	1	5.14	5	0	0	7.0	7	4	4	0	2	0	0	28	0
3	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	9/22/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	SFG	L	1	6.00	6	0	0	6.0	7	4	4	1	3	0	0	28	1
4	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	9/17/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	ATL	W	1	0.00	6	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	31	0
5	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	9/12/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	CIN		1	5.68	4	0	0	6.1	9	4	4	0	5	0	1	31	0
6	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	9/6/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	STL	W	1	0.00	8	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	0
7	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	9/1/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	PIT		1	0.90	7	0	0	10.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	39	1
8	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	8/27/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	CHC	W	1	0.00	10	1	1	9.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	31	0
9	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	8/22/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	STL	W	1	2.08	12	0	0	8.2	4	2	2	0	4	0	0	32	2
10	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	8/16/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	ATL		1	9.00	9	0	0	5.0	8	5	5	3	0	0	0	23	0
11	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	8/11/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	CIN		1	6.23	3	0	0	4.1	5	3	3	1	4	0	0	22	0
12	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	6/11/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	STL	L	1	2.57	9	0	0	7.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	1	27	0
13	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	6/6/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	CHC	L	1	18.90	4	0	0	3.1	6	7	7	2	3	0	0	19	0
14	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	6/1/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	ATL	W	1	2.00	11	1	0	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	35	0
15	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	5/28/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	ATL	L	1	17.18	2	0	0	3.2	6	7	7	0	2	1	0	20	0
16	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	5/23/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	CIN		1	4.50	3	0	0	8.0	8	4	5	0	6	0	1	36	0
17	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	5/18/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	PHI	L	1	5.14	6	0	0	7.0	3	4	4	1	2	0	0	27	0
18	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	5/14/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	MON	W	1	2.00	7	1	0	9.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	0	31	0
19	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	5/8/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	NYM	W	1	0.00	11	1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	37	0
20	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	5/3/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	MON	W	1	1.00	7	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	32	0
21	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	4/27/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	SFG	W	1	0.00	7	1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	1	35	0
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	4/22/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	HOU	W	1	0.00	11	1	1	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	35	0
23	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	4/18/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	SDP	W	1	0.00	10	1	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	0
24	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	4/14/1981	1	1981	LAD	@	SFG	W	1	1.00	10	1	0	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	33	0
25	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	4/9/1981	1	1981	LAD	vs	HOU	W	1	0.00	5	1	1	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	33	0
	Total		1						25	2.48	180	11	8	192.1	140	53	55	11	61	1	4	758	4

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