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This Day In Dodgers History: Fernando Valenzuela Wins 1981 Cy Young Award
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Fernandomania! The Rookie Phenom Who Became A Dodgers Icon
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This Day In Dodgers History: Fernando Valenzuela Makes Opening Day Start; Leo Durocher Suspended
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San Antonio Missions Baseball Club - #TBT to former San Antonio Dodgers hurler Fernando Valenzuela, who on December 2, 1981 was named National League Rookie of the Year for the Los Angeles
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80s Baseball - 12/2/81 Fernando Valenzuela wins the NL Rookie of the Year Award, as well he should have. He went 13-7 in the strike-shortened season and led the N.L. in starts
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San Antonio Dodgers pitcher Fernando Valenzuela strikes out 15 batters back in 1980
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A hero to many, Fernando Valenzuela joins the Legends of Dodger Baseball, by Cary Osborne
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1981 - Fernando Valenzuela sets the National League rookie record with
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A hero to many, Fernando Valenzuela joins the Legends of Dodger Baseball, by Cary Osborne
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This Day In Dodgers History: Fernando Valenzuela Makes Opening Day Start; Leo Durocher Suspended