best strikeout to walk ratio by rookie starting pitcher

Dwight Gooden has fanned the most hitters by a rookie starting pitcher with >0 walks allowed, with 276 strikeouts in 1984.

NAMESOBBSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
276
73
1984
NYM NYM
31
17
9
.654
31
2.60
7
3
0
218.0
161
63
72
7
2
0
2
879
3
11.39
3.01
3.78
0.29
31.4
8.3
1.07
.296
2.97
6.65
2Hideo Nomo
H. Nomo
236
78
1995
LAD LAD
28
13
6
.684
28
2.54
4
3
0
191.1
124
54
63
14
5
0
2
780
19
11.10
3.67
3.03
0.66
30.3
10.0
1.06
.246
2.96
5.83
3Herb Score
H. Score
236
152
1955
CLE CLE
32
16
10
.615
32
3.00
11
2
0
222.1
157
74
86
18
1
0
1
959
12
9.55
6.15
1.55
0.73
24.6
15.8
1.39
.252
3.48
6.36
4Kerry Wood
K. Wood
233
85
1998
CHC CHC
26
13
6
.684
26
3.40
1
1
0
166.2
117
63
69
14
11
0
1
699
6
12.58
4.59
2.74
0.76
33.3
12.2
1.21
.289
3.73
6.32
5Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
226
115
1901
CHO CHO
35
10
21
.323
35
3.24
32
1
0
305.2
307
110
165
4
17
0
13
6.65
3.39
1.97
0.12
8.9
1.38
.327
4.86
9.04
6Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
221
89
2012
TEX TEX
29
16
9
.640
29
3.90
0
0
0
191.1
156
83
89
14
10
0
1
816
8
10.40
4.19
2.48
0.66
27.1
10.9
1.28
.295
4.19
7.34
7Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
219
96
1901
NYG NYG
38
20
16
.556
38
2.45
36
5
0
331.0
283
90
130
3
12
0
17
5.95
2.61
2.28
0.08
7.2
1.15
.281
3.53
7.69
8John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
215
86
1975
SFG SFG
34
15
9
.625
34
2.89
10
4
0
243.0
210
78
85
11
8
0
12
1,017
6
7.96
3.19
2.50
0.41
21.1
8.5
1.22
.286
3.15
7.78
9Don Sutton
D. Sutton
206
50
1966
LAD LAD
35
12
11
.522
35
2.94
6
2
0
223.1
191
73
80
19
3
0
5
906
5
8.30
2.01
4.12
0.77
22.7
5.5
1.08
.274
3.22
7.70
10Russ Ford
R. Ford
206
67
1910
NYH NYH
33
26
6
.813
33
29
8
0
287.0
190
66
4
8
0
1,093
5
6.46
2.10
3.07
0.13
18.8
6.1
0.90
.230
2.07
5.96
11Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
205
62
1967
CIN CIN
32
13
8
.619
32
2.59
8
5
0
225.2
193
65
73
18
5
0
7
929
3
8.18
2.47
3.31
0.72
22.1
6.7
1.13
.274
2.91
7.70
12Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
205
114
1911
PHN PHN
37
24
11
.686
37
0.27
31
7
0
332.2
259
118
5
8
0
1,339
4
5.55
3.08
1.80
0.14
15.3
8.5
1.12
.252
3.19
7.01
13Kodai Senga
K. Senga
202
77
2023
NYM NYM
29
12
7
.632
29
2.98
0
0
0
166.1
126
55
60
17
5
0
0
694
14
10.93
4.17
2.62
0.92
29.1
11.1
1.22
.277
3.25
6.82
14Daisuke Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
201
80
2007
BOS BOS
32
15
12
.556
32
4.40
1
0
0
204.2
191
100
100
25
13
0
1
874
5
8.84
3.52
2.51
1.10
23.0
9.2
1.32
.299
4.40
8.40
15Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
200
93
1969
HOU HOU
31
11
10
.524
31
3.54
6
3
0
188.1
156
74
80
19
7
0
4
810
6
9.56
4.44
2.15
0.91
24.7
11.5
1.32
.279
3.82
7.45
16Mark Langston
M. Langston
198
116
1984
SEA SEA
33
16
10
.615
33
3.47
5
2
0
220.1
185
85
99
16
8
0
5
946
4
8.09
4.74
1.71
0.65
20.9
12.3
1.37
.278
4.04
7.56
17Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
192
88
2000
STL STL
30
11
7
.611
30
3.54
0
0
0
173.0
136
68
80
21
6
0
2
726
12
9.99
4.58
2.18
1.09
26.4
12.1
1.29
.274
4.16
7.08
18Sam Jones
S. Jones
192
180
1955
CHC CHC
34
13
19
.406
34
4.13
12
4
0
235.1
170
108
116
22
14
0
5
1,042
4
7.34
6.88
1.07
0.84
18.4
17.3
1.49
.233
4.44
6.50
19Ed Correa
E. Correa
189
126
1986
TEX TEX
32
12
14
.462
32
4.23
4
2
0
202.1
167
95
102
15
3
0
2
886
19
8.41
5.60
1.50
0.67
21.3
14.2
1.45
.275
4.54
7.43
20Jack Sanford
J. Sanford
188
94
1957
PHI PHI
33
19
8
.704
33
3.08
15
3
0
236.2
194
81
94
22
3
0
2
989
12
7.15
3.57
2.00
0.84
19.0
9.5
1.22
.252
3.57
7.38
21Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
187
58
2013
MIA MIA
28
12
6
.667
28
2.19
0
0
0
172.2
111
42
47
10
5
0
5
681
3
9.75
3.02
3.22
0.52
27.5
8.5
0.98
.240
2.45
5.79
22Jon Gray
J. Gray
185
59
2016
COL COL
29
10
10
.500
29
4.61
1
1
0
168.0
153
86
92
18
12
0
2
712
7
9.91
3.16
3.14
0.96
26.0
8.3
1.26
.308
4.93
8.20
23Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
182
59
2018
STL STL
28
8
9
.471
28
3.34
0
0
0
151.0
108
56
59
20
11
0
3
615
6
10.85
3.52
3.08
1.19
29.6
9.6
1.11
.257
3.52
6.44
24Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
180
61
1981
LAD LAD
25
13
7
.650
25
2.48
11
8
0
192.1
140
53
55
11
1
0
4
758
4
8.42
2.85
2.95
0.51
23.7
8.0
1.05
.255
2.57
6.55
25Kenta Maeda
K. Maeda
179
50
2016
LAD LAD
32
16
11
.593
32
3.48
0
0
0
175.2
150
68
72
20
8
0
6
716
6
9.17
2.56
3.58
1.02
25.0
7.0
1.14
.283
3.69
7.69
StatMuse has game-level data for strikeouts and walks allowed going back to the 1901 season.
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