mlb pitcher with the most strikeouts in first inning this year

Garrett Crochet has struck out the most hitters this season, with 117 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	117	2025	BOS	15	6	4	.600	15	2.24	0	0	0	96.1	71	24	27	9	28	0	0	0	382	0	10.93	2.62	4.18	0.84	30.6	7.3	1.03	.272	2.52	53	2.72	66	6.63	14.7
2	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	114	2025	WSH	14	3	5	.375	14	2.88	0	0	0	81.1	69	26	26	9	22	3	0	0	328	4	12.61	2.43	5.18	1.00	34.8	6.7	1.12	.333	2.88	72	2.62	66	7.64	12.4
3	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	111	2025	DET	14	7	2	.778	14	1.99	1	1	0	90.1	64	20	20	6	9	3	0	0	339	1	11.06	0.90	12.33	0.60	32.7	2.7	0.81	.276	1.99	50	1.87	46	6.38	21.8
4	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	107	2025	NYY	15	8	5	.615	15	3.01	0	0	0	89.2	57	30	33	10	32	2	0	0	356	2	10.74	3.21	3.34	1.00	30.1	9.0	0.99	.229	3.31	75	3.27	78	5.72	9
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	107	2025	ATL	14	4	4	.500	14	2.79	0	0	0	80.2	73	25	27	7	25	7	0	0	338	2	11.94	2.79	4.28	0.78	31.7	7.4	1.21	.344	3.01	68	2.73	70	8.14	10.5
6	Logan Webb L. Webb	105	2025	SFG	15	6	5	.545	15	2.58	0	0	0	94.1	86	27	31	6	20	1	0	0	380	2	10.02	1.91	5.25	0.57	27.6	5.3	1.12	.323	2.96	66	2.34	61	8.20	15.9
7	Hunter Brown H. Brown	105	2025	HOU	14	8	3	.727	14	1.88	1	0	0	86.0	54	18	19	7	26	2	0	0	325	0	10.99	2.72	4.04	0.73	32.3	8.0	0.93	.254	1.99	48	2.66	66	5.65	13.2
8	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	101	2025	PHI	13	6	2	.750	13	2.85	0	0	0	82.0	55	26	26	10	19	2	0	0	316	1	11.09	2.09	5.32	1.10	32.0	6.0	0.90	.245	2.85	71	2.96	73	6.04	9.8
9	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	97	2025	PIT	15	4	6	.400	15	1.78	1	0	0	96.0	60	19	22	5	22	2	0	0	365	1	9.09	2.06	4.41	0.47	26.6	6.0	0.85	.230	2.06	43	2.47	62	5.63	15.9
10	Dylan Cease D. Cease	96	2025	SDP	14	2	5	.286	14	4.28	0	0	0	75.2	69	36	38	8	29	1	0	1	321	2	11.42	3.45	3.31	0.95	29.9	9.0	1.30	.326	4.52	110	3.09	79	8.21	7
11	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	96	2025	HOU	14	7	4	.636	14	3.10	2	0	0	90.0	70	31	31	6	28	4	0	0	359	4	9.60	2.80	3.43	0.60	26.7	7.8	1.09	.284	3.10	78	2.87	71	7.00	11.7
12	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	93	2025	PHI	14	6	2	.750	14	4.23	0	0	0	78.2	86	37	40	6	24	1	0	0	337	1	10.64	2.75	3.88	0.69	27.6	7.1	1.40	.376	4.58	105	2.65	65	9.84	12
13	Robbie Ray R. Ray	92	2025	SFG	14	8	1	.889	14	2.55	0	0	0	81.1	58	23	25	6	33	0	0	0	327	4	10.18	3.65	2.79	0.66	28.1	10.1	1.12	.265	2.77	65	2.98	78	6.42	7.6
14	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	90	2025	DET	14	5	7	.417	14	4.03	0	0	0	76.0	58	34	35	14	28	2	0	0	310	0	10.66	3.32	3.21	1.66	29.0	9.0	1.13	.250	4.14	102	4.28	106	6.87	-2.2
15	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	90	2025	LAD	14	6	5	.545	14	2.64	0	0	0	78.1	55	23	26	8	30	2	0	0	315	4	10.34	3.45	3.00	0.92	28.6	9.5	1.09	.254	2.99	67	3.32	82	6.32	6.2
16	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	89	2025	MIN	14	7	2	.778	13	2.93	0	0	0	80.0	55	26	27	10	17	9	0	0	315	0	10.01	1.91	5.24	1.13	28.3	5.4	0.90	.237	3.04	73	3.44	85	6.19	5.6
17	Tylor Megill T. Megill	89	2025	NYM	14	5	5	.500	14	3.95	0	0	0	68.1	60	30	37	6	33	7	0	0	305	3	11.72	4.35	2.70	0.79	29.2	10.8	1.36	.318	4.87	102	3.36	86	7.90	4.3
18	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	88	2025	PHI	14	5	2	.714	14	3.05	0	0	0	79.2	71	27	28	7	28	5	0	0	335	4	9.94	3.16	3.14	0.79	26.3	8.4	1.24	.309	3.16	75	3.24	80	8.02	7
19	Sonny Gray S. Gray	85	2025	STL	14	7	2	.778	14	3.84	0	0	0	79.2	79	34	36	10	15	2	0	0	326	1	9.60	1.69	5.67	1.13	26.1	4.6	1.18	.322	4.07	97	3.21	82	8.92	6.1
20	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	84	2025	MIL	15	6	4	.600	15	2.60	0	0	0	83.0	62	24	25	9	32	4	0	0	343	3	9.11	3.47	2.63	0.98	24.5	9.3	1.13	.248	2.71	64	3.75	94	6.72	2.3
21	Spencer Schwellenbach S. Schwellenbach	84	2025	ATL	14	5	4	.556	14	3.11	1	0	0	89.2	76	31	37	10	14	2	0	1	358	2	8.43	1.41	6.00	1.00	23.5	3.9	1.00	.266	3.71	76	3.18	82	7.63	7.1
22	Ben Brown B. Brown	83	2025	CHC	14	3	5	.375	12	5.71	0	0	0	69.1	79	44	45	8	23	3	0	0	310	1	10.77	2.99	3.61	1.04	26.8	7.4	1.47	.368	5.84	146	3.30	85	10.25	4.6
23	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	82	2025	KCR	13	5	4	.556	13	1.92	0	0	0	79.2	59	17	19	3	26	2	0	1	317	1	9.26	2.94	3.15	0.34	25.9	8.2	1.07	.275	2.15	46	2.55	63	6.67	13.4
24	Max Fried M. Fried	81	2025	NYY	14	9	1	.900	14	1.84	0	0	0	88.0	64	18	23	6	18	4	0	0	346	4	8.28	1.84	4.50	0.61	23.4	5.2	0.93	.245	2.35	46	2.86	68	6.55	12.7
25	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	81	2025	AZ	15	4	8	.333	15	5.19	0	0	0	86.2	77	50	53	15	40	2	0	1	373	1	8.41	4.15	2.03	1.56	21.7	10.7	1.35	.264	5.50	127	4.90	127	8.00	-10.6