most career pitching strikeouts in the 1st

Randy Johnson has fanned the most career batters in the 1st inning, with 713 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most career pitching strikeouts by a player in the 1st
NAMESOGHHRBBHBPIBBK/BB
1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
713
603
468
58
238
29
0
3.00
2Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
700
707
545
36
265
31
2
2.64
3Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
647
621
499
34
401
18
4
1.61
4Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
575
479
400
65
156
21
1
3.69
5Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
555
556
467
76
208
15
2
2.67
6Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
520
740
794
52
200
26
16
2.60
7CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
508
560
485
59
177
21
1
2.87
8Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
504
536
486
51
150
6
1
3.36
9Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
481
552
535
58
171
15
2
2.81
10Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
478
612
616
59
209
24
22
2.29
11Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
473
451
341
38
142
13
1
3.33
12Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
473
541
562
51
127
13
0
3.72
13Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
443
409
361
41
100
28
0
4.43
14John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
441
481
452
47
192
11
10
2.30
15Chris Sale
C. Sale
440
319
257
30
94
21
1
4.68
16Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
439
544
533
41
174
17
6
2.52
17A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
432
430
387
28
155
22
2
2.79
18Charlie Morton
C. Morton
428
410
377
34
175
46
1
2.45
19Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
424
436
408
51
109
8
3
3.89
20Andy Pettitte
A. Pettitte
422
521
511
45
172
15
3
2.45
21Jon Lester
J. Lester
415
451
442
52
192
16
0
2.16
22David Cone
D. Cone
409
419
364
41
177
19
1
2.31
23John Lackey
J. Lackey
407
446
440
45
147
20
1
2.77
24Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
404
422
380
52
137
17
4
2.95
25Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
402
443
435
59
121
13
1
3.32
StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

More Mariners Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Raleigh

Cal Raleigh

RBI

20

Young

Cole Young

AVG

.304

Donovan

Brendan Donovan
Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Kirby

George Kirby

K

46

Hancock

Emerson Hancock

ERA

1.89

Ferrer

Jose A. Ferrer
Team Rankings

HR

42

12th

R

153

24th

SO

318

18th

ERA

3.63

6th

2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
19
18
.514
Mariners Mariners
18
20
.474
1.5
17
20
.459
2.0
15
23
.395
4.5
15
23
.395
4.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
5/8
@
7:40 PM
Sat
5/9
@
7:10 PM
Sun
5/10
@
2:10 PM
Mon
5/11
@
8:10 PM
Tue
5/12
@
8:10 PM
Last Game
ATL Braves

26 - 12

1

Final

3

SEA Mariners

18 - 20

Wed 6 May 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2026

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
26
12
.684
18
20
.474
8.0
17
21
.447
9.0
17
21
.447
9.0
14
23
.378
11.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
26
12
.684
22
15
.595
3.5
21
17
.553
5.0
19
16
.543
5.5
20
18
.526
6.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
23
14
.622
22
15
.595
1.0
17
19
.472
5.5
15
23
.395
8.5
14
23
.378
9.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
26
12
.684
25
12
.676
0.5
17
21
.447
9.0
16
21
.432
9.5
16
22
.421
10.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
20
19
.513
18
20
.474
1.5
17
20
.459
2.0
17
21
.447
2.5
16
22
.421
3.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
19
18
.514
18
20
.474
1.5
17
20
.459
2.0
15
23
.395
4.5
15
23
.395
4.5

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
4/22
@
1-6
Wed
4/22
@
3-7
Wed
4/22
@
4-5
Wed
4/22
@
2-7
Wed
4/22
@
3-8

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
5/8
@
6:10 PM
Fri
5/8
@
6:40 PM
Fri
5/8
@
7:05 PM
Fri
5/8
@
7:07 PM
Fri
5/8
@
7:10 PM