Kerry Wood struck out the most batters in starts in a season in his first 9 games, with 85 strikeouts in his rookie season in 1998.
| NAME | SO | GS | SEASON | TM | G | W | L | W% | 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 | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | K. Wood | 85 | 9 | 1998 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 3.04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.1 | 34 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 221 | 1 | 14.34 | 4.56 | 3.15 | 0.68 | 38.5 | 12.2 | 1.14 | .297 | 3.04 | 5.74 | |
| 2 | | H. Score | 82 | 9 | 1955 | 9 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.88 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 48 | 23 | 24 | 6 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 299 | 2 | 10.25 | 5.63 | 1.82 | 0.75 | 27.4 | 15.1 | 1.29 | .253 | 3.00 | 6.00 | |
| 3 | | J. DeLeon | 80 | 9 | 1983 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 2.03 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 38 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 271 | 4 | 10.14 | 3.42 | 2.96 | 0.38 | 29.5 | 10.0 | 0.92 | .219 | 2.15 | 4.82 | |
| 4 |  | S. Strasburg | 75 | 9 | 2010 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 2.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54.1 | 43 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 2 | 12.42 | 2.48 | 5.00 | 0.50 | 34.6 | 6.9 | 1.07 | .323 | 2.48 | 7.12 | |
| 5 | | H. Nomo | 75 | 9 | 1995 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57.0 | 38 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 246 | 6 | 11.84 | 5.37 | 2.21 | 0.95 | 30.5 | 13.8 | 1.26 | .250 | 3.47 | 6.00 | |
| 6 | | F. Valenzuela | 74 | 9 | 1981 | 9 | 8 | 1 | .889 | 0.91 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 79.0 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 296 | 0 | 8.43 | 2.16 | 3.89 | 0.34 | 25.0 | 6.4 | 0.82 | .215 | 0.91 | 5.24 | |
| 7 |  | S. Strider | 73 | 9 | 2022 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.0 | 30 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 188 | 5 | 14.28 | 3.33 | 4.29 | 0.59 | 38.8 | 9.0 | 1.02 | .290 | 3.13 | 5.87 | |
| 8 |  | M. Tanaka | 73 | 9 | 2014 | 9 | 6 | 1 | .857 | 2.39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 54 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 1 | 10.27 | 1.13 | 9.13 | 0.98 | 29.1 | 3.2 | 0.97 | .290 | 2.67 | 7.59 | |
| 9 | | D. Gooden | 73 | 9 | 1984 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.68 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 51.1 | 39 | 21 | 26 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 1 | 12.80 | 4.38 | 2.92 | 0.18 | 33.3 | 11.4 | 1.25 | .319 | 4.56 | 6.84 | |
| 10 | | G. Nolan | 72 | 9 | 1967 | 9 | 3 | 1 | .750 | 2.53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 64.0 | 57 | 18 | 22 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 267 | 1 | 10.13 | 2.39 | 4.24 | 0.84 | 27.0 | 6.4 | 1.16 | .298 | 3.09 | 8.02 | |
| 11 |  | P. Skenes | 70 | 9 | 2024 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 | 44 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 205 | 1 | 12.04 | 1.72 | 7.00 | 1.03 | 34.1 | 4.9 | 1.03 | .322 | 2.06 | 7.57 | |
| 12 | | N. Hahn | 67 | 9 | 1901 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .778 | 2.20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 82.0 | 79 | 20 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 346 | 0 | 7.35 | 1.98 | 3.72 | 0.11 | 19.4 | 5.2 | 1.18 | .302 | 2.85 | 8.67 | ||
| 13 | | O. Hershiser | 66 | 9 | 1984 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.92 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 70.1 | 45 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 268 | 2 | 8.45 | 1.92 | 4.40 | 0.38 | 24.6 | 5.6 | 0.85 | .231 | 1.92 | 5.76 | |
| 14 | | M. Prior | 65 | 9 | 2002 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .500 | 3.98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.0 | 42 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 219 | 0 | 11.25 | 3.81 | 2.95 | 1.21 | 29.7 | 10.0 | 1.23 | .287 | 3.98 | 7.27 | |
| 15 |  | G. Crochet | 64 | 9 | 2024 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 4.63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 37 | 24 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 187 | 2 | 12.34 | 1.74 | 7.11 | 1.54 | 34.2 | 4.8 | 0.99 | .279 | 4.63 | 7.14 | |
| 16 | | B. Johnson | 64 | 9 | 1970 | 9 | 2 | 4 | .333 | 3.06 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61.2 | 57 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 265 | 1 | 9.34 | 3.21 | 2.91 | 1.17 | 24.2 | 8.3 | 1.28 | .293 | 3.79 | 8.32 | |
| 17 | | J. Jones | 63 | 9 | 2024 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 2.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 41 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 206 | 1 | 10.70 | 1.19 | 9.00 | 1.53 | 30.6 | 3.4 | 0.91 | .254 | 3.06 | 6.96 | |
| 18 | | T. Bradley | 63 | 9 | 2023 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 4.19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43.0 | 41 | 20 | 23 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 185 | 1 | 13.19 | 3.14 | 4.20 | 0.84 | 34.1 | 8.1 | 1.30 | .363 | 4.81 | 8.58 | |
| 19 | | I. Anderson | 63 | 9 | 2020 | 9 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 1.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 5 | 11.81 | 4.13 | 2.86 | 0.19 | 31.7 | 11.1 | 1.02 | .234 | 2.06 | 5.06 | |
| 20 |  | F. Peralta | 63 | 9 | 2018 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .667 | 3.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 192 | 3 | 11.98 | 4.94 | 2.42 | 0.76 | 32.8 | 13.5 | 1.08 | .219 | 3.61 | 4.75 | |
| 21 |  | M. Harvey | 63 | 9 | 2012 | 9 | 3 | 5 | .375 | 2.92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.1 | 41 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 3 | 10.83 | 3.96 | 2.74 | 0.69 | 28.4 | 10.4 | 1.22 | .287 | 3.10 | 7.05 | |
| 22 |  | Y. Darvish | 63 | 9 | 2012 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.05 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56.0 | 47 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 247 | 3 | 10.13 | 5.14 | 1.97 | 0.64 | 25.5 | 13.0 | 1.41 | .299 | 3.54 | 7.55 | |
| 23 | | A. Benes | 63 | 9 | 1989 | 9 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 61.0 | 40 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 251 | 0 | 9.30 | 4.28 | 2.17 | 1.03 | 25.1 | 11.6 | 1.13 | .219 | 3.39 | 5.90 | |
| 24 | | D. Lamet | 62 | 9 | 2017 | 9 | 3 | 4 | .429 | 6.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 40 | 32 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 199 | 3 | 12.40 | 3.80 | 3.26 | 2.20 | 31.2 | 9.5 | 1.31 | .276 | 7.40 | 8.00 | |
| 25 | | K. Senga | 61 | 9 | 2023 | 9 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 3.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 42 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 5 | 11.44 | 5.81 | 1.97 | 1.13 | 28.6 | 14.6 | 1.52 | .313 | 3.94 | 7.88 | |
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