33 pitchers started the game. The first three are Tom Cheney on September 12, 1962, Roger Clemens on April 29, 1986, on September 18, 1996 and on August 25, 1998 and Kerry Wood on May 6, 1998.
Interpreted as:
most ks in first four starts by a player| NAME | GS | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Cheney | 1 | 21 | 9/12/1962 |  WSH | @ |  BAL | W | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 |
| 2 |  | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 4/29/1986 |  BOS | vs |  SEA | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 3 | | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 9/18/1996 | BOS | @ |  DET | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 4 |  | K. Wood | 1 | 20 | 5/6/1998 |  CHC | vs |  HOU | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 5 |  | R. Johnson | 1 | 20 | 5/8/2001 |  ARI | vs |  CIN | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | M. Scherzer | 1 | 20 | 5/11/2016 |  WSH | vs | DET | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 7 |  | L. Tiant | 1 | 19 | 7/3/1968 |  CLE | vs |  MIN | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 8 |  | S. Carlton | 1 | 19 | 9/15/1969 |  STL | vs |  NYM | L | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 9 |  | T. Seaver | 1 | 19 | 4/22/1970 | NYM | vs |  SDP | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 10 |  | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 6/14/1974 |  CAL | vs |  BOS | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |
| 11 | | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 8/12/1974 | CAL | vs | BOS | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 12 | | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 8/20/1974 | CAL | vs | DET | L | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 13 | | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 6/8/1977 | CAL | vs |  TOR | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 2 | |
| 14 |  | D. Cone | 1 | 19 | 10/6/1991 | NYM | @ |  PHI | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 15 |  | R. Johnson | 1 | 19 | 6/24/1997 |  SEA | vs |  OAK | L | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 16 | | R. Johnson | 1 | 19 | 8/8/1997 | SEA | vs |  CWS | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 17 |  | J. Coombs | 1 | 18 | 9/1/1906 |  PHA | @ |  BSA | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | J. Coombs | 1 | 18 | 8/4/1910 | PHA | @ | CWS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | | B. Feller | 1 | 18 | 10/2/1938 | CLE | vs | DET | L | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 20 |  | W. Spahn | 1 | 18 | 6/14/1952 |  BSN | vs |  CHC | L | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 |
| 21 |  | S. Koufax | 1 | 18 | 8/31/1959 |  LAD | vs |  SFG | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 22 | | S. Koufax | 1 | 18 | 4/24/1962 | LAD | @ |  CHC | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 23 |  | J. Maloney | 1 | 18 | 6/14/1965 | CIN | vs | NYM | L | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 24 |  | C. Short | 1 | 18 | 10/2/1965 |  PHI | @ | NYM | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |
| 25 |  | D. Wilson | 1 | 18 | 7/14/1968 |  HOU | @ | CIN | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for starts and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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