most pitching strikeouts in a career before age 22 season

Matt Kilroy has struck out the most hitters by a pitcher younger than 22 in a season, with 513 strikeouts in his rookie season in 1886.

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most pitching strikeouts by a player in a career before age 22 season

	NAME	SO	Age	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	Matt Kilroy M. Kilroy	513	20	1886	BAL	68	29	34	.460	68	3.37	66	5	0	583.0	476	218	350	10	182	19	0		2,469	61	7.92	2.81	2.82	0.15	20.8	7.4	1.13	.267	5.40	100	2.60	77	7.35	47
2	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	499	21	1886	LOU	67	38	27	.585	67	2.45	66	3	0	588.2	447	160	297	3	207	12	0		2,477	35	7.63	3.16	2.41	0.05	20.1	8.4	1.11	.253	4.54	71	2.59	76	6.83	54.7
3	Hardie Henderson H. Henderson	346	21	1884	BLA	52	27	23	.540	52	2.62	50	4	0	439.1	382	128	235	9	116	16	0		1,900	45	7.09	2.38	2.98	0.18	18.2	6.1	1.13	.264	4.81	81	2.87	89	7.83	16.5
4	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	341	19	1890	NYN	67	29	34	.460	62	2.56	56	4	1	548.2	436	156	300	3	289	26	5		2,379	36	5.59	4.74	1.18	0.05	14.3	12.1	1.32	.252	4.92	73	3.47	92	7.15	17.7
5	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	337	20	1891	NYG	61	33	20	.623	57	2.55	52	6	1	500.1	391	142	244	6	262	18	4		2,167	17	6.06	4.71	1.29	0.11	15.6	12.1	1.31	.249	4.39	78	3.02	89	7.03	19
6	Charlie Sweeney C. Sweeney	337	21	1884	TOT	60	41	15	.732	56	1.70	53	6	1	492.0	360	93	182	6	42		4		1,909	21	6.16	0.77	8.02	0.11	17.7	2.2	0.82		3.33	58	2.32	81	6.59	26.9
7	Larry McKeon L. McKeon	308	18	1884	IND	61	18	41	.305	60	3.50	59	2	0	512.0	488	199	350	20	94	18	1		2,185	36	5.41	1.65	3.28	0.35	14.1	4.3	1.14	.268	6.15	108	3.24	101	8.58	-1.7
8	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	304	21	1892	NYG	65	32	31	.508	62	2.84	59	2	0	541.0	410	171	290	7	270	12	3		2,314	24	5.06	4.49	1.13	0.12	13.1	11.7	1.26	.234	4.82	89	3.04	96	6.82	5.2
9	Ed Morris E. Morris	302	21	1884	COL	52	34	13	.723	52	2.18	47	3	0	429.2	335	104	159	3	51	13	0		1,703	22	6.33	1.07	5.92	0.06	17.7	3.0	0.90	.249	3.33	71	2.41	80	7.02	23.3
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	301	21	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	1.82	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
11	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	276	19	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	31	2.60	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	48	6.65	44.6
12	Ed Seward E. Seward	272	21	1888	PHA	57	35	19	.648	57	2.01	57	6	0	518.2	388	116	203	4	127	22	0		2,085	54	4.72	2.20	2.14	0.07	13.0	6.1	0.99	.231	3.52	66	2.50	85	6.73	25.4
13	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	269	21	1975	CAL	34	16	9	.640	33	2.62	16	5	0	257.1	211	75	80	21	73	7	1	6	1,029	8	9.41	2.55	3.68	0.73	26.1	7.1	1.10	.288	2.80	73	2.48	67	7.38	35.3
14	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	268	20	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	1.53	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
15	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	268	20	1880	CWS	63	43	14	.754	60	1.95	57	4	2	536.1	404	116	218	6	99		3		2,133	19	4.50	1.66	2.71	0.10	12.6	4.6	0.94		3.66	80	2.23	91	6.78	16.5
16	Bob Feller B. Feller	261	21	1940	CLE	43	27	11	.711	37	2.61	31	4	4	320.1	245	93	102	13	118	5	5		1,304	8	7.33	3.32	2.21	0.37	20.0	9.0	1.13	.256	2.87	65	2.89	73	6.88	39.3
17	Silver King S. King	258	20	1888	STL	66	45	20	.692	64	1.63	64	6	0	584.2	435	106	203	6	76	30	1		2,291	23	3.97	1.17	3.39	0.09	11.3	3.3	0.87	.223	3.12	50	2.38	76	6.70	55
18	Bob Feller B. Feller	246	20	1939	CLE	39	24	9	.727	35	2.85	24	4	1	296.2	227	94	105	13	142	3	3		1,243	14	7.46	4.31	1.73	0.39	19.8	11.4	1.24	.255	3.19	64	3.35	78	6.89	32.4
19	Bob Feller B. Feller	240	19	1938	CLE	39	17	11	.607	36	4.08	20	2	1	277.2	225	126	136	13	208	7	3		1,248	5	7.78	6.74	1.15	0.42	19.2	16.7	1.56	.272	4.41	86	4.13	91	7.29	13
20	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	240	21	1891	BSN	52	30	17	.638	48	2.39	45	5	3	425.1	413	113	219	15	103	17	4		1,805	16	5.08	2.18	2.33	0.32	13.3	5.7	1.21	.278	4.63	69	2.71	75	8.74	45.1
21	Bill Stemmeyer B. Stemmeyer	239	21	1886	BSN	41	22	18	.550	41	3.02	41	0	0	348.2	300	117	218	11	144		0		1,520	63	6.17	3.72	1.66	0.28	15.7	9.5	1.27		5.63	94	3.38	104	7.74	-7.2
22	John Ward J. Ward	239	19	1879	PRO	70	47	19	.712	60	2.15	58	2	1	587.0	571	140	270	5	36		10		2,425	29	3.66	0.55	6.64	0.08	9.9	1.5	1.03		4.14	89	2.22	92	8.75	7.9
23	Kerry Wood K. Wood	233	21	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	26	3.40	1	1	0	166.2	117	63	69	14	85	11	0	1	699	6	12.58	4.59	2.74	0.76	33.3	12.2	1.21	.289	3.73	80	3.16	73	6.32	21.9
24	Joe Wood J. Wood	231	21	1911	BSA	44	23	17	.575	33	2.02	25	5	3	275.2	226	62	113	2	76	11	11		1,102	10	7.54	2.48	3.04	0.07	21.0	6.9	1.10	.286	3.69	60	2.13	66	7.38	33.5
25	Adonis Terry A. Terry	230	19	1884	BKN	56	19	35	.352	55	3.55	54	2	0	476.0	486	188	308	10	72	8	1		2,049	33	4.35	1.36	3.19	0.19	11.2	3.5	1.17	.275	5.82	110	3.09	96	9.19	6.4

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