Rick Reichardt has the most strikeouts by a rookie in a game, with 6 strikeouts against the Cleveland Indians on May 31, 1966.
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most strike outs by a rookie in a regular-season game| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | R. Reichardt | 6 | 5/31/1966 |  CAL | vs |  CLE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  | D. Crews | 5 | 3/29/2025 |  WSH | vs |  PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | C. Norby | 5 | 9/26/2024 |  MIA | @ |  MIN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | B. Stott | 5 | 4/16/2022 | PHI | @ | MIA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | D. Johnson | 5 | 5/2/2021 | CLE | @ |  CWS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  | B. Lowe | 5 | 5/8/2019 |  TBR | vs |  ARI | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  | D. Fowler | 5 | 7/9/2018 |  OAK | @ |  HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | C. Wallach | 5 | 3/30/2018 |  MIA | vs |  CHC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | M. Davidson | 5 | 5/30/2017 | CWS | vs |  BOS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | R. Quinn | 5 | 9/24/2016 | PHI | @ |  NYM | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | M. Kepler | 5 | 9/4/2016 | MIN | vs | CWS | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  | T. Anderson | 5 | 8/10/2016 | CWS | @ |  KCR | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | R. Grichuk | 5 | 5/18/2015 |  STL | @ | NYM | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 |  | D. Adams | 5 | 9/29/2013 |  NYY | @ | HOU | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  | B. Harper | 5 | 6/16/2012 | WSH | vs | NYY | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  | J. Smoak | 5 | 6/13/2010 |  TEX | @ |  MIL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  | J. Heyward | 5 | 6/4/2010 |  ATL | @ |  LAD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  | G. Soto | 5 | 4/26/2008 | CHC | @ | WSH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  | C. Hensley | 5 | 5/14/2006 |  SDP | @ | CHC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | | A. Phillips | 5 | 5/2/2005 | NYY | @ |  TBD | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  | M. Teixeira | 5 | 8/18/2003 | TEX | @ |  DET | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | R. Thompson | 5 | 9/29/1993 | NYM | vs | STL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | R. Mejia | 5 | 8/9/1993 |  COL | @ | LAD | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  | P. Plantier | 5 | 10/1/1991 |  BOS | vs | DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | D. Palmer | 5 | 9/23/1991 |  TEX | @ |  SEA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
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