most strikeout by a rookie pitcher in game

23 pitchers are tied for striking out the most hitters by a rookie against a batter in a game, with 4 strikeouts. The first three are Jon Gray on September 17, 2016, Hisashi Iwakuma on July 30, 2012 and Daisuke Matsuzaka on August 4, 2007.

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most strikeout by a rookie pitcher in regular-season game

	NAME	SO	VS. BATTER	DATE	TM		OPP	H	HR	BB	HBP	IBB
1	Jon Gray J. Gray	4	Ryan Schimpf	9/17/2016	COL	vs	SDP	0	0	0	0	0
2	Hisashi Iwakuma H. Iwakuma	4	Brett Lawrie	7/30/2012	SEA	vs	TOR	0	0	0	0	0
3	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	4	Jose Guillen	8/4/2007	BOS	@	SEA	0	0	0	0	0
4	Zach Jackson Z. Jackson	4	Felipe Lopez	6/12/2006	MIL	@	CIN	0	0	0	0	0
5	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	4	Brian Giles	8/24/2001	HOU	@	PIT	0	0	0	0	0
6	Shawn Chacon S. Chacon	4	Daryle Ward	6/7/2001	COL	vs	HOU	0	0	0	0	0
7	Brian Moehler B. Moehler	4	Juan Gonzalez	5/23/1997	DET	vs	TEX	0	0	0	0	0
8	Kevin Tapani K. Tapani	4	Dave Parker	5/6/1990	MIN	@	MIL	0	0	0	0	0
9	Erik Hanson E. Hanson	4	Danny Tartabull	9/21/1988	SEA	vs	KCR	0	0	0	0	0
10	Don Schulze D. Schulze	4	Juan Beniquez	9/4/1984	CLE	vs	CAL	0	0	0	0	0
11	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	4	Dave Anderson	8/27/1984	NYM	vs	LAD	0	0	0	0	0
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	4	Lance Parrish	8/19/1984	SEA	@	DET	0	0	0	0	0
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	4	Jeffrey Leonard	8/17/1984	NYM	@	SFG	0	0	0	0	0
14	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	4	Ron Kittle	7/26/1984	BOS	vs	CWS	0	0	0	0	0
15	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	4	John Shelby	7/19/1984	KCR	vs	BAL	0	0	0	0	0
16	Bruce Berenyi B. Berenyi	4	Dave Kingman	8/24/1981	CIN	vs	NYM	0	0	0	0	0
17	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	4	Jim Dwyer	6/3/1981	NYY	vs	BAL	0	0	0	0	0
18	Bill Gullickson B. Gullickson	4	Jerry Martin	9/10/1980	MON	vs	CHC	0	0	0	0	0
19	Byron McLaughlin B. McLaughlin	4	Claudell Washington	9/17/1978	SEA	vs	CWS	0	0	0	0	0
20	Roger Erickson R. Erickson	4	Gary Alexander	9/1/1978	MIN	vs	CLE	0	0	0	0	0
21	John Henry Johnson J. Henry Johnson	4	Joe Zdeb	7/1/1978	OAK	vs	KCR	0	0	0	0	0
22	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	4	Darrel Chaney	9/12/1975	SFG	vs	CIN	0	0	0	0	0
23	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	4	Greg Luzinski	8/31/1975	SFG	vs	PHI	0	0	0	0	0
24	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	4	Reggie Smith	7/19/1975	SFG	vs	STL	0	0	0	0	0
25	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	4	Jeff Burroughs	5/8/1975	KCR	vs	TEX	0	0	0	0	0

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