most strikeouts by a pitcher in first 30 career games since 1920

Since 1920, Dwight Gooden has fanned the most hitters in his first 30 games, with 267 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	H/9
1	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	267	30	16	9	.640	30	2.66	7	3	0	210.0	156	62	71	7	72	2	0	2	851	3	11.44	3.09	3.71	0.30	31.4	8.5	1.09	.296	3.04	6.69
2	Kerry Wood K. Wood	254	30	14	9	.609	30	3.69	1	1	0	187.2	136	77	85	18	102	12	0	2	799	8	12.18	4.89	2.49	0.86	31.8	12.8	1.27	.286	4.08	6.52
3	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	244	30	13	8	.619	30	2.83	4	3	0	200.1	138	63	72	16	85	5	0	3	827	20	10.96	3.82	2.87	0.72	29.5	10.3	1.11	.256	3.23	6.20
4	Mark Prior M. Prior	230	30	12	8	.600	30	3.12	2	1	0	193.1	161	67	74	18	59	10	0	1	803	5	10.71	2.75	3.90	0.84	28.6	7.3	1.14	.294	3.44	7.49
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	228	30	16	10	.615	30	3.86	0	0	0	198.0	161	85	92	14	89	11	0	1	843	8	10.36	4.05	2.56	0.64	27.0	10.6	1.26	.293	4.18	7.32
6	Herb Score H. Score	221	30	15	10	.600	29	3.06	10	2	0	206.0	140	70	80	18	144	1	0	1	888	10	9.66	6.29	1.53	0.79	24.9	16.2	1.38	.242	3.50	6.12
7	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	217	29	10	7	.588	29	2.47	0	0	0	189.1	133	52	53	12	54	4	0	1	746	5	10.32	2.57	4.02	0.57	29.1	7.2	0.99	.264	2.52	6.32
8	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	216	30	14	5	.737	30	2.50	0	0	0	169.0	131	47	54	10	39	3	0	0	666	4	11.50	2.08	5.54	0.53	32.4	5.9	1.01	.304	2.88	6.98
9	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	213	30	12	8	.600	29	3.07	0	0	0	182.0	151	62	68	19	41	3	0	3	731	8	10.53	2.03	5.20	0.94	29.1	5.6	1.05	.290	3.36	7.47
10	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	211	30	13	6	.684	26	2.84	0	0	0	149.0	95	47	52	13	53	9	0	0	592	3	12.74	3.20	3.98	0.79	35.6	9.0	0.99	.268	3.14	5.74
11	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	211	30	14	6	.700	30	2.15	0	0	0	175.2	125	42	46	14	40	7	0	0	679	3	10.81	2.05	5.28	0.72	31.1	5.9	0.94	.273	2.36	6.40
12	Kodai Senga K. Senga	211	30	13	7	.650	30	2.99	0	0	0	171.2	128	57	62	18	78	6	0	0	714	14	11.06	4.09	2.71	0.94	29.6	10.9	1.20	.274	3.25	6.71
13	Nick Lodolo N. Lodolo	209	30	9	8	.529	30	3.95	0	0	0	161.2	155	71	73	24	55	29	0	1	701	8	11.64	3.06	3.80	1.34	29.8	7.8	1.30	.341	4.06	8.63
14	Hunter Greene H. Greene	204	30	5	14	.263	30	4.16	1	1	0	153.2	133	71	75	25	59	12	0	0	656	5	11.95	3.46	3.46	1.46	31.1	9.0	1.25	.303	4.39	7.79
15	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	204	30	14	6	.700	30	2.09	0	0	0	185.1	119	43	48	11	60	5	0	5	729	4	9.91	2.91	3.40	0.53	28.0	8.2	0.97	.241	2.33	5.78
16	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	202	30	17	8	.680	30	3.13	3	1	0	195.2	177	68	77	25	33	4	0	0	784	6	9.29	1.52	6.12	1.15	25.8	4.2	1.07	.292	3.54	8.14
17	Dinelson Lamet D. Lamet	199	30	9	10	.474	30	4.49	0	0	0	160.1	128	80	87	24	74	9	0	2	684	13	11.17	4.15	2.69	1.35	29.1	10.8	1.26	.275	4.88	7.19
18	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	198	30	7	8	.467	30	2.72	1	1	0	168.2	125	51	54	18	69	7	0	1	692	8	10.57	3.68	2.87	0.96	28.6	10.0	1.15	.268	2.88	6.67
19	Brandon Beachy B. Beachy	193	30	8	6	.571	30	3.42	0	0	0	168.2	148	64	76	16	58	5	0	12	707	12	10.30	3.09	3.33	0.85	27.3	8.2	1.22	.303	4.06	7.90
20	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	192	30	13	7	.650	29	2.56	8	5	0	204.0	173	58	66	16	53	4	1	4	838	3	8.47	2.34	3.62	0.71	22.9	6.3	1.11	.274	2.91	7.63
21	Tom Griffin T. Griffin	191	30	11	9	.550	30	3.55	6	3	0	182.1	153	72	78	18	88	7	0	4	784	6	9.43	4.34	2.17	0.89	24.4	11.2	1.32	.281	3.85	7.55
22	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	190	30	11	6	.647	29	3.55	0	0	0	182.2	157	72	77	13	80	3	0	5	769	11	9.36	3.94	2.38	0.64	24.7	10.4	1.30	.298	3.79	7.74
23	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	189	30	12	7	.632	28	2.81	6	3	0	201.2	146	63	69	9	94	1	0	3	825	7	8.43	4.20	2.01	0.40	22.9	11.4	1.19	.258	3.08	6.52
24	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	188	29	12	9	.571	29	3.95	1	0	0	173.0	158	76	83	24	60	4	0	5	724	8	9.78	3.12	3.13	1.25	26.0	8.3	1.26	.299	4.32	8.22
25	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	187	30	12	7	.632	30	2.29	0	0	0	169.1	128	43	48	12	45	6	0	0	677	4	9.94	2.39	4.16	0.64	27.6	6.6	1.02	.272	2.55	6.80

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Tue 6/9	STL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 6/10	STL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
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Marlins	31	35	.470	14.0
Mets	29	36	.446	15.5
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Cardinals	35	28	.556	5.0
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Cubs	34	32	.515	7.5
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Astros	31	37	.456	4.5
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