most strikeouts by a pitcher in first 7 seasons

Amos Rusie struck out the most hitters by a pitcher in his first 7 seasons, with 1,695 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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	1,695	385	198	152	.566	352	3.09	323	24	4	3134.1	2,744	1,075	1,751	62	1,514	93	33		13,607	132	4.87	4.35	1.12	0.18	12.5	11.1	1.36	.262	5.03	78	3.75	92	7.88	102.4
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1,655	251	135	76	.640	246	2.38	121	24	1	1931.1	1,524	511	563	143	493	37	5	37	7,689	45	7.71	2.30	3.36	0.67	21.5	6.4	1.04	.258	2.62	69	2.57	77	7.10	167.9
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	1,546	252	108	101	.517	249	2.80	115	30	0	1909.0	1,699	593	672	128	484	51	2	29	7,758	38	7.29	2.28	3.19	0.60	19.9	6.2	1.14	.283	3.17	77	2.63	72	8.01	217.2
4	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	1,515	248	113	124	.477	241	3.29	225	5	0	2100.2	1,941	769	1,373	40	671	38	7		9,018	179	6.49	2.87	2.26	0.17	16.8	7.4	1.24	.282	5.88	88	2.85	78	8.32	192.8
5	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	1,510	221	89	70	.560	220	3.46	9	6	0	1411.2	1,209	543	582	110	545	36	0	31	5,914	84	9.63	3.47	2.77	0.70	25.5	9.2	1.24	.296	3.71	90	3.20	83	7.71	114.6
6	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1,470	329	220	98	.692	326	2.54	309	26	1	2858.0	2,609	808	1,408	102	624	35	3		11,859	115	4.63	1.97	2.36	0.32	12.4	5.3	1.13	.260	4.43	71	3.11	84	8.22	227.7
7	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	1,470	359	169	174	.493	345	2.85	330	23	2	3061.1	3,114	968	1,742	67	327	16	13		12,784	205	4.32	0.96	4.50	0.20	11.5	2.6	1.12	.279	5.12	92	2.68	85	9.15	156
8	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	1,470	336	193	136	.587	335	2.37	329	23	0	2921.0	2,516	768	1,333	34	560		1		11,895	139	4.53	1.73	2.63	0.10	12.4	4.7	1.05	.253	4.11	77	2.75	90	7.75	103.7
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1,466	268	115	81	.587	210	2.99	119	20	7	1743.1	1,495	580	641	168	370	30	30	54	7,024	28	7.57	1.91	3.96	0.87	20.9	5.3	1.07	.266	3.31	79	2.77	77	7.72	160.4
10	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1,461	273	151	97	.609	230	1.60	198	44	8	2070.1	1,586	368	578	22	417	74	40		7,993	80	6.35	1.81	3.50	0.10	18.3	5.2	0.97	.260	2.51	59	1.91	70	6.89	187.9
11	Mark Langston M. Langston	1,448	233	96	93	.508	230	3.88	52	14	0	1597.1	1,421	689	773	159	772	31	1	17	6,816	47	8.16	4.35	1.88	0.90	21.2	11.3	1.37	.286	4.36	94	3.76	90	8.01	72.6
12	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	1,446	353	220	119	.649	335	2.13	329	29	3	3057.1	2,766	724	1,375	54	463		17		12,511	166	4.26	1.36	3.12	0.16	11.6	3.7	1.06		4.05	73	2.78	93	8.14	48.5
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1,445	211	98	49	.667	209	2.48	17	9	0	1378.1	1,035	380	412	82	424	22	1	25	5,489	53	9.44	2.77	3.41	0.54	26.3	7.7	1.06	.271	2.69	65	2.72	70	6.76	178.1
14	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,432	216	82	71	.536	214	4.05	14	7	0	1348.2	1,162	607	651	163	612	29	0	17	5,747	85	9.56	4.08	2.34	1.09	24.9	10.6	1.32	.285	4.34	96	3.99	92	7.75	47.6
15	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1,424	206	116	51	.695	205	2.89	65	25	0	1513.0	1,281	486	535	102	425	39	0	19	6,163	39	8.47	2.53	3.35	0.61	23.1	6.9	1.13	.283	3.18	69	2.69	67	7.62	223.1
16	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1,403	329	190	88	.683	277	2.12	219	61	15	2492.0	2,101	588	788	46	555	54	47		9,887	19	5.07	2.00	2.53	0.17	14.2	5.6	1.07	.262	2.85	69	2.35	75	7.59	207.7
17	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1,391	211	119	46	.721	209	2.82	54	20	1	1523.2	1,282	478	529	75	449	25	1	20	6,198	32	8.22	2.65	3.10	0.44	22.4	7.2	1.14	.283	3.12	80	2.51	69	7.57	189
18	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1,359	183	70	51	.579	183	2.61	3	1	0	1169.2	941	339	371	102	284	20	0	13	4,654	26	10.46	2.19	4.79	0.78	29.2	6.1	1.05	.290	2.85	67	2.74	68	7.24	172.4
19	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,359	259	102	94	.520	245	3.10	75	28	3	1757.2	1,531	606	665	129	455	33	9	48	7,180	44	6.96	2.33	2.99	0.66	18.9	6.3	1.13	.269	3.41	95	2.73	86	7.84	79.9
20	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	1,359	386	200	173	.536	379	2.21	364	28	1	3353.2	3,153	824	1,584	43	505		7		13,798	127	3.65	1.36	2.69	0.12	9.8	3.7	1.09		4.25	84	2.64	99	8.46	-21.1
21	Mark Baldwin M. Baldwin	1,349	346	154	165	.483	328	3.37	295	14	5	2802.1	2,695	1,050	1,816	81	1,307	123	19		12,470	221	4.33	4.20	1.03	0.26	10.8	10.5	1.43	.272	5.83	91	3.79	100	8.66	-0.9
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,336	192	94	52	.644	192	3.22	2	1	0	1195.0	1,034	427	461	115	315	42	0	6	4,843	45	10.06	2.37	4.24	0.87	27.6	6.5	1.13	.303	3.47	81	3.05	76	7.79	135.1
23	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	1,336	267	102	74	.580	219	3.46	62	21	9	1528.1	1,318	587	640	145	518	60	25	27	6,375	53	7.87	3.05	2.58	0.85	21.0	8.1	1.20	.272	3.77	100	3.13	87	7.76	80.7
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	1,330	188	81	62	.566	186	3.70	35	12	1	1245.1	966	512	573	106	690	60	2	8	5,316	52	9.61	4.99	1.93	0.77	25.0	13.0	1.33	.275	4.14	90	3.66	90	6.98	65.8
25	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	1,330	424	221	186	.543	414	2.66	390	39	1	3636.0	3,830	1,074	1,974	62	306		12		15,264	162	3.29	0.76	4.35	0.15	8.7	2.0	1.14	.278	4.89	93	2.65	91	9.48	139.8