most strikeouts by a pitcher in the 1st inning since 2020

Since 2020, Dylan Cease has fanned the most hitters in the 1st inning, with 191 strikeouts.

NAME SO G H HR BB HBP IBB K/BB
1 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
191
157
140
27
47
8
0
4.06
2 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
179
144
124
17
62
21
0
2.89
3 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
178
150
139
25
53
4
0
3.36
4 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
173
150
110
16
34
2
0
5.09
5 Zac Gallen
Z. Gallen
170
143
118
18
61
6
0
2.79
6 Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
170
145
109
9
44
3
0
3.86
7 Chris Bassitt
C. Bassitt
165
147
148
21
50
10
1
3.30
8 Logan Webb
L. Webb
161
150
148
13
46
6
0
3.50
9 José Berríos
J. Berríos
161
155
150
23
42
5
0
3.83
10 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
157
147
105
9
30
5
0
5.23
11 Yusei Kikuchi
Y. Kikuchi
152
137
131
20
68
5
1
2.24
12 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
151
147
132
19
43
4
0
3.51
13 Logan Gilbert
L. Gilbert
150
128
95
15
27
2
0
5.56
14 Blake Snell
B. Snell
149
116
74
9
56
1
0
2.66
15 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
147
125
99
23
41
2
0
3.59
16 Pablo López
P. López
145
138
145
26
39
6
0
3.72
17 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
144
117
117
21
41
4
0
3.51
18 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
143
118
103
25
27
7
0
5.30
19 Brady Singer
B. Singer
143
138
125
15
60
7
0
2.38
20 Mitch Keller
M. Keller
141
135
128
18
63
9
0
2.24
21 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
139
135
100
11
30
7
0
4.63
22 Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
135
121
113
21
53
4
0
2.55
23 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
134
136
104
10
45
8
0
2.98
24 Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
134
115
127
24
46
3
0
2.91
25 Andrew Heaney
A. Heaney
133
122
112
23
43
13
0
3.09
StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.
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47
27
.635
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36
35
.507
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36
36
.500
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38
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Wed
6/18
STL STL
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CWS CWS
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@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
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TOR TOR
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6/21
CWS CWS
@
TOR TOR
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6/22
CWS CWS
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TOR TOR
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Yankees Yankees
42
30
.583
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40
33
.548
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AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
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.635
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30
.589
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NL Central W L PCT GB
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45
28
.616
Brewers Brewers
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35
.527
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NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
45
29
.608
Giants Giants
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32
.562
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Mon
6/2
COL COL
@
MIA MIA
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Mon
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@
NYY NYY
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TOR TOR
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SEA SEA
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Wed
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DET DET
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