J.R. Richard, Karl Spooner and Bob Feller were tied for fanning the most batters in a start in their first game, with 15 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts by a pitcher pitching in their first MLB regular-season start| NAME | SO | GS | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J.R. Richard | 15 | 1 | 9/5/1971 | @ | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | K. Spooner | 15 | 1 | 9/22/1954 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | B. Feller | 15 | 1 | 8/23/1936 | vs | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |||
| 4 |  | S. Strasburg | 14 | 1 | 6/8/2010 | vs | W | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | F. Peralta | 13 | 1 | 5/13/2018 | @ | W | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | D. Ferrarese | 13 | 1 | 5/5/1956 | vs | L | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | C. Melton | 13 | 1 | 4/25/1937 | vs | L | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 8 |  | C. Burnes | 12 | 1 | 3/31/2019 | vs | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | S. Woodard | 12 | 1 | 7/28/1997 | vs | W | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | G. Stephenson | 12 | 1 | 5/13/1997 | vs | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | J. Marichal | 12 | 1 | 7/19/1960 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 12 | | E. Myers | 12 | 1 | 10/6/1915 | @ | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | C. Early | 11 | 1 | 9/9/2025 | @ | W | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | M. Harvey | 11 | 1 | 7/26/2012 | @ | W | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 15 | | M. Moore | 11 | 1 | 9/22/2011 | @ | W | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 16 | | T. Hudson | 11 | 1 | 6/8/1999 | @ | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | G. Harris | 11 | 1 | 9/25/1988 | vs | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | J. Antonio Nunez | 11 | 1 | 7/9/1987 | vs | W | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 19 |  | J. Morris | 11 | 1 | 7/31/1977 | @ | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |||
| 20 | | D. Aase | 11 | 1 | 7/26/1977 | vs | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | B. Shirley | 11 | 1 | 4/10/1977 | @ | W | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | L. Tiant | 11 | 1 | 7/19/1964 | @ | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | ||
| 23 | | D. McDevitt | 11 | 1 | 6/17/1957 | @ | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | D. Hall | 11 | 1 | 7/24/1955 | vs | W | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | J. Vander Meer | 11 | 1 | 5/19/1937 | vs | L | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
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