Before 2002, Rick Reichardt had the most strikeouts by a rookie in a game, with 6 strikeouts versus the Cleveland Indians on May 31, 1966.
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most strikeouts by a rookie in a regular-season game before 2002| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Reichardt | 6 | 5/31/1966 |  CAL | vs |  CLE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  | R. Thompson | 5 | 9/29/1993 |  NYM | vs |  STL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | R. Mejia | 5 | 8/9/1993 |  COL | @ |  LAD | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | P. Plantier | 5 | 10/1/1991 |  BOS | vs |  DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 |  | D. Palmer | 5 | 9/23/1991 |  TEX | @ |  SEA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  | B. Williams | 5 | 8/21/1991 |  NYY | @ |  KCR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  | J. Meyer | 5 | 9/20/1988 |  MIL | @ |  CAL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  | B. Jackson | 5 | 4/18/1987 | KCR | @ | NYY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | B. Darwin | 5 | 5/12/1972 |  MIN | vs | MIL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | | R. Jarvis | 5 | 4/20/1969 |  BOS | vs | CLE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | R. Jackson | 5 | 9/27/1968 |  OAK | vs | MIN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | | S. Bahnsen | 5 | 6/17/1968 | NYY | @ | CAL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | B. Browne | 5 | 7/19/1966 |  CHC | vs |  CIN | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | A. Phillips | 5 | 6/10/1966 | CHC | @ |  HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | G. Scott | 5 | 4/15/1966 | BOS | @ | CLE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  | D. Allen | 5 | 6/28/1964 |  PHI | @ | STL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 |  | J. Landis | 5 | 7/28/1957 |  CWS | @ |  BAL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  | L. Doby | 5 | 4/25/1948 | CLE | @ | DET | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 |  | P. Young | 5 | 9/29/1935 |  PIT | @ | CIN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | J. Broaca | 5 | 6/25/1934 | NYY | vs | CWS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | O. Bluege | 5 | 6/17/1923 |  WSH | vs | CWS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 |  | B. Kauff | 5 | 9/24/1914 | IND | @ | BUF | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 |  | S. Sallee | 5 | 7/21/1908 |  SLN | vs |  NYG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | D. Jimenez | 4 | 9/2/2001 |  SDP | vs |  ARI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | B. Buchanan | 4 | 8/8/2001 |  MIN | vs | CLE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
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