most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher 1997

Matt Morris fanned the most hitters by a rookie in 1997, with 149 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Matt Morris M. Morris	149	1997	STL	33	12	9	.571	33	3.19	3	0	0	217.0	208	77	88	12	69	7	0	2	900	5	6.18	2.86	2.16	0.50	16.6	7.7	1.28	.296	3.65	77	3.50	82	8.63	18.7
2	Matt Beech M. Beech	120	1997	PHI	24	4	9	.308	24	5.07	0	0	0	136.2	147	77	81	25	57	5	0	9	602	6	7.90	3.75	2.11	1.65	19.9	9.5	1.49	.309	5.33	118	5.08	120	9.68	-12.9
3	Glendon Rusch G. Rusch	116	1997	KCR	30	6	9	.400	27	5.50	1	0	0	170.1	206	104	111	28	52	7	0	0	758	0	6.13	2.75	2.23	1.48	15.3	6.9	1.51	.321	5.86	119	4.92	106	10.88	-5.3
4	Jason Dickson J. Dickson	115	1997	ANA	33	13	9	.591	32	4.29	2	1	0	203.2	236	97	111	32	56	7	1	3	888	4	5.08	2.47	2.05	1.41	13.0	6.3	1.43	.301	4.91	95	4.94	108	10.43	-8.2
5	John Thomson J. Thomson	106	1997	COL	27	7	9	.438	27	4.71	2	1	0	166.1	193	87	94	15	51	5	0	0	721	2	5.74	2.76	2.08	0.81	14.7	7.1	1.47	.327	5.09	91	4.01	85	10.44	12.3
6	Tony Saunders T. Saunders	102	1997	FLA	22	4	6	.400	21	4.61	0	0	0	111.1	99	57	62	12	64	2	0	1	483	2	8.25	5.17	1.59	0.97	21.1	13.3	1.46	.287	5.01	114	4.45	107	8.00	-3.9
7	Brian Moehler B. Moehler	97	1997	DET	31	11	12	.478	31	4.67	2	1	0	175.1	198	91	97	22	61	5	0	1	770	3	4.98	3.13	1.59	1.13	12.6	7.9	1.48	.301	4.98	101	4.76	102	10.16	-1.5
8	Scott Sullivan S. Sullivan	96	1997	CIN	59	5	3	.625	0	3.24	0	0	1	97.1	79	35	36	12	30	7	15	8	402	7	8.88	2.77	3.20	1.11	23.9	7.5	1.12	.261	3.33	77	3.87	91	7.30	4.4
9	Chris Holt C. Holt	95	1997	HOU	33	8	12	.400	32	3.52	0	0	0	209.2	211	82	98	17	61	8	0	4	883	1	4.08	2.62	1.56	0.73	10.8	6.9	1.30	.276	4.21	89	4.24	106	9.06	-7
10	Brett Tomko B. Tomko	95	1997	CIN	22	11	7	.611	19	3.43	0	0	0	126.0	106	48	50	14	47	4	1	4	519	5	6.79	3.36	2.02	1.00	18.3	9.1	1.21	.256	3.57	82	4.25	99	7.57	0.4
11	Geremi Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	93	1997	CHC	23	11	9	.550	23	4.25	1	1	0	144.0	126	68	73	16	69	2	0	5	613	1	5.81	4.31	1.35	1.00	15.2	11.3	1.35	.254	4.56	98	4.73	110	7.88	-6.3
12	Shigetoshi Hasegawa S. Hasegawa	83	1997	ANA	50	3	7	.300	7	3.93	0	0	0	116.2	118	51	60	14	46	3	17	6	497	2	6.40	3.55	1.80	1.08	16.7	9.3	1.41	.296	4.63	87	4.50	98	9.10	1
13	Garrett Stephenson G. Stephenson	81	1997	PHI	20	8	6	.571	18	3.15	2	0	0	117.0	104	41	45	11	38	3	0	0	474	1	6.23	2.92	2.13	0.85	17.1	8.0	1.21	.273	3.46	74	3.99	94	8.00	3.2
14	Will Cunnane W. Cunnane	79	1997	SDP	54	6	3	.667	8	5.81	0	0	0	91.1	114	59	69	11	49	5	16	3	430	3	7.78	4.83	1.61	1.08	18.4	11.4	1.78	.360	6.80	147	4.71	113	11.23	-5.9
15	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	72	1997	FLA	17	9	3	.750	17	3.18	0	0	0	96.1	81	34	39	5	38	3	0	1	405	0	6.73	3.55	1.89	0.47	17.8	9.4	1.24	.265	3.64	79	3.56	86	7.57	6.4
16	Ricardo Rincon R. Rincon	71	1997	PIT	62	4	8	.333	0	3.45	0	0	4	60.0	51	23	26	5	24	2	23	6	254	2	10.65	3.60	2.96	0.75	28.0	9.4	1.25	.303	3.90	81	3.12	74	7.65	7.4
17	Paul Spoljaric P. Spoljaric	70	1997	TOT	57	0	3	.000	0	3.69	0	0	3	70.2	61	29	30	4	36	3	10	6	302	6	8.92	4.58	1.94	0.51	23.2	11.9	1.37	.302	3.82	81	3.51	78	7.77	7.9
18	Danny Patterson D. Patterson	69	1997	TEX	54	10	6	.625	0	3.42	0	0	1	71.0	70	27	29	3	23	0	17	4	296	7	8.75	2.92	3.00	0.38	23.3	7.8	1.31	.333	3.68	72	2.68	58	8.87	15.1
19	Jeff Suppan J. Suppan	67	1997	BOS	23	7	3	.700	22	5.69	0	0	0	112.1	140	71	75	12	36	4	1	1	503	5	5.37	2.88	1.86	0.96	13.3	7.2	1.57	.333	6.01	122	4.37	98	11.22	0.8
20	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	66	1997	CLE	19	4	7	.364	17	5.65	1	0	0	94.0	107	59	66	12	45	3	0	1	427	5	6.32	4.31	1.47	1.15	15.5	10.5	1.62	.316	6.32	123	4.89	109	10.24	-4.3
21	Rich Loiselle R. Loiselle	66	1997	PIT	72	1	5	.167	0	3.10	0	0	29	72.2	76	25	29	7	24	1	58	3	312	4	8.17	2.97	2.75	0.87	21.2	7.7	1.38	.322	3.59	72	3.57	84	9.41	5.4
22	Julio Santana J. Santana	64	1997	TEX	30	4	6	.400	14	6.75	0	0	0	104.0	141	78	86	16	49	4	3	2	496	8	5.54	4.24	1.31	1.38	12.9	9.9	1.83	.344	7.44	142	5.40	117	12.20	-8.7
23	Jaret Wright J. Wright	63	1997	CLE	16	8	3	.727	16	4.38	0	0	0	90.1	81	44	45	9	35	5	0	0	388	1	6.28	3.49	1.80	0.90	16.2	9.0	1.28	.261	4.48	95	4.33	97	8.07	1.5
24	John Frascatore J. Frascatore	58	1997	STL	59	5	2	.714	0	2.48	0	0	0	80.0	74	22	25	5	33	6	17	5	348	4	6.53	3.71	1.76	0.56	16.7	9.5	1.34	.280	2.81	60	3.93	92	8.33	3.1
25	Mike Johnson M. Johnson	57	1997	TOT	25	2	6	.250	16	6.83	0	0	2	89.2	106	68	70	20	37	1	5	4	403	5	5.72	3.71	1.54	2.01	14.1	9.2	1.59	.299	7.03	157	6.00	138	10.64	-16.6