most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher 1998

Kerry Wood fanned the most batters by a rookie in 1998, with 233 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	Kerry Wood K. Wood	233	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	26	3.40	1	1	0	166.2	117	63	69	14	85	11	0	1	699	6	12.58	4.59	2.74	0.76	33.3	12.2	1.21	.289	3.73	80	3.16	73	6.32	21.9
2	Rolando Arrojo R. Arrojo	152	1998	TBD	32	14	12	.538	32	3.56	2	2	0	202.0	195	80	84	21	65	19	0	2	853	3	6.77	2.90	2.34	0.94	17.8	7.6	1.29	.292	3.74	76	4.23	93	8.69	7.6
3	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	139	1998	MON	33	5	15	.250	32	6.06	0	0	0	172.1	196	116	121	31	68	11	1	2	764	2	7.26	3.55	2.04	1.62	18.2	8.9	1.53	.320	6.32	143	5.23	122	10.24	-17.8
4	Jesus Sanchez J. Sanchez	137	1998	FLA	35	7	9	.438	29	4.47	0	0	0	173.0	178	86	98	18	91	4	1	2	765	8	7.13	4.73	1.51	0.94	17.9	11.9	1.55	.311	5.10	110	4.55	108	9.26	-6.7
5	Steve Woodard S. Woodard	135	1998	MIL	34	10	12	.455	26	4.18	0	0	0	165.2	170	77	83	19	33	9	2	4	692	3	7.33	1.79	4.09	1.03	19.5	4.8	1.23	.304	4.51	99	3.75	87	9.24	10.1
6	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	131	1998	NYY	21	12	4	.750	21	3.13	3	1	0	141.0	113	49	53	11	52	6	0	1	574	5	8.36	3.32	2.52	0.70	22.8	9.1	1.17	.273	3.38	69	3.52	78	7.21	15.7
7	Masato Yoshii M. Yoshii	117	1998	NYM	29	6	8	.429	29	3.93	1	0	0	171.2	166	75	79	22	53	6	0	5	724	5	6.13	2.78	2.21	1.15	16.2	7.3	1.28	.274	4.14	97	4.47	107	8.70	-6
8	Bobby Jones B. Jones	109	1998	COL	35	7	8	.467	20	5.22	1	0	0	141.1	153	82	87	12	66	6	1	0	630	4	6.94	4.20	1.65	0.76	17.3	10.5	1.55	.323	5.54	100	4.22	88	9.74	8.5
9	Eric Milton E. Milton	107	1998	MIN	32	8	14	.364	32	5.64	1	0	0	172.1	195	108	113	25	70	2	0	0	772	1	5.59	3.66	1.53	1.31	13.9	9.1	1.54	.299	5.90	118	5.03	111	10.18	-9.9
10	Miguel Batista M. Batista	92	1998	MON	56	3	5	.375	13	3.80	0	0	0	135.0	141	57	66	12	65	6	12	7	598	6	6.13	4.33	1.42	0.80	15.4	10.9	1.53	.305	4.40	90	4.50	105	9.40	-3
11	Blake Stein B. Stein	89	1998	OAK	24	5	9	.357	20	6.37	1	1	0	117.1	117	83	92	22	71	5	0	3	538	15	6.83	5.45	1.25	1.69	16.5	13.2	1.60	.271	7.06	138	6.00	133	8.97	-19.5
12	Brian Meadows B. Meadows	88	1998	FLA	31	11	13	.458	31	5.21	1	0	0	174.1	222	101	106	20	46	3	0	3	772	5	4.54	2.37	1.91	1.03	11.4	6.0	1.54	.328	5.47	128	4.46	106	11.46	-4.9
13	Sidney Ponson S. Ponson	85	1998	BAL	31	8	9	.471	20	5.27	0	0	1	135.0	157	79	82	19	42	3	5	2	588	4	5.67	2.80	2.02	1.27	14.5	7.1	1.47	.314	5.47	117	4.70	103	10.47	-2
14	Brad Woodall B. Woodall	85	1998	MIL	31	7	9	.438	20	4.96	0	0	0	138.0	145	76	81	25	47	6	4	4	594	3	5.54	3.07	1.81	1.63	14.3	7.9	1.39	.278	5.28	117	5.41	126	9.46	-16.9
15	Carl Pavano C. Pavano	83	1998	MON	24	6	9	.400	23	4.21	0	0	0	134.2	130	63	70	18	43	8	0	1	580	1	5.55	2.87	1.93	1.20	14.3	7.4	1.28	.262	4.68	100	4.77	111	8.69	-7
16	Kerry Ligtenberg K. Ligtenberg	79	1998	ATL	75	3	2	.600	0	2.71	0	0	30	73.0	51	22	24	6	24	0	56	1	290	3	9.74	2.96	3.29	0.74	27.2	8.3	1.03	.249	2.96	65	3.02	71	6.29	10.1
17	Jim Parque J. Parque	77	1998	CWS	21	7	5	.583	21	5.10	0	0	0	113.0	135	64	72	14	49	6	0	0	507	0	6.13	3.90	1.57	1.12	15.2	9.7	1.63	.335	5.73	112	4.84	106	10.75	-3.4
18	Dennys Reyes D. Reyes	77	1998	TOT	19	3	5	.375	10	4.54	0	0	0	67.1	62	34	36	3	47	1	4	5	300	6	10.29	6.28	1.64	0.40	25.7	15.7	1.62	.343	4.81	110	3.56	83	8.29	5.6
19	Esteban Yan E. Yan	77	1998	TBD	64	5	4	.556	0	3.86	0	0	1	88.2	78	38	41	11	41	5	18	2	381	6	7.82	4.16	1.88	1.12	20.2	10.8	1.34	.271	4.16	82	4.56	100	7.92	0
20	Kirt Ojala K. Ojala	75	1998	FLA	41	2	7	.222	13	4.25	1	0	0	125.0	128	59	71	14	59	4	4	4	554	6	5.40	4.25	1.27	1.01	13.5	10.6	1.50	.284	5.11	105	4.90	116	9.22	-9.8
21	Russ Ortiz R. Ortiz	75	1998	SFG	22	4	4	.500	13	4.99	0	0	0	88.1	90	49	51	11	46	4	3	1	394	3	7.64	4.69	1.63	1.12	19.0	11.7	1.54	.306	5.20	123	4.75	112	9.17	-4.9
22	Vic Darensbourg V. Darensbourg	74	1998	FLA	59	0	7	.000	0	3.68	0	0	1	71.0	52	29	29	5	30	0	10	6	287	4	9.38	3.80	2.47	0.63	25.8	10.5	1.15	.264	3.68	91	3.23	77	6.59	7.9
23	Kelvim Escobar K. Escobar	72	1998	TOR	22	7	3	.700	10	3.73	0	0	0	79.2	72	33	37	5	35	0	2	0	342	0	8.13	3.95	2.06	0.56	21.1	10.2	1.34	.291	4.18	80	3.46	77	8.13	9.5
24	Seth Greisinger S. Greisinger	66	1998	DET	21	6	9	.400	21	5.12	0	0	0	130.0	142	74	79	17	48	4	0	2	562	3	4.57	3.32	1.38	1.18	11.7	8.5	1.46	.293	5.47	109	5.02	107	9.83	-4.2
25	Jose Silva J. Silva	64	1998	PIT	18	6	7	.462	18	4.40	1	0	0	100.1	104	49	55	7	30	1	0	2	425	2	5.74	2.69	2.13	0.63	15.1	7.1	1.34	.300	4.93	103	3.69	87	9.33	6.4