most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher 2006

Matt Cain struck out the most batters by a rookie in 2006, with 179 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 Cain M. Cain	179	2006	SFG	32	13	12	.520	31	4.15	1	1	0	190.2	157	88	93	18	87	6	1	1	818	9	8.45	4.11	2.06	0.85	21.9	10.6	1.28	.263	4.39	92	3.95	89	7.41	10.2
2	Scott Olsen S. Olsen	166	2006	FLA	31	12	10	.545	31	4.04	0	0	0	180.2	160	81	94	23	75	7	0	1	761	8	8.27	3.74	2.21	1.15	21.8	9.9	1.30	.280	4.68	92	4.32	97	7.97	2.2
3	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	145	2006	PHI	23	9	8	.529	23	4.08	0	0	0	132.1	117	60	66	19	48	3	0	4	558	5	9.86	3.26	3.02	1.29	26.0	8.6	1.25	.286	4.49	89	3.97	85	7.96	10
4	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	144	2006	MIN	28	12	3	.800	16	2.16	0	0	1	121.0	89	29	31	9	32	1	2	0	473	9	10.71	2.38	4.50	0.67	30.4	6.8	1.00	.279	2.31	48	2.54	58	6.62	25.3
5	Josh Johnson J. Johnson	133	2006	FLA	31	12	7	.632	24	3.10	0	0	0	157.0	136	54	63	14	68	4	1	6	659	3	7.62	3.90	1.96	0.80	20.2	10.3	1.30	.277	3.61	70	3.98	90	7.80	7.9
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	124	2006	DET	30	17	9	.654	30	3.63	1	1	0	186.0	187	75	78	21	60	6	0	1	776	5	6.00	2.90	2.07	1.02	16.0	7.7	1.33	.294	3.77	80	4.34	96	9.05	3.6
7	Clay Hensley C. Hensley	122	2006	SDP	37	11	12	.478	29	3.71	1	1	0	187.0	174	77	82	15	76	3	2	7	787	3	5.87	3.66	1.61	0.72	15.5	9.7	1.34	.278	3.95	90	4.14	95	8.37	4
8	Paul Maholm P. Maholm	117	2006	PIT	30	8	10	.444	30	4.76	0	0	0	176.0	202	93	98	19	81	12	0	6	788	3	5.98	4.14	1.44	0.97	14.8	10.3	1.61	.327	5.01	108	4.80	108	10.33	-7.4
9	Takashi Saito T. Saito	107	2006	LAD	72	6	2	.750	0	2.07	0	0	24	78.1	48	18	19	3	23	2	48	3	303	2	12.29	2.64	4.65	0.34	35.3	7.6	0.91	.268	2.18	47	1.86	42	5.51	23
10	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	105	2006	LAA	19	11	2	.846	19	2.56	0	0	0	123.0	94	35	36	15	33	3	0	1	490	2	7.68	2.41	3.18	1.10	21.4	6.7	1.03	.237	2.63	57	3.90	87	6.88	7.9
11	James Shields J. Shields	104	2006	TBD	21	6	8	.429	21	4.84	1	0	0	124.2	141	67	69	18	38	5	0	5	540	9	7.51	2.74	2.74	1.30	19.3	7.0	1.44	.328	4.98	108	4.38	97	10.18	1.8
12	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	99	2006	FLA	35	11	11	.500	22	4.82	0	0	0	140.0	157	75	86	20	41	10	0	5	613	7	6.36	2.64	2.41	1.29	16.2	6.7	1.41	.309	5.53	110	4.67	105	10.09	-4
13	Adam Loewen A. Loewen	98	2006	BAL	22	6	6	.500	19	5.37	0	0	0	112.1	111	67	72	8	62	8	1	0	504	3	7.85	4.97	1.58	0.64	19.4	12.3	1.54	.314	5.77	117	4.19	90	8.89	5.7
14	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	97	2006	LAD	68	4	1	.800	0	2.59	0	0	3	76.1	61	22	25	7	33	1	20	6	320	7	11.44	3.89	2.94	0.83	30.3	10.3	1.23	.297	2.95	59	3.13	70	7.19	11.6
15	Joel Zumaya J. Zumaya	97	2006	DET	62	6	3	.667	0	1.94	0	0	1	83.1	56	18	20	6	42	2	12	2	350	4	10.48	4.54	2.31	0.65	27.7	12.0	1.18	.246	2.16	43	3.33	74	6.05	11
16	Chuck James C. James	91	2006	ATL	25	11	4	.733	18	3.78	0	0	0	119.0	101	50	54	20	47	6	0	2	504	2	6.88	3.55	1.94	1.51	18.1	9.3	1.24	.238	4.08	84	5.13	115	7.64	-8.8
17	Rich Hill R. Hill	90	2006	CHC	17	6	7	.462	16	4.17	2	1	0	99.1	83	46	51	16	39	2	1	1	417	3	8.15	3.53	2.31	1.45	21.6	9.4	1.23	.248	4.62	89	4.66	101	7.52	-0.4
18	Boof Bonser B. Bonser	84	2006	MIN	18	7	6	.538	18	4.22	0	0	0	100.1	104	47	50	18	24	1	0	0	419	2	7.53	2.15	3.50	1.61	20.0	5.7	1.28	.295	4.49	94	4.54	104	9.33	-2
19	Bobby Jenks B. Jenks	80	2006	CWS	67	3	4	.429	0	4.00	0	0	41	69.2	66	31	32	5	31	2	58	10	300	3	10.33	4.00	2.58	0.65	26.7	10.3	1.39	.335	4.13	85	3.20	67	8.53	11.5
20	Taylor Buchholz T. Buchholz	77	2006	HOU	22	6	10	.375	19	5.89	1	1	0	113.0	107	74	80	21	34	3	1	4	479	5	6.13	2.71	2.26	1.67	16.1	7.1	1.25	.250	6.37	133	5.17	113	8.52	-7.5
21	Sean Marshall S. Marshall	77	2006	CHC	24	6	9	.400	24	5.59	0	0	0	125.2	132	78	85	20	59	7	0	3	563	6	5.51	4.23	1.31	1.43	13.7	10.5	1.52	.280	6.09	120	5.56	120	9.45	-12.8
22	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	75	2006	BOS	59	4	2	.667	0	0.92	0	0	35	68.1	40	7	8	3	13	1	49	2	257	2	9.88	1.71	5.77	0.40	29.2	5.1	0.78	.224	1.05	20	2.13	48	5.27	17.7
23	Anthony Reyes A. Reyes	72	2006	STL	17	5	8	.385	17	5.06	1	0	0	85.1	84	48	48	17	34	7	0	0	370	2	7.59	3.59	2.12	1.79	19.5	9.2	1.38	.279	5.06	116	5.48	124	8.86	-10.2
24	Anibal Sanchez A. Sanchez	72	2006	FLA	18	10	3	.769	17	2.83	2	1	0	114.1	90	36	39	9	46	4	0	1	469	4	5.67	3.62	1.57	0.71	15.4	9.8	1.19	.240	3.07	64	4.22	95	7.08	2.7
25	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	72	2006	STL	61	2	1	.667	0	3.12	0	0	3	75.0	64	26	26	6	22	4	10	2	309	3	8.64	2.64	3.27	0.72	23.3	7.1	1.15	.283	3.12	72	3.30	74	7.68	9.6