most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher 2019

Merrill Kelly fanned the most hitters by a rookie in 2019, with 158 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	Merrill Kelly M. Kelly	158	2019	ARI	32	13	14	.481	32	4.42	0	0	0	183.1	184	90	95	29	57	2	0	4	777	4	7.76	2.80	2.77	1.42	20.3	7.3	1.31	.292	4.66	100	4.50	104	9.03	-3.6
2	Chris Paddack C. Paddack	153	2019	SDP	26	9	7	.563	26	3.33	0	0	0	140.2	107	52	58	23	31	6	0	1	568	1	9.79	1.98	4.94	1.47	26.9	5.5	0.98	.237	3.71	79	3.94	90	6.85	6.8
3	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	151	2019	MIA	32	6	14	.300	32	3.88	2	2	0	197.1	179	85	94	23	81	8	0	5	838	4	6.89	3.69	1.86	1.05	18.0	9.7	1.32	.271	4.29	93	4.54	106	8.16	-5.9
4	Trent Thornton T. Thornton	149	2019	TOR	32	6	9	.400	29	4.84	0	0	0	154.1	156	83	87	24	61	5	0	0	677	5	8.69	3.56	2.44	1.40	22.0	9.0	1.41	.301	5.07	106	4.58	99	9.10	0.6
5	Spencer Turnbull S. Turnbull	146	2019	DET	30	3	17	.150	30	4.61	0	0	0	148.1	154	76	86	14	59	16	0	1	656	9	8.86	3.58	2.47	0.85	22.3	9.0	1.44	.333	5.22	100	3.98	87	9.34	9.7
6	Michael Soroka M. Soroka	142	2019	ATL	29	13	4	.765	29	2.68	0	0	0	174.2	153	52	56	14	41	7	0	1	701	3	7.32	2.11	3.46	0.72	20.3	5.8	1.11	.280	2.89	60	3.44	79	7.88	18.3
7	Dakota Hudson D. Hudson	136	2019	STL	33	16	7	.696	32	3.35	0	0	1	174.2	160	65	80	22	86	9	1	8	757	5	7.01	4.43	1.58	1.13	18.0	11.4	1.41	.274	4.12	80	4.91	115	8.24	-12.7
8	John Means J. Means	121	2019	BAL	31	12	11	.522	27	3.60	0	0	0	155.0	138	62	68	23	38	5	1	0	637	5	7.03	2.21	3.18	1.34	19.0	6.0	1.14	.256	3.95	77	4.40	91	8.01	7.4
9	Adrian Houser A. Houser	117	2019	MIL	35	6	7	.462	18	3.72	0	0	0	111.1	101	46	49	14	37	5	7	2	462	2	9.46	2.99	3.16	1.13	25.3	8.0	1.24	.301	3.96	84	3.87	87	8.16	6.9
10	Yusei Kikuchi Y. Kikuchi	116	2019	SEA	32	6	11	.353	32	5.46	1	1	0	161.2	195	98	109	36	50	6	0	0	721	5	6.46	2.78	2.32	2.00	16.1	6.9	1.52	.310	6.07	123	5.70	127	10.86	-22.7
11	Tyler Beede T. Beede	113	2019	SFG	24	5	10	.333	22	5.08	0	0	0	117.0	127	66	70	22	46	5	0	1	523	9	8.69	3.54	2.46	1.69	21.6	8.8	1.48	.312	5.38	121	5.02	120	9.77	-11.5
12	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	110	2019	TOT	68	5	4	.556	0	3.32	0	0	1	65.0	52	24	24	8	18	2	3	4	264	4	15.23	2.49	6.11	1.11	41.7	6.8	1.08	.349	3.32	79	2.34	54	7.20	14.7
13	Adrian Sampson A. Sampson	101	2019	TEX	35	6	8	.429	15	5.89	1	0	0	125.1	156	82	86	29	36	9	4	1	563	4	7.25	2.59	2.81	2.08	17.9	6.4	1.53	.327	6.18	117	5.68	120	11.20	-12.2
14	Josh James J. James	100	2019	HOU	49	5	1	.833	1	4.70	0	0	1	61.1	46	32	34	10	35	4	18	0	266	6	14.67	5.14	2.86	1.47	37.6	13.2	1.32	.308	4.99	104	3.97	88	6.75	3.8
15	Griffin Canning G. Canning	96	2019	LAA	18	5	6	.455	17	4.58	0	0	0	90.1	80	46	46	14	30	8	1	0	384	9	9.56	2.99	3.20	1.39	25.0	7.8	1.22	.280	4.58	99	4.35	94	7.97	3
16	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	96	2019	TOT	15	3	6	.333	15	2.81	0	0	0	80.0	62	25	26	8	36	4	0	1	334	3	10.80	4.05	2.67	0.90	28.7	10.8	1.23	.284	2.93	65	3.60	83	6.98	6.4
17	Giovanny Gallegos G. Gallegos	93	2019	STL	66	3	2	.600	0	2.31	0	0	1	74.0	44	19	19	9	16	3	10	2	279	3	11.31	1.95	5.81	1.09	33.3	5.7	0.81	.222	2.31	55	3.04	71	5.35	10.5
18	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	92	2019	KCR	61	3	3	.500	0	4.22	0	0	1	70.1	64	33	33	6	37	3	7	3	310	5	11.77	4.73	2.49	0.77	29.7	11.9	1.44	.337	4.22	90	3.40	76	8.19	8.5
19	Cal Quantrill C. Quantrill	89	2019	SDP	23	6	8	.429	18	5.16	0	0	0	103.0	106	59	61	15	28	3	0	2	443	3	7.78	2.45	3.18	1.31	20.1	6.3	1.30	.295	5.33	122	4.27	98	9.26	1.2
20	Zach Plesac Z. Plesac	88	2019	CLE	21	8	6	.571	21	3.81	1	1	0	115.2	102	49	52	19	40	3	0	0	475	1	6.85	3.11	2.20	1.48	18.5	8.4	1.23	.255	4.05	83	4.93	109	7.94	-5.4
21	Ty Buttrey T. Buttrey	84	2019	LAA	72	6	7	.462	0	3.98	0	0	2	72.1	69	32	34	8	23	5	6	0	309	6	10.45	2.86	3.65	1.00	27.2	7.4	1.27	.323	4.23	86	3.48	75	8.59	9.3
22	Jordan Yamamoto J. Yamamoto	82	2019	MIA	15	4	5	.444	15	4.46	0	0	0	78.2	54	39	42	11	36	5	0	1	325	5	9.38	4.12	2.28	1.26	25.2	11.1	1.14	.225	4.81	107	4.50	105	6.18	-2
23	Dylan Cease D. Cease	81	2019	CWS	14	4	7	.364	14	5.79	0	0	0	73.0	78	47	51	15	35	2	0	1	326	4	9.99	4.32	2.31	1.85	24.8	10.7	1.55	.326	6.29	127	5.18	110	9.62	-3.6
24	Glenn Sparkman G. Sparkman	81	2019	KCR	31	4	11	.267	23	6.02	1	1	0	136.0	164	91	96	30	41	6	2	1	606	6	5.36	2.71	1.98	1.99	13.4	6.8	1.51	.299	6.35	128	5.92	132	10.85	-22.4
25	Marcus Walden M. Walden	76	2019	BOS	70	9	2	.818	0	3.81	0	0	2	78.0	61	33	38	6	32	5	8	1	327	6	8.77	3.69	2.38	0.69	23.2	9.8	1.19	.264	4.38	79	3.68	81	7.04	7.3