most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher 2024

Shota Imanaga struck out the most batters by a rookie in 2024, with 174 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	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	174	2024	CHC	29	15	3	.833	29	2.91	0	0	0	173.1	149	56	66	27	28	3	0	0	694	3	9.03	1.45	6.21	1.40	25.1	4.0	1.02	.264	3.43	73	3.71	93	7.74	5
2	Luis Gil L. Gil	171	2024	NYY	29	15	7	.682	29	3.50	0	0	0	151.2	104	59	60	18	77	8	0	0	637	6	10.15	4.57	2.22	1.07	26.8	12.1	1.19	.237	3.56	87	4.13	98	6.17	1.5
3	Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	171	2024	HOU	29	7	13	.350	28	4.53	0	0	0	145.0	139	73	80	21	65	7	0	0	632	3	10.61	4.03	2.63	1.30	27.1	10.3	1.41	.321	4.97	114	4.17	103	8.63	-2.1
4	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	170	2024	PIT	23	11	3	.786	23	1.96	0	0	0	133.0	94	29	31	10	32	6	0	0	514	2	11.50	2.17	5.31	0.68	33.1	6.2	0.95	.284	2.10	47	2.44	60	6.36	23.9
5	Mitchell Parker M. Parker	133	2024	WSH	29	7	10	.412	29	4.29	0	0	0	151.0	154	72	82	18	43	2	0	0	646	7	7.93	2.56	3.09	1.07	20.6	6.7	1.30	.302	4.89	105	3.84	94	9.18	4.3
6	Matt Waldron M. Waldron	133	2024	SDP	27	7	11	.389	26	4.91	0	0	0	146.2	145	80	84	21	40	11	0	0	625	5	8.16	2.45	3.33	1.29	21.3	6.4	1.26	.295	5.15	124	4.25	106	8.90	-3.9
7	Jared Jones J. Jones	132	2024	PIT	22	6	8	.429	22	4.14	0	0	0	121.2	106	56	60	18	39	5	0	1	504	3	9.76	2.88	3.38	1.33	26.2	7.7	1.19	.284	4.44	98	4.00	99	7.84	0.8
8	Tobias Myers T. Myers	127	2024	MIL	27	9	6	.600	25	3.00	0	0	0	138.0	126	46	52	18	36	5	0	0	569	4	8.28	2.35	3.53	1.17	22.3	6.3	1.17	.282	3.39	73	3.91	95	8.22	3
9	Spencer Schwellenbach S. Schwellenbach	127	2024	ATL	21	8	7	.533	21	3.35	0	0	0	123.2	106	46	49	14	23	6	0	1	500	3	9.24	1.67	5.52	1.02	25.4	4.6	1.04	.279	3.57	80	3.28	83	7.71	9.6
10	Mitch Spence M. Spence	126	2024	OAK	35	8	10	.444	24	4.58	0	0	0	151.1	165	77	79	20	44	6	2	0	651	8	7.49	2.62	2.86	1.19	19.4	6.8	1.38	.319	4.70	119	4.20	106	9.81	-4.3
11	Kyle Harrison K. Harrison	118	2024	SFG	24	7	7	.500	24	4.56	0	0	0	124.1	125	63	65	18	42	7	0	0	532	2	8.54	3.04	2.81	1.30	22.2	7.9	1.34	.308	4.71	114	4.33	111	9.05	-6.4
12	Simeon Woods Richardson S. Woods Richardson	117	2024	MIN	28	5	5	.500	28	4.17	0	0	0	133.2	125	62	63	16	48	3	0	0	569	3	7.88	3.23	2.44	1.08	20.6	8.4	1.29	.283	4.24	104	4.11	101	8.42	-0.3
13	Gavin Stone G. Stone	116	2024	LAD	25	11	5	.688	25	3.53	1	1	0	140.1	133	55	55	18	37	2	0	0	580	9	7.44	2.37	3.14	1.15	20.0	6.4	1.21	.283	3.53	87	4.01	97	8.53	2.1
14	DJ Herz	106	2024	WSH	19	4	9	.308	19	4.16	0	0	0	88.2	76	41	45	11	36	3	0	0	382	5	10.76	3.65	2.94	1.12	27.7	9.4	1.26	.288	4.57	102	3.70	90	7.71	3.9
15	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	105	2024	LAD	18	7	2	.778	18	3.00	0	0	0	90.0	78	30	32	7	22	1	0	0	368	2	10.50	2.20	4.77	0.70	28.5	6.0	1.11	.305	3.20	74	2.60	63	7.80	15.1
16	Mason Miller M. Miller	104	2024	OAK	55	2	2	.500	0	2.49	0	0	28	65.0	36	18	23	6	21	1	44	3	249	2	14.40	2.91	4.95	0.83	41.8	8.4	0.88	.256	3.18	65	2.17	55	4.98	13.2
17	Cade Smith C. Smith	103	2024	CLE	74	6	1	.857	0	1.91	0	0	1	75.1	51	16	16	1	17	3	2	0	289	0	12.31	2.03	6.06	0.12	35.6	5.9	0.90	.303	1.91	48	1.39	34	6.09	22.4
18	Jeremiah Estrada J. Estrada	94	2024	SDP	62	6	3	.667	0	2.95	0	0	1	61.0	42	20	22	4	23	0	14	1	252	5	13.87	3.39	4.09	0.59	37.3	9.1	1.07	.290	3.25	74	2.06	51	6.20	13.4
19	Bowden Francis B. Francis	92	2024	TOR	27	8	5	.615	13	3.30	0	0	0	103.2	74	38	41	17	22	7	7	0	408	0	7.99	1.91	4.18	1.48	22.5	5.4	0.93	.211	3.56	83	4.36	107	6.42	-3.1
20	Joey Estes J. Estes	92	2024	OAK	25	7	9	.438	24	5.01	1	1	0	127.2	130	71	73	23	27	10	0	1	543	3	6.49	1.90	3.41	1.62	16.9	5.0	1.23	.274	5.15	130	4.93	124	9.16	-14.3
21	Justin Martinez J. Martinez	91	2024	ARI	64	5	6	.455	0	2.48	0	0	8	72.2	59	20	26	2	36	2	28	6	308	8	11.27	4.46	2.53	0.25	29.5	11.7	1.31	.322	3.22	59	2.58	66	7.31	11.2
22	Jonathan Cannon J. Cannon	91	2024	CWS	23	5	10	.333	21	4.49	0	0	1	124.1	125	62	65	18	40	4	1	0	522	2	6.59	2.90	2.28	1.30	17.4	7.7	1.33	.290	4.71	111	4.64	110	9.05	-5.6
23	Hayden Birdsong H. Birdsong	88	2024	SFG	16	5	6	.455	16	4.75	0	0	0	72.0	57	38	39	11	43	4	0	0	315	4	11.00	5.38	2.05	1.38	27.9	13.7	1.39	.272	4.88	119	4.66	120	7.13	-6.5
24	Erik Miller E. Miller	87	2024	SFG	73	4	5	.444	10	3.88	0	0	0	67.1	50	29	33	7	38	1	11	0	284	1	11.63	5.08	2.29	0.94	30.6	13.4	1.31	.285	4.41	97	3.66	94	6.68	1.7
25	Yariel Rodriguez Y. Rodriguez	85	2024	TOR	21	1	8	.111	21	4.47	0	0	0	86.2	74	43	46	11	40	3	0	0	368	0	8.83	4.15	2.13	1.14	23.1	10.9	1.32	.275	4.78	112	4.34	106	7.68	-2.4

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Brewers	3	0	1.000
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Cardinals	2	1	.667	1.0
Cubs	1	2	.333	2.0
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Mon 3/30	LAA	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Tue 3/31	LAA	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Wed 4/1	LAA	@	CHC	2:20 PM
Fri 4/3	CHC	@	CLE	4:10 PM
Sat 4/4	CHC	@	CLE	7:15 PM

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RBI Leaders

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Batting Average Leaders

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OBP Leaders

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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ERA Leaders

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WHIP Leaders

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K/9 Leaders

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K/BB Leaders

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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Braves	2	1	.667	1.0
Mets	2	1	.667	1.0
Nationals	2	1	.667	1.0
Phillies	1	2	.333	2.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	3	0	1.000
Reds	2	1	.667	1.0
Cardinals	2	1	.667	1.0
Cubs	1	2	.333	2.0
Pirates	1	2	.333	2.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	3	0	1.000
Padres	1	2	.333	2.0
Diamondbacks	0	3	.000	3.0
Rockies	0	3	.000	3.0
Giants	0	3	.000	3.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Yankees	3	0	1.000
Blue Jays	3	0	1.000
Orioles	2	1	.667	1.0
Red Sox	1	2	.333	2.0
Rays	1	2	.333	2.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Tigers	2	1	.667
Guardians	2	2	.500	0.5
Royals	1	2	.333	1.0
Twins	1	2	.333	1.0
White Sox	0	3	.000	2.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	2	1	.667
Astros	2	2	.500	0.5
Angels	2	2	.500	0.5
Mariners	2	2	.500	0.5
Athletics	0	3	.000	2.0