most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a season for the red sox

Daisuke Matsuzaka has struck out the most batters by a Red Sox rookie, with 201 strikeouts in 2007.

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	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	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	201	2007	BOS	32	15	12	.556	32	4.40	1	0	0	204.2	191	100	100	25	80	13	0	1	874	5	8.84	3.52	2.51	1.10	23.0	9.2	1.32	.299	4.40	95	4.22	98	8.40	1.7
2	Payton Tolle P. Tolle	171	2026	BOS	26	9	6	.600	26	3.03	0	0	0	148.2	123	50	54	15	40	6	0	1	603	2	10.35	2.42	4.28	0.91	28.4	6.6	1.10	.291	3.27	71	3.04	73	7.45	18.2
3	Felix Doubront F. Doubront	167	2012	BOS	29	11	10	.524	29	4.86	0	0	0	161.0	162	87	95	24	71	5	0	0	709	5	9.34	3.97	2.35	1.34	23.6	10.0	1.45	.312	5.31	115	4.37	108	9.06	-6
4	Ken Brett K. Brett	155	1970	BOS	41	8	9	.471	14	4.07	1	0	2	139.1	118	63	71	17	79	3	9	6	616	4	10.01	5.10	1.96	1.10	25.2	12.8	1.41	.279	4.59	103	3.76	90	7.62	6.2
5	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	144	1962	BOS	62	9	6	.600	0	2.24	0	0	24	124.2	95	31	32	9	40	4	53	2	506	4	10.40	2.89	3.60	0.65	28.5	7.9	1.08	.278	2.31	54	2.30	54	6.86	26
6	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	144	1913	BSA	42	14	17	.452	28	2.39	14	3	1	259.1	245	69	108	0	94	4	11		1,058	6	5.00	3.26	1.53	0.00	13.6	8.9	1.31	.300	3.75	83	2.58	88	8.50	10
7	Dave Morehead D. Morehead	136	1963	BOS	29	10	13	.435	29	3.81	6	1	0	174.2	137	74	82	20	99	0	0	2	752	2	7.01	5.10	1.37	1.03	18.1	13.2	1.35	.235	4.23	100	4.11	107	7.06	-4.7
8	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	126	1984	BOS	21	9	4	.692	20	4.32	5	1	0	133.1	146	64	67	13	29	2	0	3	575	4	8.51	1.96	4.34	0.88	21.9	5.0	1.31	.328	4.52	104	2.84	72	9.86	16.4
9	Frank Sullivan F. Sullivan	124	1954	BOS	36	15	12	.556	26	3.14	11	3	1	206.1	185	72	81	19	66	6	6		857	1	5.41	2.88	1.88	0.83	14.5	7.7	1.22	.259	3.53	79	3.44	86	8.07	12.9
10	Hugh Bedient H. Bedient	122	1912	BSA	41	20	9	.690	28	2.92	19	0	2	231.0	206	75	93	6	55	3	11		917	2	4.75	2.14	2.22	0.23	13.3	6.0	1.13	.274	3.62	89	2.89	91	8.03	6.8
11	Jim Lonborg J. Lonborg	113	1965	BOS	32	9	17	.346	31	4.47	7	1	0	185.1	193	92	112	20	65	3	0	3	813	8	5.49	3.16	1.74	0.97	13.9	8.0	1.39	.283	5.44	120	3.80	98	9.37	1.9
12	Lynn McGlothen L. McGlothen	112	1972	BOS	22	8	7	.533	22	3.41	4	1	0	145.0	135	55	66	9	59	7	0	1	620	4	6.95	3.66	1.90	0.56	18.1	9.5	1.34	.291	4.10	105	3.02	89	8.38	5.9
13	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	112	1915	BSA	32	18	8	.692	28	2.44	16	1	0	217.2	166	59	80	3	85	6	3		874	9	4.63	3.51	1.32	0.12	12.8	9.7	1.15	.244	3.31	85	2.81	97	6.86	1.8
14	Tracy Stallard T. Stallard	109	1961	BOS	43	2	7	.222	14	4.88	1	0	2	132.2	110	72	75	15	96	1	10	2	587	3	7.39	6.51	1.14	1.02	18.6	16.4	1.55	.260	5.09	117	4.59	108	7.46	-4.4
15	John Curtis J. Curtis	106	1972	BOS	26	11	8	.579	21	3.73	8	3	0	154.1	161	64	69	8	50	0	2	6	652	6	6.18	2.92	2.12	0.47	16.3	7.7	1.37	.314	4.02	115	2.66	79	9.39	12.1
16	Ed Morris E. Morris	104	1928	BSA	47	19	15	.559	29	3.53	20	0	5	257.2	255	101	118	7	80	5	15		1,087	1	3.63	2.79	1.30	0.24	9.6	7.4	1.30	.278	4.12	88	3.44	89	8.91	12.3
17	Casey Fossum C. Fossum	101	2002	BOS	43	5	4	.556	12	3.46	0	0	1	106.2	113	41	56	12	30	4	13	0	461	3	8.52	2.53	3.37	1.01	21.9	6.5	1.34	.322	4.73	76	3.48	82	9.53	9
18	Bucky Brandon B. Brandon	101	1966	BOS	40	8	8	.500	17	3.31	5	2	2	157.2	129	58	70	13	70	4	11	3	660	5	5.77	4.00	1.44	0.74	15.3	10.6	1.26	.246	4.00	89	3.75	98	7.36	2
19	Joe Harris J. Harris	99	1906	BSA	30	2	21	.087	24	3.52	20	1	2	235.0	211	92	130	5	67	7	6		942	6	3.79	2.57	1.48	0.19	10.5	7.1	1.18	.270	4.98	131	2.75	106	8.08	-4.3
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	98	2015	BOS	21	10	6	.625	21	3.85	0	0	0	121.2	120	52	55	13	37	4	0	1	522	4	7.25	2.74	2.65	0.96	18.8	7.1	1.29	.289	4.07	92	3.92	99	8.88	0.4
21	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	95	1908	BOS	39	11	12	.478	24	2.43	17	2	2	207.1	198	56	77	0	59	11	13		844	14	4.12	2.56	1.61	0.00	11.3	7.0	1.24	.292	3.34	100	2.20	96	8.59	2.4
22	Dave Ferriss D. Ferriss	94	1945	BSA	35	21	10	.677	31	2.96	26	5	2	264.2	263	87	101	6	85	7	4		1,103	4	3.20	2.89	1.11	0.20	8.5	7.7	1.31	.282	3.43	85	3.17	89	8.94	12
23	Connelly Early C. Early	93	2026	BOS	17	7	5	.583	17	3.44	0	0	0	91.2	81	35	35	15	34	9	0	0	390	4	9.13	3.34	2.74	1.47	23.8	8.7	1.25	.276	3.44	81	4.60	111	7.95	-4.7
24	Aaron Sele A. Sele	93	1993	BOS	18	7	2	.778	18	2.74	0	0	0	111.2	100	34	42	5	48	7	0	2	484	5	7.50	3.87	1.94	0.40	19.2	9.9	1.33	.287	3.39	61	3.37	78	8.06	11.7
25	Dana Kiecker D. Kiecker	93	1990	BOS	32	8	9	.471	25	3.97	0	0	0	152.0	145	67	74	7	54	9	3	2	641	9	5.51	3.20	1.72	0.41	14.5	8.4	1.31	.289	4.38	97	3.42	87	8.59	8.9

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Rays	98	63	.609
Yankees	93	68	.578	5.0
Red Sox	87	74	.540	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	19.0
Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 9/29	BOS	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Wed 9/30	BOS	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	BOS	@	NYY	8:00 PM

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87 - 74

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RBI Leaders

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Batting Average Leaders

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Crow-Armstrong

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Strikeout Leaders

248

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	67	.584
Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
Marlins	79	82	.491	15.0
Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
Mets	74	87	.460	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	102	59	.634
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
Pirates	81	80	.503	21.0
Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
Reds	75	86	.466	27.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	99	62	.615
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Red Sox - w	87	74	.540	11.0
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