most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a season in national league

Dwight Gooden has fanned the most batters by an NL rookie, with 276 strikeouts in 1984.

	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	276	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	31	2.60	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	48	6.65	44.6
2	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	268	1880	CWS	63	43	14	.754	60	1.95	57	4	2	536.1	404	116	218	6	99		3		2,133	19	4.50	1.66	2.71	0.10	12.6	4.6	0.94		3.66	80	2.23	91	6.78	16.5
3	Lee Richmond L. Richmond	243	1880	WOR	74	32	32	.500	66	2.15	57	5	3	590.2	541	141	278	7	74		9		2,410	29	3.70	1.13	3.28	0.11	10.1	3.1	1.04		4.24	85	2.24	88	8.24	28.7
4	Bill Stemmeyer B. Stemmeyer	239	1886	BSN	41	22	18	.550	41	3.02	41	0	0	348.2	300	117	218	11	144		0		1,520	63	6.17	3.72	1.66	0.28	15.7	9.5	1.27		5.63	94	3.38	104	7.74	-7.2
5	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	236	1995	LAD	28	13	6	.684	28	2.54	4	3	0	191.1	124	54	63	14	78	5	0	2	780	19	11.10	3.67	3.03	0.66	30.3	10.0	1.06	.246	2.96	65	2.88	71	5.83	26.1
6	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
7	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	227	1911	PHN	48	28	13	.683	37	2.57	31	7	3	367.0	285	105	133	5	129	8	11		1,440	4	5.57	3.16	1.76	0.12	15.8	9.0	1.13	.261	3.26	74	2.83	78	6.99	33.6
8	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	225	1901	CHO	37	10	23	.303	35	3.24	32	1	0	308.1	309	111	166	4	115	17	2		1,325	16	6.57	3.36	1.96	0.12	17.0	8.7	1.38	.316	4.85	102	2.92	92	9.02	6.9
9	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	222	1890	BSN	48	27	19	.587	47	2.23	47	7	0	424.0	374	105	175	8	112	11	1		1,755	30	4.71	2.38	1.98	0.17	12.6	6.4	1.15	.261	3.71	60	2.98	75	7.94	51
10	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	221	1901	NYG	40	20	17	.541	38	2.41	36	5	0	336.0	288	90	131	3	97	13	2		1,361	23	5.92	2.60	2.28	0.08	16.2	7.1	1.15	.278	3.51	73	2.71	83	7.71	20.8
11	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	215	1975	SFG	35	15	9	.625	34	2.88	10	4	0	243.2	210	78	85	11	86	8	1	12	1,018	6	7.94	3.18	2.50	0.41	21.1	8.4	1.21	.285	3.14	77	2.55	73	7.76	26.4
12	George Derby G. Derby	212	1881	DET	56	29	26	.527	55	2.20	55	9	0	494.2	505	121	252	3	86		1		2,101	14	3.86	1.56	2.47	0.05	10.1	4.1	1.19		4.58	80	2.43	88	9.19	16.3
13	Don Sutton D. Sutton	209	1966	LAD	37	12	12	.500	35	2.99	6	2	0	225.2	192	75	82	19	52	3	0	6	916	5	8.34	2.07	4.02	0.76	22.8	5.7	1.08	.273	3.27	91	2.53	80	7.66	16.6
14	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	206	1967	CIN	33	14	8	.636	32	2.58	8	5	0	226.2	193	65	73	18	62	5	1	7	932	3	8.18	2.46	3.32	0.71	22.1	6.7	1.13	.273	2.90	71	2.64	76	7.66	20.6
15	Kodai Senga K. Senga	202	2023	NYM	29	12	7	.632	29	2.98	0	0	0	166.1	126	55	60	17	77	5	0	0	694	14	10.93	4.17	2.62	0.92	29.1	11.1	1.22	.277	3.25	71	3.63	84	6.82	13
16	Spencer Strider S. Strider	202	2022	ATL	31	11	5	.688	20	2.67	0	0	0	131.2	86	39	42	7	45	3	3	1	528	6	13.81	3.08	4.49	0.48	38.3	8.5	0.99	.292	2.87	65	1.82	46	5.88	31.3
17	Tom Griffin T. Griffin	200	1969	HOU	31	11	10	.524	31	3.54	6	3	0	188.1	156	74	80	19	93	7	0	4	810	6	9.56	4.44	2.15	0.91	24.7	11.5	1.32	.279	3.82	101	3.28	98	7.45	0.9
18	Sam Jones S. Jones	198	1955	CHC	36	14	20	.412	34	4.10	12	4	0	241.2	175	110	118	22	185	14	1	5	1,070	5	7.37	6.89	1.07	0.82	18.5	17.3	1.49	.235	4.39	100	4.38	106	6.52	-6.3
19	Nolan McLean N. McLean	194	2026	NYM	31	12	10	.545	31	3.16	0	0	0	179.2	140	63	75	17	70	15	0	0	747	2	9.72	3.51	2.77	0.85	26.0	9.4	1.17	.273	3.76	77	3.58	86	7.01	11.6
20	Rick Ankiel R. Ankiel	194	2000	STL	31	11	7	.611	30	3.50	0	0	0	175.0	137	68	80	21	90	6	0	2	735	12	9.98	4.63	2.16	1.08	26.4	12.2	1.30	.274	4.11	76	4.11	86	7.05	13.3
21	Charlie Ferguson C. Ferguson	194	1884	PHN	50	21	25	.457	47	3.54	46	2	1	416.2	443	164	297	13	93		3		1,844	33	4.19	2.01	2.09	0.28	10.5	5.0	1.29		6.42	121	3.42	103	9.57	-6.7
22	John Harkins J. Harkins	192	1884	CLE	46	12	32	.273	45	3.68	42	3	0	391.0	399	160	300	7	108		1		1,709	48	4.42	2.49	1.78	0.16	11.2	6.3	1.30		6.91	126	3.35	101	9.18	-3.4
23	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	191	1932	SLN	46	18	15	.545	33	3.30	16	4	2	286.0	280	105	122	14	102	5	10		1,203	2	6.01	3.21	1.87	0.44	15.9	8.5	1.34	.299	3.84	82	3.44	83	8.81	22.5
24	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	188	1957	PHI	33	19	8	.704	33	3.08	15	3	0	236.2	194	81	94	22	94	3	0	2	989	12	7.15	3.57	2.00	0.84	19.0	9.5	1.22	.252	3.57	80	3.31	87	7.38	12.6
25	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	188	1883	BSN	43	25	14	.641	41	3.03	34	4	1	333.0	346	112	187	4	51		3		1,414	17	5.08	1.38	3.69	0.11	13.3	3.6	1.19		5.05	100	2.74	90	9.35	8.7

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Soto

RBI

78

Bichette

AVG

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Benge

Team Pitching Leaders

12

McLean

194

McLean

ERA

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McLean

Team Rankings

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7th

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20th

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	NYM	@	MIA	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	NYM	@	MIA	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	NYM	@	MIA	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Tue 3/30	NYM	@	WSH	6:45 PM

Last Game

Mets

74 - 88

Final

Nationals

77 - 85

Sun 27 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

3

Contreras

3

Muncy

Playoffs RBI Leaders

9

Chourio

9

Rice

9

Contreras

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

.500

Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

19

Contreras

17

Chourio

17

Pratt

Playoffs Run Leaders

9

Turang

8

Ramírez

8

Díaz

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.667

De Paula

.500

Rice

Playoffs SLG Leaders

1.333

Velázquez

1.333

Sheets

1.105

Rice

Playoffs SB Leaders

5

Simpson

4

Chisholm

4

Yelich

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

3

Hall

2

Misiorowski

2

Williams

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

33

Williams

31

Rasmussen

20

Ashby

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Peterson

0.00

Hader

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Chapman

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Weissert

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

Bibee

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

19.00

Sale

18.00

Burke

13.00

Fried

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

182

Rasmussen

170.9

Contreras

155.6

Ramírez

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

133

Contreras

118

Chourio

118

Ramírez

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Best Record ATS

97-72

96-72

91-71

88-74

87-75

94-82

Worst Record ATS

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69-96

72-98

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0