most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a season last 10 years

Since 2016, Kodai Senga and Spencer Strider were tied for fanning the most hitters by a rookie, with 202 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	H/9
1	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	6.82
2	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	5.88
3	Jon Gray J. Gray	185	2016	COL	29	10	10	.500	29	4.61	1	1	0	168.0	153	86	92	18	59	12	0	2	712	7	9.91	3.16	3.14	0.96	26.0	8.3	1.26	.308	4.93	8.20
4	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	182	2018	STL	28	8	9	.471	28	3.34	0	0	0	151.0	108	56	59	20	59	11	0	3	615	6	10.85	3.52	3.08	1.19	29.6	9.6	1.11	.257	3.52	6.44
5	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	179	2016	LAD	32	16	11	.593	32	3.48	0	0	0	175.2	150	68	72	20	50	8	0	6	716	6	9.17	2.56	3.58	1.02	25.0	7.0	1.14	.283	3.69	7.69
6	Hunter Brown H. Brown	178	2023	HOU	31	11	13	.458	29	5.09	0	0	0	155.2	157	88	94	26	55	9	1	0	665	4	10.29	3.18	3.24	1.50	26.8	8.3	1.36	.330	5.43	9.08
7	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	7.74
8	Will Warren W. Warren	171	2025	NYY	33	9	8	.529	33	4.44	0	0	0	162.1	158	80	90	22	65	4	0	0	711	2	9.48	3.60	2.63	1.22	24.1	9.1	1.37	.303	4.99	8.76
9	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	8.63
10	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	6.17
11	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	6.36
12	Luis Garcia L. Garcia	167	2021	HOU	30	11	8	.579	28	3.48	0	0	0	155.1	133	60	62	19	50	3	1	1	633	9	9.68	2.90	3.34	1.10	26.4	7.9	1.18	.289	3.59	7.71
13	Hunter Greene H. Greene	164	2022	CIN	24	5	13	.278	24	4.44	1	1	0	125.2	104	62	64	24	48	10	0	0	531	4	11.75	3.44	3.42	1.72	30.9	9.0	1.21	.281	4.58	7.45
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	164	2021	DET	31	8	12	.400	29	4.34	0	0	0	149.1	141	72	76	35	47	6	1	0	634	4	9.88	2.83	3.49	2.11	25.9	7.4	1.26	.277	4.58	8.50
15	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	9.03
16	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	157	2021	MIA	25	7	8	.467	25	2.64	0	0	0	133.0	107	39	46	6	46	5	0	2	550	4	10.62	3.11	3.41	0.41	28.5	8.4	1.15	.301	3.11	7.24
17	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	6.85
18	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	151	2022	MIN	27	13	8	.619	27	3.55	0	0	0	147.0	115	58	60	20	47	10	0	0	604	2	9.24	2.88	3.21	1.22	25.0	7.8	1.10	.253	3.67	7.04
19	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	8.16
20	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	151	2018	LAD	24	8	5	.615	23	2.62	0	0	0	137.1	95	40	43	12	37	6	0	1	541	4	9.90	2.42	4.08	0.79	27.9	6.8	0.96	.248	2.82	6.23
21	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	9.10
22	Jack Leiter J. Leiter	148	2025	TEX	29	10	10	.500	29	3.86	0	0	0	151.2	127	65	69	18	67	5	0	0	646	10	8.78	3.98	2.21	1.07	22.9	10.4	1.28	.267	4.09	7.54
23	Germán Márquez G. Márquez	147	2017	COL	29	11	7	.611	29	4.39	0	0	0	162.0	174	79	82	25	49	8	0	3	701	6	8.17	2.72	3.00	1.39	21.0	7.0	1.38	.316	4.56	9.67
24	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	9.34
25	Shane Smith S. Smith	145	2025	CWS	29	7	8	.467	29	3.81	0	0	0	146.1	117	62	70	17	58	12	0	1	616	8	8.92	3.57	2.50	1.05	23.5	9.4	1.20	.260	4.31	7.20

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