most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in a season since 1960

Since 1960, Dwight Gooden has fanned the most hitters by a rookie, with 276 strikeouts in 1984.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
276
1984
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
2Hideo Nomo
H. Nomo
236
1995
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
3Kerry Wood
K. Wood
233
1998
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
4Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
221
2012
29
16
9
.640
29
3.90
0
0
0
191.1
156
83
89
14
89
10
0
1
816
8
10.40
4.19
2.48
0.66
27.1
10.9
1.28
.295
4.19
90
3.28
77
7.34
20.3
5John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
215
1975
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
6Don Sutton
D. Sutton
209
1966
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
7Bob Johnson
B. Johnson
206
1970
40
8
13
.381
26
3.07
10
1
4
214.0
178
73
82
18
82
11
7
4
894
6
8.66
3.45
2.51
0.76
23.0
9.2
1.21
.277
3.45
83
3.10
79
7.49
19.4
8Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
206
1967
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
9Mark Langston
M. Langston
204
1984
35
17
10
.630
33
3.40
5
2
0
225.0
188
85
99
16
118
8
0
5
965
4
8.16
4.72
1.73
0.64
21.1
12.2
1.36
.278
3.96
84
3.55
85
7.52
15.4
10Kodai Senga
K. Senga
202
2023
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
11Spencer Strider
S. Strider
202
2022
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
12Daisuke Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
201
2007
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
13Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
200
1969
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
14Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
194
2000
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
15Ed Correa
E. Correa
189
1986
32
12
14
.462
32
4.23
4
2
0
202.1
167
95
102
15
126
3
0
2
886
19
8.41
5.60
1.50
0.67
21.3
14.2
1.45
.275
4.54
99
3.77
91
7.43
8.7
16Gary Peters
G. Peters
189
1963
41
19
8
.704
30
2.33
13
4
1
243.0
192
63
69
9
68
8
4
2
978
5
7.00
2.52
2.78
0.33
19.3
7.0
1.07
.260
2.56
67
2.34
67
7.11
32.1
17Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
187
2013
28
12
6
.667
28
2.19
0
0
0
172.2
111
42
47
10
58
5
0
5
681
3
9.75
3.02
3.22
0.52
27.5
8.5
0.98
.240
2.45
60
2.72
75
5.79
18.1
18Jon Gray
J. Gray
185
2016
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
95
3.60
82
8.20
14.6
19Nolan McLean
N. McLean
184
2026
29
11
9
.550
29
3.24
0
0
0
166.2
130
60
72
17
66
15
0
0
695
2
9.94
3.56
2.79
0.92
26.5
9.5
1.18
.274
3.89
78
3.67
87
7.02
10.1
20Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
182
2018
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
86
3.86
97
6.44
2
21Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
180
2012
35
18
7
.720
29
3.78
0
0
0
176.0
168
74
76
16
64
10
2
3
744
3
9.20
3.27
2.81
0.82
24.2
8.6
1.32
.321
3.89
98
3.48
90
8.59
7.4
22Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
180
1981
25
13
7
.650
25
2.48
11
8
0
192.1
140
53
55
11
61
1
0
4
758
4
8.42
2.85
2.95
0.51
23.7
8.0
1.05
.255
2.57
73
2.44
72
6.55
20.4
23Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
180
1974
39
14
19
.424
35
3.12
12
4
0
268.2
262
93
104
27
77
8
2
4
1,127
4
6.03
2.58
2.34
0.90
16.0
6.8
1.26
.281
3.48
92
3.48
99
8.78
0.4
24Ken McBride
K. McBride
180
1961
38
12
15
.444
36
3.65
11
1
1
241.2
229
98
114
28
102
7
2
4
1,038
8
6.70
3.80
1.76
1.04
17.3
9.8
1.37
.279
4.25
84
3.94
89
8.53
13
25Kenta Maeda
K. Maeda
179
2016
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
87
3.57
88
7.69
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62
.587
83
67
.553
5.0
74
76
.493
14.0
70
81
.464
18.5
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.463
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9/15
@
7:10 PM
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9/16
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7:10 PM
Thu
9/17
@
7:15 PM
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9/18
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88
62
.587
83
67
.553
5.0
74
76
.493
14.0
70
81
.464
18.5
69
80
.463
18.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
93
57
.620
83
67
.553
10.0
75
75
.500
18.0
74
76
.493
19.0
70
79
.470
22.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
90
59
.604
81
68
.544
9.0
79
71
.527
11.5
62
88
.413
28.5
55
94
.369
35.0
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90
59
.604
86
63
.577
4.0
82
68
.547
8.5
75
75
.500
15.5
72
78
.480
18.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
76
73
.510
76
74
.507
0.5
70
79
.470
6.0
70
79
.470
6.0
66
84
.440
10.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
75
75
.500
74
76
.493
1.0
70
80
.467
5.0
61
89
.407
14.0
56
93
.376
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9/14
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9/14
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