most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in the mlb after 1960

Since 1961, Dwight Gooden has struck out the most hitters by a rookie, with 276 strikeouts in 1984.

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1Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
276
1984
NYM 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
2Hideo Nomo
H. Nomo
236
1995
LAD 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
3Kerry Wood
K. Wood
233
1998
CHC 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
4Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
221
2012
TEX TEX
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
SFG 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
6Don Sutton
D. Sutton
209
1966
LAD 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
7Bob Johnson
B. Johnson
206
1970
KCR KCR
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
CIN 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
9Mark Langston
M. Langston
204
1984
SEA SEA
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
NYM 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
11Spencer Strider
S. Strider
202
2022
ATL 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
12Daisuke Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
201
2007
BOS 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
13Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
200
1969
HOU 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
14Nolan McLean
N. McLean
194
2026
NYM 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
15Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
194
2000
STL 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
16Parker Messick
P. Messick
193
2026
CLE CLE
32
12
9
.571
32
2.56
0
0
0
186.1
149
53
57
17
49
4
0
2
747
6
9.32
2.37
3.94
0.82
25.8
6.6
1.06
.273
2.75
62
3.06
76
7.20
20.8
17Ed Correa
E. Correa
189
1986
TEX TEX
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
18Gary Peters
G. Peters
189
1963
CWS CWS
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
19Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
187
2013
MIA MIA
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
20Jon Gray
J. Gray
185
2016
COL 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
95
3.60
82
8.20
14.6
21Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
182
2018
STL 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
86
3.86
97
6.44
2
22Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
180
2012
STL STL
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
23Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
180
1981
LAD LAD
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
24Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
180
1974
CAL CAL
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
25Ken McBride
K. McBride
180
1961
LAA LAA
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
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