most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in their first 3 starts

9 pitchers started 31 times. The first three are Dwight Gooden and Mark Langston in 1984 and Herb Score in 1955.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in their first 3 regular-season starts

	NAME	GS	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	31	276	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	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	6.65
2	Herb Score H. Score	31	245	1955	CLE	32	16	10	.615	2.81	11	2	0	227.1	157	71	83	18	150	1	0	1	972	12	9.70	5.94	1.63	0.71	25.2	15.4	1.35	.249	3.29	6.22
3	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	28	236	1995	LAD	28	13	6	.684	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	5.83
4	Kerry Wood K. Wood	26	233	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	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	6.32
5	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	37	230	1911	PHN	46	27	13	.675	0.40	31	7	3	362.0	284		133	5	128	8	9		1,457	4	5.72	3.18	1.80	0.12	15.8	8.8	1.14	.257	3.31	7.06
6	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	35	228	1901	CHO	36	11	21	.344	3.22	32	1	0	307.1	308	110	165	4	115	17	1			13	6.68	3.37	1.98	0.12		8.9	1.38	.329	4.83	9.02
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	29	221	2012	TEX	29	16	9	.640	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	7.34
8	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	37	221	1901	NYG	39	20	16	.556	2.33	35	5	0	332.0	283	86	127	3	95	11	2			17	5.99	2.58	2.33	0.08		7.3	1.14	.286	3.44	7.67
9	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	34	215	1975	SFG	34	15	9	.625	2.89	10	4	0	243.0	210	78	85	11	86	8	0	12	1,017	6	7.96	3.19	2.50	0.41	21.1	8.5	1.22	.286	3.15	7.78
10	Russ Ford R. Ford	33	211	1910	NYH	34	26	6	.813		29	8	0	295.2	194		69	4	70	8	1		1,123	5	6.42	2.13	3.01	0.12	18.8	6.2	0.89	.229	2.10	5.91
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	34	209	1966	LAD	35	12	10	.545	2.72	6	2	0	225.0	186	68	75	19	50	3	0	5	906	5	8.36	2.00	4.18	0.76	23.1	5.5	1.05	.267	3.00	7.44
12	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	26	206	1970	KCR	36	8	13	.381	3.05	10	1	3	212.1	175	72	81	18	81	10	4	4	885	5	8.73	3.43	2.54	0.76	23.3	9.2	1.21	.275	3.43	7.42
13	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	31	206	1967	CIN	32	14	7	.667	2.41	8	5	0	224.1	187	60	68	16	61	5	1	7	918	3	8.26	2.45	3.38	0.64	22.4	6.6	1.11	.271	2.73	7.50
14	Mark Langston M. Langston	31	204	1984	SEA	33	17	8	.680	3.07	5	2	0	223.0	178	76	87	15	111	8	0	5	942	4	8.23	4.48	1.84	0.61	21.7	11.8	1.30	.270	3.51	7.18
15	Kodai Senga K. Senga	29	202	2023	NYM	29	12	7	.632	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
16	Spencer Strider S. Strider	20	202	2022	ATL	29	11	4	.733	2.48	0	0	0	130.2	82	36	39	7	43	3	3	1	519	5	13.91	2.96	4.70	0.48	38.9	8.3	0.96	.284	2.69	5.65
17	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	32	201	2007	BOS	32	15	12	.556	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	8.40
18	Tom Griffin T. Griffin	29	200	1969	HOU	29	11	8	.579	3.23	6	3	0	186.2	146	67	73	18	89	7	0	3	791	6	9.64	4.29	2.25	0.87	25.3	11.3	1.26	.268	3.52	7.04
19	Sam Jones S. Jones	33	198	1955	CHC	35	14	19	.424	4.00	12	4	0	238.2	170	106	114	20	183	14	1	5	1,055	4	7.47	6.90	1.08	0.75	18.8	17.3	1.48	.234	4.30	6.41
20	Rick Ankiel R. Ankiel	30	194	2000	STL	31	11	7	.611	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	7.05
21	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	33	191	1932	SLN	42	18	14	.563	3.27	16	4	2	283.1	274	103	120	12	101	5	6		1,186	2	6.07	3.21	1.89	0.38	16.1	8.5	1.32	.299	3.81	8.70
22	Ed Correa E. Correa	31	189	1986	TEX	31	12	14	.462	4.04	4	2	0	198.1	160	89	96	14	124	3	0	2	865	19	8.58	5.63	1.52	0.64	21.8	14.3	1.43	.273	4.36	7.26
23	Gary Peters G. Peters	30	189	1963	CWS	39	19	7	.731	2.23	13	4	1	242.2	189	60	66	9	68	8	4	2	974	5	7.01	2.52	2.78	0.33	19.4	7.0	1.06	.257	2.45	7.01
24	Jack Sanford J. Sanford	32	188	1957	PHI	32	19	8	.704	2.94	15	3	0	235.1	191	77	90	21	90	3	0	2	979	11	7.19	3.44	2.09	0.80	19.2	9.2	1.19	.251	3.44	7.30
25	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	28	187	2013	MIA	28	12	6	.667	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	5.79