most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher live ball era

Since 1920, Dwight Gooden has fanned the most batters by a 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	Herb Score H. Score	245	1955	CLE	33	16	10	.615	32	2.85	11	2	0	227.1	158	72	85	18	154	1	0	1	978	12	9.70	6.10	1.59	0.71	25.1	15.7	1.37	.250	3.37	72	3.29	84	6.26	15.6
3	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
4	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
5	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	221	2012	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
6	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
7	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
8	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	206	1970	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
9	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
10	Mark Langston M. Langston	204	1984	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
11	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
12	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
13	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	201	2007	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Ed Correa E. Correa	189	1986	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
19	Gary Peters G. Peters	189	1963	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
20	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
21	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	187	2013	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
22	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	95	3.60	82	8.20	14.6
23	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	86	3.86	97	6.44	2
24	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	180	2012	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
25	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	180	1981	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

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