Dwight Gooden has struck out the most hitters by a rookie starting pitcher, 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 | H/9 | ||
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| 1 |  | 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 | 6.65 | |
| 2 | | 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 | 5.83 | |
| 3 | | H. Score | 236 | 1955 | 32 | 16 | 10 | .615 | 32 | 3.00 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 222.1 | 157 | 74 | 86 | 18 | 152 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 959 | 12 | 9.55 | 6.15 | 1.55 | 0.73 | 24.6 | 15.8 | 1.39 | .252 | 3.48 | 6.36 | |
| 4 | | 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 | 6.32 | |
| 5 | | T. Hughes | 226 | 1901 | 35 | 10 | 21 | .323 | 35 | 3.24 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 305.2 | 307 | 110 | 165 | 4 | 115 | 17 | 0 | 13 | 6.65 | 3.39 | 1.97 | 0.12 | 8.9 | 1.38 | .327 | 4.86 | 9.04 | ||||
| 6 |  | 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 | 7.34 | |
| 7 | | C. Mathewson | 219 | 1901 | 38 | 20 | 16 | .556 | 38 | 2.45 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 331.0 | 283 | 90 | 130 | 3 | 96 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 5.95 | 2.61 | 2.28 | 0.08 | 7.2 | 1.15 | .281 | 3.53 | 7.69 | ||||
| 8 | | J. Montefusco | 215 | 1975 | 34 | 15 | 9 | .625 | 34 | 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 | |
| 9 | | D. Sutton | 206 | 1966 | 35 | 12 | 11 | .522 | 35 | 2.94 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 223.1 | 191 | 73 | 80 | 19 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 906 | 5 | 8.30 | 2.01 | 4.12 | 0.77 | 22.7 | 5.5 | 1.08 | .274 | 3.22 | 7.70 | |
| 10 | | R. Ford | 206 | 1910 | 33 | 26 | 6 | .813 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 287.0 | 190 | 66 | 4 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 1,093 | 5 | 6.46 | 2.10 | 3.07 | 0.13 | 18.8 | 6.1 | 0.90 | .230 | 2.07 | 5.96 | ||||
| 11 | | G. Nolan | 205 | 1967 | 32 | 13 | 8 | .619 | 32 | 2.59 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 225.2 | 193 | 65 | 73 | 18 | 62 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 929 | 3 | 8.18 | 2.47 | 3.31 | 0.72 | 22.1 | 6.7 | 1.13 | .274 | 2.91 | 7.70 | |
| 12 | | G. Alexander | 205 | 1911 | 37 | 24 | 11 | .686 | 37 | 0.27 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 332.2 | 259 | 118 | 5 | 114 | 8 | 0 | 1,339 | 4 | 5.55 | 3.08 | 1.80 | 0.14 | 15.3 | 8.5 | 1.12 | .252 | 3.19 | 7.01 | |||
| 13 | | 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 | 6.82 | |
| 14 | | 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 | 8.40 | |
| 15 | | 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 | 7.45 | |
| 16 | | M. Langston | 198 | 1984 | 33 | 16 | 10 | .615 | 33 | 3.47 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 220.1 | 185 | 85 | 99 | 16 | 116 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 946 | 4 | 8.09 | 4.74 | 1.71 | 0.65 | 20.9 | 12.3 | 1.37 | .278 | 4.04 | 7.56 | |
| 17 | | R. Ankiel | 192 | 2000 | 30 | 11 | 7 | .611 | 30 | 3.54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 173.0 | 136 | 68 | 80 | 21 | 88 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 726 | 12 | 9.99 | 4.58 | 2.18 | 1.09 | 26.4 | 12.1 | 1.29 | .274 | 4.16 | 7.08 | |
| 18 | | S. Jones | 192 | 1955 | 34 | 13 | 19 | .406 | 34 | 4.13 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 235.1 | 170 | 108 | 116 | 22 | 180 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 1,042 | 4 | 7.34 | 6.88 | 1.07 | 0.84 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 1.49 | .233 | 4.44 | 6.50 | |
| 19 | | 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 | 7.43 | |
| 20 | | J. Sanford | 188 | 1957 | 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 | 7.38 | |
| 21 | | 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 | 5.79 | |
| 22 | | 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 | 8.20 | |
| 23 |  | 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 | 6.44 | |
| 24 | | 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 | 6.55 | |
| 25 | | 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 | 7.69 | |
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64 | 45 | .587 | ||
57 | 52 | .523 | 7.0 | |
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69 | 40 | .633 | ||
57 | 52 | .523 | 12.0 | |
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