Between the 1947 and 1961 seasons, Carl Yastrzemski had the most strikeouts by a rookie left fielder, with 96 strikeouts in 1961.
| NAME | SO | SEASON | TM | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC | WRAA | wOBA | wRC+ | BRAA | ||
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| 1 |  | C. Yastrzemski | 96 | 1961 | 148 | 583 | 71 | 155 | 31 | 6 | 11 | 80 | 50 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 643 | 231 | 48 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 19 | .266 | .324 | .396 | .721 | 74 | -1.7 | .320 | 88 | -10.1 | |
| 2 |  | F. Robinson | 95 | 1956 | 152 | 572 | 122 | 166 | 27 | 6 | 38 | 83 | 64 | 20 | 8 | 4 | 668 | 319 | 71 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 14 | .290 | .379 | .558 | .936 | 120 | 42.9 | .407 | 145 | 36.4 | |
| 3 | | G. Cimoli | 86 | 1957 | 142 | 532 | 88 | 156 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 57 | 39 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 590 | 218 | 37 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 11 | .293 | .343 | .410 | .753 | 74 | 8.1 | .336 | 100 | -0.2 | |
| 4 | | L. Posada | 84 | 1961 | 116 | 344 | 37 | 87 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 53 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 400 | 126 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 8 | .253 | .321 | .366 | .687 | 42 | -5.4 | .307 | 79 | -10.6 | |
| 5 | | L. Walls | 83 | 1956 | 143 | 474 | 72 | 130 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 54 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 537 | 205 | 42 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 11 | .274 | .345 | .432 | .777 | 72 | 9.3 | .348 | 113 | 8.4 | |
| 6 | | J. Greengrass | 83 | 1953 | 154 | 606 | 86 | 173 | 22 | 7 | 20 | 100 | 47 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 656 | 269 | 49 | 0 | 18 | .285 | .340 | .444 | .784 | 88 | 9.4 | .354 | 100 | -0.2 | |||
| 7 | | C. Hinton | 81 | 1961 | 106 | 339 | 51 | 88 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 383 | 129 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .260 | .337 | .381 | .717 | 45 | -0.2 | .323 | 95 | -2.5 | |
| 8 | | J. Blatnik | 77 | 1948 | 121 | 415 | 56 | 108 | 27 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 31 | 2 | 3 | 453 | 169 | 41 | 5 | 12 | .260 | .315 | .407 | .722 | 51 | -2.6 | .334 | 94 | -3.3 | ||||
| 9 | | B. Speake | 71 | 1955 | 95 | 261 | 36 | 57 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 43 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 293 | 112 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | .218 | .300 | .429 | .729 | 33 | -1.4 | .321 | 88 | -4.2 | |
| 10 | | B. Williams | 70 | 1961 | 146 | 529 | 75 | 147 | 20 | 7 | 25 | 86 | 45 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 584 | 256 | 52 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | .278 | .338 | .484 | .822 | 83 | 14.1 | .354 | 111 | 7.9 | |
| 11 | | H. Anderson | 61 | 1957 | 118 | 400 | 53 | 107 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 61 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 451 | 181 | 36 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | .268 | .333 | .453 | .785 | 58 | 8.1 | .342 | 108 | 4.3 | |
| 12 | | G. Stephens | 56 | 1953 | 78 | 221 | 30 | 45 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 29 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 254 | 64 | 11 | 2 | 1 | .204 | .302 | .290 | .591 | 20 | -10.9 | .282 | 54 | -14.4 | |||
| 13 | | D. Nicholson | 55 | 1960 | 54 | 113 | 17 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 133 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .186 | .308 | .345 | .653 | 13 | -1.6 | .303 | 87 | -2.2 | |
| 14 | | T. Curry | 53 | 1960 | 95 | 245 | 26 | 64 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 34 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 264 | 100 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .261 | .308 | .408 | .716 | 29 | -0.3 | .317 | 94 | -1.7 | |
| 15 | | J. Lynch | 43 | 1954 | 98 | 284 | 27 | 68 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 36 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 308 | 106 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 9 | .239 | .290 | .373 | .663 | 28 | -7.2 | .303 | 69 | -12.2 | ||
| 16 | | J. Durham | 42 | 1957 | 77 | 157 | 19 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 177 | 43 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .185 | .259 | .274 | .533 | 10 | -10.2 | .245 | 52 | -10.1 | |
| 17 | | G. Oliver | 41 | 1959 | 68 | 172 | 14 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 181 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | .244 | .271 | .401 | .672 | 17 | -3.3 | .295 | 71 | -6.6 | |
| 18 | | S. Palys | 40 | 1955 | TOT | 94 | 274 | 37 | 66 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 38 | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 298 | 107 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .241 | .289 | .391 | .680 | 30 | -5.1 | .306 | 77 | -8.6 |
| 19 | | J. Fridley | 40 | 1952 | 62 | 175 | 23 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 193 | 58 | 6 | 3 | 3 | .251 | .311 | .331 | .642 | 18 | -3.3 | .304 | 83 | -3.8 | |||
| 20 |  | H. Aaron | 39 | 1954 | 122 | 468 | 58 | 131 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 69 | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 509 | 209 | 46 | 6 | 4 | 13 | .280 | .322 | .447 | .769 | 63 | 5.2 | .346 | 104 | 2.7 | ||
| 21 | | N. Siebern | 38 | 1956 | 54 | 162 | 27 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 184 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .204 | .286 | .333 | .619 | 15 | -6.3 | .283 | 68 | -7.5 | |
| 22 | | J. Brandt | 36 | 1956 | TOT | 125 | 393 | 54 | 117 | 19 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 421 | 188 | 39 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | .298 | .333 | .478 | .812 | 59 | 10 | .356 | 116 | 8.2 |
| 23 | | E. Howard | 36 | 1955 | 97 | 279 | 33 | 81 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 43 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 305 | 133 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | .290 | .336 | .477 | .812 | 42 | 6.1 | .352 | 116 | 6.2 | |
| 24 | | J. Pendleton | 36 | 1953 | 120 | 251 | 48 | 75 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 27 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 261 | 116 | 23 | 1 | 5 | .299 | .323 | .462 | .785 | 34 | 3 | .350 | 107 | 2.3 | |||
| 25 | | D. Taussig | 34 | 1961 | 98 | 188 | 27 | 54 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 210 | 84 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | .287 | .338 | .447 | .785 | 28 | 3.5 | .344 | 100 | 0 | |
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