most strikeouts by rookie pitcher first 30 games

Dwight Gooden fanned the most batters by a rookie in his first 30 games, with 267 strikeouts in 1984.

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  • Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
  • Data note: Data: Retrosheet
NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
267
1984
30
16
9
.640
30
2.66
7
3
0
210.0
156
62
71
7
72
2
0
2
851
3
11.44
3.09
3.71
0.30
31.4
8.5
1.09
.296
3.04
6.69
2Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
228
2012
30
16
10
.615
30
3.86
0
0
0
198.0
161
85
92
14
89
11
0
1
843
8
10.36
4.05
2.56
0.64
27.0
10.6
1.26
.293
4.18
7.32
3Herb Score
H. Score
221
1955
30
15
10
.600
29
3.06
10
2
0
206.0
140
70
80
18
144
1
0
1
888
10
9.66
6.29
1.53
0.79
24.9
16.2
1.38
.242
3.50
6.12
4Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
192
1967
30
13
7
.650
29
2.56
8
5
0
204.0
173
58
66
16
53
4
1
4
838
3
8.47
2.34
3.62
0.71
22.9
6.3
1.11
.274
2.91
7.63
5Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
191
1969
30
11
9
.550
30
3.55
6
3
0
182.1
153
72
78
18
88
7
0
4
784
6
9.43
4.34
2.17
0.89
24.4
11.2
1.32
.281
3.85
7.55
6Daisuke Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
186
2007
30
14
12
.538
30
4.41
1
0
0
190.0
179
93
93
23
75
13
0
1
815
4
8.81
3.55
2.48
1.09
22.8
9.2
1.34
.301
4.41
8.48
7Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
177
1901
29
9
15
.375
27
3.28
24
0
0
230.1
236
126
3
91
14
2
13
6.92
3.56
1.95
0.12
9.5
1.42
.349
4.92
9.22
8Spencer Strider
S. Strider
174
2022
28
9
4
.692
17
2.67
0
0
0
114.2
74
34
36
6
38
3
3
1
457
6
13.66
2.98
4.58
0.47
38.1
8.3
0.98
.288
2.83
5.81
9Mark Langston
M. Langston
174
1984
30
14
9
.609
28
3.21
4
2
0
193.2
161
69
83
12
99
7
0
4
827
3
8.09
4.60
1.76
0.56
21.0
12.0
1.34
.279
3.86
7.48
10Bobby Witt
B. Witt
171
1986
30
10
9
.526
30
5.60
0
0
0
152.2
127
95
103
17
140
3
0
2
720
22
10.08
8.25
1.22
1.00
23.8
19.4
1.75
.283
6.07
7.49
11Al Downing
A. Downing
171
1963
24
13
5
.722
22
2.56
10
4
0
175.2
114
50
52
7
80
0
2
1
706
5
8.76
4.10
2.14
0.36
24.2
11.3
1.10
.239
2.66
5.84
12Russ Ford
R. Ford
170
1910
29
20
6
.769
27
23
8
0
243.2
153
59
2
66
5
2
919
5
6.28
2.44
2.58
0.07
18.5
7.2
0.90
.223
2.18
5.65
13Don Sutton
D. Sutton
165
1966
29
10
11
.476
27
3.38
5
2
0
178.1
164
67
71
16
37
3
0
3
731
5
8.33
1.87
4.46
0.81
22.6
5.1
1.13
.290
3.58
8.28
14Ray Culp
R. Culp
158
1963
30
12
11
.522
26
2.87
9
5
0
182.0
131
58
65
12
88
6
0
7
748
5
7.81
4.35
1.80
0.59
21.1
11.8
1.20
.246
3.21
6.48
15Jack Sanford
J. Sanford
158
1957
27
17
5
.773
27
2.94
14
3
0
196.0
160
64
73
17
78
2
0
2
818
11
7.26
3.58
2.03
0.78
19.3
9.5
1.21
.254
3.35
7.35
16Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
158
1901
29
16
12
.571
28
2.11
27
5
0
247.0
196
86
2
63
9
1
10
5.76
2.30
2.51
0.07
6.4
1.05
.260
3.13
7.14
17Kenta Maeda
K. Maeda
156
2016
27
14
8
.636
27
3.29
0
0
0
153.0
124
56
58
18
41
7
0
4
614
6
9.18
2.41
3.80
1.06
25.4
6.7
1.08
.270
3.41
7.29
18Don Wilson
D. Wilson
156
1967
29
10
9
.526
26
2.78
7
3
0
174.2
133
54
63
10
64
7
0
2
718
10
8.04
3.30
2.44
0.52
21.7
8.9
1.13
.256
3.25
6.85
19Hyun Jin Ryu
H. Jin Ryu
154
2013
30
14
8
.636
30
3.00
2
1
0
192.0
182
64
67
15
49
1
0
4
783
5
7.22
2.30
3.14
0.70
19.7
6.3
1.20
.296
3.14
8.53
20Fred Beebe
F. Beebe
154
1906
TOT
30
15
7
.682
21
17
1
2
192.1
137
72
2
81
12
8
785
2
7.21
3.79
1.90
0.09
19.6
10.3
1.13
.252
3.37
6.41
21Johnny Cueto
J. Cueto
153
2008
29
8
13
.381
29
4.68
0
0
0
165.1
165
86
94
29
65
12
0
1
726
5
8.33
3.54
2.35
1.58
21.1
9.0
1.39
.291
5.12
8.98
22Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
152
1981
20
12
4
.750
20
2.37
10
7
0
156.0
109
41
42
10
47
1
0
3
612
3
8.77
2.71
3.23
0.58
24.8
7.7
1.00
.246
2.42
6.29
23Tom Phoebus
T. Phoebus
152
1967
27
11
8
.579
27
3.06
7
4
0
173.2
139
59
66
13
96
0
0
1
748
10
7.88
4.98
1.58
0.67
20.3
12.8
1.35
.259
3.42
7.20
24Brett Anderson
B. Anderson
150
2009
30
11
11
.500
30
4.06
1
1
0
175.1
180
79
94
20
45
3
0
1
735
0
7.70
2.31
3.33
1.03
20.4
6.1
1.28
.309
4.83
9.24
25CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
150
2001
30
15
5
.750
30
4.79
0
0
0
163.1
142
87
92
19
87
7
0
1
700
7
8.27
4.79
1.72
1.05
21.4
12.4
1.40
.281
5.07
7.82

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