Jose DeLeon and John Candelaria are tied for fanning the most hitters by a Pirates rookie in a game, with 13 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts in a regular-season game by a pirates rookie pitcher| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. DeLeon | 13 | 8/20/1983 |  PIT | vs |  CIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 2 | | J. Candelaria | 13 | 6/26/1975 | PIT | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| 3 |  | G. Cole | 12 | 9/19/2013 | PIT | vs |  SDP | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 4 | | B. Adams | 12 | 9/6/1909 |  PIT | vs |  CHC | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 5 |  | P. Skenes | 11 | 7/11/2024 | PIT | @ |  MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 6 | | P. Skenes | 11 | 5/17/2024 | PIT | @ |  CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 7 | | J. Schmidt | 11 | 9/23/1996 | PIT | vs | CHC | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 8 | | J. DeLeon | 11 | 8/25/1983 | PIT | vs |  HOU | W | 1 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 |
| 9 | | J. DeLeon | 11 | 7/31/1983 | PIT | @ |  NYM | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 10 | | J. Gee | 11 | 9/21/1939 | PIT | vs |  BSN | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 11 | | C. Blanton | 11 | 4/24/1935 | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 12 | | N. Maddox | 11 | 9/13/1907 | PIT | vs |  SLN | W | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | J. Jones | 10 | 5/4/2024 | PIT | vs |  COL | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 14 | | J. Jones | 10 | 3/30/2024 | PIT | @ |  MIA | W | 1 | 4.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 |
| 15 | | R. Contreras | 10 | 9/21/2022 | PIT | @ |  NYY | L | 1 | 11.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 |
| 16 | | J. Fogg | 10 | 8/16/2002 | PIT | vs |  MIL | L | 1 | 10.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 17 | | S. Cooke | 10 | 6/26/1993 | PIT | vs |  PHI | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 18 | | T. Wakefield | 10 | 7/31/1992 | PIT | vs |  STL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 3 |
| 19 | | E. Francis | 10 | 6/29/1961 | PIT | vs |  LAD | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 |
| 20 | | G. Witt | 10 | 8/17/1958 | PIT | @ |  CIN | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 21 | | G. Witt | 10 | 8/8/1958 | PIT | vs | CIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 22 | | G. Witt | 10 | 7/30/1958 | PIT | vs | CHC | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
| 23 | | P. Skenes | 9 | 9/22/2024 | PIT | @ | CIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 24 | | P. Skenes | 9 | 9/9/2024 | PIT | vs | MIA | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 25 | | J. Jones | 9 | 9/8/2024 | PIT | vs |  WSH | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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