most strikeouts in a season by a pitcher in modern era by a 21 year old

Since 1900, Vida Blue has struck out the most hitters by a 21-year-old pitcher in a season, with 301 strikeouts in 1971.

NAMESOAgeSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Vida Blue
V. Blue
301
21
1971
OAK OAK
39
24
8
.750
39
1.82
24
8
0
312.0
209
63
73
19
88
4
0
3
1,207
10
8.68
2.54
3.42
0.55
24.9
7.3
0.95
.239
2.11
56
2.19
66
6.03
41.4
2Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
269
21
1975
CAL CAL
34
16
9
.640
33
2.62
16
5
0
257.1
211
75
80
21
73
7
1
6
1,029
8
9.41
2.55
3.68
0.73
26.1
7.1
1.10
.288
2.80
73
2.48
67
7.38
35.3
3Bob Feller
B. Feller
261
21
1940
CLE CLE
43
27
11
.711
37
2.61
31
4
4
320.1
245
93
102
13
118
5
5
1,304
8
7.33
3.32
2.21
0.37
20.0
9.0
1.13
.256
2.87
65
2.89
73
6.88
39.3
4Kerry Wood
K. Wood
233
21
1998
CHC 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
5Joe Wood
J. Wood
231
21
1911
BSA BSA
44
23
17
.575
33
2.02
25
5
3
275.2
226
62
113
2
76
11
11
1,102
10
7.54
2.48
3.04
0.07
21.0
6.9
1.10
.286
3.69
60
2.13
66
7.38
33.5
6Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
228
21
1972
MIN MIN
39
17
17
.500
38
2.73
11
3
0
287.1
247
87
93
22
69
10
1
7
1,158
7
7.14
2.16
3.30
0.69
19.7
6.0
1.10
.271
2.91
87
2.63
81
7.74
20
7Don Sutton
D. Sutton
209
21
1966
LAD 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
8Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
200
21
1986
NYM NYM
33
17
6
.739
33
2.84
12
2
0
250.0
197
79
92
17
80
4
0
3
1,020
4
7.20
2.88
2.50
0.61
19.6
7.8
1.11
.250
3.31
80
3.05
84
7.09
16.1
9Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
200
21
1976
CLE CLE
36
13
12
.520
30
3.43
9
3
1
199.1
155
76
82
13
78
5
3
2
821
6
9.03
3.52
2.56
0.59
24.4
9.5
1.17
.270
3.70
99
2.72
75
7.00
19.4
10Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
200
21
1969
HOU 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
11Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
199
21
1982
LAD LAD
37
19
13
.594
37
2.87
18
4
0
285.0
247
91
105
13
83
2
0
12
1,156
4
6.28
2.62
2.40
0.41
17.2
7.2
1.16
.272
3.32
81
2.80
80
7.80
22.3
12Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
196
21
1967
KCA KCA
35
13
17
.433
35
2.81
13
5
0
259.2
209
81
91
16
84
2
0
6
1,053
4
6.79
2.91
2.33
0.55
18.6
8.0
1.13
.256
3.15
85
2.82
83
7.24
17
13Denny McLain
D. McLain
192
21
1965
DET DET
33
16
6
.727
29
2.61
13
4
1
220.1
174
64
73
25
62
2
2
1
881
3
7.84
2.53
3.10
1.02
21.8
7.0
1.07
.248
2.98
75
3.12
86
7.11
12
14Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
191
21
2011
SFG SFG
33
13
13
.500
33
3.21
0
0
0
204.2
202
73
82
12
46
5
0
5
844
0
8.40
2.02
4.15
0.53
22.6
5.5
1.21
.322
3.61
90
2.66
72
8.88
24
15Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
185
21
2009
LAD LAD
31
8
8
.500
30
2.79
0
0
0
171.0
119
53
55
7
91
1
1
4
701
11
9.74
4.79
2.03
0.37
26.4
13.0
1.23
.269
2.89
69
3.07
74
6.26
20.7
16Matt Cain
M. Cain
179
21
2006
SFG SFG
32
13
12
.520
31
4.15
1
1
0
190.2
157
88
93
18
87
6
1
1
818
9
8.45
4.11
2.06
0.85
21.9
10.6
1.28
.263
4.39
92
3.95
89
7.41
10.2
17Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
177
21
1964
CLE CLE
31
11
6
.647
24
2.70
6
2
1
173.1
148
52
60
8
100
3
3
6
760
11
9.19
5.19
1.77
0.42
23.3
13.2
1.43
.297
3.12
75
2.95
79
7.68
15.2
18Jose Rijo
J. Rijo
176
21
1986
OAK OAK
39
9
11
.450
26
4.65
4
0
1
193.2
172
100
116
24
108
4
9
7
856
6
8.18
5.02
1.63
1.12
20.6
12.6
1.45
.272
5.39
118
4.29
106
7.99
-6.1
19Ray Culp
R. Culp
176
21
1963
PHI PHI
34
14
11
.560
30
2.97
10
5
0
203.1
148
67
76
15
102
6
0
8
840
5
7.79
4.51
1.73
0.66
21.0
12.1
1.23
.246
3.36
93
3.30
104
6.55
-3.4
20Scott Kazmir
S. Kazmir
174
21
2005
TBD TBD
32
10
9
.526
32
3.77
0
0
0
186.0
172
78
90
12
100
10
0
3
818
7
8.42
4.84
1.74
0.58
21.3
12.2
1.46
.307
4.35
89
3.75
87
8.32
11.7
21Dave Boswell
D. Boswell
173
21
1966
MIN MIN
28
12
5
.706
21
3.14
8
1
0
169.1
120
59
66
19
65
5
3
2
691
12
9.19
3.45
2.66
1.01
25.0
9.4
1.09
.235
3.51
88
3.21
87
6.38
9.2
22Moe Drabowsky
M. Drabowsky
170
21
1957
CHC CHC
36
13
15
.464
33
3.53
12
2
0
239.2
214
94
103
22
94
10
2
6
1,010
5
6.38
3.53
1.81
0.83
16.8
9.3
1.29
.269
3.87
91
3.53
92
8.04
7.7
23Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
170
21
1916
BSA BSA
44
23
12
.657
40
1.75
23
9
1
323.2
230
63
83
0
118
8
3
1,272
3
4.73
3.28
1.44
0.00
13.4
9.3
1.08
.236
2.31
65
2.43
90
6.40
8.8
24Jeremy Bonderman
J. Bonderman
168
21
2004
DET DET
33
11
13
.458
32
4.89
2
2
0
184.0
168
100
101
24
73
10
0
5
793
7
8.22
3.57
2.30
1.17
21.2
9.2
1.31
.278
4.94
109
4.26
95
8.22
4.3
25Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
165
21
2007
SEA SEA
30
14
7
.667
30
3.92
1
1
0
190.1
209
83
88
20
53
3
0
4
808
7
7.80
2.51
3.11
0.95
20.4
6.6
1.38
.333
4.16
90
3.74
86
9.88
12.8
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