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

Since 1900, Vida Blue has fanned the most hitters by a pitcher 21 or younger 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
2Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
276
19
1984
NYM NYM
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
74
1.68
48
6.65
44.6
3Frank 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
4Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
268
20
1985
NYM NYM
35
24
4
.857
35
1.53
16
8
0
276.2
198
47
51
13
69
2
0
4
1,065
6
8.72
2.24
3.88
0.42
25.2
6.5
0.97
.259
1.66
44
2.12
59
6.44
45.6
5Bob 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
6Bob Feller
B. Feller
246
20
1939
CLE CLE
39
24
9
.727
35
2.85
24
4
1
296.2
227
94
105
13
142
3
3
1,243
14
7.46
4.31
1.73
0.39
19.8
11.4
1.24
.255
3.19
64
3.35
78
6.89
32.4
7Bob Feller
B. Feller
240
19
1938
CLE CLE
39
17
11
.607
36
4.08
20
2
1
277.2
225
126
136
13
208
7
3
1,248
5
7.78
6.74
1.15
0.42
19.2
16.7
1.56
.272
4.41
86
4.13
91
7.29
13
8Kerry 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
9Joe 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
10Bert 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
11Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
224
20
1971
MIN MIN
38
16
15
.516
38
2.81
17
5
0
278.1
267
87
95
21
59
5
0
1
1,126
5
7.24
1.91
3.80
0.68
19.9
5.2
1.17
.301
3.07
80
2.51
69
8.63
34.2
12Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
221
20
1901
NYG NYG
40
20
17
.541
38
2.41
36
5
0
336.0
288
90
131
3
97
13
2
1,361
23
5.92
2.60
2.28
0.08
16.2
7.1
1.15
.278
3.51
73
2.71
83
7.71
20.8
13Don 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
14Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
206
19
1967
CIN CIN
33
14
8
.636
32
2.58
8
5
0
226.2
193
65
73
18
62
5
1
7
932
3
8.18
2.46
3.32
0.71
22.1
6.7
1.13
.273
2.90
71
2.64
76
7.66
20.6
15Dwight 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
16Dennis 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
17Tom 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
18Fernando 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
19Catfish 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
20Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
194
20
2000
STL STL
31
11
7
.611
30
3.50
0
0
0
175.0
137
68
80
21
90
6
0
2
735
12
9.98
4.63
2.16
1.08
26.4
12.2
1.30
.274
4.11
76
4.11
86
7.05
13.3
21Denny 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
22Madison 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
23Ed Correa
E. Correa
189
20
1986
TEX TEX
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
99
3.77
91
7.43
8.7
24Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
187
20
2013
MIA MIA
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
60
2.72
75
5.79
18.1
25Clayton 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
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