33 pitchers started the game. The first three are Tom Cheney on September 12, 1962, Roger Clemens on April 29, 1986, on September 18, 1996 and on August 25, 1998 and Kerry Wood on May 6, 1998.
Interpreted as:
most strikeouts in first 20 starts by a player| NAME | GS | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Cheney | 1 | 21 | 9/12/1962 | @ | W | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||
| 2 |  | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 4/29/1986 | vs | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 9/18/1996 | @ | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 4 | | K. Wood | 1 | 20 | 5/6/1998 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | R. Johnson | 1 | 20 | 5/8/2001 | vs | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 6 |  | M. Scherzer | 1 | 20 | 5/11/2016 | vs | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | L. Tiant | 1 | 19 | 7/3/1968 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | S. Carlton | 1 | 19 | 9/15/1969 | vs | L | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 9 |  | T. Seaver | 1 | 19 | 4/22/1970 | vs | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 10 |  | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 6/14/1974 | vs | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 8/12/1974 | vs | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 12 | | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 8/20/1974 | vs | L | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | N. Ryan | 1 | 19 | 6/8/1977 | vs | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 2 | |||
| 14 | | D. Cone | 1 | 19 | 10/6/1991 | @ | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | R. Johnson | 1 | 19 | 6/24/1997 | vs | L | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | R. Johnson | 1 | 19 | 8/8/1997 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Coombs | 1 | 18 | 9/1/1906 | @ | W | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | J. Coombs | 1 | 18 | 8/4/1910 | @ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||||||
| 19 | | B. Feller | 1 | 18 | 10/2/1938 | vs | L | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | W. Spahn | 1 | 18 | 6/14/1952 | vs | L | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  | S. Koufax | 1 | 18 | 8/31/1959 | vs | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | S. Koufax | 1 | 18 | 4/24/1962 | @ | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | J. Maloney | 1 | 18 | 6/14/1965 | vs | L | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 24 | | C. Short | 1 | 18 | 10/2/1965 | @ | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | D. Wilson | 1 | 18 | 7/14/1968 | @ | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
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1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 |
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Padres| AL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
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1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
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1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
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1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
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