most strikeouts in first 20 starts this season

I couldn't find anything for this season, but Zack Wheeler and Tarik Skubal were tied for fanning the most hitters in starts in their first 20 games in 2025, with 164 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts in first 20 starts by a player this season

	NAME	SO	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	164	20	2025	PHI	20	9	3	.750	2.39	1	0	0	128.0	86	34	36	14	26	5	0	0	491	1	11.53	1.83	6.31	0.98	33.4	5.3	0.88	.255	2.53	6.05
2	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	164	20	2025	DET	20	10	3	.769	2.19	1	1	0	127.2	88	31	31	9	16	4	0	0	482	1	11.56	1.13	10.25	0.63	34.0	3.3	0.81	.273	2.19	6.20
3	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	160	20	2025	BOS	20	10	4	.714	2.23	1	1	0	129.1	100	32	35	10	34	0	0	0	513	4	11.13	2.37	4.71	0.70	31.2	6.6	1.04	.291	2.44	6.96
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	156	20	2025	ATL	20	6	5	.545	2.63	0	0	0	120.0	98	35	37	11	30	11	0	0	488	3	11.70	2.25	5.20	0.83	32.0	6.1	1.07	.311	2.78	7.35
5	Hunter Brown H. Brown	144	20	2025	HOU	20	9	4	.692	2.57	1	0	0	119.0	82	34	35	12	36	4	0	1	462	0	10.89	2.72	4.00	0.91	31.2	7.8	0.99	.263	2.65	6.20
6	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	144	20	2025	SEA	20	4	6	.400	3.73	0	0	0	103.2	80	43	46	16	26	4	0	0	421	8	12.50	2.26	5.54	1.39	34.2	6.2	1.02	.277	3.99	6.95
7	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	140	20	2025	WSH	20	4	9	.308	3.59	0	0	0	112.2	105	45	46	13	38	3	0	0	471	6	11.18	3.04	3.68	1.04	29.7	8.1	1.27	.332	3.67	8.39
8	Dylan Cease D. Cease	139	20	2025	SDP	20	3	9	.250	4.64	0	0	0	108.2	102	56	59	15	39	3	0	1	464	2	11.51	3.23	3.56	1.24	30.0	8.4	1.30	.325	4.89	8.45
9	Logan Webb L. Webb	139	20	2025	SFG	20	9	6	.600	2.94	0	0	0	125.2	119	41	45	9	28	2	0	0	513	2	9.95	2.01	4.96	0.64	27.1	5.5	1.17	.328	3.22	8.52
10	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	135	20	2025	NYY	20	10	6	.625	3.08	0	0	0	119.2	79	41	45	15	41	4	0	0	478	4	10.15	3.08	3.29	1.13	28.2	8.6	1.00	.226	3.38	5.94
11	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	134	20	2025	PHI	20	9	2	.818	2.40	1	0	0	124.0	103	33	34	8	32	6	0	0	501	5	9.73	2.32	4.19	0.58	26.7	6.4	1.09	.296	2.47	7.48
12	Joe Ryan J. Ryan	133	20	2025	MIN	20	10	5	.667	2.71	0	0	0	116.1	85	35	37	13	22	10	0	0	455	0	10.29	1.70	6.05	1.01	29.2	4.8	0.92	.260	2.86	6.58
13	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	131	20	2025	PIT	20	4	8	.333	2.01	1	0	0	121.0	82	27	30	6	30	4	0	0	469	2	9.74	2.23	4.37	0.45	27.9	6.4	0.93	.255	2.23	6.10
14	Jack Flaherty J. Flaherty	130	20	2025	DET	20	5	10	.333	4.77	0	0	0	103.2	91	55	56	19	43	3	0	0	438	1	11.29	3.73	3.02	1.65	29.7	9.8	1.29	.296	4.86	7.90
15	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	129	20	2025	PHI	20	8	5	.615	4.29	0	0	0	109.0	118	52	56	9	38	1	0	0	469	2	10.65	3.14	3.39	0.74	27.5	8.1	1.43	.373	4.62	9.74
16	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	129	20	2025	HOU	20	11	4	.733	2.67	2	0	0	128.0	102	38	39	8	42	5	0	0	519	6	9.07	2.95	3.07	0.56	24.9	8.1	1.13	.281	2.74	7.17
17	Robbie Ray R. Ray	128	20	2025	SFG	20	9	3	.750	2.65	1	0	0	119.0	85	35	38	13	44	1	0	0	478	4	9.68	3.33	2.91	0.98	26.8	9.2	1.08	.247	2.87	6.43
18	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	127	20	2025	SDP	20	10	2	.833	2.81	0	0	0	115.1	85	36	39	13	30	1	0	1	456	0	9.91	2.34	4.23	1.01	27.9	6.6	1.00	.253	3.04	6.63
19	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	124	20	2025	LAD	20	8	7	.533	2.72	0	0	0	109.1	79	33	38	10	37	2	0	0	437	4	10.21	3.05	3.35	0.82	28.4	8.5	1.06	.261	3.13	6.50
20	Sonny Gray S. Gray	123	20	2025	STL	20	9	4	.692	4.04	1	1	0	111.1	109	50	53	12	19	3	0	0	453	1	9.94	1.54	6.47	0.97	27.2	4.2	1.15	.328	4.28	8.81
21	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	122	20	2025	PHI	20	10	6	.625	3.07	0	0	0	126.0	113	43	44	10	29	6	0	0	514	0	8.71	2.07	4.21	0.71	23.7	5.6	1.13	.297	3.14	8.07
22	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	122	20	2025	TEX	20	10	2	.833	2.28	0	0	0	118.1	81	30	30	14	25	2	0	0	453	1	9.28	1.90	4.88	1.06	26.9	5.5	0.90	.231	2.28	6.16
23	Bryan Woo B. Woo	121	20	2025	SEA	20	8	5	.615	2.91	0	0	0	126.2	96	41	44	16	24	3	0	0	498	2	8.60	1.71	5.04	1.14	24.3	4.8	0.95	.240	3.13	6.82
24	Grant Holmes G. Holmes	119	20	2025	ATL	20	4	9	.308	3.85	0	0	0	110.0	94	47	48	16	52	6	0	0	468	4	9.74	4.25	2.29	1.31	25.4	11.1	1.33	.284	3.93	7.69
25	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	118	20	2025	MIL	20	11	4	.733	2.66	0	0	0	111.2	81	33	34	12	37	7	0	0	456	3	9.51	2.98	3.19	0.97	25.9	8.1	1.06	.245	2.74	6.53

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