most strikeouts through first 3 or less career starts

Aroldis Chapman has struck out the most career batters when starting 3 or fewer games, with 1,399 strikeouts.

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	NAME	SO	GS	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,399	0	915	63	51	.553	2.49	0	0	401	872.0	510	241	268	57	431	34	606	7	3,551	90	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.26	170.3
2	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,327	0	982	58	46	.558	2.61	0	0	496	970.1	634	281	302	95	305	33	737	21	3,854	22	12.31	2.83	4.35	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.88	143.9
3	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,322	0	897	57	53	.518	2.69	0	0	441	867.2	532	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,502	74	13.71	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.7	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	65	2.68	66	5.52	132.4
4	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	1,196	0	853	47	40	.540	2.31	0	0	422	903.0	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	11.92	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
5	David Robertson D. Robertson	1,176	1	881	68	46	.596	2.93	0	0	179	894.1	674	291	315	81	365	25	358	38	3,690	57	11.83	3.67	3.22	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.290	3.17	70	2.98	70	6.78	122.1
6	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	1,142	0	948	52	53	.495	2.86	0	0	437	976.0	738	310	336	98	389	17	677	42	4,011	68	10.53	3.59	2.94	0.90	28.5	9.7	1.15	.271	3.10	69	3.30	79	6.81	97
7	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1,133	0	1,035	61	75	.449	2.87	0	0	601	1089.1	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	71	3.07	73	6.99	143.1
8	Don McMahon D. McMahon	1,003	2	874	90	68	.570	2.96	0	0	152	1310.2	1,054	431	482	104	579	34	505	84	5,503	75	6.89	3.98	1.73	0.71	18.2	10.5	1.25	.251	3.31	84	3.43	97	7.24	14
9	John Franco J. Franco	975	0	1,119	90	87	.508	2.89	0	0	424	1245.2	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	73	3.44	86	8.42	76
10	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	946	0	762	40	47	.460	3.13	0	0	289	779.0	545	271	296	95	403	16	527	32	3,253	18	10.93	4.66	2.35	1.10	29.1	12.4	1.22	.251	3.42	72	3.86	88	6.30	48.8
11	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	945	3	1,010	67	71	.486	3.45	0	0	326	1071.1	1,002	411	475	96	462	35	667	53	4,632	50	7.94	3.88	2.05	0.81	20.4	10.0	1.37	.293	3.99	77	3.85	86	8.42	74
12	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	943	0	951	48	71	.403	3.80	0	0	327	933.0	817	394	433	73	464	52	590	38	4,064	65	9.10	4.48	2.03	0.70	23.2	11.4	1.37	.294	4.18	91	3.76	90	7.88	43.6
13	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	895	1	1,178	68	63	.519	3.92	0	0	84	1114.0	1,086	485	523	93	420	33	363	76	4,762	35	7.23	3.39	2.13	0.75	18.8	8.8	1.35	.299	4.23	90	3.74	86	8.77	77.6
14	Josh Hader J. Hader	884	0	512	38	32	.543	2.49	0	0	252	555.2	299	154	168	66	209	24	357	6	2,177	20	14.32	3.39	4.23	1.07	40.6	9.6	0.91	.234	2.72	61	2.78	66	4.84	88
15	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	877	0	880	73	77	.487	3.16	0	0	367	1132.1	1,000	397	426	109	358	27	695	65	4,720	20	6.97	2.85	2.45	0.87	18.6	7.6	1.20	.266	3.39	82	3.49	92	7.95	38.7
16	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	873	0	899	99	76	.566	2.88	0	0	238	1390.1	1,292	445	519	84	481	14	634	81	5,794	66	5.65	3.11	1.81	0.54	15.1	8.3	1.28	.278	3.36	79	3.19	86	8.36	81.4
17	Todd Jones T. Jones	868	1	982	58	63	.479	3.97	0	0	319	1072.0	1,072	473	518	93	443	38	619	62	4,650	43	7.29	3.72	1.96	0.78	18.7	9.5	1.41	.305	4.35	89	3.94	90	9.00	55.4
18	Adam Ottavino A. Ottavino	862	3	727	41	43	.488	3.48	0	0	46	744.2	628	288	308	72	330	50	168	32	3,167	66	10.42	3.99	2.61	0.87	27.2	10.4	1.29	.300	3.72	79	3.61	85	7.59	49.8
19	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	861	0	661	68	71	.489	2.83	0	0	300	1042.0	879	328	370	77	309	13	512	83	4,251	37	7.44	2.67	2.79	0.67	20.3	7.3	1.14	.268	3.20	75	2.93	80	7.59	88
20	Tom Henke T. Henke	861	0	642	41	42	.494	2.67	0	0	311	789.2	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	64	2.71	66	6.92	123.5
21	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	860	0	537	30	38	.441	3.05	0	0	260	534.0	382	181	194	57	192	43	408	11	2,188	34	14.49	3.24	4.48	0.96	39.3	8.8	1.07	.314	3.27	75	2.64	63	6.44	91.6
22	Joakim Soria J. Soria	831	1	773	36	45	.444	3.11	0	0	229	763.0	633	264	279	67	231	27	427	18	3,146	33	9.80	2.72	3.60	0.79	26.4	7.3	1.13	.284	3.29	73	3.11	74	7.47	92.7
23	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	829	0	798	48	45	.516	3.41	0	0	33	784.2	633	297	329	55	428	64	237	59	3,402	36	9.51	4.91	1.94	0.63	24.4	12.6	1.35	.285	3.77	76	3.72	84	7.26	67.2
24	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	808	3	689	41	36	.532	2.44	0	0	368	725.2	572	197	226	57	185	34	585	18	2,938	14	10.02	2.29	4.37	0.71	27.5	6.3	1.04	.278	2.80	58	2.80	69	7.09	105.2
25	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	807	1	884	61	44	.581	3.53	0	0	56	855.2	817	336	371	73	315	22	275	78	3,664	31	8.49	3.31	2.56	0.77	22.0	8.6	1.32	.304	3.90	86	3.31	81	8.59	74.4

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	97	58	.626
Cubs	85	69	.552	11.5
Pirates	77	77	.500	19.5
Cardinals	75	79	.487	21.5
Reds	72	82	.468	24.5

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Sun 9/20	CHC	@	CIN	1:40 PM
Tue 9/22	CIN	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Wed 9/23	CIN	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Thu 9/24	CIN	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Fri 9/25	CIN	@	TOR	7:07 PM

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Final

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Crow-Armstrong

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RBI Leaders

111

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Stewart

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Arraez

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Run Leaders

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OBP Leaders

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Simpson

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Strikeout Leaders

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Misiorowski

239

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WHIP Leaders

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K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Cease

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K/BB Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Braves - x	90	64	.584
Phillies	85	69	.552	5.0
Marlins	76	78	.494	14.0
Nationals	72	82	.468	18.0
Mets	70	84	.455	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	97	58	.626
Cubs	85	69	.552	11.5
Pirates	77	77	.500	19.5
Cardinals	75	79	.487	21.5
Reds	72	82	.468	24.5
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Yankees - x	89	64	.582	4.5
Red Sox	84	71	.542	10.5
Blue Jays	76	78	.494	18.0
Orioles	75	80	.484	19.5
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White Sox	79	76	.510	0.5
Tigers	73	82	.471	6.5
Twins	72	82	.468	7.0
Royals	67	87	.435	12.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	77	77	.500
Rangers	77	77	.500
Mariners	72	82	.468	5.0
Athletics	61	93	.396	16.0
Angels	59	95	.383	18.0