most strikeouts through first 3 or less career starts

Aroldis Chapman has fanned the most career batters when starting at most 3 games, with 1,402 strikeouts.

	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	1,402	0	916	63	52	.548	2.48	0	0	402	873.0	510	241	268	57	431	34	607	7	3,554	90	14.45	4.44	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.26	171.1
2	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	1,329	0	984	58	46	.558	2.60	0	0	498	972.1	634	281	302	95	305	33	739	21	3,860	22	12.30	2.82	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.87	144.6
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	513	38	33	.535	2.50	0	0	253	557.0	301	155	170	66	213	24	358	6	2,186	20	14.28	3.44	4.15	1.07	40.4	9.7	0.92	.235	2.75	61	2.80	67	4.86	86.8
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	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	867	0	541	30	38	.441	3.03	0	0	260	538.0	382	181	194	57	193	43	409	11	2,201	34	14.50	3.23	4.49	0.95	39.4	8.8	1.07	.312	3.25	75	2.62	62	6.39	93.1
19	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
20	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
21	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
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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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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