pirates pitcher most strikeouts by a rookie in a game

Jose DeLeon and John Candelaria are tied for fanning the most hitters by a Pirates rookie in a game, with 13 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
pirates pitcher most strikeouts by a rookie in a regular-season game
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Jose DeLeon
J. DeLeon
13
8/20/1983
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
2 John Candelaria
J. Candelaria
13
6/26/1975
PIT PIT
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
2
2
2
3
0
0
1
34
0
3 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
12
9/19/2013
PIT PIT
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
25
0
4 Babe Adams
B. Adams
12
9/6/1909
PIT PIT
vs
CHC CHC
L
1
1
0
0
10.0
10
3
0
3
0
0
41
0
5 Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
11
7/11/2024
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
23
0
6 Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
11
5/17/2024
PIT PIT
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
19
0
7 Jason Schmidt
J. Schmidt
11
9/23/1996
PIT PIT
vs
CHC CHC
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
4
4
1
0
1
0
0
37
0
8 Jose DeLeon
J. DeLeon
11
8/25/1983
PIT PIT
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
3.12
0
0
0
8.2
8
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
37
1
9 Jose DeLeon
J. DeLeon
11
7/31/1983
PIT PIT
@
NYM NYM
1
0.00
0
0
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
10 Johnny Gee
J. Gee
11
9/21/1939
PIT PIT
vs
BSN BSN
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
12
3
4
0
2
0
0
40
0
11 Cy Blanton
C. Blanton
11
4/24/1935
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
3
0
0
36
0
12 Nick Maddox
N. Maddox
11
9/13/1907
PIT PIT
vs
SLN SLN
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
2
0
0
33
0
13 Jared Jones
J. Jones
10
5/4/2024
PIT PIT
vs
COL COL
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
22
0
14 Jared Jones
J. Jones
10
3/30/2024
PIT PIT
@
MIA MIA
W
1
4.76
0
0
0
5.2
3
3
3
0
2
0
0
0
23
1
15 Roansy Contreras
R. Contreras
10
9/21/2022
PIT PIT
@
NYY NYY
L
1
11.57
0
0
0
4.2
6
6
6
1
2
0
0
0
22
2
16 Josh Fogg
J. Fogg
10
8/16/2002
PIT PIT
vs
MIL MIL
L
1
10.13
0
0
0
5.1
9
6
8
1
3
0
0
0
29
0
17 Steve Cooke
S. Cooke
10
6/26/1993
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
18 Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
10
7/31/1992
PIT PIT
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
38
3
19 Earl Francis
E. Francis
10
6/29/1961
PIT PIT
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
3
2
2
0
4
0
0
1
30
0
20 George Witt
G. Witt
10
8/17/1958
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
5
2
3
0
4
1
0
0
34
0
21 George Witt
G. Witt
10
8/8/1958
PIT PIT
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
36
0
22 George Witt
G. Witt
10
7/30/1958
PIT PIT
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
7
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
29
1
23 Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
9
9/22/2024
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.0
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
18
0
24 Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
9
9/9/2024
PIT PIT
vs
MIA MIA
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
6
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
25 Jared Jones
J. Jones
9
9/8/2024
PIT PIT
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
25
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
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ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
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BAL BAL
@
CWS CWS
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Tue
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SEA SEA
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DET DET
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10/8
SEA SEA
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DET DET
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