pitcher with most strikeouts in first 20 games

Kerry Wood fanned the most batters in his first 20 games, with 179 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Kerry Wood K. Wood	179	20	11	5	.688	20	3.01	1	1	0	128.2	86	43	47	8	71	11	0	1	539	4	12.52	4.97	2.52	0.56	33.2	13.2	1.22	.289	3.29	6.02
2	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	175	20	10	3	.769	20	2.08	4	3	0	143.0	85	33	39	10	59	5	0	2	579	13	11.01	3.71	2.97	0.63	30.2	10.2	1.01	.227	2.45	5.35
3	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	162	20	9	6	.600	20	2.80	2	1	0	135.0	101	42	49	4	57	1	0	1	560	1	10.80	3.80	2.84	0.27	28.9	10.2	1.17	.289	3.27	6.73
4	Mark Prior M. Prior	154	20	7	6	.538	20	3.23	1	0	0	122.2	102	44	46	14	40	7	0	0	510	1	11.30	2.93	3.85	1.03	30.2	7.8	1.16	.298	3.38	7.48
5	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	151	20	10	2	.833	20	2.10	0	0	0	120.0	88	28	30	10	31	5	0	0	468	2	11.33	2.33	4.87	0.75	32.3	6.6	0.99	.288	2.25	6.60
6	Herb Score H. Score	149	20	9	8	.529	19	3.12	7	1	0	138.1	99	48	54	13	96	1	0	1	598	6	9.69	6.25	1.55	0.85	24.9	16.1	1.41	.254	3.51	6.44
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	145	20	11	7	.611	20	4.38	0	0	0	127.1	110	62	67	12	70	9	0	0	564	6	10.25	4.95	2.07	0.85	25.7	12.4	1.41	.299	4.74	7.77
8	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	144	20	8	5	.615	20	2.30	0	0	0	129.1	83	33	34	9	43	4	0	1	509	4	10.02	2.99	3.35	0.63	28.3	8.4	0.97	.239	2.37	5.78
9	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	141	20	13	5	.722	20	2.77	3	1	0	136.1	123	42	47	15	21	4	0	0	542	4	9.31	1.39	6.71	0.99	26.0	3.9	1.06	.299	3.10	8.12
10	Nick Lodolo N. Lodolo	140	20	5	7	.417	20	3.66	0	0	0	108.1	97	44	46	13	41	19	0	0	465	7	11.63	3.41	3.41	1.08	30.1	8.8	1.27	.333	3.82	8.06
11	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	140	20	8	3	.727	19	2.17	6	4	0	137.0	108	33	39	12	34	3	1	2	555	1	9.20	2.23	4.12	0.79	25.2	6.1	1.04	.262	2.56	7.09
12	Kodai Senga K. Senga	136	20	7	6	.538	20	3.25	0	0	0	110.2	88	40	45	11	55	4	0	0	474	11	11.06	4.47	2.47	0.89	28.7	11.6	1.29	.287	3.66	7.16
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	136	20	6	10	.375	19	3.29	3	0	0	128.2	91	47	51	11	70	4	0	4	537	8	9.51	4.90	1.94	0.77	25.3	13.0	1.25	.253	3.57	6.37
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	135	20	8	4	.667	20	2.35	0	0	0	111.0	84	29	33	5	24	1	0	0	437	3	10.95	1.95	5.63	0.41	30.9	5.5	0.97	.290	2.68	6.81
15	Nolan McLean N. McLean	134	20	8	5	.615	20	3.31	0	0	0	114.1	84	42	49	12	40	10	0	0	464	4	10.55	3.15	3.35	0.94	28.9	8.6	1.08	.269	3.86	6.61
16	Bob Turley B. Turley	134	20	6	12	.333	17	3.10	8	1	0	139.1	93	48	52	8	86	3	3		585	3	8.66	5.56	1.56	0.52	22.9	14.7	1.28	.240	3.36	6.01
17	Luis Gil L. Gil	133	20	9	2	.818	20	2.58	0	0	0	108.1	60	31	33	9	56	2	0	0	441	5	11.05	4.65	2.38	0.75	30.2	12.7	1.07	.212	2.74	4.98
18	Tom Griffin T. Griffin	133	20	7	5	.583	20	3.83	4	2	0	120.0	97	51	53	8	67	6	0	3	524	4	9.98	5.03	1.99	0.60	25.4	12.8	1.37	.287	3.97	7.28
19	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	132	20	3	6	.333	20	2.70	0	0	0	110.0	85	33	34	13	44	5	0	1	453	4	10.80	3.60	3.00	1.06	29.1	9.7	1.17	.278	2.78	6.95
20	Dinelson Lamet D. Lamet	132	20	7	7	.500	20	4.45	0	0	0	109.1	84	54	59	17	48	6	0	1	460	9	10.87	3.95	2.75	1.40	28.7	10.4	1.21	.261	4.86	6.91
21	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	132	20	7	4	.636	20	3.91	0	0	0	124.1	96	54	57	11	53	1	0	3	515	10	9.55	3.84	2.49	0.80	25.6	10.3	1.20	.267	4.13	6.95
22	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	132	20	9	4	.692	18	3.29	3	2	0	128.2	95	47	52	8	61	1	0	2	532	6	9.23	4.27	2.16	0.56	24.8	11.5	1.21	.264	3.64	6.65
23	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	131	20	11	7	.611	20	3.99	1	0	0	130.2	121	58	58	14	46	7	0	1	550	4	9.02	3.17	2.85	0.96	23.8	8.4	1.28	.304	3.99	8.33
24	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	129	20	8	6	.571	20	3.31	0	0	0	122.1	110	45	51	15	29	2	0	2	501	4	9.49	2.13	4.45	1.10	25.7	5.8	1.14	.291	3.75	8.09
25	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	129	20	11	4	.733	20	3.18	3	1	0	136.0	109	48	52	11	51	6	0	1	555	4	8.54	3.38	2.53	0.73	23.2	9.2	1.18	.274	3.44	7.21

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Brewers	56	33	.629
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Cardinals	47	41	.534	8.5
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Tue 7/7	CHC	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Wed 7/8	CHC	@	BAL	6:35 PM
Thu 7/9	CHC	@	BAL	6:35 PM
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Nationals	47	45	.511	6.5
Mets	38	53	.418	15.0
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Brewers	56	33	.629
Cubs	50	40	.556	6.5
Cardinals	47	41	.534	8.5
Pirates	46	45	.505	11.0
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Mariners	47	44	.516
Rangers	45	45	.500	1.5
Astros	45	48	.484	3.0
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