pitcher with most strikeouts in the 1st inning since 2015

Since 2015, Gerrit Cole and Max Scherzer are tied for fanning the most batters in the 1st inning, with 322 strikeouts.

		NAME	SO	G	H	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	K/BB
1		Gerrit Cole G. Cole	322	276	240	43	96	9	0	3.35
2		Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	322	260	193	37	74	13	0	4.35
3		Aaron Nola A. Nola	310	275	236	36	74	5	0	4.19
4		Chris Sale C. Sale	305	214	181	21	58	15	0	5.26
5		Charlie Morton C. Morton	303	253	208	26	93	32	0	3.26
6		Robbie Ray R. Ray	297	230	203	33	123	10	3	2.41
7		Lance Lynn L. Lynn	289	243	247	39	97	7	0	2.98
8		Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	280	272	276	56	98	6	0	2.86
9		Blake Snell B. Snell	270	213	162	16	95	1	0	2.84
10		Patrick Corbin P. Corbin	268	280	343	49	109	7	0	2.46
11		Sonny Gray S. Gray	262	262	190	23	76	10	0	3.45
12		José Berríos J. Berríos	258	250	222	38	81	12	0	3.19
13		Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	258	229	236	34	65	8	0	3.97
14		Justin Verlander J. Verlander	251	235	184	40	66	6	0	3.80
15		Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	246	202	138	21	47	3	1	5.23
16		Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	242	263	243	44	75	15	0	3.23
17		Kyle Gibson K. Gibson	242	284	305	40	120	11	0	2.02
18		Luis Castillo L. Castillo	241	218	188	32	72	7	0	3.35
19		Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	237	220	163	22	57	8	0	4.16
20		Jon Gray J. Gray	236	223	238	39	70	10	0	3.37
21		Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	235	217	190	18	58	6	2	4.05
22		Jose Quintana J. Quintana	235	251	237	34	86	9	0	2.73
23		Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	234	200	187	33	70	10	1	3.34
24		Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	225	199	161	37	69	13	1	3.26
25		Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	225	250	242	24	48	7	0	4.69

StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.

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