pitcher with most strikeouts in the 1st inning since 2017

Since 2017, Charlie Morton has fanned the most batters in the 1st inning, with 283 strikeouts.

NAME SO G H HR BB HBP IBB K/BB
1 Charlie Morton
C. Morton
283
226
166
22
86
30
0
3.29
2 Aaron Nola
A. Nola
278
242
195
29
65
3
0
4.28
3 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
270
223
179
41
74
5
0
3.65
4 Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
253
212
208
35
84
6
0
3.01
5 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
248
193
145
26
47
11
0
5.28
6 Blake Snell
B. Snell
248
194
135
15
87
1
0
2.85
7 José Berríos
J. Berríos
247
236
208
37
69
11
0
3.58
8 Luis Castillo
L. Castillo
241
218
188
32
72
7
0
3.35
9 Patrick Corbin
P. Corbin
237
240
283
44
95
5
0
2.49
10 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
236
225
227
41
84
6
0
2.81
11 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
235
217
190
18
58
6
2
4.05
12 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
234
175
154
32
91
10
2
2.57
13 Chris Sale
C. Sale
232
151
116
14
43
12
0
5.40
14 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
220
209
149
20
57
9
0
3.86
15 Kyle Gibson
K. Gibson
211
227
234
31
96
9
0
2.20
16 Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
203
184
179
32
73
8
0
2.78
17 Carlos Carrasco
C. Carrasco
202
174
172
26
54
7
0
3.74
18 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
202
181
144
31
52
6
0
3.88
19 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
200
182
145
32
63
13
1
3.17
20 Lucas Giolito
L. Giolito
196
175
185
31
83
9
0
2.36
21 Jon Gray
J. Gray
195
185
191
33
61
8
0
3.20
22 Dylan Cease
D. Cease
194
163
154
28
55
9
1
3.53
23 Chris Bassitt
C. Bassitt
186
171
163
24
61
13
1
3.05
24 Andrew Heaney
A. Heaney
186
167
152
25
53
16
0
3.51
25 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
185
148
96
12
33
2
0
5.61
StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.
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