pitchers with the most stikeouts in first 10 seasons

Tom Seaver struck out the most batters by a pitcher in his first 10 seasons, with 2,334 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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2,334	354	182	107	.630	348	2.47	161	39	1	2718.2	2,151	747	816	187	733	48	5	62	10,839	68	7.73	2.43	3.18	0.62	21.5	6.8	1.06	.261	2.70	72	2.56	76	7.12	250.9
2	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2,219	490	291	180	.618	487	2.47	470	36	1	4196.0	3,580	1,153	1,948	59	909	41	4		17,162	208	4.76	1.95	2.44	0.13	12.9	5.3	1.07	.253	4.18	77	2.81	87	7.68	196.4
3	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2,149	305	141	75	.653	296	3.30	8	4	0	1897.0	1,589	695	751	213	534	66	2	13	7,719	61	10.20	2.53	4.02	1.01	27.8	6.9	1.12	.289	3.56	79	3.24	79	7.54	179.5
4	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,124	393	163	121	.574	344	3.29	127	32	9	2504.1	2,208	915	998	237	793	83	25	37	10,415	80	7.63	2.85	2.68	0.85	20.4	7.6	1.20	.275	3.59	94	3.08	85	7.94	147.7
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2,120	292	144	64	.692	290	2.36	25	15	0	1935.0	1,431	508	554	128	507	29	1	27	7,602	71	9.86	2.36	4.18	0.60	27.9	6.7	1.00	.270	2.58	62	2.59	66	6.66	286.7
6	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2,117	419	231	148	.609	347	1.64	302	63	14	3148.1	2,421	575	854	26	629	113	67		12,089	110	6.05	1.80	3.37	0.07	17.5	5.2	0.97	.260	2.44	60	1.91	69	6.92	299.5
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2,085	294	122	116	.513	260	3.11	116	30	3	1935.0	1,339	668	757	110	1,180	62	13	25	8,187	82	9.70	5.49	1.77	0.51	25.5	14.4	1.30	.259	3.52	92	3.04	90	6.23	78.8
8	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,082	353	148	128	.536	350	2.88	145	39	0	2624.2	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2,045	383	174	121	.590	325	3.09	178	33	7	2632.0	2,301	903	1,002	262	534	49	30	74	10,624	36	6.99	1.83	3.83	0.90	19.2	5.0	1.08	.264	3.43	82	2.91	80	7.87	209.9
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2,033	302	163	86	.655	301	2.94	91	35	0	2222.2	1,878	726	807	145	619	64	0	40	9,037	51	8.23	2.51	3.28	0.59	22.5	6.8	1.12	.281	3.27	69	2.74	68	7.60	320.2
11	Chris Sale C. Sale	2,007	312	109	73	.599	232	3.03	16	3	12	1629.2	1,312	548	590	172	374	98	25	14	6,544	38	11.08	2.07	5.37	0.95	30.7	5.7	1.03	.293	3.26	71	2.90	69	7.25	235.7
12	Mark Langston M. Langston	2,001	334	144	126	.533	331	3.69	75	16	0	2329.0	2,037	955	1,065	225	1,027	40	1	24	9,788	68	7.73	3.97	1.95	0.87	20.4	10.5	1.32	.279	4.12	90	3.72	89	7.87	118.7
13	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2,000	262	124	68	.646	253	3.37	46	17	2	1734.0	1,320	650	725	146	857	78	4	11	7,288	64	10.38	4.45	2.33	0.76	27.4	11.8	1.26	.279	3.76	80	3.35	80	6.85	179.6
14	Bob Feller B. Feller	2,000	348	177	98	.644	301	2.99	198	34	20	2471.0	1,961	822	911	108	1,246	37	36		10,407	59	7.28	4.54	1.61	0.39	19.2	12.0	1.30	.264	3.32	74	3.23	81	7.14	199.7
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1,981	296	132	59	.691	229	2.66	36	15	3	1693.0	1,262	501	553	129	467	75	23	20	6,750	43	10.53	2.48	4.24	0.69	29.3	6.9	1.02	.276	2.94	61	2.72	63	6.71	310.3
16	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1,967	301	109	92	.542	264	2.95	89	20	10	1895.0	1,443	621	716	116	919	50	21	48	7,946	101	9.34	4.36	2.14	0.55	24.8	11.6	1.25	.271	3.40	84	2.79	76	6.85	180.3
17	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	1,951	303	125	92	.576	303	3.07	23	9	0	2060.2	1,839	704	790	161	572	62	0	16	8,425	116	8.52	2.50	3.41	0.70	23.2	6.8	1.17	.295	3.45	76	3.14	76	8.03	221.2
18	Amos Rusie A. Rusie	1,950	463	246	174	.586	427	3.07	393	30	5	3778.2	3,389	1,288	2,068	75	1,707	112	35		16,313	153	4.64	4.07	1.14	0.18	12.0	10.5	1.35	.266	4.93	78	3.71	92	8.07	124.3
19	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	1,934	397	164	118	.582	344	2.96	134	34	6	2574.2	2,264	846	975	220	681	115	34	86	10,590	65	6.76	2.38	2.84	0.77	18.3	6.4	1.14	.268	3.41	80	3.07	85	7.91	156.5
20	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1,930	267	130	71	.647	267	3.23	6	3	0	1650.0	1,392	593	638	186	423	48	0	6	6,650	54	10.53	2.31	4.56	1.01	29.0	6.4	1.10	.297	3.48	81	3.12	77	7.59	179.6
21	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	1,927	323	160	114	.584	274	2.15	220	40	1	2422.1	2,002	580	873	35	645	99	39		9,605	64	7.16	2.40	2.99	0.13	20.1	6.7	1.09	.285	3.24	71	2.10	70	7.44	230.8
22	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	1,922	307	121	91	.571	306	3.31	15	7	0	2013.2	1,794	741	786	222	515	55	0	40	8,216	39	8.59	2.30	3.73	0.99	23.4	6.3	1.15	.286	3.51	81	3.48	85	8.02	140.5
23	Don Sutton D. Sutton	1,913	367	155	126	.552	353	3.02	110	40	3	2544.1	2,170	855	941	187	653	47	9	59	10,365	65	6.77	2.31	2.93	0.66	18.5	6.3	1.11	.262	3.33	91	2.79	85	7.68	136.5
24	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1,888	473	304	151	.668	465	2.63	441	36	5	4090.2	3,764	1,197	2,035	142	1,050	75	8		17,162	159	4.15	2.31	1.80	0.31	11.0	6.1	1.18	.259	4.48	74	3.23	87	8.28	261.7
25	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	1,856	301	118	101	.539	299	4.05	16	9	0	1871.1	1,631	842	902	232	853	36	0	29	7,963	105	8.93	4.10	2.18	1.12	23.3	10.7	1.33	.281	4.34	97	4.13	96	7.84	32