rookie pitcher w most strikeouts in a game

Pitchers fanned their most hitters in a rookie-season win in a 2 nothing shutout of the Astros by the Cubs on May 6, 1998, with 20 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

rookie pitcher w most strikeouts in a regular-season game

	POSITION	SO	W	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Pitcher	20	1	5/6/1998	CHC	vs	HOU	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	29	0
2	Pitcher	18	1	9/10/1980	MON	vs	CHC	W	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	33	1
3	Pitcher	18	1	9/1/1906	PHA	@	BSA	W	0	1.000	1		1	0	0	24.0	15		1	0	6	1	0		89	0
4	Pitcher	17	1	9/13/1936	CLE	vs	PHA	W	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	2	2	2	0	9	1	0		39	1
5	Pitcher	16	1	9/1/2022	ATL	vs	COL	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
6	Pitcher	16	1	9/17/2016	COL	vs	SDP	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	0
7	Pitcher	16	1	8/26/1998	CHC	@	CIN	W	0	1.000	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	3	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	30	0
8	Pitcher	16	1	6/14/1995	LAD	@	PIT	W	0	1.000	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	6	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	33	1
9	Pitcher	16	1	9/12/1984	NYM	vs	PIT	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
10	Pitcher	16	1	5/1/1955	CLE	vs	BOS	W	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	34	0
11	Pitcher	16	1	7/25/1954	CWS	@	BOS	W	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	2	2	0	5	0	0	1	36	0
12	Pitcher	15	1	8/21/1984	BOS	vs	KCR	W	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	33	0
13	Pitcher	15	1	9/15/1971	CHC	@	NYM	W	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	3	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	32	0
14	Pitcher	15	1	9/5/1971	HOU	@	SFG	W	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	38	0
15	Pitcher	15	1	6/18/1967	HOU	vs	ATL	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	0
16	Pitcher	15	1	5/26/1957	CHC	vs	MIL	W	0	1.000	1	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	4	5	2	1	0	0	0	37	0
17	Pitcher	15	1	9/22/1954	BKN	vs	NYG	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	34	0
18	Pitcher	15	1	8/23/1936	CLE	vs	SLA	W	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0		37	1
19	Pitcher	15	1	7/15/1904	SLA	@	WSH	W	0	1.000	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	2	0	0	2	0		39	0
20	Pitcher	14	1	5/18/2024	NYY	vs	CWS	W	0	1.000	1	1.50	0	0	0	6.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	24	0
21	Pitcher	14	1	8/2/2013	MIA	vs	CLE	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	28	0
22	Pitcher	14	1	6/8/2010	WSH	vs	PIT	W	0	1.000	1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	24	0
23	Pitcher	14	1	5/25/1984	NYM	vs	LAD	W	0	1.000	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	30	0
24	Pitcher	14	1	8/27/1975	SFG	vs	MON	W	0	1.000	1	0.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	36	0
25	Pitcher	14	1	5/14/1968	NYM	vs	CIN	W	0	1.000	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	34	1

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for pitcher wins and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.

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