so per game pitcher with at least 20 games in a season

Tommy Bond had 1.96 strikeouts per game pitched when pitching in 20+ games in his rookie season in 1876.

	NAME	SO/G	G	SO	SEASON	TM	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tommy Bond T. Bond	1.96	45	88	1876	HAR	31	13	.705	45	1.68	45	6	0	408.0	355	76	164	2	13	0	1,623	8	1.94	0.29	6.77	0.04	5.4	0.8	0.90	3.62	69	1.96	81	7.83	27.5
2	Joe Borden J. Borden	1.17	29	34	1876	BOS	11	12	.478	24	2.89	16	2	1	218.1	257	70	155	4	51	6	983	21	1.40	2.10	0.67	0.16	3.5	5.2	1.41	6.39	126	2.86	125	10.59	-15
3	Foghorn Bradley F. Bradley	0.73	22	16	1876	BOS	9	10	.474	21	2.49	16	1	1	173.1	201	48	116	1	16	1	779	7	0.83	0.83	1.00	0.05	2.1	2.1	1.25	6.02	109	2.40	105	10.44	-3
4	George Bradley G. Bradley	1.61	64	103	1876	STL	45	19	.703	64	1.23	63	16	0	573.0	470	78	229	3	38	0	2,269	34	1.62	0.60	2.71	0.05	4.5	1.7	0.89	3.60	58	2.14	101	7.38	-20.7
5	Candy Cummings C. Cummings	1.08	24	26	1876	HAR	16	8	.667	24	1.67	24	5	0	216.0	215	40	97	0	14	0	913	7	1.08	0.58	1.86	0.00	2.8	1.5	1.06	4.04	69	2.19	90	8.96	9.4
6	Dory Dean D. Dean	0.73	30	22	1876	CIN	4	26	.133	30	3.73	26	0	0	262.2	397	109	268	1	24	1	1,257	17	0.75	0.82	0.92	0.03	1.8	1.9	1.60	9.18	170	2.39	109	13.60	-11.5
7	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.79	68	122	1876	LOU	30	35	.462	68	1.56	66	5	0	622.0	566	108	309	3	37	0	2,568	14	1.77	0.54	3.30	0.04	4.8	1.4	0.97	4.47	62	2.08	82	8.19	50.7
8	Cherokee Fisher C. Fisher	1.04	28	29	1876	CIN	4	20	.167	24	3.02	22	0	0	229.1	294	77	206	6	6	4	1,039	6	1.14	0.24	4.83	0.24	2.8	0.6	1.31	8.08	138	2.40	109	11.54	-10.3
9	Lon Knight L. Knight	0.35	34	12	1876	PHI	10	22	.313	32	2.62	27	0	0	282.0	383	82	288	0	34	1	1,324	23	0.38	1.09	0.35	0.00	0.9	2.6	1.48	9.19	107	2.51	103	12.22	4.3
10	Jack Manning J. Manning	0.71	34	24	1876	BOS	18	5	.783	20	2.14	13	0	5	197.1	213	47	139	1	32	13	878	16	1.09	1.46	0.75	0.05	2.7	3.6	1.24	6.34	94	2.54	111	9.71	-6.5
11	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	0.66	56	37	1876	NYM	21	34	.382	56	2.86	55	2	0	516.0	693	164	395	8	24	0	2,327	3	0.65	0.42	1.54	0.14	1.6	1.0	1.39	6.89	128	2.43	109	12.09	-17.6
12	Al Spalding A. Spalding	0.64	61	39	1876	CWS	47	12	.797	60	1.75	53	8	0	528.2	542	103	226	6	26	2	2,219	1	0.66	0.44	1.50	0.10	1.8	1.2	1.07	3.85	73	2.38	99	9.23	9
13	George Zettlein G. Zettlein	0.36	28	10	1876	PHI	4	20	.167	25	3.88	23	1	2	234.0	358	101	212	2	6	4	1,089	4	0.38	0.23	1.67	0.08	0.9	0.6	1.56	8.15	159	2.34	96	13.77	7.9
14	Joe Blong J. Blong	2.04	25	51	1877	STL	10	9	.526	21	2.74	17	0	0	187.1	203	57	121	0	38	4	813	29	2.45	1.83	1.34	0.00	6.3	4.7	1.29	5.81	106	2.90	112	9.75	-12.4
15	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.93	58	170	1877	BOS	40	17	.702	58	2.11	58	6	0	521.0	530	122	248	5	36	0	2,165	18	2.94	0.62	4.72	0.09	7.9	1.7	1.09	4.28	76	2.52	91	9.16	13.6
16	George Bradley G. Bradley	1.18	50	59	1877	CWS	18	23	.439	44	3.31	35	2	0	394.0	452	145	266	4	39	7	1,719	39	1.35	0.89	1.51	0.09	3.4	2.3	1.25	6.08	113	2.97	102	10.32	2.8
17	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	2.31	61	141	1877	LOU	35	25	.583	61	2.25	61	4	0	559.0	617	140	288	4	41	0	2,328	20	2.27	0.66	3.44	0.06	6.1	1.8	1.18	4.64	74	2.65	87	9.93	38.2
18	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	1.71	56	96	1877	HAR	29	25	.537	56	2.14	55	4	0	501.0	510	119	285	2	53	0	2,132	18	1.72	0.95	1.81	0.04	4.5	2.5	1.12	5.12	83	2.82	109	9.16	-28.5
19	Tricky Nichols T. Nichols	1.9	42	80	1877	STL	18	23	.439	39	2.60	35	1	0	350.0	376	101	195	2	53	3	1,484	22	2.06	1.36	1.51	0.05	5.4	3.6	1.23	5.01	101	2.91	113	9.67	-23.5
20	Tommy Bond T. Bond	3.08	59	182	1878	BOS	40	19	.678	59	2.06	57	9	0	532.2	571	122	222	5	33	1	2,159	13	3.08	0.56	5.52	0.08	8.4	1.5	1.13	3.75	90	2.16	95	9.65	5.5
21	Mike Golden M. Golden	2.36	22	52	1878	MIL	3	13	.188	18	4.14	15	0	0	161.0	217	74	171	1	33	4	769	24	2.91	1.84	1.58	0.06	6.8	4.3	1.55	9.56	168	2.59	105	12.13	1.3
22	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	2.91	56	163	1878	CWS	29	26	.527	56	2.24	56	1	0	506.0	511	126	288	4	31	0	2,105	37	2.90	0.55	5.26	0.07	7.7	1.5	1.07	5.12	94	2.18	92	9.09	15.3
23	The Only Nolan T. Only Nolan	3.29	38	125	1878	IND	13	22	.371	38	2.57	37	1	0	347.0	357	99	208	1	56	0	1,469	21	3.24	1.45	2.23	0.03	8.5	3.8	1.19	5.39	121	2.34	110	9.26	-18.7
24	John Ward J. Ward	3.14	37	116	1878	PRO	22	13	.629	37	1.51	37	6	0	334.0	308	56	151	3	34	0	1,365	26	3.13	0.92	3.41	0.08	8.5	2.5	1.02	4.07	68	2.26	101	8.30	-4.4
25	Sam Weaver S. Weaver	2.11	45	95	1878	MIL	12	31	.279	43	1.95	39	1	0	383.0	371	83	214	2	21	2	1,589	25	2.23	0.49	4.52	0.05	6.0	1.3	1.02	5.03	79	2.27	92	8.72	15.6