what pitcher has the most strikeouts in first season since 1900

Dwight Gooden fanned the most hitters by a pitcher in his first season, with 276 strikeouts in his rookie season in 1984.

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1Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
276
1984
NYM NYM
31
17
9
.654
31
2.60
7
3
0
218.0
161
63
72
7
73
2
0
2
879
3
11.39
3.01
3.78
0.29
31.4
8.3
1.07
.296
2.97
74
1.68
48
6.65
44.6
2Herb Score
H. Score
245
1955
CLE CLE
33
16
10
.615
32
2.85
11
2
0
227.1
158
72
85
18
154
1
0
1
978
12
9.70
6.10
1.59
0.71
25.1
15.7
1.37
.250
3.37
72
3.29
84
6.26
15.6
3Hideo Nomo
H. Nomo
236
1995
LAD LAD
28
13
6
.684
28
2.54
4
3
0
191.1
124
54
63
14
78
5
0
2
780
19
11.10
3.67
3.03
0.66
30.3
10.0
1.06
.246
2.96
65
2.88
71
5.83
26.1
4Kerry Wood
K. Wood
233
1998
CHC CHC
26
13
6
.684
26
3.40
1
1
0
166.2
117
63
69
14
85
11
0
1
699
6
12.58
4.59
2.74
0.76
33.3
12.2
1.21
.289
3.73
80
3.16
73
6.32
21.9
5Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
227
1911
PHN PHN
48
28
13
.683
37
2.57
31
7
3
367.0
285
105
133
5
129
8
11
1,440
4
5.57
3.16
1.76
0.12
15.8
9.0
1.13
.261
3.26
74
2.83
78
6.99
33.6
6Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
221
2012
TEX TEX
29
16
9
.640
29
3.90
0
0
0
191.1
156
83
89
14
89
10
0
1
816
8
10.40
4.19
2.48
0.66
27.1
10.9
1.28
.295
4.19
90
3.28
77
7.34
20.3
7Don Sutton
D. Sutton
209
1966
LAD LAD
37
12
12
.500
35
2.99
6
2
0
225.2
192
75
82
19
52
3
0
6
916
5
8.34
2.07
4.02
0.76
22.8
5.7
1.08
.273
3.27
91
2.53
80
7.66
16.6
8Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
206
1967
CIN CIN
33
14
8
.636
32
2.58
8
5
0
226.2
193
65
73
18
62
5
1
7
932
3
8.18
2.46
3.32
0.71
22.1
6.7
1.13
.273
2.90
71
2.64
76
7.66
20.6
9Mark Langston
M. Langston
204
1984
SEA SEA
35
17
10
.630
33
3.40
5
2
0
225.0
188
85
99
16
118
8
0
5
965
4
8.16
4.72
1.73
0.64
21.1
12.2
1.36
.278
3.96
84
3.55
85
7.52
15.4
10Kodai Senga
K. Senga
202
2023
NYM NYM
29
12
7
.632
29
2.98
0
0
0
166.1
126
55
60
17
77
5
0
0
694
14
10.93
4.17
2.62
0.92
29.1
11.1
1.22
.277
3.25
71
3.63
84
6.82
13
11Daisuke Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
201
2007
BOS BOS
32
15
12
.556
32
4.40
1
0
0
204.2
191
100
100
25
80
13
0
1
874
5
8.84
3.52
2.51
1.10
23.0
9.2
1.32
.299
4.40
95
4.22
98
8.40
1.7
12Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
200
1969
HOU HOU
31
11
10
.524
31
3.54
6
3
0
188.1
156
74
80
19
93
7
0
4
810
6
9.56
4.44
2.15
0.91
24.7
11.5
1.32
.279
3.82
101
3.28
98
7.45
0.9
13Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
187
2013
MIA MIA
28
12
6
.667
28
2.19
0
0
0
172.2
111
42
47
10
58
5
0
5
681
3
9.75
3.02
3.22
0.52
27.5
8.5
0.98
.240
2.45
60
2.72
75
5.79
18.1
14Kenta Maeda
K. Maeda
179
2016
LAD LAD
32
16
11
.593
32
3.48
0
0
0
175.2
150
68
72
20
50
8
0
6
716
6
9.17
2.56
3.58
1.02
25.0
7.0
1.14
.283
3.69
87
3.57
88
7.69
9.2
15Ray Culp
R. Culp
176
1963
PHI PHI
34
14
11
.560
30
2.97
10
5
0
203.1
148
67
76
15
102
6
0
8
840
5
7.79
4.51
1.73
0.66
21.0
12.1
1.23
.246
3.36
93
3.30
104
6.55
-3.4
16Shota Imanaga
S. Imanaga
174
2024
CHC CHC
29
15
3
.833
29
2.91
0
0
0
173.1
149
56
66
27
28
3
0
0
694
3
9.03
1.45
6.21
1.40
25.1
4.0
1.02
.264
3.43
72
3.71
93
7.74
5
17Bobby Witt
B. Witt
174
1986
TEX TEX
31
11
9
.550
31
5.48
0
0
0
157.2
130
96
104
18
143
3
0
2
741
22
9.93
8.16
1.22
1.03
23.5
19.3
1.73
.278
5.94
129
4.82
116
7.42
-11.6
18Michael Pineda
M. Pineda
173
2011
SEA SEA
28
9
10
.474
28
3.74
0
0
0
171.0
133
71
76
18
55
5
0
1
696
9
9.11
2.89
3.15
0.95
24.9
7.9
1.10
.258
4.00
98
3.42
87
7.00
9.6
19Orval Overall
O. Overall
173
1905
CIN CIN
42
18
23
.439
39
2.86
32
2
0
318.0
290
101
146
4
147
14
3
1,313
18
4.90
4.16
1.18
0.11
13.2
11.2
1.37
.293
4.13
89
3.12
99
8.21
3.2
20Brandon Webb
B. Webb
172
2003
ARI ARI
29
10
9
.526
28
2.84
1
1
0
180.2
140
57
65
12
68
13
1
4
750
9
8.57
3.39
2.53
0.60
22.9
9.1
1.15
.264
3.24
63
3.33
75
6.97
22.3
21Spencer Arrighetti
S. Arrighetti
171
2024
HOU HOU
29
7
13
.350
28
4.53
0
0
0
145.0
139
73
80
21
65
7
0
0
632
3
10.61
4.03
2.63
1.30
27.1
10.3
1.41
.321
4.97
114
4.17
102
8.63
-1.4
22CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
171
2001
CLE CLE
33
17
5
.773
33
4.39
0
0
0
180.1
149
88
93
19
95
7
0
1
763
7
8.53
4.74
1.80
0.95
22.4
12.5
1.35
.276
4.64
98
4.21
94
7.44
5.2
23Fred Beebe
F. Beebe
171
1906
TOT
34
15
10
.600
25
2.93
20
1
1
230.2
171
75
92
2
100
14
8
934
3
6.67
3.90
1.71
0.08
18.3
10.7
1.17
.261
3.59
113
2.48
92
6.67
5.5
24Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
170
2024
PIT PIT
23
11
3
.786
23
1.96
0
0
0
133.0
94
29
31
10
32
6
0
0
514
2
11.50
2.17
5.31
0.68
33.1
6.2
0.95
.284
2.10
47
2.44
60
6.36
23.9
25Freddy Garcia
F. Garcia
170
1999
SEA SEA
33
17
8
.680
33
4.07
2
1
0
201.1
205
91
96
18
90
10
0
4
888
12
7.60
4.02
1.89
0.80
19.1
10.1
1.47
.312
4.29
87
4.09
87
9.16
13.7
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