what pitcher has the most strikeouts in first two season since 1900

Dwight Gooden fanned the most hitters by a pitcher in his first 2 seasons, with 544 strikeouts.

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	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	544	66	41	13	.759	66	2.00	23	11	0	494.2	359	110	123	20	142	4	0	6	1,944	9	9.90	2.58	3.83	0.36	28.0	7.3	1.01	.275	2.24	57	1.93	54	6.53	90.2
2	Herb Score H. Score	508	68	36	19	.655	65	2.68	27	7	0	476.2	320	142	167	36	283	3	1	3	2,000	23	9.59	5.34	1.80	0.68	25.4	14.2	1.27	.243	3.15	66	3.02	76	6.04	50.2
3	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	498	61	29	18	.617	61	3.34	0	0	0	401.0	301	149	157	40	169	18	0	2	1,657	15	11.18	3.79	2.95	0.90	30.1	10.2	1.17	.280	3.52	78	3.28	79	6.76	38.8
4	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	470	61	29	17	.630	61	2.90	7	5	0	419.2	304	135	156	37	163	7	0	8	1,712	30	10.08	3.50	2.88	0.79	27.5	9.5	1.11	.258	3.35	75	3.25	79	6.52	41.4
5	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	422	94	47	30	.610	71	2.68	56	10	6	677.1	574	202	266	16	234	14	21		2,730	9	5.61	3.11	1.80	0.21	15.5	8.6	1.19	.273	3.53	77	2.97	82	7.63	50.8
6	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	415	58	25	10	.714	57	3.16	2	1	0	373.1	304	131	142	23	149	8	0	6	1,546	27	10.00	3.59	2.79	0.55	26.8	9.6	1.21	.295	3.42	73	3.00	70	7.33	54.3
7	Dave Davenport D. Davenport	393	98	32	33	.492	78	2.64	46	13	7	662.1	542	194	234	9	206	15	14		2,624	15	5.34	2.80	1.91	0.12	15.0	7.9	1.13	.266	3.18	83	2.41	80	7.36	45.8
8	Mark Prior M. Prior	392	49	24	12	.667	49	2.74	4	1	0	328.0	281	100	112	29	88	16	0	4	1,349	10	10.76	2.41	4.45	0.80	29.1	6.5	1.13	.306	3.07	66	2.71	63	7.71	58
9	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	386	55	21	13	.618	55	1.96	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	2.39	58	6.46	61
10	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	384	55	23	16	.590	54	2.89	0	0	0	333.2	294	107	121	30	74	5	0	4	1,347	16	10.36	2.00	5.19	0.81	28.5	5.5	1.10	.309	3.26	76	2.71	69	7.93	47.2
11	Don Sutton D. Sutton	378	74	23	27	.460	69	3.48	17	5	1	458.1	415	177	188	37	109	9	2	15	1,878	8	7.42	2.14	3.47	0.73	20.1	5.8	1.14	.281	3.69	109	2.72	88	8.15	18.2
12	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	377	54	26	13	.667	52	3.72	3	2	0	329.0	316	136	146	44	63	8	1	1	1,344	11	10.31	1.72	5.98	1.20	28.1	4.7	1.15	.319	3.99	82	3.28	74	8.64	41.8
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	375	71	32	25	.561	69	2.47	32	7	1	529.0	448	145	158	34	126	13	2	11	2,117	13	6.38	2.14	2.98	0.58	17.7	6.0	1.09	.264	2.69	78	2.66	88	7.62	20.5
14	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	371	81	38	39	.494	79	2.96	70	6	0	686.2	676	226	304	16	158	16	2		2,813	14	4.86	2.07	2.35	0.21	13.2	5.6	1.21	.293	3.98	84	2.86	81	8.86	50.8
15	Kerry Wood K. Wood	365	49	21	13	.618	49	4.03	2	1	0	303.2	229	136	146	31	172	20	0	1	1,302	11	10.82	5.10	2.12	0.92	28.0	13.2	1.32	.277	4.33	91	3.95	87	6.79	18.7
16	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	359	65	26	24	.520	63	2.95	22	6	0	442.1	410	145	161	38	106	7	1	7	1,801	7	7.30	2.16	3.39	0.77	19.9	5.9	1.17	.288	3.28	81	2.78	73	8.34	48.8
17	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	355	61	33	15	.688	61	3.72	1	0	0	372.1	319	154	158	37	174	20	0	2	1,590	10	8.58	4.21	2.04	0.89	22.3	10.9	1.32	.281	3.82	81	4.13	97	7.71	4.6
18	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	352	63	33	12	.733	54	2.91	3	1	0	374.2	341	121	134	30	86	11	4	6	1,531	3	8.46	2.07	4.09	0.72	23.0	5.6	1.14	.296	3.22	67	2.93	68	8.19	57.3
19	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	352	70	26	19	.578	54	3.03	15	5	3	386.0	302	130	143	29	168	12	8	10	1,615	10	8.21	3.92	2.10	0.68	21.8	10.4	1.22	.259	3.33	84	3.15	84	7.04	25
20	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	349	52	23	14	.622	52	2.61	0	0	0	331.1	266	96	103	23	81	3	0	4	1,316	7	9.48	2.20	4.31	0.62	26.5	6.2	1.05	.283	2.80	72	2.68	71	7.23	40.9
21	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	339	45	21	8	.724	44	2.51	1	1	0	240.2	147	67	77	22	75	12	0	0	938	7	12.68	2.80	4.52	0.82	36.1	8.0	0.92	.255	2.88	60	2.56	62	5.50	42.7
22	Brandon Webb B. Webb	336	64	17	25	.405	63	3.24	2	1	0	388.2	334	140	176	29	187	24	1	15	1,683	26	7.78	4.33	1.80	0.67	20.0	11.1	1.34	.276	4.08	72	3.90	87	7.73	25.6
23	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	335	53	22	14	.611	53	2.92	0	0	0	289.2	236	94	101	33	75	5	0	1	1,158	18	10.41	2.33	4.47	1.03	28.9	6.5	1.07	.286	3.14	75	3.13	80	7.33	26
24	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	335	80	23	17	.575	41	2.79	7	2	4	344.2	281	107	119	29	103	7	15	6	1,395	9	8.75	2.69	3.25	0.76	24.0	7.4	1.11	.274	3.11	79	2.66	73	7.34	37.7
25	Bobby Witt B. Witt	334	57	19	19	.500	56	5.21	1	0	0	300.2	244	174	186	28	283	6	0	3	1,414	29	10.00	8.47	1.18	0.84	23.6	20.0	1.75	.283	5.57	119	4.68	109	7.30	-12

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Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0