what yankees pitcher has the most strikeouts in their first 3 starts

Masahiro Tanaka struck out the most batters for the Yankees in starts in his first 3 games, with 28 strikeouts.

NAMESOGSGWLW%ERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Masahiro Tanaka
M. Tanaka
28
3
3
2
0
1.000
2.05
0
0
0
22.0
15
5
6
2
2
0
0
0
83
0
11.45
0.82
14.00
0.82
33.7
2.4
0.77
.255
2.45
6.14
2Bob Turley
B. Turley
27
3
3
3
0
1.000
2.00
3
1
0
27.0
11
6
6
4
19
0
0
0
106
0
9.00
6.33
1.42
1.33
25.5
17.9
1.11
.125
2.00
3.67
3Al Leiter
A. Leiter
25
3
3
2
1
.667
4.66
0
0
0
19.1
19
10
10
2
12
0
0
0
86
3
11.64
5.59
2.08
0.93
29.1
14.0
1.60
.362
4.66
8.84
4Orlando Hernandez
O. Hernandez
23
3
3
2
0
1.000
1.52
1
0
0
23.2
16
4
4
1
6
1
0
0
89
1
8.75
2.28
3.83
0.38
25.8
6.7
0.93
.259
1.52
6.08
5Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
22
3
3
1
0
1.000
3.31
0
0
0
16.1
13
6
6
0
7
0
0
0
67
1
12.12
3.86
3.14
0.00
32.8
10.4
1.22
.342
3.31
7.16
6David Cone
D. Cone
22
3
3
3
0
1.000
2.74
0
0
0
23.0
15
7
7
2
13
0
0
0
94
1
8.61
5.09
1.69
0.78
23.4
13.8
1.22
.228
2.74
5.87
7Rudy May
R. May
22
3
3
2
1
.667
1.38
3
0
0
26.0
14
4
6
1
11
1
0
0
105
0
7.62
3.81
2.00
0.35
21.0
10.5
0.96
.186
2.08
4.85
8Russ Ford
R. Ford
22
3
3
3
0
1.000
3
2
0
27.0
14
3
0
4
0
0
98
0
7.33
1.33
5.50
0.00
22.4
4.1
0.67
.194
1.00
4.67
9Max Fried
M. Fried
21
3
3
2
0
1.000
1.56
0
0
0
17.1
18
3
7
1
3
2
0
0
78
0
10.90
1.56
7.00
0.52
26.9
3.8
1.21
.333
3.63
9.35
10Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
20
3
3
2
0
1.000
2.49
0
0
0
21.2
19
6
6
3
3
1
0
0
84
0
8.31
1.25
6.67
1.25
23.8
3.6
1.02
.281
2.49
7.89
11Ted Lilly
T. Lilly
20
3
3
1
0
1.000
5.29
0
0
0
17.0
15
10
10
4
6
1
0
0
74
2
10.59
3.18
3.33
2.12
27.0
8.1
1.24
.256
5.29
7.94
12Charles Hudson
C. Hudson
20
3
3
2
0
1.000
2.59
2
1
0
24.1
20
7
7
3
8
0
0
0
97
0
7.40
2.96
2.50
1.11
20.6
8.2
1.15
.258
2.59
7.40
13Al Downing
A. Downing
20
3
3
2
1
.667
3.32
2
1
0
19.0
10
7
7
1
13
1
0
0
78
0
9.47
6.16
1.54
0.47
25.6
16.7
1.21
.209
3.32
4.74
14Allen Russell
A. Russell
20
3
3
1
2
.333
3.27
1
0
0
22.0
17
8
9
1
19
1
0
95
1
8.18
7.77
1.05
0.41
21.1
20.0
1.64
.296
3.68
6.95
15James Paxton
J. Paxton
19
3
3
1
2
.333
6.00
0
0
0
15.0
20
10
11
3
6
0
0
0
67
1
11.40
3.60
3.17
1.80
28.4
9.0
1.73
.436
6.60
12.00
16Chad Green
C. Green
19
3
3
1
2
.333
7.53
0
0
0
14.1
16
12
14
7
3
0
0
0
63
0
11.93
1.88
6.33
4.40
30.2
4.8
1.33
.265
8.79
10.05
17Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
3
3
1
0
1.000
4.74
0
0
0
19.0
18
10
11
3
5
1
0
0
80
0
9.00
2.37
3.80
1.42
23.8
6.3
1.21
.288
5.21
8.53
18Sam Militello
S. Militello
19
3
3
2
0
1.000
2.49
0
0
0
21.2
11
6
6
1
10
1
0
0
88
0
7.89
4.15
1.90
0.42
21.6
11.4
0.97
.175
2.49
4.57
19Melido Perez
M. Perez
19
3
3
1
2
.333
2.75
0
0
0
19.2
16
6
8
0
12
1
0
0
82
0
8.69
5.49
1.58
0.00
23.2
14.6
1.42
.320
3.66
7.32
20Tim Leary
T. Leary
19
3
3
1
1
.500
2.75
0
0
0
19.2
19
6
9
6
8
0
0
0
85
1
8.69
3.66
2.38
2.75
22.4
9.4
1.37
.250
4.12
8.69
21Slow Joe Doyle
S. Joe Doyle
19
3
3
2
0
1.000
2
2
0
26.1
14
3
0
4
1
0
0
6.49
1.37
4.75
0.00
6.3
0.68
.359
1.03
4.78
22Ryan Weathers
R. Weathers
18
3
3
0
1
.000
2.81
0
0
0
16.0
17
5
5
0
5
0
0
0
68
1
10.13
2.81
3.60
0.00
26.5
7.4
1.38
.378
2.81
9.56
23Luis Gil
L. Gil
18
3
3
1
0
1.000
0.00
0
0
0
15.2
9
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
64
0
10.34
4.02
2.57
0.00
28.1
10.9
1.02
.231
0.00
5.17
24Andrew Heaney
A. Heaney
18
3
3
1
1
.500
9.00
0
0
0
15.0
15
15
15
8
6
1
0
0
67
0
10.80
3.60
3.00
4.80
26.9
9.0
1.40
.206
9.00
9.00
25Deivi García
D. García
18
3
3
1
1
.500
3.06
0
0
0
17.2
14
6
7
2
2
1
0
0
70
0
9.17
1.02
9.00
1.02
25.7
2.9
0.91
.255
3.57
7.13
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