which national league rookie left handed pitcher has the most strikeouts in a season

Lee Richmond has struck out the most batters by a rookie NL left-hander, with 243 strikeouts in 1880.

NAME SO SEASON TM 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 Lee Richmond
L. Richmond
243
1880
WOR WOR
74
32
32
.500
66
2.15
57
5
3
590.2
541
141
278
7
74
9
2,410
29
3.70
1.13
3.28
0.11
10.1
3.1
1.04
4.24
85
2.24
88
8.24
28.7
2 Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
194
2000
STL STL
31
11
7
.611
30
3.50
0
0
0
175.0
137
68
80
21
90
6
0
2
735
12
9.98
4.63
2.16
1.08
26.4
12.2
1.30
.274
4.11
76
4.11
86
7.05
13.3
3 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
180
1981
LAD LAD
25
13
7
.650
25
2.48
11
8
0
192.1
140
53
55
11
61
1
0
4
758
4
8.42
2.85
2.95
0.51
23.7
8.0
1.05
.255
2.57
73
2.44
72
6.55
20.4
4 Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
178
1968
NYM NYM
35
19
12
.613
34
2.08
17
7
0
263.2
221
61
72
16
69
8
0
7
1,058
8
6.08
2.36
2.58
0.55
16.8
6.5
1.10
.260
2.46
70
2.70
96
7.54
3.7
5 Shota 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
73
3.71
93
7.74
5
6 Ken Holtzman
K. Holtzman
171
1966
CHC CHC
34
11
16
.407
33
3.79
9
0
0
220.2
194
93
104
27
68
4
0
6
912
8
6.97
2.77
2.51
1.10
18.8
7.5
1.19
.260
4.24
100
3.57
98
7.91
2.6
7 Jon Matlack
J. Matlack
169
1972
NYM NYM
34
15
10
.600
32
2.32
8
4
0
244.0
215
63
79
14
71
2
1
14
1,003
7
6.23
2.62
2.38
0.52
16.8
7.1
1.17
.269
2.91
69
2.65
81
7.93
16.5
8 Scott Olsen
S. Olsen
166
2006
FLA FLA
31
12
10
.545
31
4.04
0
0
0
180.2
160
81
94
23
75
7
0
1
761
8
8.27
3.74
2.21
1.15
21.8
9.9
1.30
.280
4.68
92
4.32
97
7.97
2.2
9 Harvey Haddix
H. Haddix
163
1953
SLN SLN
36
20
9
.690
33
3.06
19
6
1
253.0
220
86
97
24
69
4
2
1,031
9
5.80
2.45
2.36
0.85
15.8
6.7
1.14
.254
3.45
71
3.40
79
7.83
25.1
10 Balor Moore
B. Moore
161
1972
MON MON
22
9
9
.500
22
3.47
6
3
0
147.2
122
57
61
15
59
5
0
5
612
7
9.81
3.60
2.73
0.91
26.3
9.6
1.23
.288
3.72
99
2.83
84
7.44
9.1
11 George Cobb
G. Cobb
159
1892
BAL BAL
53
10
37
.213
47
4.86
42
0
0
394.1
495
213
333
21
140
19
6
1,836
15
3.63
3.20
1.14
0.48
8.7
7.6
1.61
.317
7.60
145
3.53
105
11.30
-6.1
12 Trevor Rogers
T. Rogers
157
2021
MIA MIA
25
7
8
.467
25
2.64
0
0
0
133.0
107
39
46
6
46
5
0
2
550
4
10.62
3.11
3.41
0.41
28.5
8.4
1.15
.301
3.11
63
2.54
61
7.24
24.3
13 Irv Young
I. Young
156
1905
BSN BSN
43
20
21
.488
42
2.90
41
7
0
378.0
337
122
146
6
71
8
1
1,475
6
3.71
1.69
2.20
0.14
10.6
4.8
1.08
.268
3.48
97
2.53
86
8.02
16.8
14 Tom Browning
T. Browning
155
1985
CIN CIN
38
20
9
.690
38
3.55
6
4
0
261.1
242
103
111
29
73
3
0
8
1,083
2
5.34
2.51
2.12
1.00
14.3
6.7
1.21
.259
3.82
95
3.81
102
8.33
-1.9
15 Hyun Jin Ryu
H. Jin Ryu
154
2013
LAD LAD
30
14
8
.636
30
3.00
2
1
0
192.0
182
64
67
15
49
1
0
4
783
5
7.22
2.30
3.14
0.70
19.7
6.3
1.20
.296
3.14
84
3.24
87
8.53
10.4
16 Cory Luebke
C. Luebke
154
2011
SDP SDP
46
6
10
.375
17
3.29
0
0
0
139.2
105
51
54
12
44
2
3
3
555
5
9.92
2.84
3.50
0.77
27.7
7.9
1.07
.271
3.48
94
2.92
78
6.77
12.8
17 Jack Pfiester
J. Pfiester
153
1906
CHC CHC
31
20
8
.714
29
1.51
20
4
0
250.2
173
42
63
3
63
13
2
966
4
5.49
2.26
2.43
0.11
15.8
6.5
0.94
.232
2.26
57
2.21
80
6.21
15.4
18 Dennis Bennett
D. Bennett
149
1962
PHI PHI
31
9
9
.500
24
3.81
7
2
3
174.2
144
74
78
17
68
6
5
3
723
6
7.68
3.50
2.19
0.88
20.6
9.4
1.21
.263
4.02
97
3.45
90
7.42
7.6
19 Jonathon Niese
J. Niese
148
2010
NYM NYM
30
9
10
.474
30
4.20
2
1
0
173.2
192
81
97
20
62
9
0
3
770
5
7.67
3.21
2.39
1.04
19.2
8.1
1.46
.324
5.03
108
4.09
105
9.95
-3.7
20 Manny Parra
M. Parra
147
2008
MIL MIL
32
10
8
.556
29
4.39
0
0
0
166.0
181
81
91
18
75
2
0
1
741
17
7.97
4.07
1.96
0.98
19.8
10.1
1.54
.327
4.93
103
4.15
96
9.81
3
21 Bob Shirley
B. Shirley
146
1977
SDP SDP
39
12
18
.400
35
3.70
1
0
0
214.0
215
88
107
22
100
4
0
14
948
5
6.14
4.21
1.46
0.93
15.4
10.5
1.47
.286
4.50
101
4.16
110
9.04
-9.4
22 Vinegar Bend Mizell
V. Bend Mizell
146
1952
SLN SLN
30
10
8
.556
30
3.65
7
2
0
190.0
171
77
89
12
103
1
0
834
1
6.92
4.88
1.42
0.57
17.5
12.4
1.44
.278
4.22
97
3.32
89
8.10
9
23 Joey Lucchesi
J. Lucchesi
145
2018
SDP SDP
26
8
9
.471
26
4.08
0
0
0
130.0
125
59
63
23
43
4
0
2
548
4
10.04
2.98
3.37
1.59
26.5
7.8
1.29
.306
4.36
105
4.31
107
8.65
-4.3
24 Cole Hamels
C. Hamels
145
2006
PHI PHI
23
9
8
.529
23
4.08
0
0
0
132.1
117
60
66
19
48
3
0
4
558
5
9.86
3.26
3.02
1.29
26.0
8.6
1.25
.286
4.49
89
3.97
85
7.96
10
25 Noodles Hahn
N. Hahn
145
1899
CIN CIN
38
23
8
.742
34
2.68
32
4
0
309.0
280
92
128
3
68
10
3
1,237
3
4.22
1.98
2.13
0.09
11.7
5.5
1.13
.274
3.73
69
2.88
74
8.16
34.7

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NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
22
11
.667
Phillies Phillies
19
14
.576
3.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
21
13
.618
Reds Reds
18
16
.529
3.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
22
10
.688
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21
11
.656
1.0
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21
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.531
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4/17
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Thu
4/17
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Sun
5/4
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BAL BAL
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Sun
5/4
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NYY NYY
1:35 PM
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BOS BOS
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Sun
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PIT PIT
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