which rookie pitcher had the most strikeouts in a season since 1900

Since 1900, Dwight Gooden has fanned the most hitters by a rookie, with 276 strikeouts 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
6Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
225
1901
CHO CHO
37
10
23
.303
35
3.24
32
1
0
308.1
309
111
166
4
115
17
2
1,325
16
6.57
3.36
1.96
0.12
17.0
8.7
1.38
.316
4.85
102
2.92
92
9.02
6.9
7Yu 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
8Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
221
1901
NYG NYG
40
20
17
.541
38
2.41
36
5
0
336.0
288
90
131
3
97
13
2
1,361
23
5.92
2.60
2.28
0.08
16.2
7.1
1.15
.278
3.51
73
2.71
83
7.71
20.8
9John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
215
1975
SFG SFG
35
15
9
.625
34
2.88
10
4
0
243.2
210
78
85
11
86
8
1
12
1,018
6
7.94
3.18
2.50
0.41
21.1
8.4
1.21
.285
3.14
77
2.55
73
7.76
26.4
10Don 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
11Russ Ford
R. Ford
209
1910
NYH NYH
36
26
6
.813
33
1.65
29
8
1
299.2
194
55
69
4
70
8
3
1,112
5
6.28
2.10
2.99
0.12
18.8
6.3
0.88
.231
2.07
63
1.88
69
5.83
28.3
12Bob Johnson
B. Johnson
206
1970
KCR KCR
40
8
13
.381
26
3.07
10
1
4
214.0
178
73
82
18
82
11
7
4
894
6
8.66
3.45
2.51
0.76
23.0
9.2
1.21
.277
3.45
83
3.10
79
7.49
19.4
13Gary 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
14Mark 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
15Kodai 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
16Spencer Strider
S. Strider
202
2022
ATL ATL
31
11
5
.688
20
2.67
0
0
0
131.2
86
39
42
7
45
3
3
1
528
6
13.81
3.08
4.49
0.48
38.3
8.5
0.99
.292
2.87
65
1.82
46
5.88
31.3
17Daisuke 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
18Tom 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
19Sam Jones
S. Jones
198
1955
CHC CHC
36
14
20
.412
34
4.10
12
4
0
241.2
175
110
118
22
185
14
1
5
1,070
5
7.37
6.89
1.07
0.82
18.5
17.3
1.49
.235
4.39
100
4.38
106
6.52
-6.3
20Nolan McLean
N. McLean
194
2026
NYM NYM
31
12
10
.545
31
3.16
0
0
0
179.2
140
63
75
17
70
15
0
0
747
2
9.72
3.51
2.77
0.85
26.0
9.4
1.17
.273
3.76
77
3.58
86
7.01
11.6
21Rick 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
22Parker Messick
P. Messick
193
2026
CLE CLE
32
12
9
.571
32
2.56
0
0
0
186.1
149
53
57
17
49
4
0
2
747
6
9.32
2.37
3.94
0.82
25.8
6.6
1.06
.273
2.75
62
3.06
76
7.20
20.8
23Dizzy Dean
D. Dean
191
1932
SLN SLN
46
18
15
.545
33
3.30
16
4
2
286.0
280
105
122
14
102
5
10
1,203
2
6.01
3.21
1.87
0.44
15.9
8.5
1.34
.299
3.84
82
3.44
83
8.81
22.5
24Ed Correa
E. Correa
189
1986
TEX TEX
32
12
14
.462
32
4.23
4
2
0
202.1
167
95
102
15
126
3
0
2
886
19
8.41
5.60
1.50
0.67
21.3
14.2
1.45
.275
4.54
99
3.77
91
7.43
8.7
25Gary Peters
G. Peters
189
1963
CWS CWS
41
19
8
.704
30
2.33
13
4
1
243.0
192
63
69
9
68
8
4
2
978
5
7.00
2.52
2.78
0.33
19.3
7.0
1.07
.260
2.56
67
2.34
67
7.11
32.1
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9/13
BAL BAL
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TOR TOR
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TBR TBR
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LAD LAD
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MIA MIA
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ATL ATL
2:00 PM
Thu
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CHC CHC
@
SDP SDP
10:00 PM
Sat
10/3
CWS CWS
@
CLE CLE
1:00 PM
Sat
10/3
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
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Mon
10/5
CWS CWS
@
CLE CLE
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