who has the most strikeouts as a pitcher for rookies in a single season

Matt Kilroy has struck out the most hitters by a rookie, with 513 strikeouts in 1886.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Matt Kilroy
M. Kilroy
513
1886
BAL BAL
68
29
34
.460
68
3.37
66
5
0
583.0
476
218
350
10
182
19
0
2,469
61
7.92
2.81
2.82
0.15
20.8
7.4
1.13
.267
5.40
100
2.60
77
7.35
47
2Larry McKeon
L. McKeon
308
1884
IND
61
18
41
.305
60
3.50
59
2
0
512.0
488
199
350
20
94
18
1
2,185
36
5.41
1.65
3.28
0.35
14.1
4.3
1.14
.268
6.15
108
3.24
101
8.58
-1.7
3Ed Morris
E. Morris
302
1884
COL
52
34
13
.723
52
2.18
47
3
0
429.2
335
104
159
3
51
13
0
1,703
22
6.33
1.07
5.92
0.06
17.7
3.0
0.90
.249
3.33
71
2.41
80
7.02
23.3
4Dwight 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
5Bill Wise
B. Wise
268
1884
WSU WSU
50
23
18
.561
41
3.04
34
4
0
364.1
383
123
219
5
60
8
1,577
42
6.62
1.48
4.47
0.12
17.0
3.8
1.22
5.41
102
2.48
95
9.46
2.9
6Larry Corcoran
L. Corcoran
268
1880
CWS CWS
63
43
14
.754
60
1.95
57
4
2
536.1
404
116
218
6
99
3
2,133
19
4.50
1.66
2.71
0.10
12.6
4.6
0.94
3.66
80
2.23
91
6.78
16.5
7James Burke
J. Burke
255
1884
BSU
38
19
15
.559
36
2.85
34
0
0
322.0
326
102
201
10
31
2
1,359
40
7.13
0.87
8.23
0.28
18.8
2.3
1.11
5.62
95
2.38
91
9.11
7.7
8Al Atkinson
A. Atkinson
247
1884
TOT
46
20
26
.435
46
3.36
44
2
0
393.2
373
147
247
8
54
10
0
1,664
40
5.65
1.23
4.57
0.18
14.8
3.2
1.08
.271
5.65
104
2.77
93
8.53
11.2
9Herb 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
10Lee 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
11Bill Stemmeyer
B. Stemmeyer
239
1886
BSN BSN
41
22
18
.550
41
3.02
41
0
0
348.2
300
117
218
11
144
0
1,520
63
6.17
3.72
1.66
0.28
15.7
9.5
1.27
5.63
94
3.38
104
7.74
-7.2
12Hideo 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
13Kerry 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
14Adonis Terry
A. Terry
230
1884
BKN BKN
56
19
35
.352
55
3.55
54
2
0
476.0
486
188
308
10
72
8
1
2,049
33
4.35
1.36
3.19
0.19
11.2
3.5
1.17
.275
5.82
110
3.09
96
9.19
6.4
15Grover 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
16Tom 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
17Kid Nichols
K. Nichols
222
1890
BSN BSN
48
27
19
.587
47
2.23
47
7
0
424.0
374
105
175
8
112
11
1
1,755
30
4.71
2.38
1.98
0.17
12.6
6.4
1.15
.261
3.71
60
2.98
75
7.94
51
18Yu 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
19Christy 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
20John 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
21George Derby
G. Derby
212
1881
DET
56
29
26
.527
55
2.20
55
9
0
494.2
505
121
252
3
86
1
2,101
14
3.86
1.56
2.47
0.05
10.1
4.1
1.19
4.58
80
2.43
88
9.19
16.3
22Don 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
23Russ 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
24Bob 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
25Gary 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

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