who has the most strikeouts in their first ever start with yankees

Lindy McDaniel struck out the most hitters for the Yankees in a start in his first game, with 11 strikeouts versus the White Sox on July 10, 1973.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most strikeouts in their first ever regular-season start with yankees?
NAMESOGSDATETMOPPDECERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Lindy McDaniel
L. McDaniel
11
1
7/10/1973
@
L
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
3
1
2
0
4
0
0
0
32
0
2Ted Lilly
T. Lilly
10
1
4/22/2001
vs
2.70
0
0
0
6.2
7
2
2
2
2
0
0
0
30
1
3Charles Hudson
C. Hudson
10
1
4/13/1987
vs
W
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
3
3
3
2
0
0
0
32
0
4Dennis Rasmussen
D. Rasmussen
10
1
5/23/1984
@
W
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
29
0
5Bob Turley
B. Turley
10
1
4/15/1955
@
W
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
4
4
3
2
0
0
0
34
0
6Dan Tipple
D. Tipple
10
1
9/25/1915
vs
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
1
5
0
0
36
2
7Lance Lynn
L. Lynn
9
1
8/6/2018
@
W
0.00
0
0
0
7.1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
8Domingo Germán
D. Germán
9
1
5/6/2018
vs
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
20
0
9Hideki Irabu
H. Irabu
9
1
7/10/1997
vs
W
2.70
0
0
0
6.2
5
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
28
0
10David Cone
D. Cone
9
1
7/29/1995
@
W
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
33
1
11Rudy May
R. May
9
1
6/23/1974
vs
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
12Carl Mays
C. Mays
9
1
8/7/1919
vs
W
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
3
1
0
36
0
13Russ Ford
R. Ford
9
1
4/21/1910
@
W
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
14Masahiro Tanaka
M. Tanaka
8
1
4/4/2014
@
W
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
6
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
27
0
15Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
8
1
4/5/1999
@
4.26
0
0
0
6.1
4
3
3
1
5
0
0
0
28
0
16Ryan Bradley
R. Bradley
8
1
8/26/1998
vs
L
9.00
0
0
0
5.0
7
5
6
1
2
0
0
0
23
0
17David Wells
D. Wells
8
1
4/4/1997
@
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
0
3
1
0
0
31
0
18Al Leiter
A. Leiter
8
1
9/15/1987
vs
W
1.50
0
0
0
6.0
4
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
25
1
19Rich Beck
R. Beck
8
1
9/14/1965
@
W
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
27
1
20Steve Hamilton
S. Hamilton
8
1
6/12/1964
vs
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
21Stan Williams
S. Williams
8
1
4/14/1963
vs
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
34
0
22Rollie Sheldon
R. Sheldon
8
1
4/30/1961
@
L
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
5
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
26
0
23Vic Raschi
V. Raschi
8
1
9/23/1946
vs
W
6.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
6
6
0
3
0
0
39
0
24Fred Heimach
F. Heimach
8
1
8/9/1928
@
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
34
0
25Allen Russell
A. Russell
8
1
9/17/1915
vs
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
2
0
8
1
0
39
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for starts and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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