who has the most strikeouts thrown by a mets pitcher in their first 19 starts

Dwight Gooden struck out the most hitters for the Mets in starts in his first 19 games, with 154 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	H/9
1	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	154	19	19	8	6	.571	2.91	2	1	0	127.0	97	41	48	4	50	1	0	1	526	1	10.91	3.54	3.08	0.28	29.3	9.5	1.16	.293	3.40	6.87
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	148	19	19	9	4	.692	2.27	0	0	0	122.2	92	31	33	9	22	11	0	0	483	0	10.86	1.61	6.73	0.66	30.6	4.6	0.93	.283	2.42	6.75
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	143	19	19	11	3	.786	2.60	2	0	0	135.0	87	39	40	9	24	2	0	0	511	4	9.53	1.60	5.96	0.60	28.0	4.7	0.82	.234	2.67	5.80
4	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	138	19	19	8	5	.615	2.12	0	0	0	123.0	74	29	30	8	40	4	0	0	478	4	10.10	2.93	3.45	0.59	28.9	8.4	0.93	.229	2.20	5.41
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	133	19	19	6	10	.375	3.27	3	0	0	126.2	90	46	50	10	69	4	0	4	529	8	9.45	4.90	1.93	0.71	25.1	13.0	1.26	.256	3.55	6.39
6	Kodai Senga K. Senga	130	19	19	7	5	.583	3.17	0	0	0	105.0	77	37	42	11	53	4	0	0	446	9	11.14	4.54	2.45	0.94	29.1	11.9	1.24	.266	3.60	6.60
7	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	126	19	19	8	6	.571	3.19	0	0	0	115.2	104	41	47	14	28	2	0	1	474	3	9.80	2.18	4.50	1.09	26.6	5.9	1.14	.296	3.66	8.09
8	Frank Viola F. Viola	125	19	19	12	5	.706	2.43	4	3	0	137.0	111	37	40	6	33	1	0	3	547	3	8.21	2.17	3.79	0.39	22.9	6.0	1.05	.275	2.63	7.29
9	Chris Bassitt C. Bassitt	117	19	19	7	7	.500	3.83	0	0	0	115.0	98	49	50	15	32	7	0	0	472	1	9.16	2.50	3.66	1.17	24.8	6.8	1.13	.276	3.91	7.67
10	Al Leiter A. Leiter	116	19	19	10	4	.714	2.34	3	2	0	126.2	102	33	35	3	50	9	0	1	520	1	8.24	3.55	2.32	0.21	22.3	9.6	1.20	.289	2.49	7.25
11	Johan Santana J. Santana	114	19	19	8	7	.533	2.84	0	0	0	126.2	116	40	48	14	35	2	0	4	526	9	8.10	2.49	3.26	0.99	21.7	6.7	1.19	.283	3.41	8.24
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	112	19	19	7	6	.538	2.87	0	0	0	119.1	105	38	39	7	39	1	0	2	486	0	8.45	2.94	2.87	0.53	23.0	8.0	1.21	.300	2.94	7.92
13	Oliver Perez O. Perez	111	19	19	7	8	.467	4.25	1	1	0	112.1	99	53	61	17	43	7	0	0	478	3	8.89	3.45	2.58	1.36	23.2	9.0	1.26	.273	4.89	7.93
14	Steven Matz S. Matz	107	19	19	11	3	.786	2.96	0	0	0	112.1	110	37	40	10	25	3	0	2	465	3	8.57	2.00	4.28	0.80	23.0	5.4	1.20	.313	3.20	8.81
15	Tylor Megill T. Megill	105	19	19	5	6	.455	4.28	1	0	0	94.2	91	45	46	19	27	2	0	0	397	1	9.98	2.57	3.89	1.81	26.4	6.8	1.25	.295	4.37	8.65
16	Kevin Appier K. Appier	104	19	19	5	9	.357	3.81	0	0	0	118.0	102	50	53	11	35	11	0	2	490	7	7.93	2.67	2.97	0.84	21.2	7.1	1.16	.277	4.04	7.78
17	Orlando Hernandez O. Hernandez	103	19	19	8	7	.533	4.27	1	0	0	111.2	100	53	57	14	36	8	0	2	470	0	8.30	2.90	2.86	1.13	21.9	7.7	1.22	.278	4.59	8.06
18	Chris Capuano C. Capuano	98	19	19	8	10	.444	4.21	0	0	0	115.1	119	54	56	15	34	5	0	4	492	1	7.65	2.65	2.88	1.17	19.9	6.9	1.33	.306	4.37	9.29
19	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	97	19	19	6	4	.600	3.73	0	0	0	101.1	85	42	46	10	41	4	0	0	424	1	8.62	3.64	2.37	0.89	22.9	9.7	1.24	.276	4.09	7.55
20	Taijuan Walker T. Walker	97	19	19	7	5	.583	3.71	0	0	0	99.1	81	41	45	11	38	3	0	0	410	3	8.79	3.44	2.55	1.00	23.7	9.3	1.20	.268	4.08	7.34
21	Glendon Rusch G. Rusch	97	19	19	6	8	.429	4.04	2	0	0	124.2	125	56	57	13	24	4	0	1	518	1	7.00	1.73	4.04	0.94	18.7	4.6	1.20	.295	4.11	9.02
22	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	96	19	19	7	7	.500	3.65	0	0	0	111.0	105	45	49	12	48	4	0	2	480	7	7.78	3.89	2.00	0.97	20.0	10.0	1.38	.291	3.97	8.51
23	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	96	19	19	10	3	.769	3.10	2	1	0	124.2	108	43	44	15	43	8	0	1	518	0	6.93	3.10	2.23	1.08	18.5	8.3	1.21	.261	3.18	7.80
24	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	96	19	19	6	10	.375	2.73	4	2	0	118.2	111	36	50	4	37	0	0	0	496	9	7.28	2.81	2.59	0.30	19.4	7.5	1.25	.298	3.79	8.42
25	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	95	19	19	8	8	.500	4.12	0	0	0	126.2	132	58	61	14	18	3	0	1	528	1	6.75	1.28	5.28	0.99	18.0	3.4	1.18	.296	4.33	9.38