who holds the record for most strikeouts by a rookie pitcher in the american league

Herb Score has struck out the most batters by an AL rookie, with 245 strikeouts in 1955.

	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	Herb Score H. Score	245	1955	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
2	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	221	2012	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
3	Russ Ford R. Ford	209	1910	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
4	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	206	1970	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
5	Mark Langston M. Langston	204	1984	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
6	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	201	2007	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
7	Ed Correa E. Correa	189	1986	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
8	Gary Peters G. Peters	189	1963	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
9	Elmer Myers E. Myers	182	1916	PHA	44	14	23	.378	35	3.66	31	2	1	315.0	280	128	169	7	168	14	8		1,310	13	5.20	4.80	1.08	0.20	13.9	12.8	1.42	.291	4.83	130	3.18	113	8.00	-12.9
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	180	1974	CAL	39	14	19	.424	35	3.12	12	4	0	268.2	262	93	104	27	77	8	2	4	1,127	4	6.03	2.58	2.34	0.90	16.0	6.8	1.26	.281	3.48	92	3.48	99	8.78	0.4
11	Ken McBride K. McBride	180	1961	LAA	38	12	15	.444	36	3.65	11	1	1	241.2	229	98	114	28	102	7	2	4	1,038	8	6.70	3.80	1.76	1.04	17.3	9.8	1.37	.279	4.25	84	3.94	89	8.53	13
12	Tom Phoebus T. Phoebus	179	1967	BAL	33	14	9	.609	33	3.33	7	4	0	208.0	177	77	84	16	114	0	0	1	902	12	7.75	4.93	1.57	0.69	19.8	12.6	1.40	.272	3.63	104	3.46	104	7.66	-3.5
13	Hunter Brown H. Brown	178	2023	HOU	31	11	13	.458	29	5.09	0	0	0	155.2	157	88	94	26	55	9	1	0	665	4	10.29	3.18	3.24	1.50	26.8	8.3	1.36	.330	5.43	120	4.37	103	9.08	-2.3
14	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	176	1977	NYY	31	16	7	.696	25	2.82	9	5	1	210.2	174	66	72	12	65	0	4	2	850	6	7.52	2.78	2.71	0.51	20.7	7.6	1.13	.271	3.08	72	2.72	68	7.43	30.5
15	Matt Moore M. Moore	175	2012	TBR	31	11	11	.500	31	3.81	0	0	0	177.1	158	75	85	18	81	7	0	5	759	8	8.88	4.11	2.16	0.91	23.1	10.7	1.35	.293	4.31	98	3.92	97	8.02	2.3
16	Jake Odorizzi J. Odorizzi	174	2014	TBR	31	11	13	.458	31	4.13	0	0	0	168.0	156	77	79	20	59	5	0	0	719	3	9.32	3.16	2.95	1.07	24.2	8.2	1.28	.295	4.23	111	3.75	102	8.36	-1.6
17	Scott Kazmir S. Kazmir	174	2005	TBD	32	10	9	.526	32	3.77	0	0	0	186.0	172	78	90	12	100	10	0	3	818	7	8.42	4.84	1.74	0.58	21.3	12.2	1.46	.307	4.35	89	3.75	87	8.32	11.7
18	Bobby Witt B. Witt	174	1986	TEX	31	11	9	.550	31	5.48	0	0	0	157.2	130	96	104	18	143	3	0	2	741	22	9.93	8.16	1.22	1.03	23.5	19.3	1.73	.278	5.94	129	4.82	116	7.42	-11.6
19	Steve Busby S. Busby	174	1973	KCR	37	16	15	.516	37	4.23	7	1	0	238.1	246	112	125	18	105	6	0	7	1,037	9	6.57	3.97	1.66	0.68	16.8	10.1	1.47	.311	4.72	108	3.48	89	9.29	11.6
20	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	173	2011	SEA	28	9	10	.474	28	3.74	0	0	0	171.0	133	71	76	18	55	5	0	1	696	9	9.11	2.89	3.15	0.95	24.9	7.9	1.10	.258	4.00	98	3.42	87	7.00	9.6
21	Will Warren W. Warren	171	2025	NYY	33	9	8	.529	33	4.44	0	0	0	162.1	158	80	90	22	65	4	0	0	711	2	9.48	3.60	2.63	1.22	24.1	9.1	1.37	.303	4.99	109	4.06	94	8.76	4.4
22	Luis Gil L. Gil	171	2024	NYY	29	15	7	.682	29	3.50	0	0	0	151.2	104	59	60	18	77	8	0	0	637	6	10.15	4.57	2.22	1.07	26.8	12.1	1.19	.237	3.56	87	4.13	98	6.17	1.5
23	Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	171	2024	HOU	29	7	13	.350	28	4.53	0	0	0	145.0	139	73	80	21	65	7	0	0	632	3	10.61	4.03	2.63	1.30	27.1	10.3	1.41	.321	4.97	114	4.17	103	8.63	-2.1
24	CC Sabathia	171	2001	CLE	33	17	5	.773	33	4.39	0	0	0	180.1	149	88	93	19	95	7	0	1	763	7	8.53	4.74	1.80	0.95	22.4	12.5	1.35	.276	4.64	98	4.21	94	7.44	5.2
25	Al Downing A. Downing	171	1963	NYY	24	13	5	.722	22	2.56	10	4	0	175.2	114	50	52	7	80	0	2	1	707	5	8.76	4.10	2.14	0.36	24.2	11.3	1.10	.238	2.66	73	2.42	68	5.84	22.3