most games with 10+ strikeouts by pitcher as a rookie

Dwight Gooden has the most games pitched by a rookie with 10+ strikeouts, with 15 games in 1984.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games with 10+ strikeouts by pitcher as a rookie
NAME G SO SEASON TM 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 H/9
1 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
15
176
1984
NYM NYM
10
3
.769
15
1.31
6
3
0
123.1
69
18
21
5
33
0
0
1
467
2
12.84
2.41
5.33
0.36
37.7
7.1
0.83
.253
1.53
5.04
2 Hideo Nomo
H. Nomo
11
133
1995
LAD LAD
7
1
.875
11
1.12
4
3
0
88.1
41
11
13
3
23
4
0
0
334
5
13.55
2.34
5.78
0.31
39.8
6.9
0.72
.222
1.32
4.18
3 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
9
118
1998
CHC CHC
7
0
1.000
9
1.85
1
1
0
68.0
40
14
16
3
23
3
0
1
269
3
15.62
3.04
5.13
0.40
43.9
8.6
0.93
.303
2.12
5.29
4 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
8
84
2012
TEX TEX
5
3
.625
8
2.67
0
0
0
57.1
41
17
18
5
19
4
0
0
230
1
13.19
2.98
4.42
0.78
36.5
8.3
1.05
.305
2.83
6.44
5 Al Downing
A. Downing
8
91
1963
NYY NYY
7
0
1.000
8
1.48
4
3
0
67.0
36
11
11
2
32
0
0
0
269
3
12.22
4.30
2.84
0.27
33.8
11.9
1.01
.236
1.48
4.84
6 Herb Score
H. Score
8
94
1955
CLE CLE
7
1
.875
8
1.78
6
1
0
70.2
35
14
15
3
41
0
0
0
282
0
11.97
5.22
2.29
0.38
33.3
14.5
1.08
.222
1.91
4.46
7 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
7
75
1981
LAD LAD
7
0
1.000
7
0.72
6
4
0
62.2
38
5
5
0
18
0
0
0
236
2
10.77
2.59
4.17
0.00
31.8
7.6
0.89
.266
0.72
5.46
8 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
7
82
1975
SFG SFG
3
1
.750
7
1.90
2
1
0
61.2
46
13
15
1
16
3
0
3
254
3
11.97
2.34
5.13
0.15
32.3
6.3
1.01
.296
2.19
6.71
9 Jim Bibby
J. Bibby
7
83
1973
TEX TEX
3
3
.500
7
2.87
5
1
0
62.2
34
20
20
4
41
1
0
1
260
3
11.92
5.89
2.02
0.57
31.9
15.8
1.20
.229
2.87
4.88
10 Tom Griffin
T. Griffin
7
81
1969
HOU HOU
6
1
.857
7
1.49
5
3
0
60.1
37
10
11
4
20
3
0
1
238
3
12.08
2.98
4.05
0.60
34.0
8.4
0.94
.254
1.64
5.52
11 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
6
73
2022
ATL ATL
5
0
1.000
6
1.17
0
0
0
38.1
10
5
5
2
9
1
0
0
138
1
17.14
2.11
8.11
0.47
52.9
6.5
0.50
.151
1.17
2.35
12 Jon Gray
J. Gray
6
69
2016
COL COL
2
2
.500
6
3.65
1
1
0
37.0
27
15
15
5
10
1
0
0
147
1
16.78
2.43
6.90
1.22
46.9
6.8
1.00
.355
3.65
6.57
13 Mark Prior
M. Prior
6
66
2002
CHC CHC
3
0
1.000
6
2.48
1
0
0
40.0
29
11
13
5
10
2
0
0
160
0
14.85
2.25
6.60
1.13
41.3
6.3
0.98
.312
2.93
6.53
14 Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
6
64
2000
STL STL
4
1
.800
6
4.25
0
0
0
36.0
31
17
19
8
8
0
0
0
146
0
16.00
2.00
8.00
2.00
43.8
5.5
1.08
.348
4.75
7.75
15 Kodai Senga
K. Senga
5
56
2023
NYM NYM
2
1
.667
5
1.34
0
0
0
33.2
18
5
5
2
11
1
0
0
127
3
14.97
2.94
5.09
0.53
44.1
8.7
0.86
.281
1.34
4.81
16 Noah Syndergaard
N. Syndergaard
5
55
2015
NYM NYM
2
1
.667
5
3.31
0
0
0
32.2
23
12
12
4
5
1
0
0
128
1
15.15
1.38
11.00
1.10
43.0
3.9
0.86
.302
3.31
6.34
17 Masahiro Tanaka
M. Tanaka
5
52
2014
NYY NYY
3
0
1.000
5
1.98
1
0
0
36.1
25
8
8
4
9
2
0
0
142
0
12.88
2.23
5.78
0.99
36.6
6.3
0.94
.280
1.98
6.19
18 Bobby Witt
B. Witt
5
57
1986
TEX TEX
1
1
.500
5
3.90
0
0
0
32.1
18
14
15
1
26
1
0
1
140
8
15.87
7.24
2.19
0.28
40.7
18.6
1.36
.309
4.18
5.01
19 Bob Johnson
B. Johnson
5
53
1970
KCR KCR
2
2
.500
5
1.88
4
0
0
43.0
28
9
13
3
12
0
0
1
167
0
11.09
2.51
4.42
0.63
31.7
7.2
0.93
.253
2.72
5.86
20 Tom Phoebus
T. Phoebus
5
54
1967
BAL BAL
4
1
.800
5
1.54
3
1
0
41.0
24
7
8
2
17
0
0
0
164
3
11.85
3.73
3.18
0.44
32.9
10.4
1.00
.242
1.76
5.27
21 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
5
61
1967
CIN CIN
1
0
1.000
5
1.82
1
1
0
39.2
37
8
8
3
5
0
0
0
160
0
13.84
1.13
12.20
0.68
38.1
3.1
1.06
.374
1.82
8.39
22 Ray Culp
R. Culp
5
53
1963
PHI PHI
2
3
.400
5
1.47
5
2
0
43.0
28
7
7
3
16
1
0
2
169
0
11.09
3.35
3.31
0.63
31.4
9.5
1.02
.260
1.47
5.86
23 Spencer Arrighetti
S. Arrighetti
4
46
2024
HOU HOU
3
1
.750
4
0.98
0
0
0
27.2
12
3
3
2
7
0
0
0
100
0
14.96
2.28
6.57
0.65
46.0
7.0
0.69
.222
0.98
3.90
24 Alek Manoah
A. Manoah
4
41
2021
TOR TOR
4
0
1.000
4
0.94
0
0
0
28.2
10
3
3
1
4
3
0
0
104
0
12.87
1.26
10.25
0.31
39.4
3.8
0.49
.164
0.94
3.14
25 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
4
45
2014
NYM NYM
2
0
1.000
4
2.39
0
0
0
26.1
19
7
8
1
6
0
0
0
102
1
15.38
2.05
7.50
0.34
44.1
5.9
0.95
.360
2.73
6.49
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