most strikeouts by a pitcher in pitcher's first career start

33 pitchers started the game. The first three are Tom Cheney on September 12, 1962, Roger Clemens on April 29, 1986, on September 18, 1996 and on August 25, 1998 and Kerry Wood on May 6, 1998.

NAME GS SO DATE TM OPP DEC ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Tom Cheney
T. Cheney
1
21
9/12/1962
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
W
0.56
1
0
0
16.0
10
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
62
1
2 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
1
20
4/29/1986
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
30
0
3 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
1
20
9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
1
4 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
1
20
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
5 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
1
20
5/8/2001
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
6 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
1
20
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
33
0
7 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
1
19
7/3/1968
CLE CLE
vs
MIN MIN
W
0.00
1
1
0
10.0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
0
8 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
1
19
9/15/1969
STL STL
vs
NYM NYM
L
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
38
1
9 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
1
19
4/22/1970
NYM NYM
vs
SDP SDP
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
31
0
10 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
1
19
6/14/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
2.08
0
0
0
13.0
8
3
3
1
10
0
0
0
58
0
11 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
1
19
8/12/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
W
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
36
1
12 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
1
19
8/20/1974
CAL CAL
vs
DET DET
L
0.82
1
0
0
11.0
4
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
41
0
13 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
1
19
6/8/1977
CAL CAL
vs
TOR TOR
0.00
0
0
0
10.0
6
0
1
0
5
0
0
1
41
2
14 David Cone
D. Cone
1
19
10/6/1991
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
W
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
15 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
1
19
6/24/1997
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
L
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
37
0
16 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
1
19
8/8/1997
SEA SEA
vs
CWS CWS
W
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
35
0
17 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
1
18
9/1/1906
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
W
1
0
0
24.0
15
1
0
6
1
0
89
0
18 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
1
18
8/4/1910
PHA PHA
@
CWS CWS
1
1
0
16.0
3
0
0
6
1
0
54
1
19 Bob Feller
B. Feller
1
18
10/2/1938
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
L
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
4
4
0
7
1
0
42
0
20 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
1
18
6/14/1952
BSN BSN
vs
CHC CHC
L
1.80
1
0
0
15.0
10
3
3
1
2
0
0
1
57
0
21 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
1
18
8/31/1959
LAD LAD
vs
SFG SFG
W
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
36
0
22 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
1
18
4/24/1962
LAD LAD
@
CHC CHC
W
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
4
0
0
0
36
0
23 Jim Maloney
J. Maloney
1
18
6/14/1965
CIN CIN
vs
NYM NYM
L
0.82
1
0
0
11.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
35
1
24 Chris Short
C. Short
1
18
10/2/1965
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
0.00
0
0
0
15.0
9
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
56
0
25 Don Wilson
D. Wilson
1
18
7/14/1968
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
W
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
33
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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