most strikeouts in a pitcher's first 30 starts

Dwight Gooden fanned the most batters in starts in his first 30 games, with 267 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	267	30	30	16	9	.640	2.66	7	3	0	210.0	156	62	71	7	72	2	0	2	851	3	11.44	3.09	3.71	0.30	31.4	8.5	1.09	.296	3.04	6.69
2	Spencer Strider S. Strider	262	30	30	14	6	.700	2.84	0	0	0	165.0	111	52	58	12	55	6	0	2	667	7	14.29	3.00	4.76	0.65	39.3	8.2	1.01	.298	3.16	6.05
3	Kerry Wood K. Wood	257	30	30	14	8	.636	3.86	1	1	0	188.2	140	81	89	19	100	12	0	1	801	8	12.26	4.77	2.57	0.91	32.1	12.5	1.27	.293	4.25	6.68
4	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	244	30	30	14	7	.667	2.55	5	4	0	204.1	134	58	67	14	88	5	0	2	837	19	10.75	3.88	2.77	0.62	29.2	10.5	1.09	.247	2.95	5.90
5	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	240	30	30	10	7	.588	2.92	0	0	0	166.2	135	54	57	15	42	7	0	0	679	9	12.96	2.27	5.71	0.81	35.3	6.2	1.06	.320	3.08	7.29
6	Bob Feller B. Feller	239	30	30	15	10	.600	3.07	17	1	0	222.2	166	76	91	5	148	5	0		958	10	9.66	5.98	1.61	0.20	24.9	15.4	1.41	.287	3.68	6.71
7	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	235	30	30	17	9	.654	3.74	0	0	0	200.0	157	83	89	14	89	10	0	1	843	8	10.58	4.01	2.64	0.63	27.9	10.6	1.23	.289	4.01	7.07
8	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	230	30	30	14	6	.700	2.60	1	1	0	162.2	97	47	51	13	55	10	0	0	636	6	12.73	3.04	4.18	0.72	36.2	8.6	0.93	.256	2.82	5.37
9	Mark Prior M. Prior	230	30	30	12	8	.600	3.12	2	1	0	193.1	161	67	74	18	59	10	0	1	803	5	10.71	2.75	3.90	0.84	28.6	7.3	1.14	.294	3.44	7.49
10	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	227	30	30	11	7	.611	2.38	0	0	0	196.1	136	52	53	12	54	5	0	1	771	5	10.41	2.48	4.20	0.55	29.4	7.0	0.97	.262	2.43	6.23
11	Herb Score H. Score	218	30	30	15	10	.600	3.13	10	2	0	207.0	143	72	82	18	147	1	0	1	895	10	9.48	6.39	1.48	0.78	24.4	16.4	1.40	.245	3.57	6.22
12	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	216	30	30	14	5	.737	2.50	0	0	0	169.0	131	47	54	10	39	3	0	0	666	4	11.50	2.08	5.54	0.53	32.4	5.9	1.01	.304	2.88	6.98
13	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	215	30	30	11	9	.550	3.11	0	0	0	188.1	159	65	71	20	39	4	0	2	755	9	10.27	1.86	5.51	0.96	28.5	5.2	1.05	.291	3.39	7.60
14	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	211	30	30	14	6	.700	2.15	0	0	0	175.2	125	42	46	14	40	7	0	0	679	3	10.81	2.05	5.28	0.72	31.1	5.9	0.94	.273	2.36	6.40
15	Kodai Senga K. Senga	211	30	30	13	7	.650	2.99	0	0	0	171.2	128	57	62	18	78	6	0	0	714	14	11.06	4.09	2.71	0.94	29.6	10.9	1.20	.274	3.25	6.71
16	Red Ames R. Ames	210	30	30	18	9	.667		25	4	0	253.1	186		87	2	91	5	0		1,017	20	7.46	3.23	2.31	0.07	20.6	8.9	1.09	.260	3.09	6.61
17	Nick Lodolo N. Lodolo	209	30	30	9	8	.529	3.95	0	0	0	161.2	155	71	73	24	55	29	0	1	701	8	11.64	3.06	3.80	1.34	29.8	7.8	1.30	.341	4.06	8.63
18	Vida Blue V. Blue	208	30	30	19	4	.826	1.97	18	8	0	228.0	144	50	60	11	79	3	0	1	888	9	8.21	3.12	2.63	0.43	23.4	8.9	0.98	.227	2.37	5.68
19	Al Downing A. Downing	207	30	30	15	6	.714	2.73	12	5	0	214.0	144	65	69	9	100	1	0	1	872	10	8.71	4.21	2.07	0.38	23.7	11.5	1.14	.243	2.90	6.06
20	Jose DeLeon J. DeLeon	205	30	30	12	8	.600	2.78	6	3	0	213.1	148	66	72	10	98	1	0	3	865	7	8.65	4.13	2.09	0.42	23.7	11.3	1.15	.250	3.04	6.24
21	Hunter Greene H. Greene	204	30	30	5	14	.263	4.16	1	1	0	153.2	133	71	75	25	59	12	0	0	656	5	11.95	3.46	3.46	1.46	31.1	9.0	1.25	.303	4.39	7.79
22	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	204	30	30	14	6	.700	2.09	0	0	0	185.1	119	43	48	11	60	5	0	5	729	4	9.91	2.91	3.40	0.53	28.0	8.2	0.97	.241	2.33	5.78
23	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	204	30	30	9	13	.409	2.82	12	1	0	223.1	184	70	81	18	84	11	0	6	931	3	8.22	3.39	2.43	0.73	21.9	9.0	1.20	.270	3.26	7.41
24	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	203	30	30	15	10	.600	2.52	12	8	0	228.1	168	64	67	13	73	2	0	6	901	4	8.00	2.88	2.78	0.51	22.5	8.1	1.06	.254	2.64	6.62
25	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	202	30	30	17	8	.680	3.13	3	1	0	195.2	177	68	77	25	33	4	0	0	784	6	9.29	1.52	6.12	1.15	25.8	4.2	1.07	.292	3.54	8.14

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21

Soto

RBI

51

Bichette

AVG

.292

Soto

Team Pitching Leaders

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McLean

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McLean

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22nd

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	56	40	.583
Phillies	54	44	.551	3.0
Marlins	52	46	.531	5.0
Nationals	49	49	.500	8.0
Mets	41	57	.418	16.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 7/18	NYM	@	PHI	4:05 PM
Sun 7/19	NYM	@	PHI	1:35 PM
Mon 7/20	NYM	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Tue 7/21	NYM	@	MIL	7:40 PM
Wed 7/22	NYM	@	MIL	2:10 PM

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Final

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HR Leaders

32

Schwarber

31

Alvarez

29

Caminero

RBI Leaders

74

Walker

71

Alvarez

68

Rice

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

.321

Alvarez

Hit Leaders

129

Lopez

120

Arraez

113

Alvarez

Run Leaders

91

Wood

68

Neto

68

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.431

Alvarez

.412

Soto

.409

Wood

SLG Leaders

.636

Alvarez

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Rice

.575

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SB Leaders

35

Nuñez

30

Witt

26

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Win Leaders

12

Ashby

11

Burns

11

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Strikeout Leaders

167

Misiorowski

148

Cease

144

Sánchez

ERA Leaders

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2.06

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WHIP Leaders

0.76

Misiorowski

0.91

Yamamoto

0.94

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K/9 Leaders

13.55

Cease

13.54

Misiorowski

11.09

Luzardo

K/BB Leaders

6.19

Misiorowski

5.76

Rasmussen

5.76

Sánchez

Walk Leaders

17

Rasmussen

19

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58-40

56-40

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	56	40	.583
Phillies	54	44	.551	3.0
Marlins	52	46	.531	5.0
Nationals	49	49	.500	8.0
Mets	41	57	.418	16.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	60	37	.619
Cubs	54	43	.557	6.0
Cardinals	51	45	.531	8.5
Pirates	50	47	.515	10.0
Reds	44	52	.458	15.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	62	36	.633
Diamondbacks	49	48	.505	12.5
Padres	48	49	.495	13.5
Giants	42	55	.433	19.5
Rockies	39	60	.394	23.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	56	40	.583
Yankees	54	43	.557	2.5
Red Sox	48	48	.500	8.0
Orioles	47	51	.480	10.0
Blue Jays	45	52	.464	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	51	45	.531
Guardians	51	46	.526	0.5
Twins	49	49	.500	3.0
Tigers	45	52	.464	6.5
Royals	39	59	.398	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	49	48	.505
Mariners	48	50	.490	1.5
Astros	47	52	.475	3.0
Athletics	41	56	.423	8.0
Angels	38	60	.388	11.5