Strike Outs by 2023 rookie batters compared to Aaron Judge, rookie SO record holder.

Aaron Judge has the record for Strike Outs by rookie batters: 208 in 2017. However, Judge also set the record for rookie Home Runs: 52. Pete Alonso broke the rookie HR record with 53 in 2019; Alonso had 183 SO.

Here are the leaders in Strike Outs by rookie batters in 2023:

Rk	Player	SO	Place	Season	Age	Team	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	1B	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	Pos
1	James Outman	181		2023	26	LAD	NL	151	567	483	86	120	78	16	3	23	70	16	3	68	181	.248	.353	.437	.790	112	211	*87/H9D
2	Ryan Noda	170		2023	27	OAK	AL	128	495	406	63	93	54	22	1	16	54	3	1	77	170	.229	.364	.406	.770	121	165	*3H/9D7
3	Anthony Volpe	167		2023	22	NYY	AL	159	601	541	62	113	65	23	4	21	60	24	5	52	167	.209	.283	.383	.666	81	207	*6/H
4	Ezequiel Tovar	166		2023	21	COL	NL	153	615	581	79	147	91	37	4	15	73	11	5	25	166	.253	.287	.408	.695	77	237	*6
5	Gunnar Henderson	159		2023	22	BAL	AL	150	622	560	100	143	77	29	9	28	82	10	3	56	159	.255	.325	.489	.814	125	274	56D/H
6	Brenton Doyle	151		2023	25	COL	NL	126	431	399	48	81	50	16	5	10	48	22	5	22	151	.203	.250	.343	.593	52	137	*8/H
7	Josh Jung	151		2023	25	TEX	AL	122	515	478	75	127	78	25	1	23	70	1	3	30	151	.266	.315	.467	.781	109	223	*5/H

Three of these rookies have OPS+ lower than 100. They were below average batters: Volpe, Tovar and Doyle.

	SO	HR	SO/HR	Year	OPS+
Aaron Judge	208	52	4.00	2017	171
Aaron Judge	175	62	2.82	2022	210
Aaron Judge	130	37	3.51	2023	175
	SO	HR	SO/HR	Year	OPS+
James Outman	181	23	7.87	2023	112
Ryan Noda	171	16	10.69	2023	121
Anthony Volpe	167	21	7.95	2023	81
Ezequiel Tovar	166	15	11.07	2023	77
Gunnar Henderson	159	28	5.68	2023	125
Brenton Doyle	151	10	15.10	2023	52
Josh Jung	151	23	6.57	2023	109
	SO	HR	SO/HR	Year	OPS+

The ratio of SO to HR for Judge as a rookie was 4 to 1. Judge improved on that a lot in 2022 when he set an American League record of 62 HR.

Gunnar Henderson will likely be 2023 Rookie of the Year. But even his ratio is much higher than that of Judge as a rookie. Brenton Doyle's ratio of 15 SO to one HR is ridiculous. Playing center field Doyle had dWAR 2.2, which must be why Colorado put up with his oWAR -1.1.

Yankee shortstop Anthony Volpe was similar: dWAR 2.4, oWAR 1.7. Volpe's 21 HR were his only positive in the batter's box.

dWAR:
Volpe was third in AL
Doyle was fifth in NL.

Both Volpe and Doyle play key fielding position but if their batting does not improve, they will lose their starting positions and likely their spot on a MLB roster when their fielding slips.

Lots of SO must be offset by lots of HR.