Tom Cheney has fanned the most batters in a game, with 21 strikeouts against the Orioles on September 12, 1962.

most strikeouts by a pitcher in a game
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most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game
9/12/1962 Cheney 5/11/2016 Scherzer 5/8/2001 Johnson 5/6/1998 Wood 9/18/1996 Clemens 4/29/1986 Clemens 8/8/1997 Johnson 6/24/1997 Johnson 10/6/1991 Cone 6/8/1977 Ryan 8/20/1974 Ryan 8/12/1974 Ryan 6/14/1974 Ryan 4/22/1970 Seaver 9/15/1969 Carlton 7/3/1968 Tiant 5/13/2015 Kluber 5/16/2004 Sheets 8/25/1998 Clemens 9/27/1992 Johnson 6/4/1990 Martinez 9/10/1980 Gullickson 6/17/1978 Guidry 9/10/1976 Ryan 7/14/1968 Wilson 10/2/1965 Short 6/14/1965 Maloney 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 21 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
Tom Cheney Tom Cheney 21 9/12/1962
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
W 1 1 0 0 0 16.0 10 62 1 1 0 4 0 0 1
Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 20 5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 6 33 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 20 5/8/2001
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
1 0 0 0 0 9.0 3 29 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kerry Wood Kerry Wood 20 5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Roger Clemens Roger Clemens 20 9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 5 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Roger Clemens Roger Clemens 20 4/29/1986
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 30 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 19 8/8/1997
SEA SEA
vs
CWS CWS
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 5 35 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 19 6/24/1997
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
L 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 11 37 4 4 2 0 0 0 0
David Cone David Cone 19 10/6/1991
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 19 6/8/1977
CAL CAL
vs
TOR TOR
1 0 0 0 0 10.0 6 41 1 0 0 5 1 0 2
Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 19 8/20/1974
CAL CAL
vs
DET DET
L 1 1 0 0 0 11.0 4 41 1 1 0 5 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 19 8/12/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 7 36 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 19 6/14/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
1 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 58 3 3 1 10 0 0 0
Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 19 4/22/1970
NYM NYM
vs
SDP SDP
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 2 31 1 1 1 2 0 0 0
Steve Carlton Steve Carlton 19 9/15/1969
STL STL
vs
NYM NYM
L 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 9 38 4 4 2 2 0 0 1
Luis Tiant Luis Tiant 19 7/3/1968
CLE CLE
vs
MIN MIN
W 1 1 0 1 0 10.0 6 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corey Kluber Corey Kluber 18 5/13/2015
CLE CLE
vs
STL STL
W 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 1 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ben Sheets Ben Sheets 18 5/16/2004
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 31 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
Roger Clemens Roger Clemens 18 8/25/1998
TOR TOR
vs
KCR KCR
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 3 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 18 9/27/1992
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
1 0 0 0 0 8.0 6 34 2 2 0 4 0 0 0
Ramon Martinez Ramon Martinez 18 6/4/1990
LAD LAD
vs
ATL ATL
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 3 31 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bill Gullickson Bill Gullickson 18 9/10/1980
MON MON
vs
CHC CHC
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 4 33 2 2 0 2 0 0 1
Ron Guidry Ron Guidry 18 6/17/1978
NYY NYY
vs
CAL CAL
W 1 1 0 1 0 9.0 4 33 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 18 9/10/1976
CAL CAL
@
CWS CWS
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 3 41 2 2 0 9 0 0 0
Don Wilson Don Wilson 18 7/14/1968
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
W 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 5 33 1 1 0 2 0 0 1
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