2021 most pitcher strikeouts in single game

Gerrit Cole, Corbin Burnes and Jacob deGrom were tied for fanning the most hitters in a game in 2021, with 15 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
2021 most pitcher strikeouts in single regular-season game
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
15
9/1/2021
NYY NYY
@
LAA LAA
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
2 Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
15
8/11/2021
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
3 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
15
4/23/2021
NYM NYM
vs
WSH WSH
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
4 Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
14
9/11/2021
MIL MIL
@
CLE CLE
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
5 Sandy Alcantara
S. Alcantara
14
9/8/2021
MIA MIA
vs
NYM NYM
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
31
0
6 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
14
8/25/2021
TOR TOR
vs
CWS CWS
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
28
0
7 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
14
7/1/2021
NYM NYM
@
ATL ATL
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
5
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
26
0
8 Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
14
5/29/2021
PHI PHI
@
TBR TBR
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
27
0
9 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
14
5/8/2021
WSH WSH
@
NYY NYY
1
1.23
0
0
0
7.1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
25
0
10 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
14
4/17/2021
NYM NYM
@
COL COL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
23
0
11 Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
14
4/12/2021
TBR TBR
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
12 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
14
4/10/2021
NYM NYM
vs
MIA MIA
L
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
28
0
13 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
13
9/15/2021
TOR TOR
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
25
0
14 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
13
9/6/2021
LAD LAD
@
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
6
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
30
1
15 Blake Snell
B. Snell
13
8/8/2021
SDP SDP
vs
ARI ARI
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
26
0
16 Patrick Sandoval
P. Sandoval
13
7/24/2021
LAA LAA
@
MIN MIN
W
1
1.04
0
0
0
8.2
1
1
1
0
1
2
0
0
30
0
17 Sean Manaea
S. Manaea
13
7/22/2021
OAK OAK
@
SEA SEA
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
3
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
28
0
18 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
13
6/27/2021
LAD LAD
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
28
0
19 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
13
6/8/2021
TOR TOR
@
CWS CWS
1
1.42
0
0
0
6.1
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
25
0
20 Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
13
6/6/2021
MIL MIL
vs
ARI ARI
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
0
21 Rich Hill
R. Hill
13
5/25/2021
TBR TBR
vs
KCR KCR
L
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
2
1
0
1
0
0
31
0
22 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
13
5/21/2021
CWS CWS
@
NYY NYY
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
23 Joe Musgrove
J. Musgrove
13
4/19/2021
SDP SDP
vs
MIL MIL
L
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
26
0
24 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
13
4/18/2021
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
W
1
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
6
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
33
1
25 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
13
4/6/2021
NYY NYY
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
25
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