best strike to ball ratio by a pitcher in a game

Randy Johnson has the most strikes in a game, with 60 strikes against the Royals on July 18, 1997.

Interpreted as:
best strike to ball ratio by a pitcher in a regular-season game
NAMESTRIKEBALLDATETMOPPSOHHRBBHBPIBB
1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
60
46
7/18/1997
vs
16
9
1
3
0
0
2Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
59
50
7/7/1995
@
13
8
0
0
0
0
3John Farrell
J. Farrell
58
48
9/10/1989
vs
6
9
0
4
0
0
4Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
58
60
7/25/1988
@
14
3
0
4
0
0
5Steve Rogers
S. Rogers
58
59
8/19/1975
vs
8
10
0
2
0
0
6Ron Villone
R. Villone
57
54
9/29/2000
@
16
2
0
5
1
0
7Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
57
45
9/27/1992
@
18
6
0
4
0
0
8Bob Knepper
B. Knepper
57
54
6/12/1979
vs
6
9
1
7
1
0
9Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
56
36
9/2/2015
vs
15
6
0
1
0
0
10Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
56
50
9/18/1996
@
20
5
0
0
0
0
11Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
56
51
7/21/1996
vs
9
8
0
4
0
0
12Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
56
57
10/1/1989
@
8
10
0
3
1
1
13Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
56
56
5/17/1988
vs
7
7
0
4
0
1
14John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
56
43
8/13/1975
@
12
8
0
3
1
0
15Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
55
23
5/11/2016
vs
20
6
2
0
0
0
16Ben Sheets
B. Sheets
55
24
5/16/2004
vs
18
3
1
1
0
0
17Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
55
44
7/31/2002
@
15
8
0
3
0
0
18Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
55
38
5/6/2000
vs
17
6
0
1
0
0
19Pedro Astacio
P. Astacio
55
51
6/6/1999
vs
10
9
4
4
1
0
20Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
55
52
6/10/1996
@
0
16
1
3
0
0
21Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
55
52
8/31/1989
vs
13
8
1
1
0
0
22Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
55
35
7/15/1988
vs
16
5
0
1
0
0
23Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
54
47
7/13/2013
@
13
0
0
4
1
0
24Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
54
49
5/13/2001
vs
12
4
0
4
1
0
25Jose Lima
J. Lima
54
36
8/1/1998
@
10
5
0
1
1
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete event-level data for balls and strikes going back to the 1974 season.
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