Bret Saberhagen struck out his most batters in a game against the Oakland Athletics on September 30, 1989, with 13 strikeouts.
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brett saberhagen most strikeouts in a 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 | |||
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| 1 |  | B. Saberhagen | 13 | 9/30/1989 |  KCR | @ |  OAK | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 2 | | B. Saberhagen | 12 | 6/7/1990 | KCR | vs |  CAL | L | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 3 | | B. Saberhagen | 12 | 7/9/1989 | KCR | vs |  CWS | 1 | 4.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 4 | | B. Saberhagen | 12 | 9/14/1985 | KCR | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 5 | | B. Saberhagen | 11 | 7/15/1994 |  NYM | vs |  SDP | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 6 | | B. Saberhagen | 11 | 9/22/1991 | KCR | @ |  SEA | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 7 | | B. Saberhagen | 11 | 7/4/1989 | KCR | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 8 | | B. Saberhagen | 10 | 6/13/1995 | NYM | vs |  FLA | W | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 9 | | B. Saberhagen | 10 | 5/16/1994 | NYM | vs | FLA | L | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 10 | | B. Saberhagen | 10 | 7/11/1987 | KCR | @ |  TOR | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 11 | | B. Saberhagen | 10 | 9/30/1985 | KCR | vs | CAL | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 12 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 6/30/1994 | NYM | @ | SDP | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 13 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 6/3/1994 | NYM | @ |  CIN | W | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 14 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 5/4/1992 | NYM | @ |  HOU | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 15 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 4/29/1992 | NYM | vs | HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 16 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 8/4/1991 | KCR | @ |  CLE | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 17 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 8/11/1989 | KCR | vs |  TOR | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 18 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 9/18/1988 | KCR | @ | OAK | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 19 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 9/13/1988 | KCR | @ | CAL | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 20 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 5/7/1988 | KCR | vs |  MIL | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 21 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 5/9/1987 | KCR | @ | CLE | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 22 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 8/8/1985 | KCR | vs |  DET | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 23 | | B. Saberhagen | 9 | 7/13/1985 | KCR | @ | CLE | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 24 | | B. Saberhagen | 8 | 9/24/1999 |  BOS | vs |  BAL | L | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 25 | | B. Saberhagen | 8 | 7/19/1998 | BOS | @ | DET | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
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