highest strikeouts per game in a season by a pitcher

Karl Spooner has the most strikeouts per game pitched in a season, with 13.5 in his rookie season in 1954.

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1Karl Spooner
K. Spooner
13.5
27
2
1954
BKN BKN
2
0
1.000
2
0.00
2
2
0
18.0
7
0
0
0
6
0
0
68
0
13.50
3.00
4.50
0.00
39.7
8.8
0.72
.200
0.00
0
0.40
10
3.50
7.3
2Elmer Myers
E. Myers
12
12
1
1915
PHA PHA
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
5
0
0
32
0
12.00
5.00
2.40
0.00
37.5
15.6
0.78
.133
0.00
0
1.41
48
2.00
1.5
3Henry Porter
H. Porter
11.83
71
6
1884
MIL
3
3
.500
6
3.00
6
1
0
51.0
32
17
25
1
9
0
200
6
12.53
1.59
7.89
0.18
35.5
4.5
0.80
4.41
23
1.27
11
5.65
24.1
4Ed Cushman
E. Cushman
11.75
47
4
1884
MIL
4
0
1.000
4
1.00
4
2
0
36.0
10
4
4
0
3
0
125
1
11.75
0.75
15.67
0.00
37.6
2.4
0.36
1.00
8
0.91
8
2.50
17.4
5Lee Richmond
L. Richmond
11
11
1
1879
BOS BOS
1
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
6
0
1
0
36
1
11.00
1.00
11.00
0.00
30.6
2.8
0.56
6.00
81
0.63
25
4.00
1.8
6Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10.63
372
35
2001
ARI ARI
21
6
.778
34
2.49
3
2
0
249.2
181
69
74
19
71
18
1
2
994
8
13.41
2.56
5.24
0.68
37.4
7.1
1.01
.315
2.67
55
2.12
48
6.52
63.9
7Lady Baldwin
L. Baldwin
10.5
21
2
1884
MIL
1
1
.500
2
2.65
2
0
0
17.0
7
5
5
0
1
0
61
0
11.12
0.53
21.00
0.00
34.4
1.6
0.47
2.65
20
0.98
9
3.71
8.2
8Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10.4
364
35
1999
ARI ARI
17
9
.654
35
2.48
12
2
0
271.2
207
75
86
30
70
9
0
3
1,079
4
12.06
2.32
5.20
0.99
33.7
6.5
1.02
.292
2.85
53
2.75
59
6.86
57.2
9The Only Nolan
T. Only Nolan
10.4
52
5
1884
WIL
1
4
.200
5
2.93
5
0
0
40.0
44
13
28
1
7
0
175
13
11.70
1.58
7.43
0.23
29.7
4.0
1.27
6.30
93
1.52
56
9.90
5.5
10Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
10.17
122
12
2020
CLE CLE
8
1
.889
12
1.63
0
0
0
77.1
46
14
15
7
21
1
0
0
297
5
14.20
2.44
5.81
0.81
41.1
7.1
0.87
.267
1.75
37
2.06
46
5.35
20.5
11Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
10.1
313
31
1999
BOS BOS
23
4
.852
29
2.07
5
1
0
213.1
160
49
56
9
37
9
1
1
835
6
13.20
1.56
8.46
0.38
37.5
4.4
0.92
.323
2.36
42
1.38
30
6.75
79.4
12Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
10
20
2
2024
CLE CLE
2
0
1.000
2
0.00
0
0
0
12.0
10
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
45
0
15.00
0.75
20.00
0.00
44.4
2.2
0.92
.417
0.00
0
0.08
2
7.50
5.3
13Alex Jones
A. Jones
10
10
1
1889
PIT PIT
1
0
1.000
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
3
5
0
1
0
0
35
0
10.00
1.00
10.00
0.00
28.6
2.9
0.89
.292
5.00
82
1.12
30
7.00
2.6
14Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.91
347
35
2000
ARI ARI
19
7
.731
35
2.64
8
3
0
248.2
202
73
89
23
76
6
0
1
1,001
5
12.56
2.75
4.57
0.83
34.7
7.6
1.12
.326
3.22
56
2.53
53
7.31
61.1
15Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
9.88
326
33
2019
HOU HOU
20
5
.800
33
2.50
0
0
0
212.1
142
59
66
29
48
3
0
0
817
4
13.82
2.03
6.79
1.23
39.9
5.9
0.89
.275
2.80
55
2.63
58
6.02
45
16Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
9.84
305
31
1997
MON MON
17
8
.680
31
1.90
13
4
0
241.1
158
51
65
16
67
9
0
5
947
3
11.37
2.50
4.55
0.60
32.2
7.1
0.93
.258
2.42
45
2.38
57
5.89
49
17Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.8
294
30
1995
SEA SEA
18
2
.900
30
2.48
6
3
0
214.1
159
59
65
12
65
6
0
1
866
5
12.35
2.73
4.52
0.50
33.9
7.5
1.05
.301
2.73
53
2.08
44
6.68
62
18Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
9.79
284
29
2000
BOS BOS
18
6
.750
29
1.74
7
4
0
217.0
128
42
44
17
32
14
0
0
817
1
11.78
1.33
8.88
0.71
34.8
3.9
0.74
.236
1.82
35
2.16
47
5.31
61.5
19Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
9.73
146
15
2021
NYM NYM
7
2
.778
15
1.08
1
1
0
92.0
40
11
14
6
11
1
0
0
324
0
14.28
1.08
13.27
0.59
45.1
3.4
0.55
.213
1.37
27
1.23
29
3.91
30.6
20Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.7
291
30
1997
SEA SEA
20
4
.833
29
2.28
5
2
0
213.0
147
54
60
20
77
10
0
2
850
4
12.30
3.25
3.78
0.85
34.2
9.1
1.05
.281
2.54
50
2.82
62
6.21
41.3
21Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.68
329
34
1998
TOT
19
11
.633
34
3.28
10
6
0
244.1
203
89
102
23
86
14
0
1
1,014
7
12.12
3.17
3.83
0.85
32.4
8.5
1.18
.320
3.76
72
2.89
65
7.48
42.2
22Chris Sale
C. Sale
9.63
308
32
2017
BOS BOS
17
8
.680
32
2.90
1
0
0
214.1
165
69
73
24
43
8
0
0
851
3
12.93
1.81
7.16
1.01
36.2
5.1
0.97
.301
3.07
63
2.45
56
6.93
45.5
23Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.54
334
35
2002
ARI ARI
24
5
.828
35
2.32
8
4
0
260.0
197
67
78
26
71
13
0
1
1,035
3
11.56
2.46
4.70
0.90
32.3
6.9
1.03
.289
2.70
54
2.65
61
6.82
47
24Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
9.41
301
32
1989
TEX TEX
16
10
.615
32
3.20
6
2
0
239.1
162
85
96
17
98
9
0
3
988
19
11.32
3.69
3.07
0.64
30.5
9.9
1.09
.258
3.61
82
2.50
65
6.09
35.1
25Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
9.36
131
14
2026
MIL MIL
8
2
.800
14
1.34
1
1
0
87.0
42
13
16
4
22
7
0
0
329
3
13.55
2.28
5.95
0.41
39.8
6.7
0.74
.230
1.66
33
1.68
40
4.34
24
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