J.R. Richard struck out his most hitters in a game on September 21, 1979, on August 3, 1979 and on September 5, 1971, with 15 strikeouts.
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J.R. Richard 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 |  | J.R. Richard | 15 | 9/21/1979 | vs | 1 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | J.R. Richard | 15 | 8/3/1979 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | ||
| 3 | | J.R. Richard | 15 | 9/5/1971 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | J.R. Richard | 14 | 10/2/1977 | @ | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 6/6/1980 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 4/10/1980 | vs | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 9/25/1979 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 4/10/1979 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 6 | ||
| 9 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 8/12/1978 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 6/4/1978 | vs | L | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 2 | ||
| 11 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 10/2/1976 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 4/19/1980 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 8/27/1979 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 8/8/1979 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 7/25/1979 | vs | W | 1 | 3.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 7/5/1979 | @ | L | 1 | 5.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 1 | ||
| 17 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 9/15/1978 | @ | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 7/9/1978 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | ||
| 19 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 6/9/1978 | @ | W | 1 | 8.44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | J.R. Richard | 12 | 7/6/1977 | @ | 1 | 0.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | J.R. Richard | 11 | 9/29/1979 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
| 22 | | J.R. Richard | 11 | 9/16/1979 | @ | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | J.R. Richard | 11 | 6/16/1979 | @ | L | 1 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J.R. Richard | 11 | 4/20/1979 | vs | 1 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | |||
| 25 | | J.R. Richard | 11 | 9/19/1978 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
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