kerry wood most strikeouts in a game as a pitcher

Kerry Wood struck out his most batters in a game against the Astros on May 6, 1998, with 20 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
Kerry Wood most strikeouts in a regular-season game as a pitcher
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
20
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
2 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
16
8/26/1998
CHC CHC
@
CIN CIN
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
2
1
3
0
0
0
30
0
3 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
14
5/25/2001
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
4 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
14
4/27/2001
CHC CHC
@
SFG SFG
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
6.0
2
3
3
1
3
1
0
0
24
0
5 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
13
5/15/2003
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
25
0
6 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
13
4/12/2003
CHC CHC
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
30
0
7 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
13
8/2/2002
CHC CHC
vs
COL COL
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
4
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
27
0
8 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
13
7/1/1998
CHC CHC
vs
ARI ARI
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
3
2
2
0
4
1
0
0
31
0
9 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
13
5/29/1998
CHC CHC
vs
ATL ATL
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
5
2
2
0
6
0
0
1
32
0
10 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
13
5/11/1998
CHC CHC
@
ARI ARI
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
11 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
12
9/23/2003
CHC CHC
@
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
1
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
27
0
12 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
12
7/9/2003
CHC CHC
vs
FLA FLA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
33
1
13 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
12
8/23/2002
CHC CHC
@
ARI ARI
L
1
3.38
1
0
0
8.0
3
3
3
1
3
1
0
0
30
0
14 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
12
5/8/2001
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
L
1
5.14
0
0
0
7.0
2
4
4
1
3
2
0
0
28
2
15 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
9/1/2004
CHC CHC
@
MON MON
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
28
1
16 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
4/11/2004
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
28
0
17 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
9/17/2003
CHC CHC
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
32
1
18 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
8/27/2003
CHC CHC
@
STL STL
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
29
0
19 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
6/7/2003
CHC CHC
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.17
0
0
0
7.2
3
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
29
0
20 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
6/1/2003
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
L
1
7.50
0
0
0
6.0
6
5
5
0
3
0
0
0
27
1
21 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
4/23/2003
CHC CHC
vs
SDP SDP
L
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
5
2
2
0
3
3
0
0
33
0
22 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
8/27/2000
CHC CHC
vs
LAD LAD
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
5
3
3
2
3
0
0
0
27
0
23 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
8/16/1998
CHC CHC
@
HOU HOU
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
30
1
24 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
7/21/1998
CHC CHC
@
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.2
5
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
32
1
25 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
11
6/20/1998
CHC CHC
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
4.91
0
0
0
7.1
9
4
4
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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