8 players are tied for the most strikeouts in a game, with 6 strikeouts. The first three are Geoff Jenkins on June 8, 2004, Alex Gonzalez on September 9, 1998 and Sam Horn on July 17, 1991.
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MLB most k by a player thrown in a regular-season game| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Jenkins | 6 | 6/8/2004 |  MIL | @ |  ANA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | A. Gonzalez | 6 | 9/9/1998 |  TOR | vs |  CLE | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | | S. Horn | 6 | 7/17/1991 |  BAL | @ |  KCR | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | | C. Cooper | 6 | 6/14/1974 |  BOS | @ |  CAL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | | B. Cowan | 6 | 7/9/1971 |  CAL | @ |  OAK | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | | R. Reichardt | 6 | 5/31/1966 |  CAL | vs | CLE | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | | D. Hoak | 6 | 5/2/1956 |  CHC | vs |  NYG | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | | C. Weilman | 6 | 7/25/1913 |  SLA | @ |  WSH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 |  | C. Raleigh | 5 | 8/2/2025 |  SEA | vs |  TEX | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | | A. Slater | 5 | 6/12/2025 |  CWS | @ |  HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | | T. Stephenson | 5 | 5/6/2025 |  CIN | @ |  ATL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  | N. Castellanos | 5 | 4/10/2025 |  PHI | @ | ATL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | J. Altuve | 5 | 4/3/2025 | HOU | @ |  MIN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | D. Crews | 5 | 3/29/2025 |  WSH | vs | PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  | J. Chourio | 5 | 3/27/2025 |  MIL | @ |  NYY | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  | A. Judge | 5 | 9/28/2024 | NYY | vs |  PIT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | C. Norby | 5 | 9/26/2024 |  MIA | @ | MIN | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | | M. Vientos | 5 | 9/21/2024 |  NYM | vs | PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 |  | R. Arozarena | 5 | 8/17/2024 | SEA | @ | PIT | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  | J. RodrÃguez | 5 | 8/11/2024 | SEA | vs | NYM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | | J. Burger | 5 | 7/4/2024 | MIA | vs |  BOS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | | N. Jones | 5 | 6/30/2024 |  COL | @ | CWS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | R. McMahon | 5 | 9/16/2023 | COL | vs |  SFG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | | J. Bauers | 5 | 8/13/2023 | NYY | @ | MIA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 |  | A. Rizzo | 5 | 7/30/2023 | NYY | @ | BAL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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