mlb most strikeouts by a pitchers in a game

Pitchers fanned their most hitters in a game on September 24, 2019 and on May 7, 2017, with 48 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
MLB most strikeouts by a pitchers in a regular-season game
POSITION SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1
Pitcher
48
9/24/2019
ARI ARI
vs
STL STL
2
1.19
0
0
0
37.2
26
5
5
3
13
0
2
3
147
1
2
Pitcher
48
5/7/2017
NYY NYY
@
CHC CHC
2
2.00
0
0
0
36.0
21
8
9
2
15
1
2
4
146
1
3
Pitcher
43
7/9/1971
CAL CAL
@
OAK OAK
L
2
0.23
0
0
0
39.2
18
1
1
0
9
1
2
2
145
1
4
Pitcher
42
5/8/2019
ARI ARI
@
TBR TBR
2
1.38
0
0
1
26.0
17
4
5
0
14
1
2
1
104
1
5
Pitcher
42
6/2/2017
MIL MIL
vs
LAD LAD
2
1.13
0
0
0
24.0
13
3
3
3
5
1
2
3
90
0
6
Pitcher
41
4/12/2019
SFG SFG
vs
COL COL
W
2
1.27
0
0
0
35.1
19
5
5
0
8
0
2
3
129
1
7
Pitcher
40
8/23/2019
NYM NYM
vs
ATL ATL
2
0.96
0
0
1
28.0
14
3
3
1
9
2
2
2
108
3
8
Pitcher
40
8/1/2016
TOR TOR
@
HOU HOU
2
1.00
0
0
0
27.0
13
3
3
2
6
0
2
1
100
3
9
Pitcher
40
4/17/2013
SEA SEA
vs
DET DET
2
0.96
0
0
1
28.0
19
3
3
0
8
0
2
1
108
1
10
Pitcher
40
6/19/2001
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
2
1.82
0
0
0
29.2
22
6
7
2
17
0
2
1
126
2
11
Pitcher
39
6/27/2019
TBR TBR
@
MIN MIN
W
2
1.75
0
0
0
36.0
17
7
7
0
11
2
2
1
135
1
12
Pitcher
39
6/2/2018
CHC CHC
@
NYM NYM
2
2.57
0
0
0
28.0
24
8
8
2
13
0
2
4
120
0
13
Pitcher
38
6/12/2019
HOU HOU
vs
MIL MIL
L
2
2.89
0
0
0
28.0
15
9
9
4
10
0
2
0
104
0
14
Pitcher
38
5/15/2003
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
2
1.59
0
0
1
34.0
21
6
6
3
7
0
2
2
129
0
15
Pitcher
37
7/8/2018
ARI ARI
vs
SDP SDP
2
1.74
0
0
0
31.0
23
6
6
0
12
2
1
1
126
2
16
Pitcher
37
9/15/2017
BOS BOS
@
TBR TBR
W
2
4.50
0
0
0
30.0
34
15
19
5
12
2
2
4
138
4
17
Pitcher
37
4/17/2008
COL COL
@
SDP SDP
W
2
0.41
0
0
0
44.0
25
2
3
0
13
1
2
2
165
0
18
Pitcher
37
5/31/2003
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
2
0.00
0
0
0
31.1
16
0
1
0
11
1
2
2
116
2
19
Pitcher
36
7/6/2016
BAL BAL
@
LAD LAD
2
3.21
0
0
1
28.0
29
10
10
3
14
1
2
4
123
2
20
Pitcher
36
8/17/2013
ATL ATL
vs
WSH WSH
2
4.50
0
0
1
30.0
26
15
15
6
13
1
2
0
126
3
21
Pitcher
36
5/2/2013
HOU HOU
vs
DET DET
2
2.89
0
0
0
28.0
21
9
10
2
8
1
2
2
111
0
22
Pitcher
36
7/6/2011
SFG SFG
vs
SDP SDP
2
3.67
0
0
0
27.0
23
11
11
2
4
0
2
0
106
0
23
Pitcher
36
9/30/1964
PIT PIT
@
CIN CIN
2
0.28
0
0
0
32.0
14
1
1
0
12
0
2
4
122
0
24
Pitcher
36
5/31/1964
NYM NYM
vs
SFG SFG
2
2.54
0
0
1
46.0
37
13
14
1
12
2
2
2
184
0
25
Pitcher
35
9/24/2019
COL COL
@
SFG SFG
2
3.66
0
0
1
32.0
20
13
13
8
17
1
2
1
131
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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@
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
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MIN MIN
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CLE CLE
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Mon
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NYY NYY
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Mon
4/28
BOS BOS
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NYM NYM
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
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STL STL
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6:15 PM
Wed
5/14
BOS BOS
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DET DET
6:40 PM
Wed
5/14
TBR TBR
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TOR TOR
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CIN CIN
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