Kerry Wood and Roger Clemens are tied for striking out the most batters in a complete-game shutout with 27+ total batters faced, with 20 strikeouts.
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MLB most strikeouts in a complete game regular-season shutout by a player with 27 or more tbf| NAME | SO | CG | SHO | TBF | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | K. Wood | 20 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5/6/1998 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | R. Clemens | 20 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 9/18/1996 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 3 |  | R. Johnson | 19 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 8/8/1997 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | D. Cone | 19 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 10/6/1991 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | L. Tiant | 19 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 7/3/1968 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 |  | R. Clemens | 18 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 8/25/1998 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | R. Martinez | 18 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 6/4/1990 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | R. Guidry | 18 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 6/17/1978 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | J. Coombs | 18 | 1 | 1 | 54 | 8/4/1910 | @ | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 |  | M. Scherzer | 17 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10/3/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | B. Morrow | 17 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 8/8/2010 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  | R. Johnson | 17 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 9/14/2002 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | C. Schilling | 17 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4/7/2002 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | N. Ryan | 17 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 7/15/1973 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | A. Mahaffey | 17 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4/23/1961 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 |  | G. Cole | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5/4/2018 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Gray | 16 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 9/17/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | V. Velasquez | 16 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 4/14/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | M. Scherzer | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6/14/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 8/25/2002 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 8/28/1998 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | D. Wells | 16 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 7/30/1997 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 7/15/1995 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  | N. Ryan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5/1/1991 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | N. Ryan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 4/26/1990 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
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