mlb pitcher with the most strikeouts in a game against the orioles

Tom Cheney has fanned the most hitters in a game versus the Orioles, with 21 strikeouts on September 12, 1962.

Interpreted as:
MLB pitcher with the most strikeouts in a regular-season game against the orioles
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Tom Cheney
T. Cheney
21
9/12/1962
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
W
1
0.56
1
0
0
16.0
10
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
62
1
2 Michael Pineda
M. Pineda
16
5/10/2015
NYY NYY
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
27
0
3 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
16
9/4/1965
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
1
0.00
0
0
0
10.0
2
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
33
0
4 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
15
5/19/2019
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
5 James Shields
J. Shields
15
10/2/2012
TBR TBR
vs
BAL BAL
L
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
6 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
15
5/12/2000
BOS BOS
@
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
7 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
15
9/21/1998
TOR TOR
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
34
0
8 Chuck Finley
C. Finley
15
6/24/1989
CAL CAL
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
36
0
9 Bob Feller
B. Feller
15
8/23/1936
CLE CLE
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
0
4
0
0
37
1
10 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
15
7/25/1913
WSH WSH
vs
SLA SLA
0
0.79
0
0
0
11.1
7
1
2
0
2
0
1
42
0
11 Jim Scott
J. Scott
15
6/22/1913
CWS CWS
vs
SLA SLA
L
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
0
2
0
1
0
0
33
1
12 Joe Wood
J. Wood
15
7/7/1911
BSA BSA
@
SLA SLA
W
1
1
0
0
9.0
1
1
0
3
1
0
32
0
13 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
15
7/28/1908
WSH WSH
@
SLA SLA
W
1
1
0
0
16.0
9
1
0
2
0
0
58
3
14 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
14
6/7/2019
HOU HOU
vs
BAL BAL
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
3
1
0
1
0
0
27
0
15 Chris Sale
C. Sale
14
5/8/2019
BOS BOS
@
BAL BAL
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
1
0
0
2
0
0
29
0
16 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
14
9/21/2004
BOS BOS
vs
BAL BAL
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
29
0
17 Johan Santana
J. Santana
14
9/19/2004
MIN MIN
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
1
18 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
14
7/22/1977
TEX TEX
@
BAL BAL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
32
0
19 Stan Williams
S. Williams
14
8/10/1967
CLE CLE
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.69
1
0
0
13.0
5
1
1
1
3
1
0
0
48
1
20 Ellis Kinder
E. Kinder
14
8/3/1949
BSA BSA
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
3
3
1
3
0
0
37
0
21 Dutch Leonard
D. Leonard
14
8/22/1915
BSA BSA
@
SLA SLA
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
3
0
2
2
0
38
1
22 Jim Scott
J. Scott
14
9/27/1913
CWS CWS
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
1
0
0
35
0
23 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
14
8/31/1910
WSH WSH
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
4
0
0
34
1
24 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
14
8/26/1910
PHA PHA
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
1
0
0
31
0
25 Mitch Keller
M. Keller
13
5/14/2023
PIT PIT
@
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
26
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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