8 players had 6 plate appearances. The first three are Carl Weilman on July 25, 1913, Alex Gonzalez on September 9, 1998 and Benny Kauff on September 24, 1914.
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MLB players who strikeout the most first plate appearance in a game| NAME | PA | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | C. Weilman | 6 | 6 | 7/25/1913 | @ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 2 | | D. Hoak | 9 | 6 | 5/2/1956 | vs | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | R. Reichardt | 8 | 6 | 5/31/1966 | vs | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | B. Cowan | 8 | 6 | 7/9/1971 | @ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | C. Cooper | 8 | 6 | 6/14/1974 | @ | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | S. Horn | 8 | 6 | 7/17/1991 | @ | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | A. Gonzalez | 6 | 6 | 9/9/1998 | vs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | G. Jenkins | 7 | 6 | 6/8/2004 | @ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | B. Bernhard | 5 | 5 | 8/11/1904 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 | | G. Winter | 5 | 5 | 9/5/1905 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | S. Sallee | 5 | 5 | 7/21/1908 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | | D. Bush | 7 | 5 | 5/1/1910 | @ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 13 | | B. Harmon | 5 | 5 | 7/7/1911 | @ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | | C. Morgan | 5 | 5 | 9/18/1911 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 15 | | B. Kauff | 6 | 5 | 9/24/1914 | @ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 16 | | L. Williams | 6 | 5 | 5/15/1918 | @ | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | B. Kauff | 7 | 5 | 5/23/1918 | @ | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | | S. Perry | 5 | 5 | 4/28/1919 | @ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | O. Bluege | 5 | 5 | 6/17/1923 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 20 | | L. Bell | 5 | 5 | 5/12/1927 | @ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | | G. Pipgras | 5 | 5 | 10/1/1932 | @ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | L. Grove | 5 | 5 | 6/10/1933 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | | J. Broaca | 5 | 5 | 6/25/1934 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 24 | | P. Young | 5 | 5 | 9/29/1935 | @ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | | C. Laabs | 5 | 5 | 10/2/1938 | @ | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
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