mlb record for strike outs by a pitcher in one week since 1940

Since 1940, Randy Johnson has struck out the most hitters in a week, with 32 strikeouts the week of May 7, 2001.

	NAME	SO	WEEK	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	32	5/7/2001 - 5/13/2001	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.06	0	0	0	17.0	7	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	61	1	16.94	2.12	8.00	0.00	52.5	6.6	0.65	.292	1.06	3.71
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	30	9/21/1992 - 9/27/1992	2	0	1	.000	2	2.81	1	0	0	16.0	12	5	5	1	6	0	0	0	65	0	16.88	3.38	5.00	0.56	46.2	9.2	1.13	.393	2.81	6.75
3	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	30	4/28/1986 - 5/4/1986	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.06	1	0	0	17.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	59	0	15.88	1.06	15.00	1.06	50.8	3.4	0.47	.160	1.06	3.18
4	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	29	9/2/2019 - 9/8/2019	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.29	0	0	0	14.0	4	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	48	1	18.64	1.29	14.50	1.29	60.4	4.2	0.43	.133	1.29	2.57
5	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	29	6/12/1978 - 6/18/1978	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	2	2	0	18.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	65	0	14.50	2.00	7.25	0.00	44.6	6.2	0.61	.219	0.00	3.50
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	29	6/6/1977 - 6/12/1977	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	0	0	0	16.2	9	0	3	0	12	1	0	1	72	2	15.66	6.48	2.42	0.00	40.3	16.7	1.26	.300	1.62	4.86
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	29	9/25/1972 - 10/1/1972	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	2	0	0	18.0	8	2	3	0	8	0	0	1	71	0	14.50	4.00	3.63	0.00	40.8	11.3	0.89	.235	1.50	4.00
8	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	28	9/15/2014 - 9/21/2014	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.80	0	0	0	15.0	14	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	62	0	16.80	1.80	9.33	0.00	45.2	4.8	1.13	.452	1.80	8.40
9	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	28	8/19/2002 - 8/25/2002	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.13	1	1	0	16.0	11	2	2	1	5	1	0	0	65	0	15.75	2.81	5.60	0.56	43.1	7.7	1.00	.333	1.13	6.19
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	28	8/12/1974 - 8/18/1974	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.76	1	0	0	16.1	14	5	5	0	5	0	0	1	69	1	15.43	2.76	5.60	0.00	40.6	7.2	1.16	.389	2.76	7.71
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	28	7/9/1973 - 7/15/1973	2	1	1	.500	2	3.60	1	1	0	15.0	8	6	6	1	10	0	0	0	63	0	16.80	6.00	2.80	0.60	44.4	15.9	1.20	.292	3.60	4.80
12	Don Wilson D. Wilson	28	6/12/1967 - 6/18/1967	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.50	2	1	0	18.0	8	1	4	1	5	0	0	0	68	0	14.00	2.50	5.60	0.50	41.2	7.4	0.72	.206	2.00	4.00
13	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	28	8/31/1959 - 9/6/1959	2	1	1	.500	2	2.37	2	0	0	19.0	12	5	5	2	9	0	0	2	78	0	13.26	4.26	3.11	0.95	35.9	11.5	1.11	.256	2.37	5.68
14	Chris Sale C. Sale	27	5/13/2019 - 5/19/2019	2	0	0		2	3.65	0	0	0	12.1	7	5	5	2	5	1	0	0	50	1	19.70	3.65	5.40	1.46	54.0	10.0	0.97	.333	3.65	5.11
15	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	27	9/28/2015 - 10/4/2015	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.53	1	1	0	17.0	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	57	0	14.29	1.59	9.00	0.00	47.4	5.3	0.29	.074	0.53	1.06
16	Mark Prior M. Prior	27	9/15/2003 - 9/21/2003	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.65	0	0	0	16.1	14	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	65	0	14.88	1.65	9.00	0.55	41.5	4.6	1.04	.394	1.65	7.71
17	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	27	7/17/2000 - 7/23/2000	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.53	1	1	0	17.0	11	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	66	0	14.29	1.59	9.00	0.00	40.9	4.5	0.82	.314	0.53	5.82
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	27	8/30/1999 - 9/5/1999	2	0	1	.000	2	3.60	0	0	0	15.0	11	6	7	3	2	0	0	0	58	0	16.20	1.20	13.50	1.80	46.6	3.4	0.87	.308	4.20	6.60
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	27	7/25/1988 - 7/31/1988	2	2	0	1.000	2	1.00	2	1	0	18.0	10	2	2	1	5	0	0	1	67	1	13.50	2.50	5.40	0.50	40.3	7.5	0.83	.265	1.00	5.00
20	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	27	9/3/1984 - 9/9/1984	2	1	0	1.000	2	1.59	1	1	0	17.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	59	1	14.29	0.53	27.00	0.53	45.8	1.7	0.47	.200	1.59	3.71
21	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	27	8/25/1975 - 8/31/1975	2	2	0	1.000	2	2.08	1	0	0	17.1	15	4	5	0	4	0	0	1	73	1	14.02	2.08	6.75	0.00	37.0	5.5	1.10	.357	2.60	7.79
22	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	27	5/11/1970 - 5/17/1970	2	1	1	.500	2	1.50	2	1	0	18.0	9	3	3	1	6	0	0	1	70	0	13.50	3.00	4.50	0.50	38.6	8.6	0.83	.222	1.50	4.50
23	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	27	8/30/1965 - 9/5/1965	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	1	0	0	19.0	3	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	65	0	12.79	3.79	3.38	0.00	41.5	12.3	0.58	.100	0.47	1.42
24	Dean Chance D. Chance	27	6/1/1964 - 6/7/1964	2	1	0	1.000	2	0.00	1	1	0	23.0	5	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	79	0	10.57	2.35	4.50	0.00	34.2	7.6	0.48	.109	0.00	1.96
25	Karl Spooner K. Spooner	27	9/20/1954 - 9/26/1954	2	2	0	1.000	2	0.00	2	2	0	18.0	7	0	0	0	6	0	0		68	0	13.50	3.00	4.50	0.00	39.7	8.8	0.72	.200	0.00	3.50

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