5 pitchers are tied for the most games pitched with 20+ strikeouts in a season, with 1 game. The first three are Max Scherzer in 2016, Randy Johnson in 2001 and Kerry Wood in 1998.
Interpreted as:
most games with 20 or more strikeouts by a pitcher in a season| NAME | G | SO | SEASON | TM | 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 | ||
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| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 1 | 20 | 2016 |  WSH | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 2.00 | 60.6 | 0.0 | 0.67 | .364 | 2.00 | 6.00 | |
| 2 |  | R. Johnson | 1 | 20 | 2001 |  ARI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.33 | .333 | 1.00 | 3.00 | ||
| 3 |  | K. Wood | 1 | 20 | 1998 |  CHC | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 69.0 | 0.0 | 0.11 | .125 | 0.00 | 1.00 | |
| 4 |  | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 1996 |  BOS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 62.5 | 0.0 | 0.56 | .417 | 0.00 | 5.00 | |
| 5 | | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 1986 | BOS | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 20.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.33 | .222 | 1.00 | 3.00 | |
| 6 |  | T. Cheney | 1 | 21 | 1962 |  WSH | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | 11.81 | 2.25 | 5.25 | 0.00 | 33.9 | 6.5 | 0.88 | .270 | 0.56 | 5.63 |
StatMuse has game-level data for games pitched going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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