Between the 1935 and 1966 seasons, Tom Cheney fanned the most batters in a game, with 21 strikeouts against the Orioles on September 12, 1962.
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most k in a regular-season game by a pitcher between 1935 to 1966| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | T. Cheney | 21 | 9/12/1962 | @ | W | 1 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||
| 2 | | C. Short | 18 | 10/2/1965 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | J. Maloney | 18 | 6/14/1965 | vs | L | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 4 |  | S. Koufax | 18 | 4/24/1962 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | S. Koufax | 18 | 8/31/1959 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | W. Spahn | 18 | 6/14/1952 | vs | L | 1 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | B. Feller | 18 | 10/2/1938 | vs | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | B. Monbouquette | 17 | 5/12/1961 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 9 | | A. Mahaffey | 17 | 4/23/1961 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | B. Feller | 17 | 9/13/1936 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |||
| 11 | | S. Koufax | 16 | 7/27/1966 | vs | 1 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | S. McDowell | 16 | 9/4/1965 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | B. Veale | 16 | 6/1/1965 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | B. Veale | 16 | 9/30/1964 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | 0 | |||
| 15 | | J. Maloney | 16 | 5/21/1963 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | S. Koufax | 16 | 5/26/1962 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | S. Koufax | 16 | 6/22/1959 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | H. Score | 16 | 5/1/1955 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | J. Harshman | 16 | 7/25/1954 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | B. Feller | 16 | 8/25/1937 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | J. Rubio | 15 | 10/2/1966 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | G. Perry | 15 | 7/22/1966 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | M. Cuellar | 15 | 6/25/1966 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | S. Siebert | 15 | 6/17/1965 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | S. McDowell | 15 | 6/5/1965 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | ||
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