Ricky Nolasco fanned the most hitters in a game in 2009, with 16 strikeouts versus the Braves on September 30, 2009.

Interpreted as:

most pitched strikeouts by a player in a regular-season game 2009

	NAME	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	16	9/30/2009	FLA	@	ATL	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.2	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	29	0
2	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	15	8/25/2009	KCR	vs	CLE	W	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	29	0
3	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	15	7/27/2009	SFG	vs	PIT	W	1	0.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	0
4	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	14	6/2/2009	TOR	vs	LAA	W	1	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	33	1
5	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	13	7/29/2009	DET	@	TEX	W	1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	28	0
6	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	13	7/25/2009	KCR	vs	TEX	W	1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	27	2
7	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	13	5/14/2009	DET	@	MIN		1	2.84	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	27	1
8	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	13	4/18/2009	SFG	vs	ARI		1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	0
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	13	4/15/2009	LAD	vs	SFG		1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	22	0
10	Johan Santana J. Santana	13	4/12/2009	NYM	@	FLA	L	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	27	0
11	Justin Masterson J. Masterson	12	9/30/2009	CLE	vs	CWS	L	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	32	0
12	A.J. Burnett	12	8/27/2009	NYY	vs	TEX	L	1	4.50	0	0	0	6.0	2	3	3	1	3	0	0	0	23	0
13	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	12	7/5/2009	FLA	vs	PIT	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	28	0
14	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	12	7/1/2009	MIL	vs	NYM	L	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	27	0
15	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	12	7/1/2009	STL	vs	SFG		1	1.00	0	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	1
16	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	12	6/23/2009	SFG	@	OAK	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	34	0
17	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	12	6/11/2009	ATL	vs	PIT		1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	27	0
18	Jon Lester J. Lester	12	5/31/2009	BOS	@	TOR	W	1	1.50	0	0	0	6.0	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	24	1
19	Jorge De La Rosa J. De La Rosa	12	5/9/2009	COL	vs	FLA	L	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	4	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	29	0
20	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	12	5/6/2009	SDP	vs	ARI	L	1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	1	3	0	0	0	28	0
21	Joba Chamberlain J. Chamberlain	12	5/5/2009	NYY	vs	BOS	L	1	6.35	0	0	0	5.2	6	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	25	0
22	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	12	4/24/2009	SFG	@	ARI	W	1	1.13	0	0	0	8.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	29	1
23	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	12	4/14/2009	ATL	vs	FLA	L	1	4.50	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	24	1
24	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	11	9/26/2009	STL	@	COL	W	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	10	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	36	0
25	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	11	9/24/2009	DET	@	CLE	W	1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	29	1