most pitching strikeouts per game in single season

Karl Spooner has the most strikeouts per game pitched in a season, with 13.5 in his rookie season in 1954.

Interpreted as:
most pitching strikeouts per game by a player in single season
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1Karl Spooner
K. Spooner
13.5
27
2
1954
BKN BKN
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
0
0.40
10
3.50
7.3
2Elmer Myers
E. Myers
12
12
1
1915
PHA PHA
1
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
5
0
0
32
0
12.00
5.00
2.40
0.00
37.5
15.6
0.78
.133
0.00
0
1.41
48
2.00
1.5
3Henry Porter
H. Porter
11.83
71
6
1884
MIL
3
3
.500
6
3.00
6
1
0
51.0
32
17
25
1
9
0
200
6
12.53
1.59
7.89
0.18
35.5
4.5
0.80
4.41
23
1.27
11
5.65
24.1
4Ed Cushman
E. Cushman
11.75
47
4
1884
MIL
4
0
1.000
4
1.00
4
2
0
36.0
10
4
4
0
3
0
125
1
11.75
0.75
15.67
0.00
37.6
2.4
0.36
1.00
8
0.91
8
2.50
17.4
5Lee Richmond
L. Richmond
11
11
1
1879
BOS BOS
1
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
6
0
1
0
36
1
11.00
1.00
11.00
0.00
30.6
2.8
0.56
6.00
81
0.63
25
4.00
1.8
6Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10.63
372
35
2001
ARI ARI
21
6
.778
34
2.49
3
2
0
249.2
181
69
74
19
71
18
1
2
994
8
13.41
2.56
5.24
0.68
37.4
7.1
1.01
.315
2.67
55
2.12
48
6.52
63.9
7Lady Baldwin
L. Baldwin
10.5
21
2
1884
MIL
1
1
.500
2
2.65
2
0
0
17.0
7
5
5
0
1
0
61
0
11.12
0.53
21.00
0.00
34.4
1.6
0.47
2.65
20
0.98
9
3.71
8.2
8Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
10.4
364
35
1999
ARI ARI
17
9
.654
35
2.48
12
2
0
271.2
207
75
86
30
70
9
0
3
1,079
4
12.06
2.32
5.20
0.99
33.7
6.5
1.02
.292
2.85
53
2.75
59
6.86
57.2
9The Only Nolan
T. Only Nolan
10.4
52
5
1884
WIL
1
4
.200
5
2.93
5
0
0
40.0
44
13
28
1
7
0
175
13
11.70
1.58
7.43
0.23
29.7
4.0
1.27
6.30
93
1.52
56
9.90
5.5
10Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
10.17
122
12
2020
CLE CLE
8
1
.889
12
1.63
0
0
0
77.1
46
14
15
7
21
1
0
0
297
5
14.20
2.44
5.81
0.81
41.1
7.1
0.87
.267
1.75
37
2.06
46
5.35
20.5
11Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
10.1
313
31
1999
BOS BOS
23
4
.852
29
2.07
5
1
0
213.1
160
49
56
9
37
9
1
1
835
6
13.20
1.56
8.46
0.38
37.5
4.4
0.92
.323
2.36
42
1.38
30
6.75
79.4
12Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
10
20
2
2024
CLE CLE
2
0
1.000
2
0.00
0
0
0
12.0
10
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
45
0
15.00
0.75
20.00
0.00
44.4
2.2
0.92
.417
0.00
0
0.08
2
7.50
5.3
13Alex Jones
A. Jones
10
10
1
1889
PIT PIT
1
0
1.000
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
3
5
0
1
0
0
35
0
10.00
1.00
10.00
0.00
28.6
2.9
0.89
.292
5.00
82
1.12
30
7.00
2.6
14Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.91
347
35
2000
ARI ARI
19
7
.731
35
2.64
8
3
0
248.2
202
73
89
23
76
6
0
1
1,001
5
12.56
2.75
4.57
0.83
34.7
7.6
1.12
.326
3.22
56
2.53
53
7.31
61.1
15Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
9.88
326
33
2019
HOU HOU
20
5
.800
33
2.50
0
0
0
212.1
142
59
66
29
48
3
0
0
817
4
13.82
2.03
6.79
1.23
39.9
5.9
0.89
.275
2.80
55
2.63
58
6.02
45
16Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
9.84
305
31
1997
MON MON
17
8
.680
31
1.90
13
4
0
241.1
158
51
65
16
67
9
0
5
947
3
11.37
2.50
4.55
0.60
32.2
7.1
0.93
.258
2.42
45
2.38
57
5.89
49
17Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.8
294
30
1995
SEA SEA
18
2
.900
30
2.48
6
3
0
214.1
159
59
65
12
65
6
0
1
866
5
12.35
2.73
4.52
0.50
33.9
7.5
1.05
.301
2.73
53
2.08
44
6.68
62
18Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
9.79
284
29
2000
BOS BOS
18
6
.750
29
1.74
7
4
0
217.0
128
42
44
17
32
14
0
0
817
1
11.78
1.33
8.88
0.71
34.8
3.9
0.74
.236
1.82
35
2.16
47
5.31
61.5
19Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
9.73
146
15
2021
NYM NYM
7
2
.778
15
1.08
1
1
0
92.0
40
11
14
6
11
1
0
0
324
0
14.28
1.08
13.27
0.59
45.1
3.4
0.55
.213
1.37
27
1.23
29
3.91
30.6
20Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.7
291
30
1997
SEA SEA
20
4
.833
29
2.28
5
2
0
213.0
147
54
60
20
77
10
0
2
850
4
12.30
3.25
3.78
0.85
34.2
9.1
1.05
.281
2.54
50
2.82
62
6.21
41.3
21Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.68
329
34
1998
TOT
19
11
.633
34
3.28
10
6
0
244.1
203
89
102
23
86
14
0
1
1,014
7
12.12
3.17
3.83
0.85
32.4
8.5
1.18
.320
3.76
72
2.89
65
7.48
42.2
22Chris Sale
C. Sale
9.63
308
32
2017
BOS BOS
17
8
.680
32
2.90
1
0
0
214.1
165
69
73
24
43
8
0
0
851
3
12.93
1.81
7.16
1.01
36.2
5.1
0.97
.301
3.07
63
2.45
56
6.93
45.5
23Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
9.54
334
35
2002
ARI ARI
24
5
.828
35
2.32
8
4
0
260.0
197
67
78
26
71
13
0
1
1,035
3
11.56
2.46
4.70
0.90
32.3
6.9
1.03
.289
2.70
54
2.65
61
6.82
47
24Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
9.41
301
32
1989
TEX TEX
16
10
.615
32
3.20
6
2
0
239.1
162
85
96
17
98
9
0
3
988
19
11.32
3.69
3.07
0.64
30.5
9.9
1.09
.258
3.61
82
2.50
65
6.09
35.1
25Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
9.34
383
41
1973
CAL CAL
21
16
.568
39
2.87
26
4
1
326.0
238
104
113
18
162
7
2
2
1,355
15
10.57
4.47
2.36
0.50
28.3
12.0
1.23
.280
3.12
80
2.48
69
6.57
40.9
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