4 pitchers are tied for giving up the most runs in a game with 15+ strikeouts, with 6 runs. The first three are Nolan Ryan on April 30, 1974, Bob Gibson on August 24, 1968 and Paul Foytack on July 28, 1956.
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most runs allowed by a player in a regular-season game with at least 15 k| NAME | R | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | N. Ryan | 6 | 15 | 4/30/1974 |  CAL | @ |  BOS | W | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| 2 |  | B. Gibson | 6 | 15 | 8/24/1968 |  STL | vs |  PIT | L | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 3 |  | P. Foytack | 6 | 15 | 7/28/1956 |  DET | vs |  WSH | L | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 4 | | D. Vance | 6 | 15 | 5/2/1923 |  BKN | @ |  NYG | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | R. Johnson | 5 | 16 | 9/27/2001 |  ARI | vs |  MIL | W | 1 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 6 |  | S. Carlton | 5 | 15 | 9/16/1981 |  PHI | @ |  NYM | L | 1 | 5.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 7 | | J. Bibby | 5 | 15 | 8/30/1973 |  TEX | vs |  MIN | L | 1 | 4.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 8 | | P. Ramos | 5 | 15 | 7/31/1963 |  CLE | vs |  LAA | W | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 9 |  | S. Koufax | 5 | 15 | 5/6/1960 |  LAD | vs |  PHI | L | 1 | 4.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 47 | 1 |
| 10 | | D. Drott | 5 | 15 | 5/26/1957 |  CHC | vs |  MIL | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 11 | | D. Vance | 5 | 15 | 8/23/1924 | BKN | @ |  CHC | W | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 12 | | T. Hughes | 5 | 15 | 7/31/1901 |  CHO | @ |  CIN | L | 1 | 3.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | |
| 13 | | F. Liriano | 4 | 15 | 7/13/2012 |  MIN | vs |  OAK | L | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 14 | | R. Johnson | 4 | 16 | 8/23/2001 | ARI | @ | PIT | L | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 15 |  | R. Johnson | 4 | 16 | 7/18/1997 |  SEA | vs |  KCR | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 16 | | R. Johnson | 4 | 19 | 6/24/1997 | SEA | vs | OAK | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 17 | | N. Ryan | 4 | 15 | 4/24/1978 | CAL | vs |  SEA | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 2 | |
| 18 | | N. Ryan | 4 | 15 | 5/6/1977 | CAL | @ |  BOS | W | 1 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 |
| 19 | | N. Ryan | 4 | 17 | 8/18/1976 | CAL | @ | DET | W | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 |
| 20 | | N. Ryan | 4 | 16 | 9/27/1973 | CAL | vs | MIN | W | 1 | 2.45 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
| 21 | | S. McDowell | 4 | 15 | 7/6/1970 | CLE | vs |  WSH | W | 1 | 4.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 1 |
| 22 |  | S. Carlton | 4 | 19 | 9/15/1969 | STL | vs | NYM | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 23 | | S. Koufax | 4 | 15 | 5/28/1960 | LAD | @ | CHC | L | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 49 | 0 |
| 24 | | M. McDermott | 4 | 15 | 7/28/1951 |  BSA | vs | CLE | W | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| 25 | | B. Feller | 4 | 18 | 10/2/1938 | CLE | vs | DET | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for runs allowed and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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