Gerrit Cole, Corbin Burnes and Jacob deGrom were tied for striking out the most batters in a game in 2021, with 15 strikeouts.
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most single regular-season game strikeouts by pitcher 2021| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Cole | 15 | 9/1/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | C. Burnes | 15 | 8/11/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | J. deGrom | 15 | 4/23/2021 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | C. Burnes | 14 | 9/11/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | S. Alcantara | 14 | 9/8/2021 | vs | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 6 |  | R. Ray | 14 | 8/25/2021 | vs | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | J. deGrom | 14 | 7/1/2021 | @ | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 8 |  | Z. Wheeler | 14 | 5/29/2021 | @ | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 9 |  | M. Scherzer | 14 | 5/8/2021 | @ | 1 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | J. deGrom | 14 | 4/17/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 11 |  | T. Glasnow | 14 | 4/12/2021 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | J. deGrom | 14 | 4/10/2021 | vs | L | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | R. Ray | 13 | 9/15/2021 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | M. Scherzer | 13 | 9/6/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 15 |  | B. Snell | 13 | 8/8/2021 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | P. Sandoval | 13 | 7/24/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 17 |  | S. Manaea | 13 | 7/22/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 18 |  | C. Kershaw | 13 | 6/27/2021 | vs | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | R. Ray | 13 | 6/8/2021 | @ | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | C. Burnes | 13 | 6/6/2021 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | R. Hill | 13 | 5/25/2021 | vs | L | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 22 |  | C. Rodón | 13 | 5/21/2021 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | J. Musgrove | 13 | 4/19/2021 | vs | L | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  | S. Bieber | 13 | 4/18/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 25 | | G. Cole | 13 | 4/6/2021 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
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