Randy Johnson has struck out the most batters by a left-hander in a game, with 20 strikeouts against the Reds on May 8, 2001.
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most strike outs in a regular-season game by a lh pitcher| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | R. Johnson | 20 | 5/8/2001 |  ARI | vs |  CIN | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 2 |  | R. Johnson | 19 | 8/8/1997 |  SEA | vs |  CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 3 | | R. Johnson | 19 | 6/24/1997 | SEA | vs |  OAK | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 4 |  | S. Carlton | 19 | 9/15/1969 |  STL | vs |  NYM | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 5 | | R. Johnson | 18 | 9/27/1992 |  SEA | @ |  TEX | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | R. Guidry | 18 | 6/17/1978 |  NYY | vs |  CAL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 7 |  | C. Short | 18 | 10/2/1965 |  PHI | @ | NYM | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | S. Koufax | 18 | 4/24/1962 |  LAD | @ |  CHC | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 9 | | S. Koufax | 18 | 8/31/1959 | LAD | vs |  SFG | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 10 |  | W. Spahn | 18 | 6/14/1952 |  BSN | vs |  CHC | L | 1 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 |
| 11 |  | C. Sale | 17 | 5/14/2019 |  BOS | vs |  COL | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | J. Santana | 17 | 8/19/2007 |  MIN | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 13 | | R. Johnson | 17 | 9/14/2002 | ARI | vs |  MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 14 | | R. Johnson | 17 | 4/21/2002 | ARI | vs | COL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 15 | | R. Johnson | 17 | 6/30/1999 | ARI | @ | CIN | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 16 |  | F. Tanana | 17 | 6/21/1975 | CAL | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 17 |  | V. Blue | 17 | 7/9/1971 | OAK | vs |  CAL | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 18 |  | R. Waddell | 17 | 9/20/1908 |  SLA | vs |  WSH | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 19 |  | J. Pfiester | 17 | 5/30/1906 |  CHC | vs |  SLN | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |||
| 20 |  | R. Waddell | 17 | 9/5/1905 |  PHA | @ |  BSA | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |||
| 21 |  | J. Paxton | 16 | 5/2/2018 | SEA | vs | OAK | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 22 |  | D. Duffy | 16 | 8/1/2016 |  KCR | @ |  TBR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 23 | | C. Lee | 16 | 5/6/2011 | PHI | vs |  ATL | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 24 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 8/25/2002 | ARI | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 25 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 9/27/2001 | ARI | vs | MIL | W | 1 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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