4 players are tied for the most strikeouts by a left-hander in a game, with 6 strikeouts. The first three are Geoff Jenkins on June 8, 2004, Sam Horn on July 17, 1991 and Cecil Cooper on June 14, 1974.
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most strikeouts by a lefty in a regular-season game| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | HBP | SB | CS | PA | TB | XBH | SH | SF | IBB | GIDP | |||
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| 1 |  | G. Jenkins | 6 | 6/8/2004 |  MIL | @ |  ANA | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 |  | S. Horn | 6 | 7/17/1991 |  BAL | @ |  KCR | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 |  | C. Cooper | 6 | 6/14/1974 |  BOS | @ |  CAL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 |  | C. Weilman | 6 | 7/25/1913 |  SLA | @ |  WSH | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 5 |  | N. Jones | 5 | 6/30/2024 |  COL | @ |  CWS | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 |  | R. McMahon | 5 | 9/16/2023 | COL | vs |  SFG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 |  | J. Bauers | 5 | 8/13/2023 |  NYY | @ |  MIA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 |  | A. Rizzo | 5 | 7/30/2023 | NYY | @ | BAL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 |  | L. Wade Jr. | 5 | 5/26/2023 | SFG | @ |  MIL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 |  | B. Lowe | 5 | 4/24/2023 |  TBR | vs |  HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 |  | M. Muncy | 5 | 3/30/2023 |  LAD | vs |  ARI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 |  | T. Naquin | 5 | 8/19/2022 |  NYM | @ |  PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 |  | B. Stott | 5 | 4/16/2022 | PHI | @ | MIA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | | R. McMahon | 5 | 6/25/2021 | COL | @ | MIL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | | M. Tauchman | 5 | 6/23/2021 | SFG | @ |  LAA | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 |  | D. Johnson | 5 | 5/2/2021 |  CLE | @ | CWS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | | B. Lowe | 5 | 5/8/2019 | TBR | vs | ARI | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 |  | D. Fowler | 5 | 7/9/2018 |  OAK | @ | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | | O. Herrera | 5 | 5/25/2017 | PHI | vs | COL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 |  | A. Avila | 5 | 9/24/2016 | CWS | @ | CLE | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 |  | M. Kepler | 5 | 9/4/2016 |  MIN | vs | CWS | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 |  | L. Martin | 5 | 8/9/2016 |  SEA | vs |  DET | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 |  | C. Rasmus | 5 | 7/6/2016 | HOU | vs | SEA | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 |  | M. Saunders | 5 | 7/1/2016 |  TOR | vs | CLE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | | H. Conger | 5 | 8/19/2015 | HOU | vs | TBR | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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