most strikeouts by a pitcher in a game 2021

Gerrit Cole, Corbin Burnes and Jacob deGrom were tied for striking out the most hitters in a game in 2021, with 15 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game 2021
NAMESODATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Gerrit Cole
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
2Corbin Burnes
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
3Jacob deGrom
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
4Corbin Burnes
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
5Sandy Alcantara
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
6Robbie Ray
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
7Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
14
7/1/2021
@
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
5
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
26
0
8Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
14
5/29/2021
@
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
4
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
27
0
9Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
14
5/8/2021
@
1
1.23
0
0
0
7.1
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
25
0
10Jacob deGrom
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
11Tyler Glasnow
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
12Jacob deGrom
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
13Robbie Ray
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
14Max Scherzer
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
15Blake Snell
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
16Patrick Sandoval
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
17Sean Manaea
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
18Clayton Kershaw
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
19Robbie Ray
R. Ray
13
6/8/2021
@
1
1.42
0
0
0
6.1
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
25
0
20Corbin Burnes
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
21Rich Hill
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
22Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
13
5/21/2021
@
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
21
0
23Joe Musgrove
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
24Shane Bieber
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
25Gerrit Cole
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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