Before 1986, Tom Cheney struck out the most hitters in a game, with 21 strikeouts against the Orioles on September 12, 1962.
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most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game before 1986| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | T. Cheney | 21 | 9/12/1962 | @ | W | 1 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 | ||
| 2 |  | N. Ryan | 19 | 6/8/1977 | vs | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 2 | |||
| 3 | | N. Ryan | 19 | 8/20/1974 | vs | L | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | N. Ryan | 19 | 8/12/1974 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| 5 | | N. Ryan | 19 | 6/14/1974 | vs | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |||
| 6 |  | T. Seaver | 19 | 4/22/1970 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | S. Carlton | 19 | 9/15/1969 | vs | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 8 | | L. Tiant | 19 | 7/3/1968 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | B. Gullickson | 18 | 9/10/1980 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 10 | | R. Guidry | 18 | 6/17/1978 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | N. Ryan | 18 | 9/10/1976 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | D. Wilson | 18 | 7/14/1968 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 13 | | C. Short | 18 | 10/2/1965 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | J. Maloney | 18 | 6/14/1965 | vs | L | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 15 |  | S. Koufax | 18 | 4/24/1962 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | S. Koufax | 18 | 8/31/1959 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | W. Spahn | 18 | 6/14/1952 | vs | L | 1 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | B. Feller | 18 | 10/2/1938 | vs | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | J. Coombs | 18 | 8/4/1910 | @ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||||||
| 20 | | J. Coombs | 18 | 9/1/1906 | @ | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | |||||
| 21 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 8/18/1976 | @ | W | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| 22 | | F. Tanana | 17 | 6/21/1975 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 7/15/1973 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 9/30/1972 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | V. Blue | 17 | 7/9/1971 | vs | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
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