most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single game 1977

Nolan Ryan struck out the most hitters in a game in 1977, with 19 strikeouts against the Blue Jays on June 8, 1977.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single regular-season game 1977

	NAME	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	19	6/8/1977	CAL	vs	TOR		1	0.00	0	0	0	10.0	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	41	2
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	15	5/6/1977	CAL	@	BOS	W	1	3.12	0	0	0	8.2	6	3	4	0	7	1	0	0	40	1
3	J.R. Richard	14	10/2/1977	HOU	@	LAD	W	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	33	0
4	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	14	9/9/1977	PHI	vs	STL	W	1	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	4	4	3	2	0	0	0	33	0
5	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	14	8/21/1977	PHI	vs	HOU	W	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	32	0
6	Dave Goltz D. Goltz	14	7/25/1977	MIN	vs	OAK	W	1	0.82	1	0	0	11.0	8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	41	1
7	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	14	7/22/1977	TEX	@	BAL	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	32	0
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	14	6/16/1977	CAL	@	MIN	L	1	7.27	1	0	0	8.2	9	7	7	1	4	0	0	0	38	2
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	13	9/28/1977	TEX	vs	SEA	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	9	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	35	1
10	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	13	9/27/1977	BAL	vs	DET	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	35	1
11	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	13	9/23/1977	KCR	@	CAL	W	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	36	1
12	Chris Knapp C. Knapp	13	9/11/1977	CWS	@	CAL	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	36	1
13	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	13	8/23/1977	ATL	vs	PHI	L	1	3.38	0	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	1	7	0	0	1	36	0
14	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	13	8/19/1977	CAL	vs	TOR	L	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	3	3	0	9	0	0	1	43	0
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	13	8/10/1977	TEX	vs	KCR	L	1	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	8	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	36	0
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	13	7/13/1977	NYM	vs	CHC	L	1	4.50	0	0	0	8.0	7	4	4	1	5	0	0	0	35	1
17	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	13	7/8/1977	KCR	vs	OAK	W	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	34	0
18	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	13	6/9/1977	ATL	vs	PHI	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	0
19	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	13	4/30/1977	CAL	@	BAL	L	1	3.86	1	0	0	9.1	7	4	4	1	5	0	0	0	39	0
20	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	12	9/24/1977	CLE	vs	BAL	L	1	4.32	0	0	0	8.1	8	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	33	0
21	Don Gullett D. Gullett	12	9/23/1977	NYY	@	TOR	W	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	31	1
22	Dennis Leonard D. Leonard	12	8/14/1977	KCR	@	TOR	L	1	6.43	0	0	0	7.0	5	5	5	0	4	0	0	0	29	0
23	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	12	8/3/1977	PHI	vs	SDP	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	36	0
24	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	12	7/16/1977	CAL	vs	SEA	W	1	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	4	4	0	6	1	0	0	39	0
25	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	12	7/13/1977	TEX	vs	BAL	L	1	4.00	1	0	0	9.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	38	0