most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single game 1980

Bill Gullickson fanned the most hitters in a game in 1980, with 18 strikeouts versus the Cubs on September 10, 1980.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single regular-season game 1980
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
18
9/10/1980
MON MON
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
2 Mario Soto
M. Soto
15
9/9/1980
CIN CIN
@
ATL ATL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
34
1
3 Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
15
6/23/1980
MIN MIN
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
38
0
4 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
13
8/22/1980
PHI PHI
vs
SFG SFG
L
1
2.70
1
0
0
10.0
11
3
4
1
3
0
0
1
43
0
5 Fergie Jenkins
F. Jenkins
13
7/15/1980
TEX TEX
vs
CWS CWS
L
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
7
2
2
1
1
1
0
0
35
1
6 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
13
6/14/1980
PHI PHI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
6
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
30
2
7 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
13
6/6/1980
HOU HOU
vs
SFG SFG
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
8 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
13
4/10/1980
HOU HOU
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
9 Len Barker
L. Barker
12
8/18/1980
CLE CLE
@
CWS CWS
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
34
1
10 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
12
8/16/1980
PIT PIT
vs
MON MON
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
11 Roy Lee Jackson
R. Lee Jackson
12
7/19/1980
NYM NYM
@
CIN CIN
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
3
3
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
12 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
12
7/6/1980
PIT PIT
vs
CHC CHC
1
3.60
0
0
0
10.0
9
4
4
2
1
0
0
0
40
0
13 Moose Haas
M. Haas
12
6/25/1980
MIL MIL
@
OAK OAK
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
2
1
2
0
0
0
33
0
14 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
12
4/19/1980
HOU HOU
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
15 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
12
4/19/1980
PIT PIT
vs
STL STL
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
29
0
16 Rick Waits
R. Waits
11
10/4/1980
CLE CLE
@
BAL BAL
W
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
4
4
1
2
0
0
0
36
1
17 Floyd Bannister
F. Bannister
11
9/22/1980
SEA SEA
vs
KCR KCR
1
2.70
0
0
0
10.0
6
3
4
2
3
0
0
0
40
0
18 Rudy May
R. May
11
9/17/1980
NYY NYY
vs
TOR TOR
1
3.00
0
0
0
9.0
5
3
3
1
1
0
0
0
33
0
19 Jim Clancy
J. Clancy
11
9/5/1980
TOR TOR
vs
CWS CWS
L
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
1
3
0
1
0
0
0
37
0
20 Len Barker
L. Barker
11
9/1/1980
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
35
0
21 Mike Norris
M. Norris
11
8/31/1980
OAK OAK
@
BOS BOS
L
1
6.75
0
0
0
6.2
8
5
5
1
5
1
0
0
33
0
22 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
11
8/17/1980
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
38
0
23 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
11
7/24/1980
PIT PIT
@
SDP SDP
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
33
0
24 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
11
7/20/1980
HOU HOU
vs
MON MON
1
2.35
0
0
0
7.2
3
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
28
0
25 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
11
7/14/1980
ATL ATL
@
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
31
0
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