Steve Carlton fanned the most hitters in a game in 1981, with 15 strikeouts versus the Mets on September 16, 1981.
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most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single regular-season game 1981| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | S. Carlton | 15 | 9/16/1981 | @ | L | 1 | 5.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | B. Gullickson | 13 | 9/20/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | S. Carlton | 12 | 9/21/1981 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | B. Berenyi | 12 | 9/14/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | B. Berenyi | 12 | 8/24/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | F. Valenzuela | 12 | 8/22/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 2 | ||
| 7 | | M. Soto | 12 | 6/10/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | D. Eckersley | 12 | 5/21/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | S. Carlton | 11 | 9/27/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 10 |  | N. Ryan | 11 | 9/26/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 11 | | S. McGregor | 11 | 9/25/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | D. Righetti | 11 | 9/11/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | M. Krukow | 11 | 9/5/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | B. Berenyi | 11 | 8/29/1981 | @ | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 2 | ||
| 15 | | B. Welch | 11 | 6/7/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | F. Valenzuela | 11 | 6/1/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | L. Barker | 11 | 5/15/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | N. Ryan | 11 | 5/11/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 19 | | S. Carlton | 11 | 5/9/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 1 | ||
| 20 | | F. Valenzuela | 11 | 5/8/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | F. Valenzuela | 11 | 4/22/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | T. Underwood | 10 | 9/29/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | L. Barker | 10 | 9/22/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 2 | ||
| 24 | | J. Eichelberger | 10 | 9/15/1981 | vs | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | J. Denny | 10 | 9/10/1981 | @ | W | 1 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
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