most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single game 1982

Steve Carlton struck out the most hitters in a game in 1982, with 16 strikeouts against the Cubs on June 9, 1982.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single regular-season game 1982
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
16
6/9/1982
PHI PHI
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
37
0
2 Mario Soto
M. Soto
15
8/17/1982
CIN CIN
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
31
0
3 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
14
9/21/1982
PHI PHI
@
STL STL
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
38
3
4 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
13
10/3/1982
PHI PHI
vs
NYM NYM
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
34
0
5 Len Barker
L. Barker
13
10/1/1982
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
35
0
6 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
13
7/27/1982
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
34
0
7 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
13
7/4/1982
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
W
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
5
7
1
3
0
0
0
42
0
8 Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
13
4/20/1982
SEA SEA
vs
CAL CAL
W
1
4.91
0
0
0
7.1
12
4
4
0
1
0
0
0
35
0
9 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
12
9/13/1982
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
10 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
12
9/3/1982
PHI PHI
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
11 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
11
9/26/1982
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
5
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
34
0
12 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
11
9/25/1982
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
L
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
6
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
13 John Tudor
J. Tudor
11
9/19/1982
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
5
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
30
0
14 Scott Sanderson
S. Sanderson
11
9/16/1982
MON MON
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
7.20
0
0
0
5.0
6
4
4
1
3
0
0
0
24
0
15 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
11
9/4/1982
LAD LAD
vs
PIT PIT
L
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
32
0
16 Fred Breining
F. Breining
11
8/31/1982
SFG SFG
vs
CHC CHC
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
9
2
3
0
4
0
0
2
32
0
17 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
11
8/29/1982
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
32
0
18 Bob Welch
B. Welch
11
7/24/1982
LAD LAD
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
8
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
19 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
11
7/16/1982
HOU HOU
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
2
0
2
0
0
0
33
0
20 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
11
6/18/1982
HOU HOU
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
37
0
21 Len Barker
L. Barker
11
6/14/1982
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
22 Larry Christenson
L. Christenson
11
6/11/1982
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
L
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
36
0
23 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
11
5/30/1982
PHI PHI
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
8
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
34
1
24 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
11
5/28/1982
HOU HOU
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5.2
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
22
0
25 Mario Soto
M. Soto
11
5/21/1982
CIN CIN
vs
MON MON
L
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
8
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
30
0
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