most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single game 2002

Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling were tied for striking out the most batters in a game in 2002, with 17 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single regular-season game 2002

	NAME	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	17	9/14/2002	ARI	vs	MIL	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	32	0
2	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	17	4/21/2002	ARI	vs	COL	W	1	0.00	1	0	0	9.0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
3	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	17	4/7/2002	ARI	@	MIL	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	29	0
4	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	16	8/25/2002	ARI	vs	CHC	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	35	0
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	15	7/31/2002	ARI	@	MON	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	38	0
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	14	8/10/2002	ARI	vs	FLA	W	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	30	0
7	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	14	7/1/2002	BOS	vs	TOR	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	0
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	14	5/3/2002	ARI	vs	MON	W	1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	27	0
9	Randy Wolf R. Wolf	13	9/21/2002	PHI	@	CIN		1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	7	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	30	0
10	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	13	8/20/2002	SFG	vs	NYM	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	1
11	Mark Prior M. Prior	13	8/4/2002	CHC	vs	COL	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	32	0
12	Kerry Wood K. Wood	13	8/2/2002	CHC	vs	COL		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	27	0
13	Johan Santana J. Santana	13	7/28/2002	MIN	vs	TOR	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	29	1
14	Oliver Perez O. Perez	13	7/7/2002	SDP	@	COL	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	6.2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	26	0
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	13	6/15/2002	ARI	vs	DET	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	7	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	29	1
16	Jason Schmidt J. Schmidt	13	6/8/2002	SFG	@	NYY	W	1	3.38	0	0	0	8.0	2	3	3	1	4	0	0	0	29	0
17	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	13	6/3/2002	NYY	vs	BAL		1	2.57	0	0	0	7.0	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	27	1
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	13	5/19/2002	NYY	vs	MIN	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	8.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	0
19	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	13	4/28/2002	ARI	@	FLA	W	1	5.14	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	28	0
20	Brett Tomko B. Tomko	13	4/21/2002	SDP	@	LAD	W	1	0.00	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	26	0
21	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	12	9/25/2002	ARI	@	STL	L	1	6.75	1	0	0	8.0	6	6	6	2	1	0	0	0	31	0
22	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	12	9/24/2002	NYY	vs	TBD	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	30	0
23	Mark Mulder M. Mulder	12	9/17/2002	OAK	vs	ANA		1	0.00	0	0	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
24	Freddy Garcia F. Garcia	12	9/11/2002	SEA	@	TEX		1	3.86	0	0	0	7.0	6	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	28	0
25	Chuck Finley C. Finley	12	9/1/2002	STL	@	CHC	L	1	6.43	0	0	0	7.0	5	5	5	1	5	0	0	0	31	1