4 pitchers are tied for fanning the most hitters in a game with 5.20000000000000018 or fewer innings pitched, with 13 strikeouts. The first three are Shohei Ohtani on May 3, 2023, Jacob deGrom on September 18, 2022 and Alex Cobb on May 10, 2013.
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most strikeouts in a regular-season game by a pitcher in 5.2 innings or less| NAME | SO | IP | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | S. Ohtani | 13 | 5.0 | 5/3/2023 |  LAA | @ |  STL | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2 |  | J. deGrom | 13 | 5.0 | 9/18/2022 |  NYM | vs |  PIT | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | A. Cobb | 13 | 4.2 | 5/10/2013 |  TBR | vs |  SDP | 1 | 5.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 4 |  | Z. Greinke | 13 | 5.0 | 9/25/2012 | LAA | vs |  SEA | W | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 5 |  | E. Rodriguez | 12 | 5.0 | 4/5/2025 |  AZ | @ |  WSH | L | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 6 |  | R. Detmers | 12 | 5.0 | 9/27/2024 | LAA | vs |  TEX | L | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 7 |  | M. King | 12 | 5.0 | 6/12/2024 |  SDP | vs |  OAK | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 8 | | T. Glasnow | 12 | 5.0 | 6/25/2023 | TBR | vs |  KCR | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 9 |  | E. Cabrera | 12 | 5.0 | 4/29/2023 |  MIA | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 10 |  | B. Snell | 12 | 5.0 | 7/1/2022 | SDP | @ |  LAD | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
| 11 |  | N. Cortes | 12 | 5.0 | 4/17/2022 |  NYY | @ |  BAL | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | |
| 12 | | J. Luzardo | 12 | 5.0 | 4/12/2022 | MIA | @ | LAA | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | |
| 13 |  | C. Rodón | 12 | 5.0 | 4/9/2022 |  SFG | vs | MIA | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 14 |  | C. Carrasco | 12 | 5.0 | 4/6/2019 |  CLE | vs |  TOR | W | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 15 |  | C. Burnes | 12 | 5.0 | 3/31/2019 |  MIL | vs | STL | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 16 |  | C. Sale | 12 | 5.0 | 8/12/2018 |  BOS | @ | BAL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 17 |  | N. Karns | 12 | 5.0 | 5/13/2017 | KCR | vs | BAL | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 18 |  | J. Arrieta | 12 | 5.0 | 6/5/2016 | CHC | vs |  ARI | L | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 19 |  | C. Archer | 12 | 5.0 | 4/3/2016 | TBR | vs | TOR | L | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 20 | | A. Cashner | 12 | 4.2 | 6/1/2015 | SDP | vs | NYM | L | 1 | 9.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 21 |  | P. López | 11 | 5.0 | 5/6/2025 |  MIN | vs | BAL | W | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 |  | C. Ragans | 11 | 5.0 | 5/5/2025 | KCR | vs |  CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 23 | | M. King | 11 | 5.0 | 4/1/2025 | SDP | vs |  CLE | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 24 |  | J. Luzardo | 11 | 5.0 | 3/29/2025 |  PHI | @ | WSH | W | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 25 |  | H. Birdsong | 11 | 4.1 | 9/29/2024 | SFG | vs | STL | L | 1 | 6.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for innings pitched and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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