Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton are tied for fanning the most batters in a loss, with 19 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts in a game by a pitcher in a regular-season loss| NAME | SO | L | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | W | L% | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | R. Johnson | 19 | 1 | 6/24/1997 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | N. Ryan | 19 | 1 | 8/20/1974 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | S. Carlton | 19 | 1 | 9/15/1969 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 4 |  | J. Maloney | 18 | 1 | 6/14/1965 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 5 | | W. Spahn | 18 | 1 | 6/14/1952 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | B. Feller | 18 | 1 | 10/2/1938 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 7 |  | P. Martinez | 17 | 1 | 5/6/2000 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 8 |  | R. Johnson | 17 | 1 | 6/30/1999 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | J. Pfiester | 17 | 1 | 5/30/1906 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| 10 | | R. Waddell | 17 | 1 | 9/5/1905 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | | L. Lynn | 16 | 1 | 6/18/2023 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | C. Lee | 16 | 1 | 5/6/2011 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | J. Peavy | 16 | 1 | 5/22/2006 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 8/23/2001 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | S. Fernandez | 16 | 1 | 7/14/1989 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | D. Gooden | 16 | 1 | 9/17/1984 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 17 | | S. Carlton | 16 | 1 | 9/20/1967 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 18 | | G. Holmes | 15 | 1 | 6/15/2025 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | J. Shields | 15 | 1 | 10/2/2012 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | F. Liriano | 15 | 1 | 7/13/2012 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  | J. Smoltz | 15 | 1 | 4/10/2005 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | S. Hitchcock | 15 | 1 | 8/29/1998 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | C. Schilling | 15 | 1 | 7/21/1997 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | F. Youmans | 15 | 1 | 9/27/1986 | vs | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | S. Carlton | 15 | 1 | 9/16/1981 | @ | L | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 5.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
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