most strikeouts in a game by a rookie pitcher on the giants

John Montefusco and Ron Herbel are tied for fanning the most batters by a Giants rookie in a game, with 14 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts in a regular-season game by a rookie pitcher on the giants
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
14
8/27/1975
SFG SFG
vs
MON MON
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
36
0
2 Ron Herbel
R. Herbel
14
6/24/1964
SFG SFG
@
CIN CIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
37
0
3 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
13
8/31/1975
SFG SFG
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
4.32
0
0
0
8.1
8
4
4
0
3
0
0
1
37
1
4 Cliff Melton
C. Melton
13
4/25/1937
NYG NYG
vs
BSN BSN
L
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
3
0
2
0
0
35
0
5 Louis Drucke
L. Drucke
13
10/6/1910
NYG NYG
vs
BKN BKN
W
1
1
0
0
9.0
8
3
0
1
1
0
37
0
6 Hayden Birdsong
H. Birdsong
12
7/21/2024
SFG SFG
@
COL COL
W
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
2
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
22
1
7 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
12
7/1/2007
SFG SFG
vs
ARI ARI
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
24
0
8 Matt Cain
M. Cain
12
8/6/2006
SFG SFG
vs
COL COL
W
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
6
2
2
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
9 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
12
9/12/1975
SFG SFG
vs
CIN CIN
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
8.0
7
4
5
0
3
1
0
0
36
0
10 Pete Falcone
P. Falcone
12
8/26/1975
SFG SFG
vs
MON MON
W
1
3.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
3
3
1
2
0
0
0
37
1
11 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
12
8/13/1975
SFG SFG
@
MON MON
1
2.61
0
0
0
10.1
8
3
3
0
3
1
0
0
42
0
12 Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
12
7/19/1960
SFG SFG
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
30
1
13 Hayden Birdsong
H. Birdsong
11
9/29/2024
SFG SFG
vs
STL STL
L
1
6.23
0
0
0
4.1
4
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
20
0
14 Kyle Harrison
K. Harrison
11
7/26/2024
SFG SFG
vs
COL COL
W
1
1.35
0
0
0
6.2
1
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
23
1
15 Kyle Harrison
K. Harrison
11
8/28/2023
SFG SFG
vs
CIN CIN
1
0.00
0
0
0
6.1
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
24
0
16 Chris Heston
C. Heston
11
6/9/2015
SFG SFG
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
29
0
17 Matt Cain
M. Cain
11
7/1/2006
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
3
2
2
0
4
0
0
1
26
1
18 Shawn Estes
S. Estes
11
7/13/1996
SFG SFG
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
7.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
27
0
19 Osvaldo Fernandez
O. Fernandez
11
5/3/1996
SFG SFG
vs
CIN CIN
1
3.00
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
24
0
20 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
11
8/23/1975
SFG SFG
vs
NYM NYM
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
21 John D'Acquisto
J. D'Acquisto
11
9/21/1973
SFG SFG
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
2
5
0
0
0
37
1
22 Steve Stone
S. Stone
11
6/20/1971
SFG SFG
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
30
0
23 Ron Herbel
R. Herbel
11
5/22/1964
SFG SFG
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
3.24
0
0
0
8.1
8
3
3
0
3
0
0
0
37
1
24 Richard LeMay
R. LeMay
11
6/28/1961
SFG SFG
@
PHI PHI
1
2.00
0
0
0
9.0
9
2
3
0
4
0
0
0
38
0
25 Ruben Gomez
R. Gomez
11
6/5/1953
NYG NYG
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
1
1
0
7
1
0
0
43
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
6/26
MIA MIA
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@
CWS CWS
7:40 PM
Sat
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@
CWS CWS
4:10 PM
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6/29
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@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
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6/30
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@
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9:40 PM
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Tue
6/10
MIA MIA
@
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Tue
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CHC CHC
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PHI PHI
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Tue
6/10
CIN CIN
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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CLE CLE
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Thu
6/26
ATH ATH
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DET DET
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Thu
6/26
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