Babe Ruth fanned his most batters in a game versus the St. Louis Browns on June 17, 1915, with 11 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts in a regular-season game by Babe Ruth as a pitcher| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | B. Ruth | 11 | 6/17/1915 | vs | W | 1 | 8.59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | B. Ruth | 10 | 6/27/1916 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | B. Ruth | 8 | 7/11/1917 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | B. Ruth | 7 | 5/29/1917 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | B. Ruth | 7 | 4/16/1917 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 6 | | B. Ruth | 7 | 9/12/1916 | @ | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | | B. Ruth | 7 | 7/1/1916 | @ | L | 1 | 10.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | B. Ruth | 7 | 6/17/1916 | @ | L | 1 | 5.63 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | B. Ruth | 7 | 6/21/1915 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 7/7/1917 | @ | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 11 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 6/20/1917 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 5/11/1917 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 7/31/1916 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 6/1/1916 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 15 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 4/17/1916 | vs | W | 1 | 1.13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 4/12/1916 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 10/6/1915 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||
| 18 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 9/10/1915 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1 | |||
| 19 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 8/21/1915 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | B. Ruth | 6 | 5/29/1915 | @ | L | 1 | 2.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |||
| 21 | | B. Ruth | 5 | 7/21/1919 | @ | L | 1 | 3.38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |||
| 22 | | B. Ruth | 5 | 9/29/1917 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | B. Ruth | 5 | 8/31/1917 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | B. Ruth | 5 | 8/10/1917 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | B. Ruth | 5 | 7/15/1917 | @ | W | 1 | 0.90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |||
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