Since 1996, Kerry Wood has struck out the most hitters in a game with fewer than 2 hits allowed, with 20 strikeouts against the Astros on May 6, 1998.
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most strikeouts by a player in a regular-season game with less than 2 hits allowed after 1995| NAME | SO | H | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | K. Wood | 20 | 1 | 5/6/1998 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | C. Kluber | 18 | 1 | 5/13/2015 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 3 |  | M. Scherzer | 17 | 0 | 10/3/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | B. Morrow | 17 | 1 | 8/8/2010 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | C. Schilling | 17 | 1 | 4/7/2002 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 6 |  | P. Martinez | 17 | 1 | 9/10/1999 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 7 |  | G. Cole | 16 | 1 | 5/4/2018 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | D. Duffy | 16 | 1 | 8/1/2016 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | M. Scherzer | 16 | 1 | 6/14/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 10 |  | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 7/18/2001 | @ | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 11 |  | J. Misiorowski | 15 | 1 | 6/12/2026 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | G. Cole | 15 | 1 | 9/8/2019 | vs | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | C. Carrasco | 15 | 1 | 9/25/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | C. Sale | 15 | 1 | 8/16/2015 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | C. Kershaw | 15 | 0 | 6/18/2014 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 16 |  | J. Lester | 15 | 1 | 5/3/2014 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 17 |  | Y. Darvish | 15 | 1 | 8/12/2013 | @ | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | M. Mussina | 15 | 1 | 8/1/2000 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 19 |  | R. Johnson | 15 | 1 | 6/8/1997 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | R. Detmers | 14 | 1 | 5/24/2026 | vs | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 21 | | C. Javier | 14 | 1 | 7/1/2022 | vs | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 22 |  | C. Burnes | 14 | 0 | 9/11/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | J. Verlander | 14 | 0 | 9/1/2019 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  | M. Bumgarner | 14 | 1 | 7/10/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | S. Strasburg | 14 | 1 | 9/15/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
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