most strikeouts in a game with no walks allowed

4 pitchers are tied for striking out the most hitters in a game with exactly 0 walks allowed, with 20 strikeouts. The first three are Max Scherzer on May 11, 2016, Randy Johnson on May 8, 2001 and Kerry Wood on May 6, 1998.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a player in a regular-season game with no walks allowed
NAME SO BB DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
20
0
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
2
0
0
0
33
0
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
20
0
5/8/2001
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
3 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
20
0
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
4 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
0
9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
1
5 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
0
4/29/1986
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
30
0
6 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
0
6/24/1997
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
4
4
2
0
0
0
37
0
7 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
19
0
7/3/1968
CLE CLE
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
10.0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
0
8 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
18
0
5/13/2015
CLE CLE
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
26
0
9 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
18
0
8/25/1998
TOR TOR
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
10 Chris Sale
C. Sale
17
0
5/14/2019
BOS BOS
vs
COL COL
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
24
0
11 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
17
0
10/3/2015
WSH WSH
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
12 Johan Santana
J. Santana
17
0
8/19/2007
MIN MIN
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
13 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
17
0
9/10/1999
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
28
0
14 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
17
0
6/30/1999
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
L
1
2.25
1
0
0
8.0
7
2
2
1
0
0
0
30
0
15 Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
17
0
6/21/1975
CAL CAL
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
2
2
0
0
0
0
35
0
16 Vida Blue
V. Blue
17
0
7/9/1971
OAK OAK
vs
CAL CAL
1
0.00
0
0
0
11.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
1
17 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
16
0
9/1/2022
ATL ATL
vs
COL COL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
18 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
16
0
6/21/2019
LAD LAD
vs
COL COL
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
30
0
19 Jon Gray
J. Gray
16
0
9/17/2016
COL COL
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
20 Vince Velasquez
V. Velasquez
16
0
4/14/2016
PHI PHI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
21 Michael Pineda
M. Pineda
16
0
5/10/2015
NYY NYY
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
22 Mark Prior
M. Prior
16
0
6/26/2003
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
27
1
23 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
16
0
8/28/1998
HOU HOU
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
0
24 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
16
0
9/1/1997
PHI PHI
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
7
1
1
0
0
0
0
31
0
25 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
16
0
7/12/1997
TOR TOR
@
BOS BOS
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
30
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts and walks allowed going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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9:40 PM
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@
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