most strikeouts in a game without a walk pitcher

Tom Cheney has struck out the most hitters in a game with >0 walks allowed, with 21 strikeouts against the Orioles on September 12, 1962.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts in a regular-season game without a walk pitcher
NAME SO BB DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Tom Cheney
T. Cheney
21
4
9/12/1962
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
W
1
0.56
1
0
0
16.0
10
1
1
0
0
0
0
62
1
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
3
8/8/1997
SEA SEA
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
35
0
3 David Cone
D. Cone
19
1
10/6/1991
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
4 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
5
6/8/1977
CAL CAL
vs
TOR TOR
1
0.00
0
0
0
10.0
6
0
1
0
0
0
1
41
2
5 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
5
8/20/1974
CAL CAL
vs
DET DET
L
1
0.82
1
0
0
11.0
4
1
1
0
0
0
0
41
0
6 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
2
8/12/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
0
0
0
0
36
1
7 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
10
6/14/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
1
2.08
0
0
0
13.0
8
3
3
1
0
0
0
58
0
8 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
19
2
4/22/1970
NYM NYM
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
31
0
9 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
19
2
9/15/1969
STL STL
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
4
4
2
0
0
0
38
1
10 Ben Sheets
B. Sheets
18
1
5/16/2004
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
31
0
11 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
18
4
9/27/1992
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
6
2
2
0
0
0
0
34
0
12 Ramon Martinez
R. Martinez
18
1
6/4/1990
LAD LAD
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
13 Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
18
2
9/10/1980
MON MON
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
33
1
14 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
18
2
6/17/1978
NYY NYY
vs
CAL CAL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
33
0
15 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
18
9
9/10/1976
CAL CAL
@
CWS CWS
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
0
0
0
0
41
0
16 Don Wilson
D. Wilson
18
2
7/14/1968
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
33
1
17 Chris Short
C. Short
18
3
10/2/1965
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
1
0.00
0
0
0
15.0
9
0
0
0
0
0
1
56
0
18 Jim Maloney
J. Maloney
18
1
6/14/1965
CIN CIN
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
0.82
1
0
0
11.0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
35
1
19 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
18
4
4/24/1962
LAD LAD
@
CHC CHC
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
0
0
0
36
0
20 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
18
2
8/31/1959
LAD LAD
vs
SFG SFG
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
1
0
0
0
36
0
21 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
18
2
6/14/1952
BSN BSN
vs
CHC CHC
L
1
1.80
1
0
0
15.0
10
3
3
1
0
0
1
57
0
22 Bob Feller
B. Feller
18
7
10/2/1938
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
4
4
0
1
0
42
0
23 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
18
6
8/4/1910
PHA PHA
@
CWS CWS
1
1
1
0
16.0
3
0
0
1
0
54
1
24 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
18
6
9/1/1906
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
W
1
1
0
0
24.0
15
1
0
1
0
89
0
25 Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
17
1
4/26/2013
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
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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