most strikeouts in a perfect game

Matt Cain and Sandy Koufax are tied for fanning the most batters in a perfect game, with 14 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts in a regular-season perfect game by a player
NAMESOPGDATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Matt Cain
M. Cain
14
1
6/13/2012
SFG SFG
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
2Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
14
1
9/9/1965
LAD LAD
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
3Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
13
1
5/18/2004
ARI ARI
@
ATL ATL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
4Felix Hernandez
F. Hernandez
12
1
8/15/2012
SEA SEA
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
5Roy Halladay
R. Halladay
11
1
5/29/2010
PHI PHI
@
FLA FLA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
6David Wells
D. Wells
11
1
5/17/1998
NYY NYY
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
7Len Barker
L. Barker
11
1
5/15/1981
CLE CLE
vs
TOR TOR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
8Catfish Hunter
C. Hunter
11
1
5/8/1968
OAK OAK
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
9David Cone
D. Cone
10
1
7/18/1999
NYY NYY
vs
MON MON
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
10Mike Witt
M. Witt
10
1
9/30/1984
CAL CAL
@
TEX TEX
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
11Jim Bunning
J. Bunning
10
1
6/21/1964
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
12Domingo Germán
D. Germán
9
1
6/28/2023
NYY NYY
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
13Philip Humber
P. Humber
9
1
4/21/2012
CWS CWS
@
SEA SEA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
14Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
8
1
7/28/1994
TEX TEX
vs
CAL CAL
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
15Cy Young
C. Young
8
1
5/5/1904
BSA BSA
vs
PHA PHA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
16Tom Browning
T. Browning
7
1
9/16/1988
CIN CIN
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
17Dallas Braden
D. Braden
6
1
5/9/2010
OAK OAK
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
18Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
6
1
7/23/2009
CWS CWS
vs
TBR TBR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
19Charlie Robertson
C. Robertson
6
1
4/30/1922
CWS CWS
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
20Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
5
1
7/28/1991
MON MON
@
LAD LAD
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
21Addie Joss
A. Joss
3
1
10/2/1908
CLE CLE
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for perfect games going back to the 1908 season.
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TEAMWLPCTGB
Dodgers Dodgers
93
69
.574
Padres Padres
90
72
.556
3.0
Giants Giants
81
81
.500
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Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
80
82
.494
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Rockies Rockies
43
119
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3/25
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:00 AM
Fri
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NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:00 AM
Sat
3/28
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:00 AM
Mon
3/30
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:00 AM
Tue
3/31
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
4:00 AM
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COL Rockies

43 - 119

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Final

4

SFG Giants

81 - 81

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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
CIN CIN
@
STL STL
6-2
Tue
9/16
ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
9-4
Tue
9/16
ATH ATH
@
BOS BOS
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Tue
9/16
TOR TOR
@
TBR TBR
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9/16
SEA SEA
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
LAA LAA
@
HOU HOU
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
DET DET
@
SDP SDP
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
4:00 AM