most strikeouts in a perfect game in mlb history

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 in MLB history
NAME SO PG DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Matt 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
2 Sandy 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
3 Randy 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
4 Felix 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
5 Roy 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
6 David 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
7 Len 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
8 Catfish 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
9 David 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
10 Mike 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
11 Jim 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
12 Domingo 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
13 Philip 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
14 Kenny 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
15 Cy 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
16 Tom 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
17 Dallas 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
18 Mark 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
19 Charlie 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
20 Dennis 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
21 Addie 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.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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