most strikeouts in a perfect game in mlb history

Matt Cain and Sandy Koufax are tied for striking out 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
NAMESOPGDATETMOPPDECGSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWP
1Matt Cain
M. Cain
14
1
6/13/2012
vs
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
vs
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
@
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
vs
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
@
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
vs
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
vs
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
vs
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
vs
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
@
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
@
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
@
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
@
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
vs
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
vs
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
vs
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
vs
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
vs
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
@
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
@
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
vs
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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