most strikeouts in a single game by a minnesota twins pitcher

Johan Santana has fanned the most hitters for the Twins in a game, with 17 strikeouts versus the Rangers on August 19, 2007.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts in a single regular-season game by a minnesota twins pitcher
NAME SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Johan Santana
J. Santana
17
8/19/2007
MIN MIN
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
2 Francisco Liriano
F. Liriano
15
7/13/2012
MIN MIN
vs
OAK OAK
L
1
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
4
3
4
1
1
0
0
0
30
0
3 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
15
8/1/1986
MIN MIN
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
31
0
4 Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
15
6/23/1980
MIN MIN
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
10
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
38
0
5 Joe Decker
J. Decker
15
6/26/1973
MIN MIN
@
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
34
0
6 Camilo Pascual
C. Pascual
15
7/19/1961
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
34
0
7 Camilo Pascual
C. Pascual
15
4/18/1960
WSH WSH
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
33
0
8 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
15
7/25/1913
WSH WSH
vs
SLA SLA
0
0.79
0
0
0
11.1
7
1
2
0
2
0
1
42
0
9 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
15
7/28/1908
WSH WSH
@
SLA SLA
W
1
1
0
0
16.0
9
1
0
2
0
0
58
3
10 Pablo López
P. López
14
6/23/2024
MIN MIN
@
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
27
0
11 Pablo López
P. López
14
9/10/2023
MIN MIN
vs
NYM NYM
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
28
0
12 Johan Santana
J. Santana
14
6/2/2005
MIN MIN
vs
CLE CLE
1
3.38
0
0
0
8.0
4
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
29
0
13 Johan Santana
J. Santana
14
9/19/2004
MIN MIN
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
29
1
14 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
14
9/24/1986
MIN MIN
vs
KCR KCR
L
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
36
0
15 Dave Goltz
D. Goltz
14
7/25/1977
MIN MIN
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.82
1
0
0
11.0
8
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
41
1
16 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
14
8/30/1974
MIN MIN
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
35
0
17 Dave Boswell
D. Boswell
14
9/19/1969
MIN MIN
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
32
1
18 Camilo Pascual
C. Pascual
14
10/1/1964
MIN MIN
vs
KCA KCA
L
1
0.75
1
0
0
12.0
12
1
5
1
3
0
0
0
52
0
19 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
14
5/23/1924
WSH WSH
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
28
0
20 Jim Shaw
J. Shaw
14
9/4/1914
WSH WSH
@
NYY NYY
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
6
0
0
35
0
21 Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
14
8/31/1910
WSH WSH
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
4
0
0
34
1
22 Sonny Gray
S. Gray
13
4/7/2023
MIN MIN
vs
HOU HOU
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
26
0
23 Johan Santana
J. Santana
13
5/22/2007
MIN MIN
@
TEX TEX
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
26
0
24 Johan Santana
J. Santana
13
6/13/2006
MIN MIN
vs
BOS BOS
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
5
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
28
0
25 Johan Santana
J. Santana
13
9/17/2005
MIN MIN
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
30
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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