most strikeouts in an mlb game with less than 1 innings pitched

Bill Steele has fanned the most hitters in a game with fewer than 1.0 inning pitched, with 6 strikeouts against the Boston Braves on July 11, 1912.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a player in an MLB regular-season game with less than 1 innings pitched
NAME SO IP DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bill Steele
B. Steele
6
0.1
7/11/1912
SLN SLN
vs
BSN BSN
1
27.00
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
2
0
0
6
0
2 Luis Frías
L. Frías
3
0.2
9/17/2024
TOR TOR
@
TEX TEX
0
40.50
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
3
0
0
0
8
1
3 Jeremiah Estrada
J. Estrada
3
0.2
8/7/2024
SDP SDP
@
PIT PIT
0
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
4 Jose Hernandez
J. Hernandez
3
0.2
7/21/2023
PIT PIT
@
LAA LAA
0
40.50
0
0
0
2
3
3
2
1
0
0
0
6
1
5 Andrew Chafin
A. Chafin
3
0.2
8/17/2022
DET DET
@
CLE CLE
L
0
40.50
0
0
0
2
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
6 Joe Jiménez
J. Jiménez
3
0.2
7/27/2022
DET DET
vs
SDP SDP
0
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
7 Buck Farmer
B. Farmer
3
0.2
8/31/2019
DET DET
vs
MIN MIN
0
13.50
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
6
1
8 Víctor Arano
V. Arano
3
0.2
6/18/2018
PHI PHI
vs
STL STL
0
27.00
0
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
9 Marc Rzepczynski
M. Rzepczynski
3
0.2
5/16/2018
SEA SEA
vs
TEX TEX
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
0
1
5
0
10 Michael Tonkin
M. Tonkin
3
0.2
4/23/2017
MIN MIN
vs
DET DET
0
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
3
0
2
0
0
0
7
1
11 Joe Biagini
J. Biagini
3
0.2
7/2/2016
TOR TOR
vs
CLE CLE
0
13.50
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
6
1
12 Dustin McGowan
D. McGowan
3
0.2
7/19/2014
TOR TOR
vs
TEX TEX
0
0.00
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
13 Chad Qualls
C. Qualls
3
0.2
6/13/2012
PHI PHI
@
MIN MIN
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
1
14 John Axford
J. Axford
3
0.2
5/11/2012
MIL MIL
vs
CHC CHC
0
13.50
0
0
0
2
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
6
2
15 Arodys Vizcaino
A. Vizcaino
3
0.2
8/14/2011
ATL ATL
vs
CHC CHC
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
16 Mitchell Boggs
M. Boggs
3
0.2
9/26/2010
STL STL
@
CHC CHC
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
17 Brandon League
B. League
3
0.2
5/9/2010
SEA SEA
vs
LAA LAA
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
1
18 David Robertson
D. Robertson
3
0.2
8/6/2009
NYY NYY
vs
BOS BOS
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
19 Chad Qualls
C. Qualls
3
0.2
5/7/2008
ARI ARI
vs
PHI PHI
L
0
13.50
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
6
1
20 Chris Schroder
C. Schroder
3
0.2
9/28/2007
WSH WSH
@
PHI PHI
0
0.00
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
21 Ugueth Urbina
U. Urbina
3
0.2
5/5/2000
MON MON
@
MIL MIL
0
13.50
0
0
0
2
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
6
1
22 Ron Davis
R. Davis
3
0.2
9/17/1980
NYY NYY
vs
TOR TOR
0
0.00
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
23 Dave Baldwin
D. Baldwin
3
0.2
4/24/1967
WSH WSH
vs
BOS BOS
0
0.00
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
6
0
24 Herm Holshouser
H. Holshouser
3
0.1
7/27/1930
SLA SLA
vs
BSA BSA
0
81.00
0
0
0
1
3
3
0
2
0
0
4
0
25 Brant Hurter
B. Hurter
2
0.2
6/21/2025
DET DET
@
TBR TBR
L
1
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
2
1
0
0
8
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for innings pitched and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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