most strikeouts in an opening game ever

8 players are tied for the most strikeouts in a game, with 6 strikeouts. The first three are Geoff Jenkins on June 8, 2004, Alex Gonzalez on September 9, 1998 and Sam Horn on July 17, 1991.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by a player in an opening regular-season game ever
NAMESODATETMOPPABRH2B3BHRRBIBBHBPSBCSPATBXBHSHSFIBBGIDP
1Geoff Jenkins
G. Jenkins
6
6/8/2004
@
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
2Alex Gonzalez
A. Gonzalez
6
9/9/1998
vs
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
3Sam Horn
S. Horn
6
7/17/1991
@
7
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
8
2
1
0
0
0
0
4Cecil Cooper
C. Cooper
6
6/14/1974
@
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
5Billy Cowan
B. Cowan
6
7/9/1971
@
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Rick Reichardt
R. Reichardt
6
5/31/1966
vs
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
7Don Hoak
D. Hoak
6
5/2/1956
vs
7
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
9
1
0
1
0
0
0
8Carl Weilman
C. Weilman
6
7/25/1913
@
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
9Cal Raleigh
C. Raleigh
5
8/2/2025
vs
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
10Austin Slater
A. Slater
5
6/12/2025
@
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
11Tyler Stephenson
T. Stephenson
5
5/6/2025
@
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
12Nick Castellanos
N. Castellanos
5
4/10/2025
@
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
13Jose Altuve
J. Altuve
5
4/3/2025
@
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
14Dylan Crews
D. Crews
5
3/29/2025
vs
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
15Jackson Chourio
J. Chourio
5
3/27/2025
@
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
16Aaron Judge
A. Judge
5
9/28/2024
vs
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
17Connor Norby
C. Norby
5
9/26/2024
@
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
18Mark Vientos
M. Vientos
5
9/21/2024
vs
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
19Randy Arozarena
R. Arozarena
5
8/17/2024
@
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
20Julio Rodríguez
J. Rodríguez
5
8/11/2024
vs
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
21Jake Burger
J. Burger
5
7/4/2024
vs
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
22Nolan Jones
N. Jones
5
6/30/2024
@
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
23Ryan McMahon
R. McMahon
5
9/16/2023
vs
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
24Jake Bauers
J. Bauers
5
8/13/2023
@
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
25Anthony Rizzo
A. Rizzo
5
7/30/2023
@
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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