Kerry Wood has fanned the most batters for the Cubs in a start, with 20 strikeouts versus the Astros on May 6, 1998.
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most strikeouts to regular-season start a game by a cubs pitcher| NAME | SO | GS | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | K. Wood | 20 | 1 | 5/6/1998 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | J. Pfiester | 17 | 1 | 5/30/1906 | vs | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | | M. Prior | 16 | 1 | 9/30/2004 | vs | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | M. Prior | 16 | 1 | 6/26/2003 | vs | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
| 5 | | K. Wood | 16 | 1 | 8/26/1998 | @ | W | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | R. Sutcliffe | 15 | 1 | 9/3/1984 | @ | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | B. Hooton | 15 | 1 | 9/15/1971 | @ | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | D. Drott | 15 | 1 | 5/26/1957 | vs | W | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | G. Alexander | 15 | 1 | 8/2/1919 | vs | L | 1.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | T. Hughes | 15 | 1 | 7/31/1901 | @ | L | 3.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.2 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 1 | |||
| 11 |  | Y. Darvish | 14 | 1 | 9/12/2019 | @ | W | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | J. Quintana | 14 | 1 | 8/13/2019 | @ | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 13 |  | J. Lester | 14 | 1 | 7/29/2015 | vs | W | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | M. Prior | 14 | 1 | 9/21/2003 | @ | W | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | K. Wood | 14 | 1 | 5/25/2001 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | K. Wood | 14 | 1 | 4/27/2001 | @ | W | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | R. Sutcliffe | 14 | 1 | 6/24/1984 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | F. Jenkins | 14 | 1 | 9/19/1971 | @ | W | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | F. Jenkins | 14 | 1 | 7/24/1971 | @ | W | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | F. Jenkins | 14 | 1 | 6/27/1970 | @ | L | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | D. Drott | 14 | 1 | 7/23/1957 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | Y. Darvish | 13 | 1 | 9/17/2019 | vs | L | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | J. Arrieta | 13 | 1 | 9/16/2014 | vs | W | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | J. Samardzija | 13 | 1 | 4/7/2013 | @ | L | 6.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 25 | | M. Clement | 13 | 1 | 8/18/2004 | @ | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
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