4 pitchers are tied for striking out the most hitters in a game with exactly 0 walks allowed, with 20 strikeouts. The first three are Max Scherzer on May 11, 2016, Randy Johnson on May 8, 2001 and Kerry Wood on May 6, 1998.
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most strikeouts without a walk in a regular-season game by a pitcher| NAME | SO | BB | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 20 | 0 | 5/11/2016 |  WSH | vs |  DET | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 2 |  | R. Johnson | 20 | 0 | 5/8/2001 |  ARI | vs |  CIN | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 3 |  | K. Wood | 20 | 0 | 5/6/1998 |  CHC | vs |  HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 4 |  | R. Clemens | 20 | 0 | 9/18/1996 |  BOS | @ | DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 5 | | R. Clemens | 20 | 0 | 4/29/1986 | BOS | vs |  SEA | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 6 |  | R. Johnson | 19 | 0 | 6/24/1997 |  SEA | vs |  OAK | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 7 |  | L. Tiant | 19 | 0 | 7/3/1968 |  CLE | vs |  MIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 8 |  | C. Kluber | 18 | 0 | 5/13/2015 | CLE | vs |  STL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 9 |  | R. Clemens | 18 | 0 | 8/25/1998 |  TOR | vs |  KCR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 10 |  | C. Sale | 17 | 0 | 5/14/2019 |  BOS | vs |  COL | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 11 | | M. Scherzer | 17 | 0 | 10/3/2015 | WSH | @ |  NYM | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 12 |  | J. Santana | 17 | 0 | 8/19/2007 |  MIN | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 13 |  | P. Martinez | 17 | 0 | 9/10/1999 | BOS | @ |  NYY | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 14 | | R. Johnson | 17 | 0 | 6/30/1999 | ARI | @ | CIN | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 15 |  | F. Tanana | 17 | 0 | 6/21/1975 |  CAL | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 16 |  | V. Blue | 17 | 0 | 7/9/1971 | OAK | vs |  CAL | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 17 |  | S. Strider | 16 | 0 | 9/1/2022 |  ATL | vs | COL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 18 |  | W. Buehler | 16 | 0 | 6/21/2019 |  LAD | vs | COL | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 19 |  | J. Gray | 16 | 0 | 9/17/2016 | COL | vs |  SDP | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 20 |  | V. Velasquez | 16 | 0 | 4/14/2016 |  PHI | vs | SDP | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 21 |  | M. Pineda | 16 | 0 | 5/10/2015 | NYY | vs |  BAL | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 22 | | M. Prior | 16 | 0 | 6/26/2003 | CHC | vs |  MIL | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |
| 23 |  | R. Johnson | 16 | 0 | 8/28/1998 | HOU | vs |  PIT | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 24 | | C. Schilling | 16 | 0 | 9/1/1997 | PHI | vs | NYY | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 25 | | R. Clemens | 16 | 0 | 7/12/1997 | TOR | @ | BOS | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts and walks allowed going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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