most strikes thrown in one game by pitcher in history

Randy Johnson has the most strikes in a game, with 60 strikes against the Royals on July 18, 1997.

Interpreted as:
most strikes thrown in one regular-season game by pitcher in history
NAME STRIKE DATE TM OPP SO H HR BB HBP IBB
1 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
60
7/18/1997
SEA SEA
vs
KCR KCR
16
9
1
3
0
0
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
59
7/7/1995
SEA SEA
@
CLE CLE
13
8
0
0
0
0
3 John Farrell
J. Farrell
58
9/10/1989
CLE CLE
vs
TOR TOR
6
9
0
4
0
0
4 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
58
7/25/1988
BOS BOS
@
TEX TEX
14
3
0
4
0
0
5 Steve Rogers
S. Rogers
58
8/19/1975
MON MON
vs
SDP SDP
8
10
0
2
0
0
6 Ron Villone
R. Villone
57
9/29/2000
CIN CIN
@
STL STL
16
2
0
5
1
0
7 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
57
9/27/1992
SEA SEA
@
TEX TEX
18
6
0
4
0
0
8 Bob Knepper
B. Knepper
57
6/12/1979
SFG SFG
vs
CHC CHC
6
9
1
7
1
0
9 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
56
9/2/2015
LAD LAD
vs
SFG SFG
15
6
0
1
0
0
10 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
56
9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
20
5
0
0
0
0
11 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
56
7/21/1996
BOS BOS
vs
BAL BAL
9
8
0
4
0
0
12 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
56
10/1/1989
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
8
10
0
3
1
1
13 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
56
5/17/1988
CHC CHC
vs
STL STL
7
7
0
4
0
1
14 John Montefusco
J. Montefusco
56
8/13/1975
SFG SFG
@
MON MON
12
8
0
3
1
0
15 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
55
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
20
6
2
0
0
0
16 Ben Sheets
B. Sheets
55
5/16/2004
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
18
3
1
1
0
0
17 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
55
7/31/2002
ARI ARI
@
MON MON
15
8
0
3
0
0
18 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
55
5/6/2000
BOS BOS
vs
TBD TBD
17
6
0
1
0
0
19 Pedro Astacio
P. Astacio
55
6/6/1999
COL COL
vs
MIL MIL
10
9
4
4
1
0
20 Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
55
6/10/1996
BOS BOS
@
CWS CWS
0
16
1
3
0
0
21 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
55
8/31/1989
BOS BOS
vs
CAL CAL
13
8
1
1
0
0
22 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
55
7/15/1988
BOS BOS
vs
KCR KCR
16
5
0
1
0
0
23 Tim Lincecum
T. Lincecum
54
7/13/2013
SFG SFG
@
SDP SDP
13
0
0
4
1
0
24 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
54
5/13/2001
ARI ARI
vs
PHI PHI
12
4
0
4
1
0
25 Jose Lima
J. Lima
54
8/1/1998
HOU HOU
@
PIT PIT
10
5
0
1
1
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete event-level data for strikes going back to the 1974 season.
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