pitcher most strike outs in a game before 1903

Before 1903, Rube Waddell and Noodles Hahn were tied for striking out the most hitters in a game, with 16 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

pitcher most strike outs in a regular-season game before 1903

	NAME	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP
1	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	16	7/9/1902	PHA	@	BSA	W	1	1.06	1	0	0	17.0	11	2	2	1	1	1	0	63	2
2	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	16	5/22/1901	CIN	@	BSN	W	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	11	2	3	0	2	0	0	41	0
3	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	15	7/31/1901	CHO	@	CIN	L	1	3.29	1	0	0	13.2	13	5	5	0	6	0	0	58	1
4	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	13	8/17/1902	BKN	@	SLN		1	3.50	1	0	0	18.0	14	7	7	0	7	0	0	73	0
5	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	13	7/1/1902	PHA	vs	BAL	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
6	Vic Willis V. Willis	13	5/28/1902	BSN	vs	NYG	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	33	1
7	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	13	9/21/1901	CHO	vs	BSN	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	17.0	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	60	0
8	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	12	8/6/1902	PHA	@	CLE	L	1	4.32	1	0	0	8.1	12	4	5	1	2	0	0	39	1
9	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	12	8/19/1901	CHO	@	CIN	L	1	1.13	1	0	0	8.0	7	1	2	0	1	0	0	32	0
10	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	12	8/8/1901	CIN	vs	STL	L	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	1	2	0	1	0	0	35	0
11	Doc White D. White	11	9/1/1902	PHN	vs	CHO	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	1	3	0	4	0	0	40	1
12	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	11	8/16/1902	PHA	vs	CWS	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	33	0
13	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	11	8/5/1902	NYG	vs	PIT	L	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	2	3	0	1	0	0	35	1
14	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	11	7/24/1902	NYG	@	BKN	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	34	0
15	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	11	7/12/1902	PIT	vs	NYG	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	36	0
16	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	11	5/24/1902	PIT	vs	NYG	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	33	0
17	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	11	8/24/1901	CHO	vs	STL	W	1	0.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	36	0
18	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	11	8/9/1901	BKN	vs	BSN	W	1	3.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	3	3	0	3	0	0	35	0
19	Pete Dowling P. Dowling	11	8/8/1901	CLE	vs	MIL	W	1	0.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	0	3	0	1	0	0	35	0
20	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	11	8/6/1901	CHO	@	CIN	W	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	5	2	2	0	3	1	0	36	0
21	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	11	7/31/1901	CIN	vs	CHO	W	1	1.29	1	0	0	14.0	10	2	4	0	5	0	0	58	0
22	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	11	7/23/1901	PIT	vs	CIN	W	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	11	2	2	0	2	0	0	40	0
23	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	11	6/20/1901	CHO	@	BSN	L	1	2.08	1	0	0	8.2	14	2	6	0	2	1	0	45	1
24	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	11	6/19/1901	NYG	vs	PIT		1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	9	1	5	0	3	1	0	42	1
25	Tom Hughes T. Hughes	11	6/16/1901	CHO	vs	NYG		1	2.57	1	0	0	14.0	11	4	4	0	6	0	0	61	1