
5 pitchers are tied for the most games pitched in a game with 20+ strikeouts, with 1 game. The first three are Max Scherzer on May 11, 2016, Randy Johnson on May 8, 2001 and Kerry Wood on May 6, 1998.
Interpreted as:
pitcher with most 20 or more strikeout games in one regular-season game| NAME | G | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. Scherzer | 1 | 20 | 5/11/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 2 | R. Johnson | 1 | 20 | 5/8/2001 | vs | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | K. Wood | 1 | 20 | 5/6/1998 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 4 | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 9/18/1996 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | |||
| 5 | R. Clemens | 1 | 20 | 4/29/1986 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 6 | T. Cheney | 1 | 21 | 9/12/1962 | @ | W | 1 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for games pitched going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.
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| NL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
| NL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 |
| AL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
| AL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
| AL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
1 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
0 | 0 | 0.5 | ||
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 | |
0 | 1 | .000 | 1.0 |









