Max Scherzer and Roger Clemens are tied for striking out the most hitters in a game versus the Tigers, with 20 strikeouts.
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pitcher with the most strikeouts thrown in a regular-season game vs tigers| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | M. Scherzer | 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. Clemens | 20 | 9/18/1996 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 3 |  | N. Ryan | 19 | 8/20/1974 | vs | L | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | B. Feller | 18 | 10/2/1938 | vs | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 8/18/1976 | @ | W | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | ||
| 6 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 7/15/1973 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | D. Cone | 16 | 6/23/1997 | @ | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 8 | | N. Ryan | 16 | 6/9/1979 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 9 |  | R. Johnson | 15 | 6/8/1997 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | S. McDowell | 15 | 6/5/1965 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 11 | | M. Scherzer | 14 | 6/30/2019 | @ | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | R. López | 14 | 4/28/2019 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | M. Mussina | 14 | 7/5/1997 | @ | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 14 |  | P. Martinez | 14 | 6/14/1997 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | M. Mussina | 14 | 5/16/1993 | @ | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 16 | | B. Witt | 14 | 7/6/1986 | vs | L | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | ||
| 17 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 9/18/1966 | @ | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 18 | | B. Turley | 14 | 9/5/1953 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | L. Giolito | 13 | 8/20/2020 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| 20 |  | T. Bauer | 13 | 7/26/2020 | vs | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 21 |  | C. Kluber | 13 | 4/9/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | J. Fernandez | 13 | 4/6/2016 | vs | L | 1 | 7.94 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | C. Sale | 13 | 8/30/2014 | vs | W | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  | R. Johnson | 13 | 6/15/2002 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 25 | | A. Sele | 13 | 8/12/1999 | vs | L | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
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