pitchers with most strikeouts in a game without allowing a walk

35 pitchers walked 0 batters. The first three are Max Scherzer on May 11, 2016 and on October 3, 2015, Randy Johnson 5 times and Kerry Wood on May 6, 1998.

Interpreted as:
pitchers with most strikeouts in a regular-season game without allowing a walk
NAME BB SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
0
20
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
2
0
0
0
33
0
2 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
0
20
5/8/2001
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
29
0
3 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
0
20
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
4 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
0
20
9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
1
5 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
0
20
4/29/1986
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
30
0
6 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
0
19
6/24/1997
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
4
4
2
0
0
0
37
0
7 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
0
19
7/3/1968
CLE CLE
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
10.0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
0
8 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
0
18
5/13/2015
CLE CLE
vs
STL STL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
26
0
9 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
0
18
8/25/1998
TOR TOR
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
10 Chris Sale
C. Sale
0
17
5/14/2019
BOS BOS
vs
COL COL
1
2.57
0
0
0
7.0
3
2
2
1
0
0
0
24
0
11 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
0
17
10/3/2015
WSH WSH
@
NYM NYM
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
12 Johan Santana
J. Santana
0
17
8/19/2007
MIN MIN
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
13 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
0
17
9/10/1999
BOS BOS
@
NYY NYY
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
28
0
14 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
0
17
6/30/1999
ARI ARI
@
CIN CIN
L
1
2.25
1
0
0
8.0
7
2
2
1
0
0
0
30
0
15 Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
0
17
6/21/1975
CAL CAL
vs
TEX TEX
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
9
2
2
0
0
0
0
35
0
16 Vida Blue
V. Blue
0
17
7/9/1971
OAK OAK
vs
CAL CAL
1
0.00
0
0
0
11.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
40
1
17 Spencer Strider
S. Strider
0
16
9/1/2022
ATL ATL
vs
COL COL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
27
0
18 Walker Buehler
W. Buehler
0
16
6/21/2019
LAD LAD
vs
COL COL
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
2
0
0
0
30
0
19 Jon Gray
J. Gray
0
16
9/17/2016
COL COL
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
31
0
20 Vince Velasquez
V. Velasquez
0
16
4/14/2016
PHI PHI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
21 Michael Pineda
M. Pineda
0
16
5/10/2015
NYY NYY
vs
BAL BAL
W
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
6
1
1
1
0
0
0
27
0
22 Mark Prior
M. Prior
0
16
6/26/2003
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
1
2.25
0
0
0
8.0
4
2
2
1
0
0
0
27
1
23 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
0
16
8/28/1998
HOU HOU
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
34
0
24 Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
0
16
9/1/1997
PHI PHI
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
7
1
1
0
0
0
0
31
0
25 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
0
16
7/12/1997
TOR TOR
@
BOS 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.
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HR

51

17th

R

212

13th

SO

396

20th

ERA

5.24

27th

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
31
18
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Mets Mets
30
20
.600
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Braves Braves
24
24
.500
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Nationals Nationals
22
27
.449
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Marlins Marlins
19
29
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11.5
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/22
ATL ATL
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Fri
5/23
SFG SFG
@
WSH WSH
6:45 PM
Sat
5/24
SFG SFG
@
WSH WSH
4:05 PM
Sun
5/25
SFG SFG
@
WSH WSH
1:35 PM
Tue
5/27
WSH WSH
@
SEA SEA
9:40 PM
Last Game
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22 - 27

5

Final

3

ATL Braves

24 - 24

Tue 20 May 2025

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AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
29
19
.604
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24
24
.500
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AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
33
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19
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21
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Mon
5/5
SFG SFG
@
CHC CHC
14-5
Tue
5/6
CLE CLE
@
WSH WSH
8-6
Tue
5/6
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
9-1
Tue
5/6
PIT PIT
@
STL STL
0-5
Tue
5/6
SFG SFG
@
CHC CHC
3-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/22
TEX TEX
@
NYY NYY
12:35 PM
Thu
5/22
SDP SDP
@
TOR TOR
1:07 PM
Thu
5/22
PHI PHI
@
COL COL
3:10 PM
Thu
5/22
LAA LAA
@
ATH ATH
3:35 PM
Thu
5/22
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
6:40 PM