players with the most strikeouts as a pitcher in a game in 1981

Steve Carlton struck out the most hitters in a game in 1981, with 15 strikeouts against the Mets on September 16, 1981.

Interpreted as:

players with the most strikeouts as a pitcher in a regular-season game in 1981

	NAME	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	DEC	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP
1	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	15	9/16/1981	PHI	@	NYM	L	1	5.63	1	0	0	8.0	8	5	5	1	4	0	0	0	35	0
2	Bill Gullickson B. Gullickson	13	9/20/1981	MON	vs	CHC	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	31	0
3	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	12	9/21/1981	PHI	@	MON		1	0.00	0	0	0	10.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	35	0
4	Bruce Berenyi B. Berenyi	12	9/14/1981	CIN	@	HOU	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	33	0
5	Bruce Berenyi B. Berenyi	12	8/24/1981	CIN	vs	NYM	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	31	0
6	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	12	8/22/1981	LAD	@	STL	W	1	2.08	0	0	0	8.2	4	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	32	2
7	Mario Soto M. Soto	12	6/10/1981	CIN	@	NYM	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	34	0
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	12	5/21/1981	BOS	vs	OAK	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	34	0
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	11	9/27/1981	PHI	@	CHC	W	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	6	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	34	0
10	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	11	9/26/1981	HOU	vs	LAD	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	30	1
11	Scott McGregor S. McGregor	11	9/25/1981	BAL	@	NYY	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	32	0
12	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	11	9/11/1981	NYY	vs	BOS	W	1	1.29	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	28	0
13	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	11	9/5/1981	CHC	@	SFG	W	1	0.00	1	0	0	9.0	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	40	0
14	Bruce Berenyi B. Berenyi	11	8/29/1981	CIN	@	NYM	L	1	2.25	1	0	0	8.0	6	2	3	0	3	0	0	0	34	2
15	Bob Welch B. Welch	11	6/7/1981	LAD	@	CHC	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0
16	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	11	6/1/1981	LAD	vs	ATL	W	1	2.00	1	0	0	9.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	35	0
17	Len Barker L. Barker	11	5/15/1981	CLE	vs	TOR	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	0
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	11	5/11/1981	HOU	@	CIN	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	38	1
19	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	11	5/9/1981	PHI	vs	SDP	W	1	6.00	1	0	0	9.0	9	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	39	1
20	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	11	5/8/1981	LAD	@	NYM	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	37	0
21	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	11	4/22/1981	LAD	@	HOU	W	1	0.00	1	1	0	9.0	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	35	0
22	Tom Underwood T. Underwood	10	9/29/1981	OAK	vs	TOR	W	1	1.00	1	0	0	9.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	33	0
23	Len Barker L. Barker	10	9/22/1981	CLE	@	NYY	W	1	4.50	0	0	0	8.0	10	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	37	2
24	Juan Eichelberger J. Eichelberger	10	9/15/1981	SDP	vs	LAD	W	1	2.25	0	0	0	8.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	33	0
25	John Denny J. Denny	10	9/10/1981	CLE	@	BAL	W	1	1.17	0	0	0	7.2	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	30	0