4 pitchers were tied for fanning the most hitters in a game in 2012, with 15 strikeouts. The first three are James Shields on October 2, 2012, Francisco Liriano on July 13, 2012 and Chris Sale on May 28, 2012.
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players with the most strikeouts as a pitcher in a regular-season game in 2012| 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 |  | J. Shields | 15 | 10/2/2012 |  TBR | vs |  BAL | L | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 |  | F. Liriano | 15 | 7/13/2012 |  MIN | vs |  OAK | L | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 3 |  | C. Sale | 15 | 5/28/2012 |  CWS | @ | TBR | W | 1 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 4 |  | M. Scherzer | 15 | 5/20/2012 |  DET | vs |  PIT | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 5 |  | J. Verlander | 14 | 8/6/2012 | DET | vs |  NYY | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 6 |  | Y. Gallardo | 14 | 7/15/2012 |  MIL | vs | PIT | W | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| 7 |  | M. Cain | 14 | 6/13/2012 |  SFG | vs |  HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 8 |  | D. Haren | 14 | 5/24/2012 |  LAA | @ |  SEA | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 9 |  | A. Sanchez | 14 | 4/28/2012 |  MIA | vs |  ARI | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 10 |  | R.A. Dickey | 13 | 9/27/2012 |  NYM | vs | PIT | W | 1 | 3.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 11 |  | Z. Greinke | 13 | 9/25/2012 | LAA | vs | SEA | W | 1 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| 12 |  | D. Price | 13 | 9/25/2012 | TBR | @ |  BOS | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 13 |  | K. Medlen | 13 | 9/14/2012 |  ATL | vs |  WSH | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 14 | | C. Sale | 13 | 8/22/2012 | CWS | vs | NYY | W | 1 | 1.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 15 |  | H. Iwakuma | 13 | 7/30/2012 | SEA | vs |  TOR | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 16 |  | F. Hernandez | 13 | 6/28/2012 | SEA | vs | BOS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 17 |  | M. Latos | 13 | 6/25/2012 |  CIN | vs | MIL | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 18 | | R.A. Dickey | 13 | 6/18/2012 | NYM | vs | BAL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 19 |  | S. Strasburg | 13 | 6/8/2012 | WSH | @ | BOS | W | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 20 | | S. Strasburg | 13 | 5/10/2012 | WSH | @ | PIT | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 21 |  | A. Harang | 13 | 4/13/2012 |  LAD | vs |  SDP | 1 | 5.68 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| 22 | | K. Medlen | 12 | 9/3/2012 | ATL | vs |  COL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 23 | | J. Verlander | 12 | 8/23/2012 | DET | vs | TOR | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 24 |  | A. Wainwright | 12 | 8/21/2012 |  STL | vs | HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 25 |  | C. Lee | 12 | 8/16/2012 |  PHI | @ | MIL | 1 | 3.52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |
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