Sam McDowell fanned his most batters in a game on May 1, 1968 and on September 4, 1965, with 16 strikeouts.
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Sam McDowell most strikeouts in a single regular-season game| 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 |  | S. McDowell | 16 | 5/1/1968 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | S. McDowell | 16 | 9/4/1965 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | S. McDowell | 15 | 7/6/1970 | vs | W | 1 | 4.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 4 | | S. McDowell | 15 | 5/6/1970 | @ | L | 1 | 1.08 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | S. McDowell | 15 | 7/12/1968 | @ | W | 1 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | 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 | ||
| 7 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 6/23/1971 | @ | L | 1 | 2.25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 7/19/1970 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 8/10/1969 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 7/6/1968 | vs | L | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 6/13/1968 | vs | L | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 5/6/1968 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 9/18/1966 | @ | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | S. McDowell | 14 | 6/2/1964 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | S. McDowell | 13 | 5/29/1970 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | ||
| 16 | | S. McDowell | 13 | 9/18/1969 | @ | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 1 | ||
| 17 | | S. McDowell | 13 | 7/1/1966 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | S. McDowell | 13 | 6/25/1965 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | S. McDowell | 13 | 5/30/1965 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 | ||
| 20 | | S. McDowell | 13 | 4/16/1963 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | S. McDowell | 12 | 8/25/1970 | vs | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | S. McDowell | 12 | 9/9/1969 | vs | L | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | S. McDowell | 12 | 6/27/1969 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | S. McDowell | 12 | 4/30/1969 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | ||
| 25 | | S. McDowell | 12 | 5/21/1968 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
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