Max Scherzer fanned his most hitters in a game pitched against the Tigers on May 11, 2016, with 20 strikeouts.
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scherzer highest strikeout in a regular-season game games| NAME | SO | G | 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 | 1 | 5/11/2016 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | M. Scherzer | 17 | 1 | 10/3/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | M. Scherzer | 16 | 1 | 6/14/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | M. Scherzer | 15 | 1 | 6/2/2019 | @ | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | M. Scherzer | 15 | 1 | 5/6/2018 | vs | 1 | 1.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 6 |  | M. Scherzer | 15 | 1 | 5/20/2012 | vs | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | M. Scherzer | 14 | 1 | 5/8/2021 | @ | 1 | 1.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | M. Scherzer | 14 | 1 | 6/30/2019 | @ | W | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | M. Scherzer | 14 | 1 | 6/6/2017 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | M. Scherzer | 14 | 1 | 8/14/2014 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | M. Scherzer | 14 | 1 | 5/30/2010 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 12 |  | M. Scherzer | 13 | 1 | 9/6/2021 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| 13 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 1 | 9/20/2018 | vs | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 1 | 6/5/2018 | vs | W | 1 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 1 | 5/19/2018 | vs | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 1 | 5/26/2017 | vs | W | 1 | 1.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 1 | 5/27/2015 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | M. Scherzer | 13 | 1 | 6/28/2014 | @ | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | M. Scherzer | 12 | 1 | 3/28/2019 | vs | L | 1 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | M. Scherzer | 12 | 1 | 5/30/2018 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | M. Scherzer | 12 | 1 | 7/2/2017 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | M. Scherzer | 12 | 1 | 9/23/2015 | vs | L | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | M. Scherzer | 12 | 1 | 9/15/2013 | vs | 1 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | M. Scherzer | 12 | 1 | 4/17/2013 | @ | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | M. Scherzer | 12 | 1 | 6/17/2012 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
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