Tom Seaver struck out his most batters in a game versus the Padres on April 22, 1970, with 19 strikeouts.
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Tom Seaver most strikeouts in a 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 |  | T. Seaver | 19 | 4/22/1970 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | T. Seaver | 16 | 5/1/1974 | @ | 1 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | T. Seaver | 16 | 5/29/1973 | @ | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 4 | | T. Seaver | 15 | 9/20/1972 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | T. Seaver | 15 | 5/15/1970 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | T. Seaver | 14 | 10/1/1974 | vs | L | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | T. Seaver | 14 | 8/11/1971 | @ | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | T. Seaver | 14 | 4/16/1971 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | T. Seaver | 14 | 6/8/1969 | @ | W | 1 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 10 |  | T. Seaver | 13 | 5/16/1978 | @ | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | T. Seaver | 13 | 5/17/1974 | vs | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | T. Seaver | 13 | 9/4/1973 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | T. Seaver | 13 | 5/2/1973 | vs | L | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | T. Seaver | 13 | 9/29/1972 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 15 | | T. Seaver | 13 | 9/30/1971 | vs | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | T. Seaver | 13 | 6/29/1971 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | T. Seaver | 13 | 8/1/1970 | vs | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 9/20/1978 | @ | W | 1 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 9/13/1976 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 9/13/1973 | @ | W | 1 | 1.64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 1 | ||
| 21 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 8/20/1973 | vs | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 5/1/1972 | @ | W | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 9/6/1971 | @ | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 5/11/1970 | vs | L | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | T. Seaver | 12 | 6/20/1968 | vs | W | 1 | 3.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | ||
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