Kerry Wood and Roger Clemens are tied for striking out the most batters in a shutout, with 20 strikeouts.
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What is the most number of strikeouts recorded by a pitcher in a complete game regular-season shutout?| NAME | SO | CG | SHO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | K. Wood | 20 | 1 | 1 | 5/6/1998 |  CHC | vs |  HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 |  | R. Clemens | 20 | 1 | 1 | 9/18/1996 |  BOS | @ |  DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 3 |  | R. Johnson | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8/8/1997 |  SEA | vs |  CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 4 |  | D. Cone | 19 | 1 | 1 | 10/6/1991 |  NYM | @ |  PHI | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 5 |  | L. Tiant | 19 | 1 | 1 | 7/3/1968 |  CLE | vs |  MIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 6 |  | R. Clemens | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8/25/1998 |  TOR | vs |  KCR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 7 |  | R. Martinez | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6/4/1990 |  LAD | vs |  ATL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 8 |  | R. Guidry | 18 | 1 | 1 | 6/17/1978 |  NYY | vs |  CAL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 9 |  | J. Coombs | 18 | 1 | 1 | 8/4/1910 |  PHA | @ | CWS | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||||
| 10 |  | M. Scherzer | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10/3/2015 |  WSH | @ | NYM | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 11 |  | B. Morrow | 17 | 1 | 1 | 8/8/2010 |  TOR | vs |  TBR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 12 |  | R. Johnson | 17 | 1 | 1 | 9/14/2002 |  ARI | vs |  MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 13 |  | C. Schilling | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4/7/2002 | ARI | @ | MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 14 |  | N. Ryan | 17 | 1 | 1 | 7/15/1973 | CAL | @ | DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 15 |  | A. Mahaffey | 17 | 1 | 1 | 4/23/1961 |  PHI | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 16 |  | G. Cole | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5/4/2018 |  HOU | @ |  ARI | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 17 |  | J. Gray | 16 | 1 | 1 | 9/17/2016 |  COL | vs |  SDP | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 18 | | V. Velasquez | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4/14/2016 | PHI | vs | SDP | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 19 | | M. Scherzer | 16 | 1 | 1 | 6/14/2015 | WSH | @ | MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 20 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8/25/2002 | ARI | vs | CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 21 |  | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 1 | 8/28/1998 | HOU | vs |  PIT | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 22 | | D. Wells | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7/30/1997 | NYY | vs |  OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 23 | | R. Johnson | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7/15/1995 | SEA | vs |  TOR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 24 |  | N. Ryan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 5/1/1991 |  TEX | vs | TOR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 25 | | N. Ryan | 16 | 1 | 1 | 4/26/1990 | TEX | vs |  CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
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