Center fielders struck out their most batters in a game with exactly 5.0 innings pitched in a 6 2 win by the Cubs over the Boston Braves on August 16, 1923, with 3 strikeouts.
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What is the record for pitcher strikeouts in exactly 5 innings in one regular-season game?| POSITION | SO | IP | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | ||
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| 1 | Center Fielder | 3 | 5.0 | 8/16/1923 |  CHC | @ |  BSN | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2 | Right Fielder | 2 | 5.0 | 8/12/1903 |  CHC | @ |  BSN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 3 | Right Fielder | 1 | 5.0 | 10/5/1904 |  SLA | vs |  NYH | 0 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | Right Fielder | 1 | 5.0 | 7/6/1901 |  BSA | vs |  WSH | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for innings pitched and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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