which pitcher had the most strikeouts in one game fewer than 7 innings

Randy Johnson has struck out the most hitters in a game with fewer than 7.0 innings pitched, with 16 strikeouts against the Brewers on September 27, 2001.

Interpreted as:
Which pitcher had the most strikeouts in one regular-season game fewer than 7 innings?
NAME SO IP DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
16
6.2
9/27/2001
ARI ARI
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
6.75
0
0
0
7
5
5
1
2
0
0
0
30
1
2 Blake Snell
B. Snell
15
6.0
7/27/2024
SFG SFG
vs
COL COL
1
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
22
1
3 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
15
6.1
5/6/2018
WSH WSH
vs
PHI PHI
1
1.42
0
0
0
5
1
1
0
2
1
0
1
26
0
4 Max Meyer
M. Meyer
14
6.0
4/21/2025
MIA MIA
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
23
0
5 Luis Gil
L. Gil
14
6.0
5/18/2024
NYY NYY
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
5
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
24
0
6 Jack Flaherty
J. Flaherty
14
6.2
4/30/2024
DET DET
vs
STL STL
1
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
23
0
7 Tyler Glasnow
T. Glasnow
14
6.0
9/6/2023
TBR TBR
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
8 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
14
6.2
9/7/2022
NYY NYY
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
1.35
0
0
0
5
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
27
0
9 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
14
6.0
4/17/2021
NYM NYM
@
COL COL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
3
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
23
0
10 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
14
6.0
7/24/2020
CLE CLE
vs
KCR KCR
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
23
0
11 Dinelson Lamet
D. Lamet
14
6.0
9/18/2019
SDP SDP
@
MIL MIL
W
1
1.50
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
24
1
12 Yu Darvish
Y. Darvish
14
6.0
9/12/2019
CHC CHC
@
SDP SDP
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
22
0
13 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
14
6.0
9/2/2019
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
1
1.50
0
0
0
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
23
1
14 Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
14
6.2
8/28/2019
HOU HOU
vs
TBR TBR
1
5.40
0
0
0
6
4
4
1
1
0
0
0
27
1
15 Jose Quintana
J. Quintana
14
6.0
8/13/2019
CHC CHC
@
PHI PHI
1
1.50
0
0
0
5
1
2
1
1
1
0
0
26
0
16 Reynaldo López
R. López
14
6.0
4/28/2019
CWS CWS
vs
DET DET
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
3
0
0
0
23
0
17 Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
14
6.1
7/18/2016
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
1
2.84
0
0
0
4
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
25
0
18 Mike Fiers
M. Fiers
14
6.0
8/14/2014
MIL MIL
@
CHC CHC
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
19 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
14
5.2
5/30/2010
DET DET
vs
OAK OAK
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
1
0
0
24
0
20 Kelvim Escobar
K. Escobar
14
6.0
6/12/2007
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
1
4.50
0
0
0
5
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
26
0
21 A.J. Burnett
A.J. Burnett
14
6.0
7/6/2005
FLA FLA
vs
MIL MIL
1
6.00
0
0
0
4
4
4
0
5
0
0
0
27
1
22 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
14
6.0
6/3/2001
ARI ARI
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
7
3
4
1
0
1
0
0
27
1
23 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
14
6.0
4/27/2001
CHC CHC
@
SFG SFG
W
1
4.50
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
3
1
0
0
24
0
24 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
14
6.0
7/25/1989
TEX TEX
vs
TOR TOR
L
1
3.00
0
0
0
6
2
3
0
3
0
0
1
31
1
25 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
14
6.2
7/11/1987
NYY NYY
vs
CWS CWS
1
2.70
0
0
0
7
2
2
2
3
0
0
0
30
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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