which pitcher has the most strikeouts in the first 3 innings

Tom Cheney got 21 strikeouts against the Orioles on September 12, 1962.

Interpreted as:
Which pitcher has the most strikeouts in the first 3 innings in a game?
NAME SO IP DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Tom Cheney
T. Cheney
21
16.0
9/12/1962
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
W
1
0.56
1
0
0
10
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
62
1
2 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
9.0
4/29/1986
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
30
0
3 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
9.0
9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
1
4 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
20
9.0
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
5 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
20
9.0
5/8/2001
ARI ARI
vs
CIN CIN
1
1.00
0
0
0
3
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
29
0
6 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
20
9.0
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
6
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
33
0
7 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
19
10.0
7/3/1968
CLE CLE
vs
MIN MIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
0
8 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
19
9.0
9/15/1969
STL STL
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9
4
4
2
2
0
0
0
38
1
9 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
19
9.0
4/22/1970
NYM NYM
vs
SDP SDP
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
31
0
10 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
13.0
6/14/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
1
2.08
0
0
0
8
3
3
1
10
0
0
0
58
0
11 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
9.0
8/12/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
7
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
36
1
12 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
11.0
8/20/1974
CAL CAL
vs
DET DET
L
1
0.82
1
0
0
4
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
41
0
13 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
10.0
6/8/1977
CAL CAL
vs
TOR TOR
1
0.00
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
5
0
0
1
41
2
14 David Cone
D. Cone
19
9.0
10/6/1991
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
15 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
9.0
6/24/1997
SEA SEA
vs
OAK OAK
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
11
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
37
0
16 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
9.0
8/8/1997
SEA SEA
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
35
0
17 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
18
24.0
9/1/1906
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
W
1
1
0
0
15
1
0
6
1
0
89
0
18 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
18
16.0
8/4/1910
PHA PHA
@
CWS CWS
1
1
1
0
3
0
0
6
1
0
54
1
19 Bob Feller
B. Feller
18
9.0
10/2/1938
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
7
4
4
0
7
1
0
42
0
20 Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
18
15.0
6/14/1952
BSN BSN
vs
CHC CHC
L
1
1.80
1
0
0
10
3
3
1
2
0
0
1
57
0
21 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
18
9.0
8/31/1959
LAD LAD
vs
SFG SFG
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
7
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
36
0
22 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
18
9.0
4/24/1962
LAD LAD
@
CHC CHC
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
6
2
2
1
4
0
0
0
36
0
23 Jim Maloney
J. Maloney
18
11.0
6/14/1965
CIN CIN
vs
NYM NYM
L
1
0.82
1
0
0
2
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
35
1
24 Chris Short
C. Short
18
15.0
10/2/1965
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
1
0.00
0
0
0
9
0
0
0
3
0
0
1
56
0
25 Don Wilson
D. Wilson
18
9.0
7/14/1968
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
5
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
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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