Randy Johnson has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in a game, with 16 strikeouts versus the Padres on July 18, 2001.
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Which reliever most strikeouts in one regular-season game ever?| 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 |  | R. Johnson | 16 | 7/18/2001 | @ | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 2 |  | W. Johnson | 15 | 7/25/1913 | vs | 0 | 0.79 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| 3 |  | D. McLain | 14 | 6/15/1965 | vs | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |||
| 4 | | R. Marquard | 14 | 5/13/1911 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.0 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 |  | N. Pivetta | 13 | 7/17/2023 | @ | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | B. O'Dell | 13 | 7/4/1961 | @ | W | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | M. Guthrie | 12 | 5/25/1995 | @ | W | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | D. Segui | 12 | 9/22/1974 | vs | 0 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 3 | |||
| 9 | | J. Brown | 12 | 6/3/1933 | vs | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 1 | |||
| 10 | | R. Waddell | 12 | 8/18/1905 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 11 | | J. Ray | 11 | 4/15/1968 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 12 | | D. Vineyard | 11 | 9/7/1964 | @ | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | H. Haddix | 11 | 6/15/1964 | vs | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | S. Siebert | 11 | 5/10/1964 | vs | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 15 | | D. Radatz | 11 | 6/11/1963 | @ | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | S. Hamilton | 11 | 5/11/1963 | @ | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | D. Hillman | 11 | 5/28/1959 | @ | W | 0 | 2.35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 18 | | G. Conley | 11 | 5/2/1959 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | L. Jansen | 11 | 8/18/1953 | @ | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 20 | | T. Hughes | 11 | 5/22/1909 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | G. Dorner | 11 | 5/26/1903 | vs | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 22 | | S. Burke | 10 | 9/27/2025 | @ | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | C. Povich | 10 | 8/16/2025 | @ | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| 24 | | N. Pivetta | 10 | 6/26/2024 | vs | L | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | T. Alexander | 10 | 8/2/2020 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||
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