who holds the record for most games with four strikeouts in a game in a mlb career

42 players are tied for the most games in a game with 4+ strikeouts, with 1 game. The first three are Willson Contreras on Saturday and Ryan Noda and Jose Altuve on Friday.

Interpreted as:
Who holds the record for most games with four or more strikeouts in a regular-season game in a MLB career?
NAME G SO DATE TM OPP AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB HBP SB CS PA TB XBH SH SF IBB GIDP
1 Willson Contreras
W. Contreras
1
4
6/21/2025
STL STL
vs
CIN CIN
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 Ryan Noda
R. Noda
1
4
6/20/2025
CWS CWS
@
TOR TOR
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
3 Jose Altuve
J. Altuve
1
4
6/20/2025
HOU HOU
@
LAA LAA
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
1
0
4 Ryan McMahon
R. McMahon
1
4
6/20/2025
COL COL
vs
AZ AZ
5
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
5
4
1
0
0
0
0
5 Oneil Cruz
O. Cruz
1
4
6/19/2025
PIT PIT
@
DET DET
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
6 Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
1
4
6/17/2025
LAD LAD
vs
SDP SDP
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
7 Hunter Goodman
H. Goodman
1
4
6/15/2025
COL COL
@
ATL ATL
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
8 Harrison Bader
H. Bader
1
4
6/15/2025
MIN MIN
@
HOU HOU
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
9 Ryan McMahon
R. McMahon
1
4
6/14/2025
COL COL
@
ATL ATL
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
10 Bo Naylor
B. Naylor
1
4
6/14/2025
CLE CLE
@
SEA SEA
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
11 Lars Nootbaar
L. Nootbaar
1
4
6/13/2025
STL STL
@
MIL MIL
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
12 José Tena
J. Tena
1
4
6/13/2025
WSH WSH
vs
MIA MIA
5
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
1
0
0
0
0
0
13 LaMonte Wade Jr.
L. Wade Jr.
1
4
6/13/2025
LAA LAA
@
BAL BAL
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
14 Austin Slater
A. Slater
1
5
6/12/2025
CWS CWS
@
HOU HOU
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
15 Lars Nootbaar
L. Nootbaar
1
4
6/11/2025
STL STL
vs
TOR TOR
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
16 Rhys Hoskins
R. Hoskins
1
4
6/9/2025
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
17 Riley Greene
R. Greene
1
4
6/7/2025
DET DET
vs
CHC CHC
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
18 Salvador Perez
S. Perez
1
4
6/7/2025
KCR KCR
@
CWS CWS
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
19 Will Wilson
W. Wilson
1
4
6/7/2025
CLE CLE
vs
HOU HOU
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
20 Seth Brown
S. Brown
1
4
6/7/2025
ATH ATH
vs
BAL BAL
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
21 Jesús Sánchez
J. Sánchez
1
4
6/6/2025
MIA MIA
@
TBR TBR
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
22 Harrison Bader
H. Bader
1
4
6/6/2025
MIN MIN
vs
TOR TOR
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
23 Andrew McCutchen
A. McCutchen
1
4
6/5/2025
PIT PIT
vs
HOU HOU
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
24 Eugenio Suárez
E. Suárez
1
4
6/4/2025
AZ AZ
@
ATL ATL
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
25 Gabriel Arias
G. Arias
1
4
6/4/2025
CLE CLE
@
NYY NYY
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1916 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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