Orlando Hernandez struck out the most hitters for the Yankees in a game in his first season, with 13 strikeouts versus the Rangers on August 13, 1998.
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yankees pitcher most strikeouts in first season in a regular-season game| 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 |  | O. Hernandez | 13 | 8/13/1998 |  NYY | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2 | | D. Brennan | 12 | 5/19/1933 | NYY | vs |  SLA | W | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |
| 3 | | C. Green | 11 | 8/15/2016 | NYY | vs |  TOR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| 4 |  | M. Tanaka | 11 | 6/11/2014 | NYY | @ |  SEA | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 5 | | M. Tanaka | 11 | 4/27/2014 | NYY | vs |  LAA | 1 | 2.84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 6 |  | M. Rivera | 11 | 7/4/1995 | NYY | @ |  CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 7 | | S. Greene | 10 | 8/16/2014 | NYY | @ |  TBR | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 8 | | M. Tanaka | 10 | 6/17/2014 | NYY | vs | TOR | W | 1 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 9 | | M. Tanaka | 10 | 4/16/2014 | NYY | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 10 | | M. Tanaka | 10 | 4/9/2014 | NYY | vs |  BAL | 1 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 11 | | S. Militello | 10 | 8/20/1992 | NYY | vs |  OAK | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 12 | | A. Leiter | 10 | 9/25/1987 | NYY | @ |  BAL | W | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 13 | | H. Borowy | 10 | 9/2/1942 | NYY | vs | SLA | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 14 | | J. Broaca | 10 | 6/14/1934 | NYY | vs | SLA | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | |
| 15 | | W. Beall | 10 | 9/6/1924 | NYY | vs |  PHA | W | 0 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | |
| 16 | | D. Tipple | 10 | 9/25/1915 | NYY | vs |  CLE | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 | |
| 17 |  | L. Severino | 9 | 8/16/2015 | NYY | @ | TOR | L | 1 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 18 | | S. Greene | 9 | 9/13/2014 | NYY | @ | BAL | W | 1 | 3.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 19 | | S. Greene | 9 | 7/12/2014 | NYY | @ | BAL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 20 | | M. Tanaka | 9 | 5/31/2014 | NYY | vs |  MIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
| 21 | | J. Contreras | 9 | 9/23/2003 | NYY | @ | CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 22 | | O. Hernandez | 9 | 9/14/1998 | NYY | vs |  BOS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 23 | | O. Hernandez | 9 | 6/28/1998 | NYY | @ |  NYM | 1 | 1.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | |
| 24 | | O. Hernandez | 9 | 6/9/1998 | NYY | @ |  MON | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 25 | | H. Irabu | 9 | 7/10/1997 | NYY | vs |  DET | W | 1 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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