youngest pitcher to throw 12 k in a game

Bob Feller is the youngest in a game with 12+ strikeouts. He was 17 years and 294 days old versus the St. Louis Browns on August 23, 1936.

Interpreted as:
youngest pitcher to throw 12 or more k in a regular-season game
NAME AGE SO DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bob Feller
B. Feller
17-294
15
8/23/1936
CLE CLE
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
1
1
0
4
0
0
37
1
2 Bob Feller
B. Feller
17-315
17
9/13/1936
CLE CLE
vs
PHA PHA
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
2
2
2
0
9
1
0
39
1
3 Bob Feller
B. Feller
18-276
12
8/6/1937
CLE CLE
@
NYY NYY
1
6.00
0
0
0
9.0
9
6
6
1
10
1
0
44
0
4 Bob Feller
B. Feller
18-295
16
8/25/1937
CLE CLE
vs
BSA BSA
W
1
0.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
0
1
0
4
0
0
32
0
5 Bob Feller
B. Feller
18-303
12
9/2/1937
CLE CLE
vs
NYY NYY
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
2
2
1
7
0
0
37
0
6 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
18-328
12
4/20/1967
CIN CIN
@
LAD LAD
1
1.00
0
0
0
9.0
8
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
36
0
7 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
19-005
12
6/1/1967
CIN CIN
vs
CHC CHC
1
3.86
0
0
0
7.0
10
3
3
2
2
0
0
0
33
0
8 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
19-011
15
6/7/1967
CIN CIN
vs
SFG SFG
1
3.52
0
0
0
7.2
8
3
3
1
0
0
0
0
31
0
9 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
19-053
12
7/19/1967
CIN CIN
vs
STL STL
1
1.29
0
0
0
7.0
5
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
10 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
19-120
12
8/4/1970
MIN MIN
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
35
0
11 Harry Harper
H. Harper
19-161
12
10/2/1914
WSH WSH
@
PHA PHA
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
2
3
0
5
0
0
37
0
12 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
19-191
14
5/25/1984
NYM NYM
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
1.13
0
0
0
8.0
3
1
1
1
3
0
0
0
30
0
13 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
19-229
12
7/2/1984
NYM NYM
vs
HOU HOU
W
1
2.16
0
0
0
8.1
8
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
14 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
19-240
14
8/27/1955
BKN BKN
vs
CIN CIN
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
2
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
34
0
15 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
19-275
12
8/17/1984
NYM NYM
@
SFG SFG
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
16 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
19-285
12
8/27/1984
NYM NYM
vs
LAD LAD
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
33
0
17 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
19-301
16
9/12/1984
NYM NYM
vs
PIT PIT
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
0
18 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
19-306
16
9/17/1984
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
L
1
1.13
1
0
0
8.0
7
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
30
1
19 Bob Feller
B. Feller
19-333
18
10/2/1938
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
L
1
4.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
4
4
0
7
1
0
42
0
20 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
20-041
12
5/17/1971
MIN MIN
@
CAL CAL
W
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
7
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
33
0
21 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
20-050
12
5/26/1971
MIN MIN
@
MIL MIL
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
1
1
0
2
1
0
0
36
0
22 Chief Bender
C. Bender
20-069
13
7/13/1904
PHA PHA
vs
CWS CWS
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
33
0
23 Herb Pennock
H. Pennock
20-104
12
5/25/1914
PHA PHA
vs
SLA SLA
W
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
0
2
0
0
34
1
24 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
20-175
13
5/10/1985
NYM NYM
vs
PHI PHI
W
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
32
0
25 Bob Feller
B. Feller
20-177
13
4/29/1939
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
W
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
1
1
0
2
0
0
38
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for player age going back to the 1908 season.
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TEAM W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
29
15
.659
Guardians Guardians
25
18
.581
3.5
Royals Royals
25
20
.556
4.5
Twins Twins
24
20
.545
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White Sox White Sox
14
30
.318
15.0
Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/16
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Sat
5/17
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Sun
5/18
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
1:40 PM
Mon
5/19
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
Tue
5/20
CLE CLE
@
MIN MIN
7:40 PM
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NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
28
16
.636
Phillies Phillies
25
18
.581
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NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
25
19
.568
Cardinals Cardinals
24
20
.545
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Dodgers Dodgers
29
15
.659
Padres Padres
27
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.643
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AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
25
18
.581
Red Sox Red Sox
22
23
.489
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Tigers Tigers
29
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.659
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Mariners Mariners
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19
.548
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21
.533
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
4/29
LAA LAA
@
SEA SEA
3-9
Tue
4/29
NYY NYY
@
BAL BAL
4-5
Tue
4/29
AZ AZ
@
NYM NYM
4-3
Tue
4/29
ATH ATH
@
TEX TEX
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CHC CHC
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PIT PIT
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
5/16
CWS CWS
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Fri
5/16
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
6:40 PM
Fri
5/16
PIT PIT
@
PHI PHI
6:45 PM
Fri
5/16
NYM NYM
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
5/16
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM