most strikeouts by a pitcher in a game with 5+ earned runs

Randy Johnson has fanned the most batters in a game with 5+ earned runs, with 16 strikeouts against the Brewers on September 27, 2001.

Interpreted as:
Most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game with 5+ earned runs
NAME SO ER DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
16
5
9/27/2001
ARI ARI
vs
MIL MIL
W
1
6.75
0
0
0
6.2
7
5
1
2
0
0
0
30
1
2 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
15
5
9/16/1981
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
L
1
5.63
1
0
0
8.0
8
5
1
4
0
0
0
35
0
3 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
15
6
4/30/1974
CAL CAL
@
BOS BOS
W
1
6.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
6
2
7
2
0
0
40
0
4 Jim Bibby
J. Bibby
15
5
8/30/1973
TEX TEX
vs
MIN MIN
L
1
4.22
0
0
0
10.2
7
5
0
6
0
0
0
44
0
5 Pedro Ramos
P. Ramos
15
5
7/31/1963
CLE CLE
vs
LAA LAA
W
1
5.40
0
0
0
8.1
11
5
2
2
0
0
0
38
0
6 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
15
5
5/6/1960
LAD LAD
vs
PHI PHI
L
1
4.66
0
0
0
9.2
9
5
2
7
0
0
1
47
1
7 Paul Foytack
P. Foytack
15
5
7/28/1956
DET DET
vs
WSH WSH
L
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
6
2
6
0
0
0
39
0
8 Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
15
5
8/23/1924
BKN BKN
@
CHC CHC
W
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
5
0
5
0
0
39
0
9 Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
15
6
5/2/1923
BKN BKN
@
NYG NYG
1
5.40
0
0
0
10.0
15
6
0
4
0
0
47
0
10 Tom Hughes
T. Hughes
15
5
7/31/1901
CHO CHO
@
CIN CIN
L
1
3.29
1
0
0
13.2
13
5
0
6
0
0
58
1
11 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
14
6
6/9/1999
ARI ARI
vs
CHC CHC
W
1
7.71
0
0
0
7.0
10
6
1
3
1
0
0
34
0
12 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
14
7
6/16/1977
CAL CAL
@
MIN MIN
L
1
7.27
1
0
0
8.2
9
7
1
4
0
0
0
38
2
13 Framber Valdez
F. Valdez
13
5
7/15/2023
HOU HOU
@
LAA LAA
1
7.11
0
0
0
6.1
7
5
2
2
0
0
0
28
0
14 Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
13
5
4/6/2016
MIA MIA
vs
DET DET
L
1
7.94
0
0
0
5.2
5
5
1
1
0
0
0
23
0
15 Jose Contreras
J. Contreras
13
5
6/17/2006
CWS CWS
@
CIN CIN
1
7.50
0
0
0
6.0
7
5
1
2
0
0
1
27
2
16 Jason Schmidt
J. Schmidt
13
5
5/16/2003
SFG SFG
vs
NYM NYM
1
6.75
0
0
0
6.2
6
5
2
2
0
0
0
28
0
17 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
13
5
5/21/2000
ARI ARI
@
NYM NYM
1
6.75
0
0
0
6.2
8
5
3
2
0
0
1
30
0
18 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
13
5
9/5/1999
ARI ARI
@
ATL ATL
1
6.43
0
0
0
7.0
7
5
2
1
0
0
0
29
0
19 Hideo Nomo
H. Nomo
13
5
8/20/1995
LAD LAD
@
NYM NYM
L
1
6.43
0
0
0
7.0
6
5
3
2
0
0
0
29
0
20 Bobby Witt
B. Witt
13
5
5/4/1991
TEX TEX
@
DET DET
1
5.87
0
0
0
7.2
5
5
0
6
0
0
0
34
1
21 Teddy Higuera
T. Higuera
13
5
5/19/1987
MIL MIL
vs
CWS CWS
L
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
8
5
3
1
0
0
0
35
0
22 Mike Witt
M. Witt
13
5
10/6/1985
CAL CAL
@
TEX TEX
W
1
6.43
0
0
0
7.0
7
5
0
2
0
0
0
30
1
23 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
13
5
7/4/1982
PHI PHI
@
NYM NYM
W
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
11
7
1
3
0
0
0
42
0
24 Juan Marichal
J. Marichal
13
5
4/24/1964
SFG SFG
@
CIN CIN
W
1
5.00
1
0
0
9.0
13
5
1
3
0
0
0
42
1
25 Bill Werle
B. Werle
13
6
8/27/1950
PIT PIT
vs
BSN BSN
L
1
4.50
0
0
0
12.0
12
7
4
4
0
0
0
54
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for earned runs going back to the 1923 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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@
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Mon
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