Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, pitchers fanned their most hitters in a game in a 1 nothing shutout of the California Angels by the Oakland Athletics on July 9, 1971, with 43 strikeouts.
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most MLB pitchers strikeouts in a regular-season game in the 1970's| POSITION | 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 | Pitcher | 43 | 7/9/1971 |  CAL | @ |  OAK | L | 2 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.2 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 145 | 1 |
| 2 | Pitcher | 34 | 5/2/1970 |  CLE | @ |  KCR | 2 | 1.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.2 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 140 | 1 | |
| 3 | Pitcher | 31 | 8/10/1972 | OAK | vs |  CWS | 2 | 1.69 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.1 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 147 | 2 | |
| 4 | Pitcher | 30 | 5/26/1979 |  DET | vs |  BAL | 2 | 2.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32.0 | 30 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 141 | 2 | |
| 5 | Pitcher | 30 | 10/1/1978 |  ATL | @ |  CIN | 2 | 5.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 28 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 131 | 1 | |
| 6 | Pitcher | 29 | 6/8/1977 |  CAL | vs |  TOR | 2 | 0.72 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 98 | 2 | |
| 7 | Pitcher | 29 | 8/8/1972 |  LAD | @ | CIN | 2 | 0.73 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.0 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 139 | 0 | |
| 8 | Pitcher | 29 | 5/12/1972 |  MIN | vs |  MIL | 2 | 1.43 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 44.0 | 30 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 178 | 0 | |
| 9 | Pitcher | 28 | 9/11/1974 |  NYM | vs |  STL | L | 2 | 0.90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 202 | 3 |
| 10 | Pitcher | 28 | 9/15/1972 |  SDP | @ | CIN | W | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 76 | 0 |
| 11 | Pitcher | 28 | 8/7/1972 | STL | vs | NYM | W | 2 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 12 | Pitcher | 28 | 9/24/1971 | SDP | vs |  HOU | 2 | 0.64 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.0 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 155 | 0 | |
| 13 | Pitcher | 27 | 5/4/1973 |  PHI | vs | ATL | 2 | 1.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 | 26 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 165 | 1 | |
| 14 | Pitcher | 27 | 8/1/1972 | PHI | @ | NYM | 2 | 1.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.1 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 133 | 1 | |
| 15 | Pitcher | 27 | 6/6/1972 |  BAL | vs | MIN | 2 | 2.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 27 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 125 | 0 | |
| 16 | Pitcher | 27 | 9/15/1971 | NYM | vs |  CHC | 2 | 2.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | |
| 17 | Pitcher | 27 | 7/15/1971 |  PIT | vs | SDP | 2 | 1.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.1 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 128 | 1 | |
| 18 | Pitcher | 27 | 6/13/1970 | KCR | vs |  NYY | L | 2 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 24 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 108 | 1 |
| 19 | Pitcher | 27 | 4/7/1970 | CLE | vs | BAL | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 2 | |
| 20 | Pitcher | 26 | 4/19/1976 | STL | vs | NYM | L | 2 | 1.32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 29 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 142 | 3 |
| 21 | Pitcher | 26 | 9/26/1975 | NYM | @ |  PHI | 2 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24.0 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 0 | |
| 22 | Pitcher | 26 | 5/11/1970 |  CAL | vs |  BOS | 2 | 0.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31.1 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 121 | 1 | |
| 23 | Pitcher | 26 | 4/22/1970 | NYM | vs | SDP | W | 2 | 1.59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 63 | 0 |
| 24 | Pitcher | 25 | 8/16/1977 | PIT | @ | CHC | 2 | 1.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.2 | 27 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 124 | 0 | |
| 25 | Pitcher | 25 | 7/28/1977 | CHC | vs | CIN | 2 | 10.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 | 43 | 29 | 31 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 139 | 0 | |
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