David Cone has struck out the most batters in an October game, with 19 strikeouts against the Phillies on October 6, 1991.
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most strikeouts by a pitcher in a regular-season game in october all-time| 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 |  | D. Cone | 19 | 10/6/1991 |  NYM | @ |  PHI | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 2 | | C. Short | 18 | 10/2/1965 |  PHI | @ | NYM | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |
| 3 | | B. Feller | 18 | 10/2/1938 |  CLE | vs |  DET | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 0 | |
| 4 |  | M. Scherzer | 17 | 10/3/2015 |  WSH | @ | NYM | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 5 | | C. Mathewson | 16 | 10/3/1904 |  NYG | vs |  SLN | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 6 | | J. Shields | 15 | 10/2/2012 |  TBR | vs |  BAL | L | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 7 | | M. Lolich | 15 | 10/2/1972 | DET | vs |  BOS | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 8 | | J. Rubio | 15 | 10/2/1966 |  CAL | vs | CLE | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 9 | | E. Walsh | 15 | 10/2/1908 |  CWS | @ |  CLE | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 10 | | J.R. Richard | 14 | 10/2/1977 |  HOU | @ |  LAD | W | 1 | 3.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 11 |  | N. Ryan | 14 | 10/3/1976 |  CAL | @ |  OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 12 | | F. Tanana | 14 | 10/1/1976 | CAL | @ | OAK | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 0 |
| 13 |  | T. Seaver | 14 | 10/1/1974 | NYM | vs | PHI | L | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 14 | | C. Pascual | 14 | 10/1/1964 |  MIN | vs |  KCA | L | 1 | 0.75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12.0 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 15 |  | B. Snell | 13 | 10/1/2017 | TBR | vs | BAL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 |
| 16 | | M. Langston | 13 | 10/2/1992 | CAL | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 17 | | M. Witt | 13 | 10/6/1985 | CAL | @ |  TEX | W | 1 | 6.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1 |
| 18 |  | S. Carlton | 13 | 10/3/1982 | PHI | vs | NYM | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 19 | | L. Barker | 13 | 10/1/1982 | CLE | vs | DET | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 20 | | N. Ryan | 13 | 10/1/1978 | CAL | vs |  CWS | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 38 | 0 |
| 21 | | J.R. Richard | 13 | 10/2/1976 |  HOU | vs |  SFG | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 22 | | D. Bosman | 13 | 10/1/1972 | TEX | vs | CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 23 |  | S. Koufax | 13 | 10/2/1965 | LAD | vs |  MIL | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 24 | | B. Bolin | 13 | 10/2/1964 | SFG | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 25 | | J. Wood | 13 | 10/3/1911 |  BSA | @ |  NYH | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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