Kerry Wood and Roger Clemens are tied for striking out the most batters in a game with 6.0+ innings pitched and exactly 0 earned runs, with 20 strikeouts.
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most strikeouts by a player in a single AFC regular-season game with 6+ ip and 0 er| NAME | SO | IP | ER | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | H | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | K. Wood | 20 | 9.0 | 0 | 5/6/1998 |  CHC | vs |  HOU | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 2 |  | R. Clemens | 20 | 9.0 | 0 | 9/18/1996 |  BOS | @ |  DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 1 |
| 3 |  | R. Johnson | 19 | 9.0 | 0 | 8/8/1997 |  SEA | vs |  CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 4 | | D. Cone | 19 | 9.0 | 0 | 10/6/1991 |  NYM | @ |  PHI | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 5 |  | N. Ryan | 19 | 10.0 | 0 | 6/8/1977 |  CAL | vs |  TOR | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 2 | |
| 6 | | L. Tiant | 19 | 10.0 | 0 | 7/3/1968 |  CLE | vs |  MIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 7 |  | C. Kluber | 18 | 8.0 | 0 | 5/13/2015 | CLE | vs |  STL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 8 |  | R. Clemens | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 8/25/1998 |  TOR | vs |  KCR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 9 | | R. Martinez | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 6/4/1990 |  LAD | vs |  ATL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 10 | | R. Guidry | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 6/17/1978 |  NYY | vs | CAL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| 11 | | C. Short | 18 | 15.0 | 0 | 10/2/1965 |  PHI | @ | NYM | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 56 | 0 | |
| 12 |  | M. Scherzer | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 10/3/2015 |  WSH | @ | NYM | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 13 | | A. Sanchez | 17 | 8.0 | 0 | 4/26/2013 | DET | vs | ATL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 14 | | B. Morrow | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 8/8/2010 |  TOR | vs |  TBR | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 15 | | J. Santana | 17 | 8.0 | 0 | 8/19/2007 |  MIN | vs |  TEX | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 16 |  | R. Johnson | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 9/14/2002 |  ARI | vs |  MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 17 | | R. Johnson | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 4/21/2002 | ARI | vs |  COL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 18 | | C. Schilling | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 4/7/2002 | ARI | @ | MIL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 19 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 7/15/1973 | CAL | @ | DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 20 | | V. Blue | 17 | 11.0 | 0 | 7/9/1971 |  OAK | vs |  CAL | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 21 | | B. Monbouquette | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 5/12/1961 |  BOS | @ |  WSH | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 22 | | A. Mahaffey | 17 | 9.0 | 0 | 4/23/1961 | PHI | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 23 |  | S. Strider | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 9/1/2022 | ATL | vs | COL | W | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 24 |  | G. Cole | 16 | 9.0 | 0 | 5/4/2018 |  HOU | @ |  ARI | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 25 |  | J. Paxton | 16 | 7.0 | 0 | 5/2/2018 | SEA | vs | OAK | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for earned runs going back to the 1923 season.
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