Before 1938, Bob Feller and Dizzy Dean were tied for fanning the most batters in a game with 9.0 or fewer innings pitched, with 17 strikeouts.
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pitcher most so in one regular-season game, before 1938, max 9 ip| NAME | SO | IP | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | B. Feller | 17 | 9.0 | 9/13/1936 |  CLE | vs |  PHA | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 2 | | D. Dean | 17 | 9.0 | 7/30/1933 |  SLN | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 3 | | B. Feller | 16 | 9.0 | 8/25/1937 | CLE | vs |  BSA | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |
| 4 | | N. Rucker | 16 | 9.0 | 7/24/1909 |  BKN | vs |  SLN | W | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| 5 | | R. Waddell | 16 | 9.0 | 7/29/1908 |  SLA | vs | PHA | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
| 6 | | C. Mathewson | 16 | 9.0 | 10/3/1904 |  NYG | vs | SLN | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | N. Hahn | 16 | 9.0 | 5/22/1901 |  CIN | @ |  BSN | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | |
| 8 | | B. Feller | 15 | 9.0 | 8/23/1936 | CLE | vs | SLA | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1 | |
| 9 | | V. Mungo | 15 | 9.0 | 9/29/1935 |  BKN | vs |  PHN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |
| 10 | | D. Vance | 15 | 9.0 | 6/17/1928 | BKN | vs | CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 11 | | D. Vance | 15 | 9.0 | 9/26/1926 | BKN | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 12 | | D. Vance | 15 | 9.0 | 8/23/1924 | BKN | @ | CHC | W | 1 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 13 | | B. Shawkey | 15 | 9.0 | 9/27/1919 |  NYY | @ | PHA | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | |
| 14 | | J. Scott | 15 | 9.0 | 6/22/1913 |  CWS | vs | SLA | L | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | |
| 15 | | J. Wood | 15 | 9.0 | 7/7/1911 |  BSA | @ | SLA | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | E. Walsh | 15 | 9.0 | 8/11/1910 | CWS | vs | BSA | W | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | E. Walsh | 15 | 8.0 | 10/2/1908 | CWS | @ |  CLE | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 18 | | F. Glade | 15 | 9.0 | 7/15/1904 | SLA | @ |  WSH | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 39 | 0 | |
| 19 | | V. Mungo | 14 | 8.0 | 9/7/1936 | BKN | @ |  BSN | L | 1 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 | |
| 20 | | D. Vance | 14 | 9.0 | 6/9/1926 | BKN | vs | CIN | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | D. Vance | 14 | 9.0 | 8/1/1924 | BKN | vs | CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
| 22 |  | W. Johnson | 14 | 9.0 | 5/23/1924 |  WSH | vs | CWS | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |
| 23 | | U. Shocker | 14 | 9.0 | 7/13/1920 | SLA | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 24 | | D. Leonard | 14 | 9.0 | 8/22/1915 | BSA | @ | SLA | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |
| 25 | | J. Shaw | 14 | 9.0 | 9/4/1914 | WSH | @ | NYY | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | |
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