Before 1975, Tom Cheney fanned the most hitters in a game, with 21 strikeouts versus the Orioles on September 12, 1962.
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pitcher most so in one regular-season game, before 1975| 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 |  | T. Cheney | 21 | 9/12/1962 |  WSH | @ |  BAL | W | 1 | 0.56 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16.0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 1 |
| 2 |  | N. Ryan | 19 | 8/20/1974 |  CAL | vs |  DET | L | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
| 3 | | N. Ryan | 19 | 8/12/1974 | CAL | vs |  BOS | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| 4 | | N. Ryan | 19 | 6/14/1974 | CAL | vs | BOS | 1 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | |
| 5 |  | T. Seaver | 19 | 4/22/1970 |  NYM | vs |  SDP | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 6 |  | S. Carlton | 19 | 9/15/1969 |  STL | vs | NYM | L | 1 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 7 | | L. Tiant | 19 | 7/3/1968 |  CLE | vs |  MIN | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 8 | | D. Wilson | 18 | 7/14/1968 |  HOU | @ |  CIN | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| 9 | | 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 | |
| 10 | | J. Maloney | 18 | 6/14/1965 | CIN | vs | NYM | L | 1 | 0.82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| 11 |  | S. Koufax | 18 | 4/24/1962 |  LAD | @ |  CHC | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 12 | | S. Koufax | 18 | 8/31/1959 | LAD | vs |  SFG | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 13 | | W. Spahn | 18 | 6/14/1952 |  BSN | vs |  CHC | L | 1 | 1.80 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 0 |
| 14 | | 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 | |
| 15 | | J. Coombs | 18 | 8/4/1910 |  PHA | @ |  CWS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||||
| 16 | | J. Coombs | 18 | 9/1/1906 | PHA | @ |  BSA | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 89 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 7/15/1973 | CAL | @ | DET | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 18 | | N. Ryan | 17 | 9/30/1972 | CAL | vs | MIN | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 19 | | V. Blue | 17 | 7/9/1971 |  OAK | vs |  CAL | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 20 | | B. Monbouquette | 17 | 5/12/1961 |  BOS | @ | WSH | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
| 21 | | A. Mahaffey | 17 | 4/23/1961 | PHI | vs | CHC | W | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 22 | | B. Feller | 17 | 9/13/1936 | CLE | vs | PHA | W | 1 | 2.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
| 23 | | D. Dean | 17 | 7/30/1933 | SLN | vs |  CHC | W | 1 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 0 | |
| 24 | | D. Vance | 17 | 7/20/1925 |  BKN | vs | SLN | W | 1 | 2.70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 25 | | R. Waddell | 17 | 9/20/1908 |  SLA | vs |  WSH | W | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | |||
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
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