which pitcher threw the most strikeouts in a ga, w

Tom Cheney has fanned the most batters in a win, with 21 strikeouts versus the Orioles on September 12, 1962.

Interpreted as:
Which pitcher threw the most strikeouts in a ga, regular-season w?
NAME SO W DATE TM OPP DEC L W% GS ERA CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Tom Cheney
T. Cheney
21
1
9/12/1962
WSH WSH
@
BAL BAL
W
0
1.000
1
0.56
1
0
0
16.0
10
1
1
0
4
0
0
0
62
1
2 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
20
1
5/11/2016
WSH WSH
vs
DET DET
W
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
2
0
0
0
0
33
0
3 Kerry Wood
K. Wood
20
1
5/6/1998
CHC CHC
vs
HOU HOU
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
29
0
4 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
1
9/18/1996
BOS BOS
@
DET DET
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32
1
5 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
20
1
4/29/1986
BOS BOS
vs
SEA SEA
W
0
1.000
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
30
0
6 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
19
1
8/8/1997
SEA SEA
vs
CWS CWS
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
35
0
7 David Cone
D. Cone
19
1
10/6/1991
NYM NYM
@
PHI PHI
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
8 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
19
1
8/12/1974
CAL CAL
vs
BOS BOS
W
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
36
1
9 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
19
1
4/22/1970
NYM NYM
vs
SDP SDP
W
0
1.000
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
31
0
10 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
19
1
7/3/1968
CLE CLE
vs
MIN MIN
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
10.0
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
36
0
11 Corey Kluber
C. Kluber
18
1
5/13/2015
CLE CLE
vs
STL STL
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
26
0
12 Ben Sheets
B. Sheets
18
1
5/16/2004
MIL MIL
vs
ATL ATL
W
0
1.000
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
31
0
13 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
18
1
8/25/1998
TOR TOR
vs
KCR KCR
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
30
0
14 Ramon Martinez
R. Martinez
18
1
6/4/1990
LAD LAD
vs
ATL ATL
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
31
0
15 Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
18
1
9/10/1980
MON MON
vs
CHC CHC
W
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
4
2
2
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
16 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
18
1
6/17/1978
NYY NYY
vs
CAL CAL
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
4
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
33
0
17 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
18
1
9/10/1976
CAL CAL
@
CWS CWS
W
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
3
2
2
0
9
0
0
0
41
0
18 Don Wilson
D. Wilson
18
1
7/14/1968
HOU HOU
@
CIN CIN
W
0
1.000
1
1.00
1
0
0
9.0
5
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
33
1
19 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
18
1
4/24/1962
LAD LAD
@
CHC CHC
W
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
6
2
2
1
4
0
0
0
36
0
20 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
18
1
8/31/1959
LAD LAD
vs
SFG SFG
W
0
1.000
1
2.00
1
0
0
9.0
7
2
2
1
2
0
0
0
36
0
21 Jack Coombs
J. Coombs
18
1
9/1/1906
PHA PHA
@
BSA BSA
W
0
1.000
1
1
0
0
24.0
15
1
0
6
1
0
89
0
22 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
17
1
10/3/2015
WSH WSH
@
NYM NYM
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
28
0
23 Anibal Sanchez
A. Sanchez
17
1
4/26/2013
DET DET
vs
ATL ATL
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
5
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
29
0
24 Brandon Morrow
B. Morrow
17
1
8/8/2010
TOR TOR
vs
TBR TBR
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
1
1
0
9.0
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
31
0
25 Johan Santana
J. Santana
17
1
8/19/2007
MIN MIN
vs
TEX TEX
W
0
1.000
1
0.00
0
0
0
8.0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
26
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for pitcher wins and strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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