What are the most strikeouts in a game by Nolan Ryan?

Nolan Ryan ties the MLB record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game with 19 in a win against Boston. It was his second of three 19-strikeout games in the 1974 season.

Interpreted as:
What are the most strikeouts in a regular season game by Nolan Ryan?
NAME DATE TM OPP DEC SO GS CG GF SHO SV IP H TBF R ER HR BB IBB HBP WP
1 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
6/8/1977
CAL CAL
vs. TOR vs. TOR
19
1
0
0
0
0
10.0
6
41
1
0
0
5
1
0
2
2 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
8/20/1974
CAL CAL
vs. DET vs. DET
L
19
1
1
0
0
0
11.0
4
41
1
1
0
5
0
0
0
3 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
8/12/1974
CAL CAL
vs. BOS vs. BOS
W
19
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
7
36
2
2
0
2
0
0
1
4 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
6/14/1974
CAL CAL
vs. BOS vs. BOS
19
1
0
0
0
0
13.0
8
58
3
3
1
10
0
0
0
5 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
9/10/1976
CAL CAL
@ CWS @ CWS
W
18
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
3
41
2
2
0
9
0
0
0
6 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
8/18/1976
CAL CAL
@ DET @ DET
W
17
1
0
0
0
0
10.0
9
43
4
3
1
5
0
0
1
7 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
7/15/1973
CAL CAL
@ DET @ DET
W
17
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
0
31
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
8 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
9/30/1972
CAL CAL
vs. MIN vs. MIN
W
17
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
5
35
2
2
0
3
0
0
0
9 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
5/1/1991
TEX TEX
vs. TOR vs. TOR
W
16
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
0
29
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
10 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
4/26/1990
TEX TEX
vs. CWS vs. CWS
W
16
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
1
29
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
11 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
9/9/1987
HOU HOU
vs. SFG vs. SFG
W
16
1
0
0
0
0
8.0
6
33
2
2
0
2
0
1
0
12 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
6/9/1979
CAL CAL
vs. DET vs. DET
W
16
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
4
33
1
1
0
2
0
1
0
13 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
9/27/1973
CAL CAL
vs. MIN vs. MIN
W
16
1
1
0
0
0
11.0
10
49
4
3
0
7
0
0
1
14 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
7/9/1972
CAL CAL
vs. BOS vs. BOS
W
16
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
1
29
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
15 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
7/1/1972
CAL CAL
vs. OAK vs. OAK
W
16
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
5
35
3
3
0
3
0
2
1
16 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
5/29/1971
NYM NYM
@ SDP @ SDP
W
16
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
4
34
1
0
0
4
0
0
1
17 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
8/17/1990
TEX TEX
vs. CWS vs. CWS
15
1
0
0
0
0
10.0
3
34
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
18 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
4/12/1989
TEX TEX
@ MIL @ MIL
W
15
1
0
0
0
0
8.0
1
27
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
19 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
4/24/1978
CAL CAL
vs. SEA vs. SEA
15
1
0
0
0
0
9.0
7
39
4
4
1
5
0
0
2
20 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
5/6/1977
CAL CAL
@ BOS @ BOS
W
15
1
0
0
0
0
8.2
6
40
4
3
0
7
0
1
1
21 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
6/19/1976
CAL CAL
vs. BOS vs. BOS
W
15
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
6
36
3
2
1
4
0
0
0
22 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
9/28/1974
CAL CAL
vs. MIN vs. MIN
W
15
1
1
0
1
0
9.0
0
35
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
23 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
9/11/1974
CAL CAL
vs. KCR vs. KCR
W
15
1
1
0
0
0
10.0
4
38
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
24 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
4/30/1974
CAL CAL
@ BOS @ BOS
W
15
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
6
40
6
6
2
7
0
2
0
25 Nolan Ryan
Nolan Ryan
9/12/1972
CAL CAL
vs. TEX vs. TEX
L
15
1
1
0
0
0
9.0
6
35
3
2
0
3
0
1
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1908 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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