Scherzer collected his 20th strikeout with one out remaining in the game, giving him a chance to top Clemens, Wood and Johnson with one more punchout. Two of those games were thrown by Johnson, both in These are the hurlers responsible for the other four:.
One of four pitchers in MLB history with at least 4, strikeouts, Carlton fell one K short of tying the nine-inning record in this loss to the Mets. The left-hander was never in position to record strikeout No. Ryan recorded his 19th strikeout against the Red Sox with one out remaining in the ninth, but Rick Burleson was able to put the ball in play for a game-ending flyout to avoid becoming strikeout victim No. Cone enjoyed an outstanding career, earning a Cy Young Award, winning five World Series titles and throwing a perfect game.
He nearly added tying the nine-inning strikeout record to that list in his last start of the season. The righty opened the final inning against the Phillies with a pair of K's to reach 19, but Dale Murphy grounded out to end the game. These pitchers struck out 20 batters in a game. That's fine, though, we're going with Eddie. The Braves and Astros will meet in the World Series. Show your love for your favorite team by shopping the all-new World Series gear, including Braves and Astros commemorative hats, shirts, hoodies, and more.
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Getty Images. All odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook. Latest Odds: Houston Astros Bet Now. Don Drysdale. Shane Bieber. Lon Warneke. Bob Gibson. Dave McNally. Denny McLain. Most Strikeouts by a Pitcher Through the 1 st Inning. Charlie Hough. Matt Young. Chuck Finley. Most Strikeouts by a Pitcher Through the 2 nd Inning. Darren Dreifort. Most Strikeouts by a Pitcher Through the 3 rd Inning. Herb Score. Don Wilson.
Sid Fernandez. Aaron Harang. Most Strikeouts by a Pitcher Through the 4 th Inning. Zack Greinke. No batter in major league history has even hit five homers in a row across games. That means a five-homer game would likely have to involve somebody doing something totally unprecedented, and fitting it within the narrow confines of a single game, with no margin for error or an intentional walk.
By comparison, a strikeout game fits perfectly within the established limits of human performance and baseball's natural variation. Scherzer and Clemens each struck out 20 batters with at least one out to go both got ground outs , and Johnson, Ramon Martinez and Wood all entered ninth innings with 18 strikeouts. Corey Kluber and Johnson both struck out 18 batters in eight innings before being pulled from starts.
We've been close, so close. Indeed, there have been 26 starts in which a pitcher has struck out at least 10 batters and maintained at least a K pace before being pulled from the game, and scores more pitchers have been pulled with shots at 21 still mathematically intact. And, most importantly, we've seen pitchers strike out 21 or more batters across 27 outs -- "hidden" K games, spread out over multiple outings. They've mostly been relievers, such as Ken Giles 23 K's in 27 outs in and Edwin Diaz 24 K's in 27 outs the same year.
Kluber did it, striking out the side in the first inning after his K start, for 21 K's across nine innings. The sequence of events necessary for 21 strikeouts in a game has been proved possible. Almost every record is the product of its environment. Nobody is going to hit 73 homers in a low-homer environment, just like nobody saved 62 games before modern bullpen usage solidified.
This is a strikeout era. The means are there. Remember the list of names up there? Clemens, Seaver, Koufax, etc.? There's not a dud in the bunch, unless you count the unfulfilled expectations we had for Wood. And, OK, I cheated and left out Don Wilson, a very good pitcher whose potential was ruined by injuries and a mysterious early death.
But Wilson who struck out 18 in and Wood were both fantastically exciting young starters with incredible potential, while the rest of our record-holders were all-timers, inner-circle dudes. Lots of pitchers have thrown no-hitters -- some even have thrown perfect games despite being not actually very good. But in the live ball era, every pitcher who has ever held the strikeouts per game record has been good; nine out of 11 were either Hall of Famers or Roger Clemens.
Further, every start that has matched or set the strikeouts per game record is visually extraordinary, punctuated by wildly varied flails and increasingly emphatic umpire punchouts.
Wood's strikeout game -- celebrated this week on its 20th anniversary -- has been endlessly picked apart , GIF'd , and described with hyperbolic language that still seems to come up short.
Johnson got 36 swinging strikes in his start, and his highlight reel is a series of bats flying, batters falling over, and the catcher chasing down third strikes he simply couldn't catch.
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