'strikeouts in a game' record

[canibus]

Anyone know what it is?
I know Guidry threw 18 once.

[Absolutely Adequate]

Clemens has gotten 20 twice - Wood has done it once. I think that they're the only ones.

[LBJackal]

I threw 22 K's in World Series Baseball for Sega, with Kent Bottenfield. But real life, Clemens and Wood.

[canibus]

I threw 22 K's in World Series Baseball for Sega, with Kent Bottenfield. But real life, Clemens and Wood.

He-he, thanks.

[eftda]

Randy Johnson did it, but the game was tied and the game went into Extra innings, so he doesn't get the credit

[bell]

Randy Johnson did it, but the game was tied and the game went into Extra innings, so he doesn't get the credit

I thought initially they didn't give him the credit, but a while after they did award him credit because he did it in nine innings?

[jbuk]

If you count extra-innings games, Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators struck out 21 in a 16 inning game in '62

[canibus]

http://www.strikethree.com/01/05/11/michael.shtml
-an interesting article on why Randy was denied


 Pitchers who have struck out 18 or more batters in a nine-inning game with teams, dates and opponents (x-rookie):

 20 -- x-Kerry Wood, Chicago (NL), May 6, 1998, vs. Houston.
 20 -- Roger Clemens, Boston, Sept. 18, 1996 at Detroit.
 20 -- Roger Clemens, Boston, April 29, 1986 vs. Seattle.
 19 -- Randy Johnson, Seattle, June 24, 1997, vs. Oakland.
 19 -- David Cone, New York (NL), Oct. 6, 1991 at Philadelphia.
 19 -- Nolan Ryan, California, Aug 12, 1974 vs. Boston.
 19 -- Tom Seaver, New York (NL), April 22, 1970 vs. San Diego.
 19 -- Steve Carlton, St. Louis, Sept. 15, 1969 vs. New York (NL).
 18 -- Roger Clemens, Toronto, Aug. 25, 1998 vs. Kansas City.
 18 -- Randy Johnson, Seattle, Sept. 27, 1992, at Texas (8 innings).
 18 -- Ramon Martinez, Los Angeles, June 4, 1990, vs. Atlanta.
 18 -- x-Bill Gullickson, Montreal, Sept. 10, 1980, vs Chicago.
 18 -- Ron Guidry, New York (AL), June 17, 1978, vs. California.
 18 -- Nolan Ryan, California, Sept. 10, 1976, at Chicago.
 18 -- Don Wilson, Houston, July 14, 1968, at Cincinnati.
 18 -- Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles, April 24, 1962, at Chicago.
 18 -- Sandy Koufax, Los Angeles, Aug. 31, 1959, vs. San Francisco.
 18 -- Bob Feller, Cleveland, Oct. 2, 1938, vs. Detroit.

[LBJackal]

Pedro hasn't had 18 but Ramon has? Damn, that's gotta motivate the Zimmer-killer to pitch a little deeper into games, if nothing else.

[LBJackal]

From that article about RJ:

"the Elias Sports Bureau counts the strikeouts towards the extra-inning game record instead. It doesn't make sense. Of course, a lot of things in baseball don't make sense, like the many unenforced rules, and Youppi"

Good old Youppi