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In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. [1] Twenty different pitchers have struck out at least 18 batters in a single nine-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) game, [a] the most recent being Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals on May 11, 2016. [4]
New York Mets, August 23, 2019 (in a 14-inning game); Los Angeles Dodgers, June 2, 2017 (in a 12-inning game); Chicago Cubs, May 7, 2017 (in an 18-inning game); and California Angels, July 9, 1971 (in a 20-inning game). Most strikeouts in a game of any length by both teams. 48 in an 18-inning game between the Cubs and Yankees on May 7, 2017 [26]
Their total is the lowest number of strikeouts accumulated to lead a league in Major League Baseball history (although Jacob deGrom only struck out 104 National League batters in 2020, the season was shortened by a pandemic to 60 games, or 37.04% of a regular season; had that season run a full 162 games, that would have been a net of 281 ...
Under Rules 6.05 and 6.09 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball, a batter becomes a runner when a third strike is not caught by the catcher with no runner on first base or when there are two outs. [2] The strikeout is recorded, but the batter-runner must be tagged or forced out in order for the defensive team to register the out.
The top 5 Major League Baseball single-season strikeout-per-nine innings leaders (since 1900, minimum 1.0 IP per team game): [23] Shane Bieber , 2020 – 14.19 Gerrit Cole , 2019 – 13.81
Major League Baseball has made the games faster, the bases bigger and defense a little bit harder. Now, if it could only do something about those stubborn strikeouts. There's little doubt that MLB ...
The best measure of strikeout prowess isn't actually K/9. A better option — and a record that could be broken in 2023 — is K%.
Hits Allowed per 9 Innings Pitched: Troy Percival (6.03) Walks per 9 Innings Pitched: Bert Blyleven (1.74) Strikeouts per 9 Innings Pitched: Francisco Rodríguez (11.74) Games: Troy Percival (579) Saves: Troy Percival ; Innings: Chuck Finley (2,675) Strikeouts: Nolan Ryan (2,416) Games Started: Chuck Finley (379) Complete Games: Nolan Ryan (156)