All strikeout game

There have been no-hitters and 21 perfect games in the modern era, and just five strikeout games. So, without further ado, here are the five strikeout games in major league history ranked from bottom to top.

May 11, — Max Scherzer against the Detroit Tigers: Yup, the most recent strikeout game was the worst strikeout game ever pitched.

Scherzer is the only pitcher to allow more than one earned run during a strikeout game, and the the six hits he allowed were the most hits allowed in any strikeout performance.

He also gave up two home runs, which is obviously the most home runs allowed by a pitcher who had 20 strikeouts in a start. Only Roger Clemens, in his strikeout game, had allowed a home run. He faced 30 batters, allowed just three hits and one earned run without walking a batter. These three strikeout games in the middle are so close that all it takes is allowing a home run to bump you down to No.

Glendon Rusch 12 Orlando Hernandez 9 Rube Walberg 15 Teddy Higuera 9 Jim Bibby 12 Lew Burdette 18 Bruce Kison 15 Bobby Shantz 16 Johnny Allen 13 Ray Burris 15 Lee Meadows 15 Chris Young 13 Clay Kirby 8 Chris Bosio 11 Joaquin Benoit 16 Paul Splittorff 15 Tom Griffin 14 Chad Billingsley 9 Frank Smith 11 Gil Meche 10 Storm Davis 13 Ken Forsch 16 Jeremy Guthrie 13 Ken Johnson 13 Dan Plesac 18 Phil Hughes 12 Bud Black 15 Rick Honeycutt 21 Babe Adams 19 Joaquin Andujar 13 Sidney Ponson 12 Rick Aguilera 16 Bryn Smith 13 Craig Kimbrel 12, 33 Clay Buchholz 13 Kenley Jansen 12, 33 Jack Fisher 11 Fritz Peterson 11 Bill Doak 16 Kyle Hendricks 8, 31 Mat Latos 9 Mark Davis 15 Ray Caldwell 12 Justin Masterson 8 Kirk McCaskill 12 Aroldis Chapman 12, 33 Tom Browning 12 Joey Jay 13 Bob Ewing 11 Sterling Hitchcock 13 Mike Fiers 11, 36 Joe Dobson 14 Shane Rawley 12 Ron Kline 17 John Tudor 12 Dick Drago 13 Harry Howell 13 Bill Bonham 10 Paul Maholm 10 LaTroy Hawkins 21 Steve Avery 11 Andrew Miller 16, 36 Joe Nathan 16 Len Barker 11 Richard Dotson 12 Tommy Bond 10 Kirby Higbe 12 Doug Fister 10 Sadie McMahon 9 Jake Westbrook 13 Kyle Farnsworth 16 Jeremy Bonderman 9 Frank Sullivan 11 Nathan Eovaldi 10, 31 Preacher Roe 12 Tyler Clippard 15, 36 Jim Deshaies 12 Rube Benton 15 Rich Harden 9 Al Orth 15 Armando Benitez 15 Roberto Hernandez 17 Vic Raschi 10 Fernando Rodney 17 Gene Garber 19 Mike Caldwell 14 Thornton Lee 16 Tanner Roark 9, 34 Orval Overall 7 Howie Pollet 14 Jim Merritt 11 Reggie Cleveland 13 Wade Davis 13 Carlos Martinez 9, 29 Larry Cheney 9 Jaime Garcia 10 Paul Byrd 14 Steve Bedrosian 14 Jason Bere 11 Vinegar Bend Mizell 9 Noodles Hahn 8 Howie Camnitz 11 Jon Niese 9 Mort Cooper 11 Johnny Sain 11 Doug Jones 16 Brandon McCarthy 13 Kevin Correia 13 Steve Gromek 17 Harry Brecheen 12 Bob Caruthers 10 Chuck Stobbs 15 Steve Blass 10 Bob Miller 17 Joey Hamilton 10 Theodore Breitenstein 11 Mark Leiter 11 Steve Hargan 12 Jim Abbott 10 Bobby Jones 10 Randy Myers 14 Drew Pomeranz 11, 32 Dave Boswell 8 Ned Garver 14 Dick Donovan 15 Jordan Lyles 11, 30 Ed Brandt 11 Dustin Hermanson 12 Sparky Lyle 16 Mike Timlin 18 Freddie Fitzsimmons 19 Jeff Francis 11 Jesse Chavez 14, 37 Matt Harvey 9, 32 Pete Falcone 10 Bill Campbell 15 Sal Maglie 10 Tom Henke 14 Eddie Lopat 12 Jose Berrios 6, 27 Hank Aguirre 16 Adam Eaton 10 Zach Duke 15 Moose Haas 12 Denny Galehouse 15 Guy Bush 17 Ernie Broglio 8 Red Ehret 11 Sam Leever 13 Wei-Yin Chen 8 Collin McHugh 9, 34 James Baldwin 11 Bruce Ruffin 12 Larry Jansen 9 Si Johnson 17 Scott Baker 10 Cory Lidle 9 Jim Gott 14 Shaun Marcum 9 Dennis Rasmussen 12 Kenta Maeda 6, 33 Roberto Hernandez 11 Togie Pittinger 8 James Paxton 9, 32 Jason Isringhausen 16 Ralph Branca 12 Paul Foytack 11 John Curtis 15 Clayton Richard 11 Egyptian Healy 8 Max Lanier 14 Dave LaRoche 14 Orlando Pena 14 Garrett Richards 11, 33 Alex Cobb 10, 33 Walt Masterson 14 Ugueth Urbina 11 Pete Schourek 11 Eddie Fisher 15 Jim Brewer 17 Tex Carleton 8 Paul Assenmacher 14 Kris Benson 9 Mark Clear 11 Roger Craig 12 Darren Dreifort 9 Larry Gura 16 John Thomson 10 Oil Can Boyd 10 Eddie Guardado 17 Tom Hall 10 Francisco Cordero 14 Chase Anderson 8, 33 Robb Nen 10 Joe Saunders 10 Terry Forster 16 Dave Foutz 13 Wayne Twitchell 10 Willie Hernandez 13 Red Donahue 13 Dick Rudolph 13 Bob Wickman 15 Mike Bielecki 14 Larry Christenson 11 Tully Sparks 12 Kent Tekulve 16 Mark Guthrie 15 Noah Syndergaard 6, 28 Ryan Madson 13 Fritz Ostermueller 15 Robert Person 9 Brett Anderson 13, 33 Jim Nash 7 Luis Castillo 5, 28 Gary Lavelle 13 Dave Bush 9 Yusmeiro Petit 14, 36 Tommy Byrne 13 Ted Abernathy 14 Jimmy Haynes 10 Rheal Cormier 16 Willie Blair 12 Larry Andersen 17 Dick Bosman 11 Pat Jarvis 8 Mike Foltynewicz 8, 29 Harry Staley 8 Ross Grimsley 11 Jason Jennings 9 David Palmer 10 Nels Potter 12 Johnny Schmitz 13 Dick Radatz 7 Kid Gleason 22 Dan Casey 7 Jim Barr 12 Martin Perez 10, 30 Dennis Cook 15 Al Jackson 10 Frank Kitson 10 Randy Jones 10 Britt Burns 8 Tom Brewer 8 Mel Parnell 10 Mike Smithson 8 Sam Gray 10 Jeff Brantley 14 Gerry Staley 15 Joe Hesketh 11 Frank Killen 10 Rafael Betancourt 12 Brian Anderson 13 Lew Krausse 12 Jeremy Affeldt 14 Bert Cunningham 12 Vince Velasquez 7, 29 Tom Gorzelanny 12 Bill Lee 14 Chris Hammond 14 Matt Belisle 15 Hal Brown 14 Harry Gumbert 15 Dutch Ruether 11 Ed Halicki 7 Andy Hawkins 10 Kyle Kendrick 10 Tom Sturdivant 10 Scott Garrelts 10 Luke Hochevar 9 Bob McClure 19 Ray Washburn 10 Neal Heaton 12 Scott Elarton 10 Al Benton 14 Lucas Giolito 6, 26 Jason Grilli 15 Bill Byrd 15 Jose Valverde 12 Terry Adams 11 More Leaders Pages.

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Jake Odorizzi 10, Kyle Gibson 9, Danny Duffy 11, Craig Kimbrel 12, Zack Wheeler 7, Kenley Jansen 12, Kyle Hendricks 8, Aroldis Chapman 12, Sterling Hitchcock Mike Fiers 11, Andrew Miller 16, Nathan Eovaldi 10, Tyler Clippard 15, Roberto Hernandez Michael Pineda 8, Tanner Roark 9, Alex Wood 9, Jeremy Hellickson Carlos Martinez 9, Vinegar Bend Mizell 9.

Michael Wacha 9, David Robertson 13, Theodore Breitenstein Eduardo Rodriguez 6, Drew Pomeranz 11, Hyun Jin Ryu 8, Jordan Lyles 11, Freddie Fitzsimmons Matt Moore 10, Jesse Chavez 14, Matt Harvey 9, Carlos Villanueva Jose Berrios 6, Hector Santiago 10, Marcus Stroman 7,