Editing Strikeout (section)

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{{see also|List of Major League Baseball single-game strikeout leaders}}
Progression of major league strikeout record for one nine-inning game, regular season (partial listing):

*18 – [[Dupee Shaw]], [[Boston Reds (1884)|Boston Reds (UA)]], July 19, 1884.<ref name="Page 63">{{cite web |title=Baseball Recordbook 2007 |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/books/baseball/2007baseballrecordbook/2007-095.regular.season.pdf |publisher=[[Sporting News]] |page=63}}</ref> Matched by:
**[[Henry Porter (baseball)|Henry Porter]], [[Milwaukee Brewers (UA)]], October 3, 1884.<ref name="Page 63"/><ref>{{cite web |first=Charlie |last=Bevis |url=http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/ed328c8f |title=George Bignell |website=[[SABR]] |access-date=June 6, 2013}}</ref>

Modern era:
*16 – [[Rube Waddell]], July 29, 1908
*18 – [[Bob Feller]], October 2, 1938. Matched by:
**[[Sandy Koufax]], August 31, 1959
**Koufax again, April 24, 1962
**[[Don Wilson (baseball)|Don Wilson]], July 14, 1968
**[[Ron Guidry]], June 17, 1978.
*19 – [[Steve Carlton]], September 15, 1969. Matched by:
**[[Tom Seaver]], April 22, 1970
**[[Nolan Ryan]], August 12, 1974.
**[[David Cone]], October 16, 1991
*20 – [[Roger Clemens]], April 29, 1986. Matched by:
**Clemens again, September 18, 1996
**[[Kerry Wood]], May 6, 1998
**[[Randy Johnson]], May 8, 2001 (the first nine innings of an extra-inning game)
**[[Max Scherzer]], May 11, 2016

Note: [[Tom Cheney (baseball)|Tom Cheney]] struck out 21 batters overall, in a 16-inning game, September 12, 1962.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1962/B09120BAL1962.htm |title=Washington Senators 2, Baltimore Orioles 1 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=September 12, 1962 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> He had 13 strikeouts through the first nine innings.

Progression of strikeout record, [[World Series]] game:

*10 – [[1903 World Series|1903]] (first modern Series), Game 1, [[Deacon Phillippe]]
*11 – [[1903 World Series|1903]], Game 2, [[Bill Dinneen]]
*12 – [[1906 World Series|1906]], Game 3, [[Ed Walsh]]
*13 – [[1929 World Series|1929]], Game 1, [[Howard Ehmke]]
*14 – [[1953 World Series|1953]], Game 3, [[Carl Erskine]]
*15 – [[1963 World Series|1963]], Game 1, [[Sandy Koufax]]
*17 – [[1968 World Series|1968]], Game 1, [[Bob Gibson]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1968/B10020SLN1968.htm |title=St. Louis Cardinals 4, Detroit Tigers 0 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=October 2, 1968 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

Progression of major league strikeout record for a relief pitcher, regular season (partial listing):<ref name="Baseball America">{{cite web|title=Strikeout Records|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/recbooks/rb_strik.shtml|website=[[Baseball Almanac]]}}</ref>
*15 – [[Walter Johnson]], July 25, 1915
*16 – [[Randy Johnson]], July 18, 2001<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/2001/B07180SDN2001.htm |title=Arizona Diamondbacks 3, San Diego Padres 0 |website=[[Retrosheet]] |date=July 18, 2001 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>