He did it twice. The first time was against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park on April 29, 1986. Clemens pitched a complete nine-inning game and defeated the Mariners 3-1.
Ten years later, on September 18, 1996, Clemens duplicated his record by striking out 20 batters in a nine-inning game against the Detroit Tigers. It was one of his final games with the Red Sox.
The only other pitcher to strike out 20 batters in nine innings was Kerry Wood, then with the Chicago Cubs, who fanned that many Houston Astros on May 6, 1998.
Just over three years later, on May 8, 2001 Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks struck out 20 Cincinnati Reds batters, but he did it over 11 innings. As a result, he missed tying Clemens and Wood for the record. Arizona won 4-3.
The most strikeouts in a game was set by pitcher Tom Cheney of the Washington Senators, who struck out 21 Baltimore Orioles on September 12, 1962. But Cheney accomplished the feat in 16 innings.
33,591 - 18,282 in the National League and 15,309 in the American League.
Randy Johnson played in 2 games at right field for the Minnesota Twins in 1982, starting in 1 of them. He played for a total of 36 outs, equivalent to 1.33 9-inning games. He made 2 putouts, had no assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per 9-inning game. He had no double plays.
Randy Johnson played in 22 games at pitcher for the San Francisco Giants in 2009, starting in 17 of them. He played for a total of 288 outs, equivalent to 10.67 9-inning games. He made no putouts, had 13 assists, and committed one error, equivalent to .094 errors per 9-inning game. He had no double plays.
Randy Johnson played in 33 games at pitcher for the Seattle Mariners in 1991, starting in all of them. He played for a total of 604 outs, equivalent to 22.37 9-inning games. He made no putouts, had 23 assists, and committed 5 errors, equivalent to .224 errors per 9-inning game. He had 3 double plays.
Randy Johnson played in 31 games at pitcher for the Seattle Mariners in 1992, starting in all of them. He played for a total of 631 outs, equivalent to 23.37 9-inning games. He made 5 putouts, had 20 assists, and committed 3 errors, equivalent to .128 errors per 9-inning game. He had no double plays.
Randy Johnson has the most career strikeouts for a left handed pitcher with 4,875 second all time behind Nolan Ryan with 5,714.
You can only have 3 strike outs in baseball.
5,000
63
There can be any amount of outs but there cannot be a runner on 1st base
how many strike outs did berry bond have in 2006
436 with 114 strike outs. Batting average .202
its marks every 3rd strike out
Randy Johnson played in just one game at outfield for the Seattle Mariners in 1993 and did not start. He played for a total of 3 outs, equivalent to .11 9-inning games. He made no putouts, had no assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per 9-inning game. He had no double plays.
33,591 - 18,282 in the National League and 15,309 in the American League.
Yes, there is no uncaught third strike rule when there are two outs. Additionally, there is no infield fly rule when there are two outs. Both the uncaught third strike rule and infield fly rule are only in effect when there are zero or one outs.
Randy Johnson played in just one game at left field for the Seattle Mariners in 1993 and did not start. He played for a total of 3 outs, equivalent to .11 9-inning games. He made no putouts, had no assists, and committed no errors, equivalent to 0 errors per 9-inning game. He had no double plays.