Roger Clemens twice, Randy Johnson, Kerry Wood, and Tom Cheney. Wood, Clemens, and Johnson all struckout 20 batters in a nine inning game. Cheney struckout 21 batters in a 16 inning game and holds the MLB record for most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single game.
43 by the California Angels and the Oakland Athletics in a game played July 9, 1971. The Angels struckout 26 times and the Athletics struckout 17 times in the 20 inning game that Oakland won, 1-0.
Sandy Koufax' highest strikeout total for a single season was 382, in 1965.
Boston second baseman Marty Barrett who struckout swinging against Mets reliever Jesse Orosco to end the Series.
For pitchers, that is Herb Score of the 1955 Cleveland Indians who, as a rookie, struckout 245 batters. Ryan Nolan 5714 career strike outs
A 'k' stands for struckout looking and a 'K' stands for struckout swinging.
Roger Clemens twice, Randy Johnson, Kerry Wood, and Tom Cheney. Wood, Clemens, and Johnson all struckout 20 batters in a nine inning game. Cheney struckout 21 batters in a 16 inning game and holds the MLB record for most strikeouts by a pitcher in a single game.
Willie Wilson was struckout by Tug McGraw.
Jackie Robinson of the Dodgers was struckout by Johnny Kucks of the Yankees.
Willie Mays struckout 1,526 times in 10,881 career at bats.
In the 2009 season, Mark Reynolds struckout 223 times which was an new MLB record. He broke the old record of 204 set by ... Mark Reynolds in 2008 season. He is the only player in MLB history to have struckout 200+ times in a season.
Bobby Bonds struckout 1757 times in a career that spanned 1968-1981.
The standard scoring symble for a strikeout looking (called strike three) is a backward K.
Ryan Howard of the Phillies struckout 13 times during the 2009 World Series.
Nolan Ryan struckout 5,714 batters in a career that spanned 1966, 1968-1993.
43 by the California Angels and the Oakland Athletics in a game played July 9, 1971. The Angels struckout 26 times and the Athletics struckout 17 times in the 20 inning game that Oakland won, 1-0.
Sandy Koufax' highest strikeout total for a single season was 382, in 1965.