List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders
Players

List of Major League Baseball single-inning strikeout leaders

Section Title: Players
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Pitcher	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inning	Batters faced	Box

Ed Craneº	October 4, 1888	New York Giants	Chicago White Stockings	5th	Fred Pfeffer, Ned Williamson, Tom Burns§, John Tener	n/a

Hooks Wiltseº	May 15, 1906	New York Giants	Cincinnati Reds	5th	Jim Delahanty§, Tommy Corcoran, Admiral Schlei, Chick Fraser	n/a

Orval Overall	October 14, 1908	Chicago Cubs	Detroit Tigers	1st	Charley O'Leary, Ty Cobb, Claude Rossman§, Germany Schaefer

Walter Johnson	April 15, 1911	Washington Senators	Boston Red Sox	5th	Ray Collins, Larry Gardner§, Harry Hooper, Duffy Lewis	n/a

Guy Morton	June 11, 1916	Cleveland Indians	Philadelphia Athletics	6th	Whitey Witt§, Charlie Pick, Nap Lajoie, Stuffy McInnis

Jim Davisº	May 27, 1956	Chicago Cubs	St. Louis Cardinals	6th	Hal Smith, Jackie Brandt, Lindy McDaniel§, Don Blasingame

Joe Nuxhall	August 11, 1959	Cincinnati Redlegs	Milwaukee Braves	6th	Eddie Mathews, Joe Adcock, Del Crandall§, Johnny Logan

Ryne Duren	May 18, 1961	Los Angeles Angels	Chicago White Sox	7th	Minnie Miñoso, Roy Sievers§, J. C. Martin, Sammy Esposito

Pete Richertº	April 12, 1962	Los Angeles Dodgers	Cincinnati Reds	3rd	Frank Robinson, Gordy Coleman§, Wally Post, Johnny Edwards

Lee Stange	September 2, 1964	Cleveland Indians	Washington Senators	7th	Don Lock§, Willie Kirkland, Don Zimmer, John Kennedy

Don Drysdaleº	April 17, 1965	Los Angeles Dodgers	Philadelphia Phillies	2nd	Wes Covington§, Tony González, Dick Stuart, Clay Dalrymple

Bob Gibson	June 7, 1966	St. Louis Cardinals	Pittsburgh Pirates	4th	Jerry Lynch, Jim Pagliaroni, Bill Mazeroski§, Don Cardwell

Mike Cuellarº	May 29, 1970	Baltimore Orioles	California Angels	4th	Alex Johnson§, Ken McMullen, Tommie Reynolds, Jim Spencer

Bill Bonhamº	July 31, 1974	Chicago Cubs	Montreal Expos	2nd	Mike Torrez§, Ron Hunt, Tim Foli, Willie Davis

Phil Niekro	July 29, 1977	Atlanta Braves	Pittsburgh Pirates	6th	Dave Parker, Bill Robinson, Rennie Stennett§, Omar Moreno

Mike Paxtonº	July 21, 1978	Cleveland Indians	Seattle Mariners	5th	Dan Meyer§, Bruce Bochte, Tom Paciorek, Bill Stein

Mario Sotoº	May 17, 1984	Cincinnati Reds	Chicago Cubs	3rd	Tom Veryzer, Dick Ruthven, Bob Dernier§, Ryne Sandberg

Mike Scott	September 3, 1986	Houston Astros	Chicago Cubs	5th	Chris Speier§, Chico Walker, Dave Martinez, Ryne Sandberg (2)

Bobby Wittº	August 2, 1987	Texas Rangers	Baltimore Orioles	2nd	Ray Knight, Terry Kennedy§, Mike Young, Ken Gerhart

Charlie Hough	July 4, 1988	Texas Rangers	New York Yankees	1st	Claudell Washington§, Jack Clark, Dave Winfield, Mike Pagliarulo

Paul Assenmacher	August 22, 1989	Atlanta Braves	St. Louis Cardinals	5th	Terry Pendleton, Milt Thompson, Tony Peña§, Ted Power

Tim Birtsas	June 4, 1990	Cincinnati Reds	San Francisco Giants	7th	Greg Litton, Will Clark, Matt Williams§, Gary Carter

Matt Young	September 9, 1990	Seattle Mariners	Boston Red Sox	1st	Jody Reed, Carlos Quintana, Wade Boggs§, Mike Greenwell

Paul Shuey	May 14, 1994	Cleveland Indians	Detroit Tigers	9th	Chad Kreuter, Chris Gomez, Travis Fryman§, Cecil Fielder

Mark Wohlersº	June 7, 1995	Atlanta Braves	Chicago Cubs	9th	Kevin Roberson, Rick Wilkins, Shawon Dunston§, Sammy Sosa

Bruce Ruffin	July 25, 1996	Colorado Rockies	Chicago Cubs	9th	Sammy Sosa (2), Scott Servais§, Leo Gómez, Brian McRae

Kevin Appierº	September 3, 1996	Kansas City Royals	Toronto Blue Jays	4th	Ed Sprague, Jr., Carlos Delgado§, Charlie O'Brien, Alex Gonzalez

Derek Wallace	September 13, 1996	New York Mets	Atlanta Braves	9th	Terry Pendleton§ (2), Chipper Jones, Ryan Klesko, Mike Mordecai

Wilson Álvarezº	July 21, 1997	Chicago White Sox	Detroit Tigers	7th	Tony Clark, Phil Nevin§, Melvin Nieves, Orlando Miller

Blake Stein	July 27, 1998	Oakland Athletics	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	4th	Bubba Trammell, Rich Butler, Mike DiFelice§, Kevin Stocker

Kirt Ojalaº	September 16, 1998	Florida Marlins	Montreal Expos	4th	Fernando Seguignol, Vladimir Guerrero§, Shane Andrews, Brad Fullmer

Archie Corbin	April 28, 1999	Florida Marlins	Chicago Cubs	7th	Benito Santiago, Tyler Houston§, Steve Trachsel, Mickey Morandini

Chuck Finley	May 12, 1999	Anaheim Angels	New York Yankees	3rd	Scott Brosius, Chuck Knoblauch, Derek Jeter§, Paul O'Neill

Jerry Spradlin	July 22, 1999	San Francisco Giants	San Diego Padres	7th	George Arias, Damian Jackson, Carlos Baerga§, Quilvio Veras

Tim Wakefield	August 10, 1999	Boston Red Sox	Kansas City Royals	9th	Chad Kreuter, Scott Pose, Johnny Damon§, Carlos Beltrán

Chuck Finleyº (2)	August 15, 1999	Anaheim Angels	Detroit Tigers	1st	Deivi Cruz, Juan Encarnación, Dean Palmer§, Tony Clark

Steve Klineº	August 17, 1999	Montreal Expos	San Francisco Giants	7th	Brent Mayne, Shawn Estes§, Marvin Benard, Ramón Martínez

Chuck Finley (3)	April 16, 2000	Cleveland Indians	Texas Rangers	3rd	Tom Evans, Royce Clayton, Chad Curtis§, Rafael Palmeiro

Erik Hiljus	June 30, 2001	Oakland Athletics	Texas Rangers	7th	Bo Porter, Michael Young§, Bill Haselman, Scott Sheldon

Frank Rodriguez	July 22, 2001	Cincinnati Reds	Florida Marlins	7th	Charles Johnson, Dave Berg, Ryan Thompson§, Mike Lowell

A. J. Burnett	July 5, 2002	Florida Marlins	New York Mets	1st	Mike Piazza, Mo Vaughn, Timo Pérez§, Roger Cedeño

Kerry Woodº	September 2, 2002	Chicago Cubs	Milwaukee Brewers	4th	Bill Hall, Ryan Thompson (2), Paul Bako§, Andrew Lorraine

Kazuhiro Sasakiº	April 4, 2003	Seattle Mariners	Texas Rangers	9th	Todd Greene, Carl Everett§, Michael Young (2), Mike Lamb

Darren Dreifort	May 22, 2003	Los Angeles Dodgers	Colorado Rockies	2nd	Bobby Estalella, Brent Butler, Aaron Cook§, Greg Norton

Octavio Dotelº	June 11, 2003	Houston Astros	New York Yankees	8th	Juan Rivera, Alfonso Soriano§, Derek Jeter (2), Jason Giambi

Brad Lidge	June 13, 2004	Houston Astros	Milwaukee Brewers	7th	Geoff Jenkins§, Keith Ginter, Ben Grieve, Chad Moeller

Mike Stanton	August 3, 2004	New York Mets	Milwaukee Brewers	8th	Gary Bennett, Scott Podsednik§, Trent Durrington, Wes Helms

Jon Rauch	April 26, 2006	Washington Nationals	Cincinnati Reds	8th	David Ross, Bronson Arroyo, Felipe López§, Adam Dunn

Brad Penny	September 23, 2006	Los Angeles Dodgers	Arizona Diamondbacks	2nd	Chad Tracy§, Stephen Drew, Miguel Batista, Eric Byrnes

Scott Bakerº	June 15, 2008	Minnesota Twins	Milwaukee Brewers	3rd	Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder§, Russell Branyan, Mike Cameron

Scot Shields	June 21, 2008	Los Angeles Angels	Philadelphia Phillies	8th	Greg Dobbs, Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino§, Ryan Howard

Ryan Dempster	October 4, 2009	Chicago Cubs	Arizona Diamondbacks	5th	Stephen Drew (2), Gerardo Parra§, Justin Upton, Mark Reynolds

Luke Gregerson	October 4, 2009	San Diego Padres	San Francisco Giants	7th	Randy Winn, Eugenio Vélez§, Andrés Torres, Juan Uribe

Félix Hernándezº	June 3, 2010	Seattle Mariners	Minnesota Twins	8th	Denard Span, Matt Tolbert, Joe Mauer§, Justin Morneau

Manny Parra	June 6, 2010	Milwaukee Brewers	St. Louis Cardinals	4th	Albert Pujols, Ryan Ludwick, Yadier Molina§, Colby Rasmus

A. J. Burnettº(2)	June 24, 2011	New York Yankees	Colorado Rockies	6th	Chris Iannetta, Carlos González, Chris Nelson§, Todd Helton

Justin Mastersonº	August 4, 2011	Cleveland Indians	Boston Red Sox	2nd	Josh Reddick§, Jason Varitek, Marco Scutaro, Jacoby Ellsbury

Jeremy Hellicksonº	August 25, 2011	Tampa Bay Rays	Detroit Tigers	3rd	Austin Jackson§, Ramón Santiago, Delmon Young, Víctor Martínez

Yovani Gallardoº	September 17, 2011	Milwaukee Brewers	Cincinnati Reds	5th	Devin Mesoraco, Edinson Vólquez, Brandon Phillips§, Édgar Rentería

Bud Norris	April 24, 2012	Houston Astros	Milwaukee Brewers	3rd	Travis Ishikawa§, Randy Wolf, Rickie Weeks, Ryan Braun (2)

Ryan Cookº	April 27, 2012	Oakland Athletics	Baltimore Orioles	8th	J. J. Hardy, Nick Markakis, Adam Jones§, Matt Wieters

Francisco Lirianoº	June 5, 2012	Minnesota Twins	Kansas City Royals	4th	Mike Moustakas, Jeff Francoeur§, Eric Hosmer, Brayan Peña

Steve Delabarº	August 13, 2012	Toronto Blue Jays	Chicago White Sox	10th	Dayán Viciedo, Tyler Flowers§, Gordon Beckham, Alejandro De Aza

Jason Berkenº	September 20, 2012	Chicago Cubs	Cincinnati Reds	2nd	Denis Phipps, Ryan Hanigan§, Didi Gregorius, Johnny Cueto

Phil Hughesº	September 20, 2012	New York Yankees	Toronto Blue Jays	4th	J. P. Arencibia, Adeiny Hechavarria§, Anthony Gose, Brett Lawrie

Zack Greinke	September 25, 2012	Los Angeles Angels	Seattle Mariners	4th	John Jaso, Eric Thames, Trayvon Robinson§, Brendan Ryan

Craig Kimbrelº	September 26, 2012	Atlanta Braves	Miami Marlins	9th	Greg Dobbs (2), Donovan Solano§, John Buck, Gil Velazquez

Tony Cingrani	April 28, 2013	Cincinnati Reds	Washington Nationals	4th	Denard Span§ (2), Bryce Harper, Ian Desmond, Adam LaRoche

Alex Cobbº	May 10, 2013	Tampa Bay Rays	San Diego Padres	3rd	Will Venable§, Chase Headley, Carlos Quentin, Yonder Alonso

Aníbal Sánchez	October 12, 2013	Detroit Tigers	Boston Red Sox	1st	Jacoby Ellsbury (2), Shane Victorino§ (2), David Ortiz, Mike Napoli

Zack Greinkeº (2)	July 25, 2014	Los Angeles Dodgers	San Francisco Giants	3rd	Héctor Sánchez, Tim Lincecum, Hunter Pence§, Gregor Blanco

Justin Grimm	August 29, 2014	Chicago Cubs	St. Louis Cardinals	9th	Oscar Taveras, Daniel Descalso§, Matt Carpenter, Kolten Wong

Óliver Pérezº	September 20, 2014	Arizona Diamondbacks	Colorado Rockies	7th	Justin Morneau§, Corey Dickerson, Michael McKenry, Matt McBride

Kenley Jansenº	May 15, 2015	Los Angeles Dodgers	Colorado Rockies	8th	Carlos González§ (2), Nick Hundley, Drew Stubbs, DJ LeMahieu

Sergio Santos	May 16, 2015	Los Angeles Dodgers	Colorado Rockies	8th	DJ LeMahieu§ (2), Drew Stubbs (2), Wilin Rosario, Michael McKenry (2)

Will Smithº	October 4, 2015	Milwaukee Brewers	Chicago Cubs	9th	Miguel Montero, Addison Russell§, Javier Báez, Austin Jackson (2)

Tyler Duffey	May 8, 2016	Minnesota Twins	Chicago White Sox	7th	Brett Lawrie (2), Avisail García, Dioner Navarro§, Austin Jackson (3)

Julio Teherán	May 24, 2016	Atlanta Braves	Milwaukee Brewers	2nd	Jonathan Lucroy, Chris Carter, Kirk Nieuwenhuis§, Ramón Flores

Ken Giles	August 7, 2016	Houston Astros	Texas Rangers	9th	Nomar Mazara§, Shin-Soo Choo, Ian Desmond (2), Jurickson Profar

Jake Thompson	August 12, 2016	Philadelphia Phillies	Colorado Rockies	2nd	David Dahl§, Ben Paulsen, Daniel Descalso (2), Jon Gray

James Paxton	September 6, 2016	Seattle Mariners	Texas Rangers	1st	Delino DeShields Jr., Ian Desmond§ (3), Jonathan Lucroy (2), Elvis Andrus

Jon Grayº	September 17, 2016	Colorado Rockies	San Diego Padres	2nd	Ryan Schimpf, Jon Jay§, Oswaldo Arcia, Derek Norris

Nate Karns	May 3, 2017	Kansas City Royals	Chicago White Sox	6th	Matt Davidson, Tim Anderson, Yolmer Sánchez§, Jose Abreu

Craig Kimbrel (2)	May 25, 2017	Boston Red Sox	Texas Rangers	9th	Nomar Mazara§ (2), Jonathan Lucroy (3), Rougned Odor, Mike Napoli (2)

Mike Bolsingerº	July 18, 2017	Toronto Blue Jays	Boston Red Sox	13th	Mitch Moreland, Jackie Bradley Jr.§, Christian Vazquez, Deven Marrero

Zack Godley	August 13, 2017	Arizona Diamondbacks	Chicago Cubs	1st	Jon Jay, Tommy La Stella, Victor Caratini§, Kyle Schwarber

Zach Duke	March 29, 2018	Minnesota Twins	Baltimore Orioles	7th	Trey Mancini§, Tim Beckham, Craig Gentry, Chris Davis

Ryan Dull	April 17, 2018	Oakland Athletics	Chicago White Sox	8th	Omar Narvaez§, Avisail Garcia (2), Jose Abreu (2), Matt Davidson (2)

Miguel Díaz	July 8, 2018	San Diego Padres	Arizona Diamondbacks	11th	Ketel Marte, Jake Lamb, Chris Owings§, Jon Jay

German Marquez	October 1, 2018	Colorado Rockies	Los Angeles Dodgers	4th	Max Muncy§, Manny Machado, Yasmani Grandal, Walker Buehler

Luke Bard	April 22, 2019	Los Angeles Angels	New York Yankees	14th	Gleyber Torres§, Clint Frazier, Mike Tauchman, Kyle Higashioka

Sentence(s)

Ed Crane was the first player to strike out four batters in one inning, doing so in the fifth inning for the New York Giants against the Chicago White Stockings on October 4, 1888.

final_sentence: Ed Crane was the first player to strike out four batters in one inning, doing so in the fifth inning for the New York Giants against the Chicago White Stockings on October 4, 1888.