Johan Santana 17 K’s in 8 innings
Posted by Andy on August 19, 2007
Johan Santana struck out 17 batters in 8 innings today, and was replaced by Joe Nathan starting the 9th, meaning he missed out on a chance of tying the record for K's in a nine inning game.
Getting 17 in 8 innings isn't even the record. Not counting Santana's game, here are the leaders since 1957 for K's in a game while pitching 8 innings or less:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB **SO** HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+------+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Randy Johnson 1992-09-27 SEA @TEX L 2-3 GS-8 8 6 2 2 4 18 0 160 111 76 34 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.25 2 Randy Johnson 1999-06-30 ARI @CIN L 0-2 CG 8 ,L 8 7 2 2 0 17 1 134 96 77 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.25 3 Jake Peavy 2007-04-25 SDP @ARI L 2-3 GS-7 7 2 0 0 3 16 0 116 74 86 25 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 Jake Peavy 2006-05-22 SDP ATL L 1-3 GS-7 ,L 7 3 2 2 1 16 1 114 74 78 25 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2.57 5 Mark Prior 2003-06-26 CHC MIL L 3-5 GS-8 8 4 2 2 0 16 1 127 86 82 27 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.25 6 Randy Johnson 2001-09-27 ARI MIL W 13-11 GS-7 ,W 6.2 7 5 5 2 16 1 126 81 54 30 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6.75 7 Randy Johnson 2001-08-23 ARI @PIT L 1-5 GS-7 ,L 7 5 4 4 2 16 1 115 78 65 28 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.14 8 Randy Johnson 2001-07-18 ARI @SDP W 3-0 3-9f ,W 7 1 0 0 1 16 0 109 68 0 0 23 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 9 Pedro Martinez 2001-04-08 BOS TBD W 3-0 GS-8 ,W 8 3 0 0 3 16 0 112 75 89 29 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 10 Kerry Wood 1998-08-26 CHC @CIN W 9-2 GS-8 ,W 8 3 2 1 3 16 1 133 85 83 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.12 11 Curt Schilling 1997-09-01 PHI NYY W 5-1 GS-8 ,W 8 7 1 1 0 16 0 124 86 80 31 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.12 12 Roger Clemens 1997-07-12 TOR @BOS W 3-1 GS-8 ,W 8 4 1 1 0 16 0 86 30 28 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.12 13 David Cone 1997-06-23 NYY @DET W 5-2 GS-8 ,W 8 4 2 2 2 16 2 127 82 80 30 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2.25 14 Hideo Nomo 1995-06-14 LAD @PIT W 8-5 GS-8 ,W 8 6 3 2 2 16 0 125 76 74 33 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.25 15 Sid Fernandez 1989-07-14 NYM @ATL L 2-3 CG 9 ,L 8 6 3 3 0 16 1 121 91 74 30 29 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 16 Nolan Ryan 1987-09-09 HOU SFG W 4-2 GS-8 ,W 8 6 2 2 2 16 0 76 33 30 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 17 Jose Rijo 1986-04-19 OAK @SEA W 7-2 GS-9 ,W 8 5 2 2 4 16 0 76 33 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.25 18 Dwight Gooden 1984-09-17 NYM @PHI L 1-2 CG 8 ,L 8 7 2 1 0 16 0 78 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 2 1 1.12 19 Steve Carlton 1970-05-21 STL @PHI L 3-4 GS-8 8 9 3 3 2 16 1 66 32 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3.38 20 Steve Carlton 1967-09-20 STL @PHI L 1-3 CG 8 ,L 8 8 3 3 3 16 0 67 35 31 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 3.38
So Randy Johnson retains that record since 1957 (and I'm not sure if anybody before 1957 can tie or beat his 18, so it might be an all-time record.)
How about #6 on that list above? RJ got 16 strikeouts while pitching 6.2 innings. That's 20 outs with 16 coming by the K. Pretty impressive.
And here were the leaders for strikeouts in a game by a member of the Twins, prior to Santana's game today:
Cnt Player Date Tm Opp GmReslt App,Dec IP H R ER BB **SO** HR Pit Str GmSc IR IS BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP ERA +----+-----------------+-------------+---+----+-------+---------+----+--+--+--+--+------+--+---+---+----+--+--+--+--+--+--+---+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+------+ 1 Bert Blyleven 1986-08-01 MIN OAK W 10-1 CG 9 ,W 9 2 1 1 1 15 1 93 31 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 2 Jerry Koosman 1980-06-23 MIN KCR W 4-1 CG 9 ,W 9 10 1 1 2 15 0 76 38 35 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1.00 3 Joe Decker 1973-06-26 MIN @CHW W 4-0 SHO9 ,W 9 4 0 0 3 15 0 91 34 30 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 4 Camilo Pascual 1961-07-19(1) MIN @LAA W 6-0 SHO9 ,W 9 5 0 0 1 15 0 91 34 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 5 Camilo Pascual 1960-04-18 WSH BOS W 10-1 CG 9 ,W 9 3 1 1 3 15 1 89 33 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 6 Johan Santana 2005-06-02 MIN CLE W 4-3 GS-8 8 4 3 3 1 14 2 107 78 75 29 28 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.38 7 Johan Santana 2004-09-19 MIN BAL W 5-1 GS-8 ,W 8 7 0 0 0 14 0 103 78 82 29 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 8 Bert Blyleven 1986-09-24 MIN KCR L 1-2 CG 9 ,L 9 9 2 2 0 14 1 75 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2.00 9 Dave Goltz 1977-07-25 MIN OAK W 2-1 CG 11 ,W 11 8 1 1 1 14 0 90 41 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 0.82 10 Bert Blyleven 1974-08-30 MIN BOS W 3-2 CG 9 ,W 9 4 2 0 2 14 0 87 35 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 11 Dave Boswell 1969-09-19 MIN SEP W 2-1 CG 9 ,W 9 5 1 1 1 14 0 86 32 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.00 12 Camilo Pascual 1964-10-01 MIN KCA L 4-5 CG 12 ,L 12 12 5 1 3 14 1 77 52 49 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.75
How about my man Bert Blyleven!
I love performances such as Santana's. Too much offense, too many homers, and not enough pitchers kicking butt. I had the pleasure of being at one of Randy Johnson's 19 K games in 1997, and it was the most exciting game I've ever been at (and that includes numerous walk-off wins, Red Sox-Yankees games, and near no-hitters.)
Congrats to Santana.
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