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List of Major League Baseball single-game records

The following is a list of single-game baseball records and unusual events. The following criteria are used for inclusion:

  • Only events occurring within a single plate appearance, inning, or game are included; cumulative or aggregate records achieved over more than one game are not listed.
  • Events occurring during post-season play are included, but events occurring during an All-Star Game are not included, nor are events for which the record in question is limited to post-season play.

Individual batting/hitting

Collective batting/hitting

Individual pitching

  • 20 strikeouts in a nine-inning game. Number of occurrences: 5. Roger Clemens 1986 and 1996 struck out 20. Kerry Wood in 1998. Most recently, Max Scherzer, May 11, 2016. In 2001, Randy Johnson also struck out 20 in a 9-inning start, but the game went on to extra innings.
  • 21 strikeouts in a game of any length. Number of occurrences: 1. Tom Cheney, September 12, 1962 (pitched 16 innings of a 16-inning game).
  • 26 innings pitched in a game. Number of occurrences: 2. Leon Cadore and Joe Oeschger, May 1, 1920. (Same game.)
  • 4 consecutive home runs allowed. Number of occurrences: 5. Paul Foytack, July 31, 1963; Chase Wright, April 22, 2007, Dave Bush, August 11, 2010, Michael Blazek, July 27, 2017, and Craig Stammen, June 9, 2019.
  • 7 home runs allowed in a game. Number of occurrences: 1. Charlie Sweeney, June 12, 1886.
  • 6 wild pitches in one game. Number of occurrences: 3. Most recently, Bill Gullickson, October 4, 1982. Bert Cunningham of the 1890 Players' League threw five wild pitches in a single inning.
  • 26 hits allowed in a game. Number of occurrences: 1. Allan Travers, May 18, 1912.
  • 29 hits allowed in an extra-inning game. Number of occurrences: 1. Eddie Rommel (17 innings), July 10, 1932.
  • Oldest pitcher to win a game. Jamie Moyer, age , May 16, 2012.
  • Most innings pitched by a relief pitcher in one game. Zip Zabel, innings. June 17, 1915
  • Fastest recorded pitch thrown by a pitcher in a game. Aroldis Chapman, . September 24, 2010.
  • Slowest recorded pitch thrown by a pitcher in a game. Brock Holt, . August 7, 2021.

Collective pitching

  • 26 strikeouts in a game of any length. Number of occurrences: 4. New York Mets, August 23, 2019 (in a 14-inning game); Los Angeles Dodgers, June 2, 2017 (in a 12-inning game); Chicago Cubs, May 7, 2017 (in an 18-inning game); and California Angels, July 9, 1971 (in a 20-inning game).
  • Most strikeouts in a game of any length by both teams. 48 in an 18-inning game between the Cubs and Yankees on May 7, 2017

Scoring

  • Highest combined score: 49. Chicago Cubs (26) over Philadelphia Phillies (23), August 25, 1922.
  • Highest score, one team: 36. Chicago Colts (36) vs. Louisville Colonels (7), June 29, 1897.

Fielding

  • Team executes two triple plays in a game. Number of occurrences: 1. Minnesota Twins, July 17, 1990.
  • Shortstop plays doubleheader without an official chance. Number of occurrences: 1. Toby Harrah, June 25, 1976.
  • Unassisted triple play. Number of occurrences: 15. Most recently, Eric Bruntlett, August 23, 2009.
  • Three errors on one play. Number of occurrences: 4. Most recently committed by Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres, September 8, 2014. Yasiel Puig bungled a throw to first base. A. J. Ellis then torpedoed the throw into left field, and then on the relay to home plate, Hanley Ramírez threw the ball past a diving Clayton Kershaw to complete the trifecta of errors.

Baserunning

See also

Notes

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