<page_title> List of Major League Baseball single-game strikeout leaders </page_title> <section_title> Players </section_title> <table> <cell> Roger Clemens <col_header> Pitcher </col_header> <col_header> Max Scherzer* </col_header> <col_header> Kerry Wood </col_header> </cell> <cell> 20 <col_header> Strikeouts </col_header> <row_header> Roger Clemens </row_header> </cell> <cell> Roger Clemens <col_header> Pitcher </col_header> <col_header> Max Scherzer* </col_header> <col_header> Kerry Wood </col_header> <col_header> Roger Clemens </col_header> </cell> <cell> 20 <col_header> Strikeouts </col_header> <row_header> Roger Clemens </row_header> </cell> </table>
Clemens accomplished the 20-strikeout feat twice, the only player ever to do so.