Retrosheet has compiled game accounts for (at least) four games which saw a significant strikeout performance by a Negro League pitcher. The earliest such game was an 18-strikeout performance by Rube Foster in 1904. The other games include a 27-strikeout performance by Joe Williams (in 12 innings), a 20-strikeout performance by Al Gipson (in 9 innings), and a pitching matchup between Satchel Paige and Chet Brewer that saw a combined 30 strikeouts.
September 1, 1904 at Inlet Park, Atlantic City NJ Postseason Championship Series Philadelphia Giants 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 - 8 10 1 Cuban X-Giants 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 5 WP: Rube Foster, LP: Danny McClellan Retrosheet game file December 25, 1926 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 - 6 9 3 Philadelphia Royal Giants 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 6 18 2 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file August 2, 1930 at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO Exhibition game Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 4 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 1 WP: Joe Williams, LP: Chet Brewer Retrosheet game file October 17, 1931 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 0 Philadelphia Royal Giants 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 x - 5 10 3 WP: Ted Trent, LP: Fay Thomas Retrosheet game file October 1, 1932 at Greenlee Field, Pittsburgh PA Exhibition game National League All Stars 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 6 1 Pittsburgh Crawfords 3 1 2 1 0 3 0 x - 10 14 0 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Roy Parmelee Retrosheet game file October 15, 1933 at White Sox Park, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Pirrone All Stars(P) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 3 3 Philadelphia Royal Giants 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 2 x - 11 14 0 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Smead Jolley Retrosheet game file July 4, 1934 at Greenlee Field, Pittsburgh PA Exhibition game Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2 Pittsburgh Crawfords 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 x - 4 8 1 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Louis Dula Retrosheet game file June 6, 1935 at Osborne Stadium, Winnipeg MAN Exhibition game Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 7 1 Bismarck Club 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 0 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file May 17, 1937 at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO Regular-Season game Chicago American Giants 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 5 3 Kansas City Monarchs 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 x - 12 9 2 WP: Johnny Markham, LP: Willie Foster Retrosheet game file June 14, 1937 at Victory Field, Indianapolis IN Regular-Season game Kansas City Monarchs 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Indianapolis Athletics 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2 WP: Henry McHenry, LP: Claude Hayslett Retrosheet game file July 24, 1937 at Hudson Field, Dayton OH Exhibition game Birmingham Black Barons 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 4 2 Cincinnati Tigers 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 x - 10 10 1 WP: Roy Partlow, LP: Red Howard Retrosheet game file August 3, 1937 at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ Exhibition game Newark Eagles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 4 1 New York Black Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 9 2 WP: Bob Evans, LP: Bud Barbee Retrosheet game file September 6, 1937 at Swayne Field, Toledo OH Exhibition game Cuban Stars (Ind) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 2 4 Santo Domingo All Stars(SD) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 5 5 WP: Leroy Matlock, LP: Johnny Taylor Retrosheet game file September 6, 1937 at Swayne Field, Toledo OH Exhibition game Cuban Stars (Ind) 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 Santo Domingo All Stars(SD) ? ? ? ? ? x - 7 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Retrosheet game file September 20, 1937 at Victory Field, Indianapolis IN All-Star game NAL All Stars(NAL) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 9 2 NNL All Stars(NNL) 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 x - 3 7 1 WP: Leon Day, LP: Hilton Smith Retrosheet game file June 30, 1938 at 44th and Parkside, Philadelphia PA Regular-Season game Pittsburgh Crawfords 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 7 8 2 Philadelphia Stars 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 - 4 5 2 WP: Johnny Taylor, LP: Webster McDonald Retrosheet game file August 2, 1938 at Red Cap Stadium, Jacksonville FL Regular-Season game Atlanta Black Crackers 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 5 Jacksonville Red Caps 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 x - 3 2 0 WP: Felix Evans, LP: Telosh Howard Retrosheet game file August 28, 1938 at Ruppert Stadium, Newark NJ Regular-Season game New York Black Yankees 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 7 4 Newark Eagles 0 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 x - 7 11 1 WP: Jimmy Hill, LP: Terris McDuffie Retrosheet game file July 24, 1939 at Martin Stadium, Memphis TN Regular-Season game Cleveland Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 9 0 Memphis Red Sox 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x - 5 8 2 WP: Roosevelt Davis, LP: Alonzo Boone Retrosheet game file May 30, 1940 at South Side Park III, Chicago IL Regular-Season game Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 9 3 Chicago American Giants 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 9 2 WP: Lefty Bowe, LP: Retrosheet game file September 6, 1940 at Hudson Field, Dayton OH Exhibition game New York Cubans 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 3 Homestead Grays 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file June 27, 1941 at Belleville Athletic Field, Belleville IL Exhibition game New York Black Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 1 St. Louis - New Orleans Stars 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 x - 6 10 3 WP: Eugene Smith, LP: Bob Evans Retrosheet game file July 25, 1941 at Lakeside Park, Canton OH Regular-Season game Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 2 Kansas City Monarchs 5 0 1 1 0 5 0 0 x - 12 12 3 WP: Connie Johnson, LP: Robert Keyes Retrosheet game file August 13, 1941 at Turner Field, Hammond IN Exhibition game Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 - 3 5 0 St. Louis - New Orleans Stars 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 2 WP: Jonas Gaines, LP: Eugene Smith Retrosheet game file July 24, 1942 at Bugle Field, Baltimore MD Regular-Season game Newark Eagles 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 - 8 11 2 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 1 0 WP: Leon Day, LP: Bill Byrd Retrosheet game file August 19, 1942 at Builders Stadium, Newport News VA Exhibition game Newark Eagles 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 11 3 Baltimore Elite Giants 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1 WP: , LP: Retrosheet game file August 3, 1943 at Municipal Stadium, Springfield OH Regular-Season game Newark Eagles 2 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 - 12 12 5 Homestead Grays 0 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 - 10 11 3 WP: Jim Elam, LP: Eugene Jones, SV: Jim Smith Retrosheet game file August 21, 1943 at 44th and Parkside, Philadelphia PA Exhibition game Birmingham Black Barons 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 5 2 Philadelphia Stars 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 WP: Alvin Gipson, LP: Bob Evans Retrosheet game file October 7, 1943 at Buffalo Stadium, Houston TX Exhibition game New York Cubans 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 4 0 Memphis Red Sox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 2 0 WP: Dave Barnhill, LP: Porter Moss Retrosheet game file April 17, 1944 at Buffalo Stadium, Houston TX Exhibition game Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 1 Kansas City Monarchs 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 6 12 1 WP: Booker McDaniel, LP: Antonio Ruiz Retrosheet game file July 2, 1944 at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn NY Exhibition game Kansas City Monarchs 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 9 4 New York Cubans 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 5 4 WP: Victor Greenidge, LP: Satchel Paige Retrosheet game file September 11, 1944 at Municipal Stadium, Kansas City MO Exhibition game Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Kansas City Monarchs 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 x - 5 10 3 WP: Booker McDaniel, LP: Roosevelt Davis Retrosheet game file July 2, 1945 at Hudson Field, Dayton OH Regular-Season game Chicago American Giants 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 - 7 9 1 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 2 WP: Gready McKinnis, LP: Angel Garcia Retrosheet game file July 30, 1945 at Dexter Park, Brooklyn NY Exhibition game Cleveland Buckeyes 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 9 4 New York Cubans 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 4 6 1 WP: Dave Barnhill, LP: John Brown, SV: Luis Tiant Retrosheet game file July 31, 1945 at Sulphur Dell, Nashville TN Exhibition game New York Black Yankees ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 1 0 Birmingham Black Barons ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 13 0 WP: Frank Thompson, LP: Retrosheet game file August 20, 1945 at Sulphur Dell, Nashville TN Regular-Season game Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 - 6 9 1 Cincinnati-Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 9 2 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Amos Watson Retrosheet game file April 29, 1946 at Ponce de Leon Park, Atlanta GA Exhibition game Birmingham Black Barons 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 4 1 Baltimore Elite Giants 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 WP: Plug Bester, LP: Bob Romby Retrosheet game file May 14, 1946 at Athletic Park, Muskogee OK Regular-Season game Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 4 2 Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 - 4 10 0 WP: Connie Johnson, LP: Riley Stewart Retrosheet game file June 4, 1946 at Pelican Stadium, New Orleans LA Regular-Season game Kansas City Monarchs 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 1 - 9 16 1 Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 7 WP: Connie Johnson, LP: Riley Stewart Retrosheet game file July 3, 1946 at Victory Field, Indianapolis IN Regular-Season game Memphis Red Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 3 5 0 Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 WP: Dan Bankhead, LP: Angel Garcia Retrosheet game file November 2, 1947 at Wrigley Field, Los Angeles CA Exhibition game Bob Feller All Stars(F) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3 Kansas City Royals 1 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 x - 8 11 0 WP: Satchel Paige, LP: Bob Feller Retrosheet game file June 17, 1948 at Dequindre Park, Detroit MI Regular-Season game Kansas City Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 10 0 Cleveland Buckeyes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 3 4 0 WP: Gene Collins, LP: Retrosheet game file August 22, 1948 at Pelican Stadium, New Orleans LA Exhibition game New York Cubans ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 9 0 Birmingham Black Barons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 0 WP: Jose Santiago, LP: Retrosheet game file April 14, 1949 at Casino Park, Monroe LA Exhibition game Chicago American Giants 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 Kansas City Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 1 5 WP: Theolic Smith, LP: Gene Collins Retrosheet game file May 17, 1949 at Lakeview Park, Jackson TN Regular-Season game Chicago American Giants ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 5 Memphis Red Sox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 6 WP: Isiah Harris, LP: Retrosheet game file June 8, 1949 at Municipal Stadium, Davenport IA Regular-Season game Indianapolis Clowns 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 2 1 Kansas City Monarchs 1 4 0 1 0 3 1 0 x - 10 16 1 WP: Gene Collins, LP: Manuel Godinez Retrosheet game file June 16, 1949 at Martin Stadium, Memphis TN Regular-Season game Houston Eagles 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 Memphis Red Sox 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 7 2 WP: Isiah Harris, LP: Jay Heard Retrosheet game file August 17, 1949 at Sportsmans Park, Greenville MS Regular-Season game Kansas City Monarchs ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? - 2 Memphis Red Sox ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? x - 8 WP: Isiah Harris, LP: Retrosheet game file
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