Special K

I read “Roy Halladay matched his career high with 14 strikeouts” in a recap, and it surprised me that he’d only done that once. I wondered how many 14-plus strikeout games there have been since 2000.

↵First note: it’s rarer than I thought. Only 34 pitchers have done it in 11 seasons. Tim Lincecum has done it exactly as many times as Ron Villone, which is once.

↵Second note: Randy Johnson did it 18 times. Good gravy.