Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox raises his arms after setting a new major league record of 20 strikeouts in a game against the Seattle Mariners on April 29, 1986, at Fenway Park.
These days, Roger Clemens is more famous for his perjury trial than anything he accomplished on the field. But he had some stellar moments at Fenway. Chief among them: on April 29, 1986, the former Red Sox star struck out 20 Seattle Mariners, setting a new major league record for most strikeouts in a game (Clemens matched that mark a decade later, while pitching for the Red Sox in Detroit). In ’86, Clemens had a staggering season: he went 24-4, and picked up both AL MVP and Cy Young honors. But the New York Mets – and Bill Buckner’s wickets – would deny him a World Series title later that year.