left handed relief pitchers with most strikeouts per 9 innings 2023

Luke Little had the best K/9 by a left-handed relief pitcher in 2023, with 16.20 per nine innings in his rookie season.

	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Luke Little L. Little	16.20	2023	CHC	7	0	0		0	0.00	12	0	0	0	6.2	5	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	30	1	5.40	3.00	0.00	40.0	13.3	1.35	.385	0.00	6.75
2	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	15.89	2023	TOT	61	6	4	.600	0	3.09	103	0	0	6	58.1	37	20	24	4	36	1	18	2	249	9	5.55	2.86	0.62	41.4	14.5	1.25	.314	3.70	5.71
3	Kody Funderburk K. Funderburk	14.25	2023	MIN	11	2	0	1.000	0	0.75	19	0	0	0	12.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	4	0	47	0	3.75	3.80	0.75	40.4	10.6	0.92	.238	0.75	4.50
4	José Alvarado J. Alvarado	13.94	2023	PHI	42	0	2	.000	0	1.74	64	0	0	10	41.1	30	8	15	3	18	0	12	1	172	3	3.92	3.56	0.65	37.2	10.5	1.16	.310	3.27	6.53
5	Angel Perdomo A. Perdomo	13.66	2023	PIT	30	3	2	.600	0	3.72	44	0	0	0	29.0	21	12	14	3	11	3	8	3	117	0	3.41	4.00	0.93	37.6	9.4	1.10	.321	4.34	6.52
6	Josh Hader J. Hader	13.58	2023	SDP	61	2	3	.400	0	1.28	85	0	0	32	56.1	32	8	11	3	30	3	52	2	231	3	4.79	2.83	0.48	36.8	13.0	1.10	.264	1.76	5.11
7	Thomas Pannone T. Pannone	13.50	2023	MIL	1	0	0		0	6.75	4	0	0	0	2.2	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	2	3.38	4.00	0.00	28.6	7.1	2.25	.556	6.75	16.88
8	Ethan Small E. Small	13.50	2023	MIL	2	0	0		0	11.25	6	0	0	1	4.0	9	5	5	1	2	0	1	0	23	1	4.50	3.00	2.25	26.1	8.7	2.75	.571	11.25	20.25
9	Josh Taylor J. Taylor	12.96	2023	KCR	16	1	2	.333	0	8.64	24	0	0	0	16.2	21	16	16	4	8	0	4	1	78	1	4.32	3.00	2.16	30.8	10.3	1.74	.405	8.64	11.34
10	A.J. Puk	12.39	2023	MIA	58	7	5	.583	0	3.97	78	0	0	15	56.2	54	25	29	10	13	2	31	2	242	1	2.06	6.00	1.59	32.2	5.4	1.18	.317	4.61	8.58
11	Drew Smyly D. Smyly	12.24	2023	CHC	18	4	1	.800	0	2.51	39	0	0	0	28.2	22	8	13	3	13	0	4	0	118	5	4.08	3.00	0.94	33.1	11.0	1.22	.302	4.08	6.91
12	Aaron Bummer A. Bummer	12.03	2023	CWS	61	5	5	.500	0	6.79	78	0	0	0	58.1	53	44	45	4	36	5	8	3	267	6	5.55	2.17	0.62	29.2	13.5	1.53	.340	6.94	8.18
13	Daniel Castano D. Castano	12.00	2023	MIA	2	0	0		0	21.00	4	0	0	0	3.0	7	7	8	2	3	0	1	0	20	0	9.00	1.33	6.00	20.0	15.0	3.33	.455	24.00	21.00
14	Tanner Scott T. Scott	12.00	2023	MIA	74	9	5	.643	0	2.31	104	0	0	12	78.0	53	20	22	3	24	4	26	3	307	1	2.77	4.33	0.35	33.9	7.8	0.99	.291	2.54	6.12
15	Danny Young D. Young	11.88	2023	ATL	8	0	0		0	1.08	11	0	0	0	8.1	7	1	1	0	2	3	5	0	35	0	2.16	5.50	0.00	31.4	5.7	1.08	.368	1.08	7.56
16	Andrew Heaney A. Heaney	11.81	2023	TEX	6	1	0	1.000	0	5.06	14	0	0	0	10.2	11	6	7	1	5	1	1	0	51	1	4.22	2.80	0.84	27.5	9.8	1.50	.333	5.91	9.28
17	Kolton Ingram K. Ingram	11.81	2023	LAA	5	0	0		0	8.44	7	0	0	0	5.1	8	5	7	2	5	0	2	0	30	0	8.44	1.40	3.38	23.3	16.7	2.44	.375	11.81	13.50
18	Ray Kerr R. Kerr	11.67	2023	SDP	22	1	1	.500	0	4.33	35	0	0	0	27.0	25	13	15	5	9	1	12	1	114	1	3.00	3.89	1.67	30.7	7.9	1.26	.313	5.00	8.33
19	Alex Vesia A. Vesia	11.47	2023	LAD	55	0	5	.000	0	4.44	62	0	0	1	48.2	51	24	27	7	17	2	10	3	213	2	3.14	3.65	1.29	29.1	8.0	1.40	.352	4.99	9.43
20	Andrew Nardi A. Nardi	11.46	2023	MIA	63	8	1	.889	0	2.67	73	0	0	3	57.1	45	17	18	7	21	4	10	2	237	0	3.30	3.48	1.10	30.8	8.9	1.15	.288	2.83	7.06
21	Joely Rodríguez J. Rodríguez	11.45	2023	BOS	11	0	0		0	6.55	14	0	0	0	11.0	13	8	9	2	6	0	1	0	51	0	4.91	2.33	1.64	27.5	11.8	1.73	.379	7.36	10.64
22	A.J. Minter	11.41	2023	ATL	70	3	6	.333	0	3.76	82	0	0	10	64.2	56	27	28	6	21	0	19	2	260	1	2.92	3.90	0.84	31.5	8.1	1.19	.331	3.90	7.79
23	Sean Newcomb S. Newcomb	11.25	2023	OAK	5	1	0	1.000	0	1.13	10	0	0	0	8.0	2	1	1	0	4	0	1	0	29	0	4.50	2.50	0.00	34.5	13.8	0.75	.133	1.13	2.25
24	Steven Okert S. Okert	11.24	2023	MIA	62	3	1	.750	0	3.75	72	0	0	0	57.2	43	24	26	7	24	2	10	0	237	1	3.75	3.00	1.09	30.4	10.1	1.16	.273	4.06	6.71
25	Brandon Hughes B. Hughes	11.20	2023	CHC	17	0	3	.000	0	7.24	17	0	0	0	13.2	14	11	11	2	8	1	2	1	63	0	5.27	2.13	1.32	27.0	12.7	1.61	.343	7.24	9.22