most career pitching strikeouts in the 8th

David Robertson has fanned the most career batters in the 8th inning, with 437 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most career pitching strikeouts by a player in the 8th
NAMESOGHHRBBHBPIBBK/BB
1David Robertson
D. Robertson
437
385
263
33
118
7
11
3.70
2Jesse Orosco
J. Orosco
429
689
396
45
211
13
20
2.03
3Joaquin Benoit
J. Benoit
425
437
296
46
140
5
7
3.04
4Tyler Clippard
T. Clippard
404
410
259
45
138
10
7
2.93
5Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
386
526
367
41
160
13
20
2.41
6Kyle Farnsworth
K. Farnsworth
374
443
347
44
158
9
18
2.37
7Arthur Rhodes
A. Rhodes
374
513
287
31
135
6
13
2.77
8Mike Stanton
M. Stanton
374
661
434
44
160
13
21
2.34
9Michael Jackson
M. Jackson
370
535
334
41
145
20
23
2.55
10Dan Plesac
D. Plesac
370
550
342
50
121
8
17
3.06
11Jeff Nelson
J. Nelson
358
486
289
25
175
27
14
2.05
12Lee Smith
L. Smith
354
411
274
22
118
3
30
3.00
13Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
346
341
206
31
92
9
7
3.76
14Tom Gordon
T. Gordon
338
402
274
26
132
6
15
2.56
15Adam Ottavino
A. Ottavino
335
353
245
29
137
26
9
2.45
16Jake Diekman
J. Diekman
331
320
207
20
133
21
5
2.49
17Jonathan Broxton
J. Broxton
327
335
243
23
110
10
12
2.97
18Dellin Betances
D. Betances
325
226
116
13
86
14
2
3.78
19Eric Plunk
E. Plunk
322
410
273
34
166
9
15
1.94
20Paul Assenmacher
P. Assenmacher
316
518
348
31
127
9
33
2.49
21Pedro Strop
P. Strop
310
322
201
17
113
18
11
2.74
22Rafael Betancourt
R. Betancourt
310
337
265
34
66
0
14
4.70
23Sergio Romo
S. Romo
309
363
192
29
70
6
6
4.41
24Bob Howry
B. Howry
308
440
337
43
116
10
16
2.66
25Bryan Shaw
B. Shaw
304
368
266
28
108
12
8
2.81
StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.
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