most strikeouts by a pitcher in the 8th inning ever

Jesse Orosco has fanned the most career batters in the 8th inning, with 429 strikeouts.

		NAME	SO	G	H	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	K/BB
1		Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	429	689	396	45	211	13	20	2.03
2		David Robertson D. Robertson	426	377	252	31	114	7	11	3.74
3		Joaquin Benoit J. Benoit	425	437	296	46	140	5	7	3.04
4		Tyler Clippard T. Clippard	404	410	259	45	138	10	7	2.93
5		Rich Gossage R. Gossage	386	526	367	41	160	13	20	2.41
6		Kyle Farnsworth K. Farnsworth	374	443	347	44	158	9	18	2.37
7		Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	374	513	287	31	135	6	13	2.77
8		Mike Stanton M. Stanton	374	661	434	44	160	13	21	2.34
9		Michael Jackson M. Jackson	370	535	334	41	145	20	23	2.55
10		Dan Plesac D. Plesac	370	550	342	50	121	8	17	3.06
11		Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	358	486	289	25	175	27	14	2.05
12		Lee Smith L. Smith	354	411	274	22	118	3	30	3.00
13		Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	346	341	206	31	92	9	7	3.76
14		Tom Gordon T. Gordon	338	402	274	26	132	6	15	2.56
15		Adam Ottavino A. Ottavino	335	353	245	29	137	26	9	2.45
16		Jake Diekman J. Diekman	331	321	207	20	134	21	5	2.47
17		Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	327	335	243	23	110	10	12	2.97
18		Dellin Betances D. Betances	325	226	116	13	86	14	2	3.78
19		Eric Plunk E. Plunk	322	410	273	34	166	9	15	1.94
20		Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	316	518	348	31	127	9	33	2.49
21		Pedro Strop P. Strop	310	322	201	17	113	18	11	2.74
22		Rafael Betancourt R. Betancourt	310	337	265	34	66	0	14	4.70
23		Sergio Romo S. Romo	309	363	192	29	70	6	6	4.41
24		Bob Howry B. Howry	308	440	337	43	116	10	16	2.66
25		Bryan Shaw B. Shaw	304	368	266	28	108	12	8	2.81

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