4 pitchers are tied for fanning the most hitters by a rookie relief pitcher in a game, with 11 strikeouts. The first three are Jim Ray on April 15, 1968, Dave Vineyard on September 7, 1964 and Sonny Siebert on May 10, 1964.
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most strikeouts by a rookie relief pitcher in 1 regular-season game| NAME | SO | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | J. Ray | 11 | 4/15/1968 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | |||
| 2 | | D. Vineyard | 11 | 9/7/1964 | @ | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 3 | | S. Siebert | 11 | 5/10/1964 | vs | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 4 | | G. Dorner | 11 | 5/26/1903 | vs | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 5 | | S. Burke | 10 | 9/27/2025 | @ | 0 | 2.08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | |||
| 6 | | T. Gordon | 10 | 4/12/1989 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | |||
| 7 | | L. Barker | 10 | 9/25/1977 | @ | W | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 32 | 1 | ||
| 8 | | D. Dean | 10 | 8/21/1932 | vs | L | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 9 | | C. Fischer | 10 | 4/26/1931 | vs | W | 0 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | G. Earnshaw | 10 | 6/28/1928 | vs | 0 | 6.43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | | W. Beall | 10 | 9/6/1924 | vs | W | 0 | 2.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 1 | |||
| 12 | | H. Eller | 10 | 9/24/1917 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | | J. Wood | 10 | 7/17/1909 | @ | W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1 | |||||
| 14 | | J. Lopez | 9 | 6/3/2025 | vs | L | 0 | 10.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | R. Pepiot | 9 | 9/26/2023 | @ | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | A. Marsh | 9 | 8/21/2023 | @ | 0 | 4.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| 17 | | L. Medina | 9 | 7/7/2023 | @ | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 1 | |||
| 18 |  | M. King | 9 | 7/3/2021 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 19 | | D. Ponce de Leon | 9 | 6/29/2019 | @ | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |||
| 20 |  | F. Valdez | 9 | 9/23/2018 | vs | W | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | R. Yarbrough | 9 | 5/31/2018 | @ | 0 | 4.76 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 22 | | M. Leiter Jr. | 9 | 8/5/2017 | @ | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| 23 | | C. Lawrence | 9 | 6/1/2017 | vs | 0 | 1.80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | |||
| 24 | | K. Tadano | 9 | 6/26/2004 | vs | 0 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 25 | | C. Fossum | 9 | 7/24/2002 | vs | 0 | 3.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 1 | |||
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