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most strikeouts by a player in the 9th inning since 2020 pitcher| NAME | SO | G | H | HR | BB | HBP | IBB | K/BB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | J. Hader | 467 | 328 | 171 | 35 | 125 | 12 | 1 | 3.74 |
| 2 |  | R. Iglesias | 381 | 332 | 239 | 36 | 77 | 8 | 6 | 4.95 |
| 3 |  | K. Jansen | 365 | 328 | 208 | 29 | 116 | 10 | 10 | 3.15 |
| 4 |  | E. DÃaz | 354 | 229 | 149 | 18 | 77 | 16 | 2 | 4.60 |
| 5 |  | A. Chapman | 302 | 223 | 134 | 16 | 97 | 3 | 1 | 3.11 |
| 6 |  | D. Bednar | 289 | 257 | 191 | 20 | 83 | 8 | 9 | 3.48 |
| 7 |  | E. Clase | 276 | 290 | 201 | 10 | 53 | 7 | 7 | 5.21 |
| 8 | | C. Doval | 253 | 214 | 174 | 11 | 97 | 13 | 6 | 2.61 |
| 9 |  | C. Kimbrel | 253 | 197 | 128 | 20 | 81 | 12 | 3 | 3.12 |
| 10 |  | J. Duran | 247 | 208 | 155 | 11 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 4.84 |
| 11 | | R. Pressly | 245 | 221 | 165 | 20 | 53 | 2 | 0 | 4.62 |
| 12 | | D. Williams | 244 | 178 | 106 | 11 | 79 | 7 | 3 | 3.09 |
| 13 |  | A. Muñoz | 243 | 180 | 110 | 10 | 70 | 9 | 3 | 3.47 |
| 14 | | J. Romano | 240 | 197 | 165 | 22 | 75 | 8 | 6 | 3.20 |
| 15 | | P. Fairbanks | 234 | 205 | 144 | 18 | 74 | 6 | 2 | 3.16 |
| 16 | | R. Helsley | 229 | 187 | 138 | 15 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 3.14 |
| 17 |  | M. Miller | 225 | 131 | 68 | 8 | 42 | 3 | 1 | 5.36 |
| 18 | | P. Sewald | 217 | 189 | 136 | 35 | 51 | 5 | 5 | 4.25 |
| 19 | | L. Hendriks | 192 | 134 | 91 | 18 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 7.11 |
| 20 | | T. Scott | 191 | 172 | 118 | 15 | 65 | 9 | 4 | 2.94 |
| 21 | | C. Estévez | 189 | 208 | 174 | 17 | 64 | 8 | 5 | 2.95 |
| 22 | | F. Bautista | 177 | 116 | 62 | 11 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 3.16 |
| 23 | | K. Finnegan | 172 | 200 | 176 | 25 | 63 | 3 | 7 | 2.73 |
| 24 | | E. Pagán | 160 | 140 | 99 | 18 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 3.56 |
| 25 | | G. Soto | 156 | 157 | 101 | 13 | 75 | 10 | 2 | 2.08 |
StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.
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71 | 47 | .602 | ||
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71 | 46 | .607 | ||
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60 | 59 | .504 | ||
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