red sox pitcher who threw the most strikeouts in 2009

Jon Lester fanned the most batters for the Red Sox in 2009, with 225 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jon Lester J. Lester	225	2009	BOS	32	15	8	.652	32	3.41	2	0	0	203.1	186	77	80	20	64	3	0	0	843	6	9.96	2.83	3.52	0.89	26.7	7.6	1.23	.313	3.54	73	3.14	73	8.23	27
2	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	199	2009	BOS	32	17	6	.739	32	3.86	4	2	0	212.1	198	91	99	25	55	7	0	1	883	3	8.43	2.33	3.62	1.06	22.5	6.2	1.19	.290	4.20	83	3.62	84	8.39	16.7
3	Brad Penny B. Penny	89	2009	BOS	24	7	8	.467	24	5.61	0	0	0	131.2	160	82	89	17	42	5	0	0	590	4	6.08	2.87	2.12	1.16	15.1	7.1	1.53	.327	6.08	120	4.48	104	10.94	-2.6
4	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	76	2009	BOS	66	1	1	.500	0	1.85	0	0	38	68.0	54	14	15	5	24	4	59	1	285	0	10.06	3.18	3.17	0.66	26.7	8.4	1.15	.278	1.99	40	3.04	70	7.15	9.8
5	Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	72	2009	BOS	21	11	5	.688	21	4.58	2	0	0	129.2	137	66	67	12	50	10	0	0	572	4	5.00	3.47	1.44	0.83	12.6	8.7	1.44	.292	4.65	98	4.57	106	9.51	-3.8
6	Clay Buchholz C. Buchholz	68	2009	BOS	16	7	4	.636	16	4.21	0	0	0	92.0	91	43	44	13	36	2	0	1	399	1	6.65	3.52	1.89	1.27	17.0	9.0	1.38	.279	4.30	90	4.68	108	8.90	-3.9
7	Justin Masterson J. Masterson	67	2009	BOS	31	3	3	.500	6	4.50	0	0	0	72.0	72	36	38	7	25	6	4	2	312	3	8.38	3.13	2.68	0.88	21.5	8.0	1.35	.314	4.75	96	3.78	88	9.00	4.3
8	Daniel Bard D. Bard	63	2009	BOS	49	2	2	.500	0	3.65	0	0	1	49.1	41	20	24	5	22	3	12	3	212	1	11.49	4.01	2.86	0.91	29.7	10.4	1.28	.303	4.38	78	3.37	78	7.48	5.3
9	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	54	2009	BOS	12	4	6	.400	12	5.76	0	0	0	59.1	81	38	38	10	30	2	0	1	283	8	8.19	4.55	1.80	1.52	19.1	10.6	1.87	.380	5.76	123	5.08	118	12.29	-5.1
10	Hideki Okajima H. Okajima	53	2009	BOS	68	6	0	1.000	0	3.39	0	0	0	61.0	56	23	23	8	21	2	6	3	258	0	7.82	3.10	2.52	1.18	20.5	8.1	1.26	.276	3.39	73	4.19	97	8.26	0.9
11	Ramon E Ramirez R. E Ramirez	52	2009	BOS	70	7	4	.636	0	2.84	0	0	0	69.2	61	22	26	7	32	4	16	4	301	2	6.72	4.13	1.63	0.90	17.3	10.6	1.33	.262	3.36	61	4.45	103	7.88	-1.1
12	Takashi Saito T. Saito	52	2009	BOS	56	3	3	.500	0	2.43	0	0	2	55.2	50	15	16	6	25	5	30	2	240	1	8.41	4.04	2.08	0.97	21.7	10.4	1.35	.289	2.59	52	4.24	98	8.08	0.5
13	Manny Delcarmen M. Delcarmen	44	2009	BOS	64	5	2	.714	0	4.53	0	0	0	59.2	64	30	34	5	34	4	6	3	278	1	6.64	5.13	1.29	0.75	15.8	12.2	1.64	.309	5.13	97	4.61	107	9.65	-2
14	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	33	2009	BOS	8	2	5	.286	8	8.33	0	0	0	40.0	59	37	37	8	9	3	0	1	186	0	7.43	2.03	3.67	1.80	17.7	4.8	1.70	.383	8.33	178	4.94	114	13.27	-2.8
15	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	22	2009	BOS	15	1	1	.500	0	1.98	0	0	0	13.2	8	3	5	1	7	1	2	0	56	1	14.49	4.61	3.14	0.66	39.3	12.5	1.10	.280	3.29	42	2.57	60	5.27	2.7
16	Junichi Tazawa J. Tazawa	13	2009	BOS	6	2	3	.400	4	7.46	0	0	0	25.1	43	21	23	4	9	3	1	0	130	0	4.62	3.20	1.44	1.42	10.0	6.9	2.05	.386	8.17	160	5.53	128	15.28	-3.5
17	Michael Bowden M. Bowden	12	2009	BOS	8	1	1	.500	1	9.56	0	0	0	16.0	23	17	17	3	6	0	3	0	75	3	6.75	3.38	2.00	1.69	16.0	8.0	1.81	.370	9.56	205	5.15	119	12.94	-1.5
18	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	11	2009	BOS	7	1	3	.250	6	5.82	0	0	0	34.0	47	22	22	4	11	0	0	0	155	0	2.91	2.91	1.00	1.06	7.1	7.1	1.71	.333	5.82	125	4.94	114	12.44	-2.4
19	Hunter Jones H. Jones	9	2009	BOS	11	0	0		0	9.24	0	0	0	12.2	16	13	13	3	7	1	1	1	63	2	6.39	4.97	1.29	2.13	14.3	11.1	1.82	.302	9.24	198	6.64	154	11.37	-3.3
20	Fernando Cabrera F. Cabrera	8	2009	BOS	6	0	0		0	8.44	0	0	0	5.1	7	5	5	0	4	1	3	1	28	0	13.50	6.75	2.00	0.00	28.6	14.3	2.06	.467	8.44	181	2.90	67	11.81	0.9
21	Javier Lopez J. Lopez	5	2009	BOS	14	0	2	.000	0	9.26	0	0	0	11.2	20	12	13	1	9	2	5	0	64	1	3.86	6.94	0.56	0.77	7.8	14.1	2.49	.404	10.03	198	6.17	143	15.43	-2.5
22	Dusty Brown D. Brown	1	2009	BOS	1	0	0		0	9.00	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	20.0	0.0	2.00	.500	9.00	193	1.09	25	18.00	0.4
23	Enrique Gonzalez E. Gonzalez	1	2009	BOS	2	0	0		0	4.91	0	0	0	3.2	5	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	18	0	2.45	4.91	0.50	2.45	5.6	11.1	1.91	.286	4.91	105	7.72	179	12.27	-1.4
24	Billy Traber B. Traber	1	2009	BOS	1	0	0		0	12.27	0	0	0	3.2	9	5	5	2	1	0	0	0	20	0	2.45	2.45	1.00	4.91	5.0	5.0	2.73	.438	12.27	263	10.45	242	22.09	-2.6

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24

Contreras

RBI

72

Contreras

AVG

.285

Rafaela

Team Pitching Leaders

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Gray

128

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ERA

2.65

Gray

Team Rankings

124

26th

549

19th

1,059

13th

ERA

3.52

3rd

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	49	.602
Yankees	69	55	.556	5.5
Red Sox	66	58	.532	8.5
Orioles	61	63	.492	13.5
Blue Jays	61	65	.484	14.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/17	AZ	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Tue 8/18	AZ	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Wed 8/19	AZ	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Fri 8/21	SFG	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 8/22	SFG	@	BOS	7:15 PM

Last Game

Red Sox

66 - 58

Final

Pirates

61 - 65

Sun 16 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

37

Schwarber

36

Alvarez

36

Olson

RBI Leaders

92

Burleson

91

Stewart

91

Abrams

Batting Average Leaders

.321

Alvarez

.315

Arraez

.309

Simpson

Hit Leaders

150

Lopez

149

Arraez

143

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

88

Olson

87

Crow-Armstrong

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.619

Alvarez

.551

Olson

.543

Murakami

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

35

Simpson

32

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

15

Gray

14

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

210

Misiorowski

201

Cease

190

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.75

Misiorowski

2.16

Sale

2.19

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.91

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.60

Misiorowski

13.14

Cease

11.48

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.77

Misiorowski

5.78

Rasmussen

5.71

Sale

Walk Leaders

20

Martinez

23

Rasmussen

27

Ryan

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,079.9

Ohtani

1,707.9

Crow-Armstrong

1,683.4

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,453.6

Ohtani

1,298

Crow-Armstrong

1,262

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

74-49

73-53

70-53

69-56

68-57

Worst Record ATS

47-78

50-75

51-74

54-71

57-67

58-67

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	74	50	.597
Phillies	67	58	.536	7.5
Marlins	64	61	.512	10.5
Nationals	60	66	.476	15.0
Mets	56	69	.448	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	77	48	.616
Cubs	72	53	.576	5.0
Cardinals	64	61	.512	13.0
Pirates	61	65	.484	16.5
Reds	59	65	.476	17.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	74	51	.592
Padres	67	58	.536	7.0
Diamondbacks	66	59	.528	8.0
Giants	51	73	.411	22.5
Rockies	50	74	.403	23.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	49	.602
Yankees	69	55	.556	5.5
Red Sox	66	58	.532	8.5
Orioles	61	63	.492	13.5
Blue Jays	61	65	.484	14.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	65	58	.528
Tigers	60	64	.484	5.5
Twins	60	65	.480	6.0
Guardians	60	65	.480	6.0
Royals	51	74	.408	15.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	62	.504
Rangers	61	64	.488	2.0
Mariners	59	66	.472	4.0
Athletics	49	75	.395	13.5
Angels	49	76	.392	14.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 8/2	WSH	@	ATL	2-4
Sun 8/2	PHI	@	BAL	8-0
Sun 8/2	STL	@	TOR	5-1
Sun 8/2	MIA	@	NYM	2-0
Sun 8/2	PIT	@	CIN	2-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 8/17	BAL	@	TBR	6:05 PM
Mon 8/17	STL	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Mon 8/17	MIA	@	PHI	6:40 PM
Mon 8/17	DET	@	PIT	7:05 PM
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Jon Lester fanned the most batters for the Red Sox in 2009, with 225 strikeouts.

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