red sox pitcher who threw the most strikeouts in 2009

Jon Lester struck out the most hitters for the Red Sox in 2009, with 225 strikeouts.

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1Jon Lester
J. Lester
225
2009
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
2Josh Beckett
J. Beckett
199
2009
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
3Brad Penny
B. Penny
89
2009
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
4Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
76
2009
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
5Tim Wakefield
T. Wakefield
72
2009
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
6Clay Buchholz
C. Buchholz
68
2009
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
7Justin Masterson
J. Masterson
67
2009
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
8Daniel Bard
D. Bard
63
2009
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
9Daisuke Matsuzaka
D. Matsuzaka
54
2009
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
10Hideki Okajima
H. Okajima
53
2009
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
11Ramon E Ramirez
R. E Ramirez
52
2009
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
12Takashi Saito
T. Saito
52
2009
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
13Manny Delcarmen
M. Delcarmen
44
2009
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
14John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
33
2009
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
15Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
22
2009
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
16Junichi Tazawa
J. Tazawa
13
2009
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
17Michael Bowden
M. Bowden
12
2009
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
18Paul Byrd
P. Byrd
11
2009
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
19Hunter Jones
H. Jones
9
2009
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
20Fernando Cabrera
F. Cabrera
8
2009
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
21Javier Lopez
J. Lopez
5
2009
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
22Dusty Brown
D. Brown
1
2009
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
23Enrique Gonzalez
E. Gonzalez
1
2009
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
24Billy Traber
B. Traber
1
2009
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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RBI

23

Contreras

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AVG

.303

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Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Crochet

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K

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Early

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ERA

2.77

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Team Rankings

HR

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R

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SO

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4.00

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2026 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
26
12
.684
25
13
.658
1.0
17
21
.447
9.0
17
21
.447
9.0
Red Sox Red Sox
17
22
.436
9.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
5/9
@
4:10 PM
Sun
5/10
@
1:35 PM
Tue
5/12
@
6:45 PM
Wed
5/13
@
6:45 PM
Thu
5/14
@
6:45 PM
Last Game
TBR Rays

25 - 13

0

Final

2

BOS Red Sox

17 - 22

Fri 8 May 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2026

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
26
12
.684
18
20
.474
8.0
17
21
.447
9.0
17
21
.447
9.0
14
23
.378
11.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
26
12
.684
22
15
.595
3.5
21
17
.553
5.0
19
16
.543
5.5
20
19
.513
6.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
23
14
.622
22
15
.595
1.0
17
19
.472
5.5
15
23
.395
8.5
14
23
.378
9.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
26
12
.684
25
13
.658
1.0
17
21
.447
9.0
17
21
.447
9.0
17
22
.436
9.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
20
19
.513
18
20
.474
1.5
17
20
.459
2.0
17
21
.447
2.5
16
22
.421
3.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
19
18
.514
18
20
.474
1.5
17
20
.459
2.0
16
23
.410
4.0
15
24
.385
5.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
4/23
@
7-2
Thu
4/23
@
4-5
Thu
4/23
@
7-8
Thu
4/23
@
10-8
Thu
4/23
@
4-1

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
5/8
@
10:10 PM
Fri
5/8
@
10:15 PM
Sat
5/9
@
3:07 PM
Sat
5/9
@
4:05 PM
Sat
5/9
@
4:10 PM