strikeouts per 9 leaders 2026 relief pitchers with more than 20 innings pitched

Mason Miller has the highest K/9 by a relief pitcher with more than 20.0 innings pitched in a season this year, with 16.59 per nine innings.

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  • Assumption:Threshold per season
  • Data note: Strikeouts Per Nine Innings, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
  • Data note: Data: Retrosheet
NAMEK/9IPSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Mason Miller
M. Miller
16.59
70.0
2026
66
5
2
.714
0
1.67
129
0
0
38
37
13
16
3
26
2
57
1
272
6
3.34
4.96
0.39
47.4
9.6
0.90
.304
2.06
4.76
2Erik Sabrowski
E. Sabrowski
14.15
48.1
2026
60
5
2
.714
0
2.61
76
0
0
1
26
14
17
3
31
2
5
2
203
5
5.77
2.45
0.56
37.4
15.3
1.18
.253
3.17
4.84
3Drew Sommers
D. Sommers
14.07
39.2
2026
43
2
4
.333
0
3.63
62
0
0
0
35
16
20
4
14
3
3
2
169
1
3.18
4.43
0.91
36.7
8.3
1.24
.360
4.54
7.94
4Brendon Little
B. Little
13.98
28.1
2026
30
0
3
.000
0
6.35
44
0
0
0
29
20
23
5
25
0
5
6
132
0
7.94
1.76
1.59
33.3
18.9
1.91
.414
7.31
9.21
5Andrés Muñoz
A. Muñoz
13.97
57.1
2026
61
5
6
.455
0
4.24
89
0
0
28
46
27
29
9
24
1
48
0
240
2
3.77
3.71
1.41
37.1
10.0
1.22
.316
4.55
7.22
6Jeff Hoffman
J. Hoffman
13.91
66.0
2026
TOT
71
6
8
.429
0
3.55
102
0
0
6
57
26
33
4
30
7
23
5
292
4
4.09
3.40
0.55
34.9
10.3
1.32
.356
4.50
7.77
7Mason Montgomery
M. Montgomery
13.71
63.2
2026
65
6
4
.600
0
3.11
97
0
0
18
42
22
23
6
23
1
31
2
257
2
3.25
4.22
0.85
37.7
8.9
1.02
.277
3.25
5.94
8Samy Natera Jr.
S. Natera Jr.
13.64
31.2
2026
28
1
2
.333
0
3.13
48
0
0
3
22
11
11
1
13
2
8
0
131
3
3.69
3.69
0.28
36.6
9.9
1.11
.313
3.13
6.25
9Hagen Smith
H. Smith
13.15
26.0
2026
17
3
3
.500
0
1.38
38
0
0
0
9
4
5
1
16
0
1
0
102
2
5.54
2.38
0.35
37.3
15.7
0.96
.170
1.73
3.12
10Cade Smith
C. Smith
13.01
74.0
2026
69
6
1
.857
0
1.95
107
0
0
41
48
16
20
5
23
4
60
1
295
6
2.80
4.65
0.61
36.3
7.8
0.96
.276
2.43
5.84
11Luis Mey
L. Mey
12.98
34.2
2026
29
0
2
.000
0
6.23
50
0
0
0
35
24
26
3
22
4
1
0
165
7
5.71
2.27
0.78
30.3
13.3
1.64
.372
6.75
9.09
12Erik Miller
E. Miller
12.87
50.1
2026
TOT
56
4
2
.667
0
3.04
72
0
0
5
35
17
17
3
34
5
13
3
222
6
6.08
2.12
0.54
32.4
15.3
1.37
.296
3.04
6.26
13Jhoan Duran
J. Duran
12.74
59.1
2026
61
2
6
.250
0
1.82
84
0
0
33
49
12
14
2
10
4
55
1
236
3
1.52
8.40
0.30
35.6
4.2
0.99
.346
2.12
7.43
14Pete Fairbanks
P. Fairbanks
12.50
40.1
2026
45
4
5
.444
0
5.80
56
0
0
19
32
26
29
7
20
3
37
1
176
3
4.46
2.80
1.56
31.8
11.4
1.29
.278
6.47
7.14
15Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
12.37
51.2
2026
53
3
4
.429
0
1.92
71
0
0
35
35
11
13
3
23
1
44
0
213
3
4.01
3.09
0.52
33.3
10.8
1.12
.278
2.26
6.10
16Cam Sanders
C. Sanders
12.27
29.1
2026
TOT
28
1
1
.500
0
4.60
40
0
0
3
22
15
15
1
20
4
14
1
131
1
6.14
2.00
0.31
30.5
15.3
1.43
.318
4.60
6.75
17Ryan Zeferjahn
R. Zeferjahn
12.14
69.2
2026
TOT
65
4
4
.500
0
3.88
94
0
0
7
49
30
33
7
40
9
24
5
304
4
5.17
2.35
0.90
30.9
13.2
1.28
.273
4.26
6.33
18Jordan Hicks
J. Hicks
12.04
46.1
2026
51
3
1
.750
0
3.50
62
0
0
1
40
18
18
4
31
1
10
4
208
6
6.02
2.00
0.78
29.8
14.9
1.53
.327
3.50
7.77
19Garrett Cleavinger
G. Cleavinger
11.76
41.1
2026
51
4
4
.500
0
4.79
54
0
0
2
37
22
23
6
22
2
5
1
181
1
4.79
2.45
1.31
29.8
12.2
1.43
.320
5.01
8.06
20Jonathan Bowlan
J. Bowlan
11.66
56.1
2026
59
2
2
.500
0
3.36
73
0
0
2
43
21
23
8
15
4
8
0
229
0
2.40
4.87
1.28
31.9
6.6
1.03
.271
3.67
6.87
21Kyle Hurt
K. Hurt
11.66
44.0
2026
43
4
1
.800
0
3.89
57
0
0
1
35
19
21
5
22
1
10
1
189
1
4.50
2.59
1.02
30.2
11.6
1.30
.288
4.30
7.16
22Tanner Scott
T. Scott
11.59
63.2
2026
69
1
6
.143
0
2.69
82
0
0
25
48
19
20
4
15
1
35
4
251
1
2.12
5.47
0.57
32.7
6.0
0.99
.295
2.83
6.79
23Aaron Ashby
A. Ashby
11.59
87.0
2026
74
13
3
.813
0
3.00
112
0
0
4
73
29
34
8
41
2
11
1
373
8
4.24
2.73
0.83
30.0
11.0
1.31
.310
3.52
7.55
24Luis Medina
L. Medina
11.55
71.2
2026
59
6
3
.667
0
3.14
92
0
0
0
61
25
30
7
39
4
13
3
312
4
4.90
2.36
0.88
29.5
12.5
1.40
.318
3.77
7.66
25Devin Williams
D. Williams
11.51
40.2
2026
44
3
2
.600
0
4.43
52
0
0
16
43
20
25
3
21
0
30
1
184
1
4.65
2.48
0.66
28.3
11.4
1.57
.370
5.53
9.52

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