which pitcher has the most first pitch strikes in the 9th inning

Thomas Diamond has the most strikes in a game in the 9th inning, with 17 strikes versus the Mets on September 5, 2010.

Interpreted as:
Which pitcher has the most first pitch strikes in a regular-season game in the 9th inning?
NAMESTRIKEDATETMOPPSOHHRBBHBPIBB
1Thomas Diamond
T. Diamond
17
9/5/2010
vs
1
4
0
3
0
0
2Kameron Loe
K. Loe
16
6/6/2008
vs
1
5
1
0
0
0
3Mike Matthews
M. Matthews
16
6/27/2004
vs
1
9
0
1
0
0
4Daniel Norris
D. Norris
15
6/22/2022
@
2
1
0
1
1
0
5Jace Fry
J. Fry
15
4/9/2019
vs
1
3
0
2
0
0
6Sergio Santos
S. Santos
15
9/26/2011
vs
3
2
0
3
0
0
7Brad Voyles
B. Voyles
15
6/12/2002
vs
1
4
0
3
0
0
8Shigetoshi Hasegawa
S. Hasegawa
15
4/18/2000
@
0
7
1
1
0
0
9Jose Lima
J. Lima
15
9/12/1996
vs
2
5
3
0
1
0
10Eric Plunk
E. Plunk
15
4/11/1994
@
3
3
0
2
0
0
11Bryan Harvey
B. Harvey
15
6/25/1989
vs
3
3
0
2
0
0
12Eduarniel Núñez
E. Núñez
14
8/5/2025
@
1
4
0
2
1
0
13Randy Rodríguez
R. Rodríguez
14
6/12/2025
@
1
2
0
2
0
0
14Shelby Miller
S. Miller
14
5/14/2025
@
1
2
0
2
0
0
15Michel Otañez
M. Otañez
14
8/24/2024
vs
2
3
0
1
0
0
16Kyle Muller
K. Muller
14
8/3/2024
vs
3
7
0
0
0
0
17Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
14
4/8/2022
vs
1
3
0
1
0
0
18Daniel Bard
D. Bard
14
7/23/2021
@
3
2
0
2
0
0
19Emilio Pagán
E. Pagán
14
8/21/2019
vs
1
3
1
0
1
0
20Chase De Jong
C. De Jong
14
4/9/2019
@
0
3
1
3
0
0
21Kirby Yates
K. Yates
14
6/27/2016
vs
2
2
0
0
3
0
22Dean Kiekhefer
D. Kiekhefer
14
5/24/2016
vs
2
4
0
0
1
0
23Cory Rasmus
C. Rasmus
14
4/4/2016
vs
1
2
0
2
0
0
24Andre Rienzo
A. Rienzo
14
8/3/2014
vs
3
5
3
1
0
0
25Grant Balfour
G. Balfour
14
6/8/2014
vs
2
4
0
2
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete event-level data for strikes going back to the 1974 season.
Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

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