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?
NAME STRIKE DATE TM OPP SO H HR BB HBP IBB
1 Thomas Diamond
T. Diamond
17
9/5/2010
CHC CHC
vs
NYM NYM
1
4
0
3
0
0
2 Kameron Loe
K. Loe
16
6/6/2008
TEX TEX
vs
TBR TBR
1
5
1
0
0
0
3 Mike Matthews
M. Matthews
16
6/27/2004
CIN CIN
vs
PIT PIT
1
9
0
1
0
0
4 Daniel Norris
D. Norris
15
6/22/2022
CHC CHC
@
PIT PIT
2
1
0
1
1
0
5 Jace Fry
J. Fry
15
4/9/2019
CWS CWS
vs
TBR TBR
1
3
0
2
0
0
6 Sergio Santos
S. Santos
15
9/26/2011
CWS CWS
vs
TOR TOR
3
2
0
3
0
0
7 Brad Voyles
B. Voyles
15
6/12/2002
KCR KCR
vs
FLA FLA
1
4
0
3
0
0
8 Shigetoshi Hasegawa
S. Hasegawa
15
4/18/2000
ANA ANA
@
TOR TOR
0
7
1
1
0
0
9 Jose Lima
J. Lima
15
9/12/1996
DET DET
vs
NYY NYY
2
5
3
0
1
0
10 Eric Plunk
E. Plunk
15
4/11/1994
CLE CLE
@
CAL CAL
3
3
0
2
0
0
11 Bryan Harvey
B. Harvey
15
6/25/1989
CAL CAL
vs
BAL BAL
3
3
0
2
0
0
12 Randy Rodríguez
R. Rodríguez
14
6/12/2025
SFG SFG
@
COL COL
1
2
0
2
0
0
13 Shelby Miller
S. Miller
14
5/14/2025
AZ AZ
@
SFG SFG
1
2
0
2
0
0
14 Michel Otañez
M. Otañez
14
8/24/2024
OAK OAK
vs
MIL MIL
2
3
0
1
0
0
15 Kyle Muller
K. Muller
14
8/3/2024
OAK OAK
vs
LAD LAD
3
7
0
0
0
0
16 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
14
4/8/2022
ATL ATL
vs
CIN CIN
1
3
0
1
0
0
17 Daniel Bard
D. Bard
14
7/23/2021
COL COL
@
LAD LAD
3
2
0
2
0
0
18 Emilio Pagán
E. Pagán
14
8/21/2019
TBR TBR
vs
SEA SEA
1
3
1
0
1
0
19 Chase De Jong
C. De Jong
14
4/9/2019
MIN MIN
@
NYM NYM
0
3
1
3
0
0
20 Kirby Yates
K. Yates
14
6/27/2016
NYY NYY
vs
TEX TEX
2
2
0
0
3
0
21 Dean Kiekhefer
D. Kiekhefer
14
5/24/2016
STL STL
vs
CHC CHC
2
4
0
0
1
0
22 Cory Rasmus
C. Rasmus
14
4/4/2016
LAA LAA
vs
CHC CHC
1
2
0
2
0
0
23 Andre Rienzo
A. Rienzo
14
8/3/2014
CWS CWS
vs
MIN MIN
3
5
3
1
0
0
24 Grant Balfour
G. Balfour
14
6/8/2014
TBR TBR
vs
SEA SEA
2
4
0
2
0
0
25 Randy Choate
R. Choate
14
5/12/2014
STL STL
vs
CHC CHC
0
7
0
0
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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