Bill Steele has the best K/9 in a game, with 162.00 per nine innings versus the Boston Braves on July 11, 1912.
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Highest k/9 by a player in a single regular-season game| NAME | K/9 | DATE | TM | OPP | DEC | GS | ERA | SO | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | HBP | GF | IBB | TBF | WP | |||
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| 1 |  | B. Steele | 162.00 | 7/11/1912 | vs | 1 | 27.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | | H. Holshouser | 81.00 | 7/27/1930 | vs | 0 | 81.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 3 |  | A. Chapman | 54.00 | 4/15/2024 | @ | L | 0 | 81.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | | B. Hughes | 54.00 | 8/21/2022 | vs | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 5 | | R. Hendrix | 54.00 | 7/16/2021 | vs | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 6 | | D. Law | 54.00 | 9/27/2019 | vs | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||
| 7 | | J. Anderson | 54.00 | 7/13/2019 | vs | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 8 | | M. Barnes | 54.00 | 4/12/2019 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 9 | | Y. Petit | 54.00 | 9/3/2018 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | R. Osuna | 54.00 | 8/20/2017 | @ | L | 0 | 81.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | ||
| 11 | | M. Castro | 54.00 | 7/30/2017 | @ | 0 | 54.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 12 | | D. Betances | 54.00 | 6/8/2017 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 13 |  | A. Chapman | 54.00 | 5/27/2016 | @ | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 14 | | J. Blevins | 54.00 | 4/17/2016 | @ | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 15 | | J. Zeid | 54.00 | 7/5/2014 | @ | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
| 16 | | M. Gonzalez | 54.00 | 6/20/2013 | @ | L | 0 | 81.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 17 | | C. Capps | 54.00 | 4/7/2013 | @ | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 18 | | J. Frasor | 54.00 | 4/7/2011 | vs | L | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
| 19 | | C. Villanueva | 54.00 | 5/16/2010 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 20 | | B. Leach | 54.00 | 6/1/2009 | vs | 0 | 27.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 21 | | W. Wright | 54.00 | 9/25/2008 | vs | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 22 | | J. Valverde | 54.00 | 4/15/2008 | @ | L | 0 | 81.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | D. Turnbow | 54.00 | 8/16/2007 | vs | 0 | 108.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||
| 24 | | T. Van Poppel | 54.00 | 9/19/2002 | @ | 0 | 81.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 25 | | V. Padilla | 54.00 | 9/18/2000 | vs | L | 0 | 108.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | ||
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