most k/9 by a player in a game

Bill Steele has the highest K/9 in a game, with 162.00 per nine innings versus the Boston Braves on July 11, 1912.

Interpreted as:
most k/9 by a player in a 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
1 Bill Steele
B. Steele
162.00
7/11/1912
SLN SLN
vs
BSN BSN
1
27.00
6
0
0
0
0.1
2
1
2
0
2
0
0
6
0
2 Herm Holshouser
H. Holshouser
81.00
7/27/1930
SLA SLA
vs
BSA BSA
0
81.00
3
0
0
0
0.1
1
3
3
0
2
0
0
4
0
3 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
54.00
4/15/2024
PIT PIT
@
NYM NYM
L
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
3
3
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
4 Brandon Hughes
B. Hughes
54.00
8/21/2022
CHC CHC
vs
MIL MIL
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
5 Ryan Hendrix
R. Hendrix
54.00
7/16/2021
CIN CIN
vs
MIL MIL
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
6 Derek Law
D. Law
54.00
9/27/2019
TOR TOR
vs
TBR TBR
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
7 Justin Anderson
J. Anderson
54.00
7/13/2019
LAA LAA
vs
SEA SEA
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
8 Matt Barnes
M. Barnes
54.00
4/12/2019
BOS BOS
vs
BAL BAL
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
9 Yusmeiro Petit
Y. Petit
54.00
9/3/2018
OAK OAK
vs
NYY NYY
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
10 Roberto Osuna
R. Osuna
54.00
8/20/2017
TOR TOR
@
CHC CHC
L
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
2
3
3
0
0
1
1
0
6
3
11 Miguel Castro
M. Castro
54.00
7/30/2017
BAL BAL
@
TEX TEX
0
54.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
3
1
12 Dellin Betances
D. Betances
54.00
6/8/2017
NYY NYY
vs
BOS BOS
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
4
1
13 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
54.00
5/27/2016
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
14 Jerry Blevins
J. Blevins
54.00
4/17/2016
NYM NYM
@
CLE CLE
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
15 Josh Zeid
J. Zeid
54.00
7/5/2014
HOU HOU
@
LAA LAA
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
5
1
16 Michael Gonzalez
M. Gonzalez
54.00
6/20/2013
MIL MIL
@
HOU HOU
L
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
2
3
3
1
0
0
1
0
4
1
17 Carter Capps
C. Capps
54.00
4/7/2013
SEA SEA
@
CWS CWS
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
18 Jason Frasor
J. Frasor
54.00
4/7/2011
TOR TOR
vs
OAK OAK
L
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
1
19 Carlos Villanueva
C. Villanueva
54.00
5/16/2010
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
20 Brent Leach
B. Leach
54.00
6/1/2009
LAD LAD
vs
ARI ARI
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
21 Wesley Wright
W. Wright
54.00
9/25/2008
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
22 Jose Valverde
J. Valverde
54.00
4/15/2008
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
L
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
3
3
4
2
0
1
1
0
6
0
23 Derrick Turnbow
D. Turnbow
54.00
8/16/2007
MIL MIL
vs
STL STL
0
108.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
1
4
5
0
3
0
0
0
6
1
24 Todd Van Poppel
T. Van Poppel
54.00
9/19/2002
TEX TEX
@
SEA SEA
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
2
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
6
2
25 Vicente Padilla
V. Padilla
54.00
9/18/2000
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
L
0
108.00
2
0
0
0
0.1
3
4
4
0
1
0
0
1
6
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for K/9 going back to the 1901 season.
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