most strikeouts by a pitcher in the 9th inning all-time

Craig Kimbrel has fanned the most career hitters in the 9th inning, with 1,025 strikeouts.

		NAME	SO	G	H	HR	BB	HBP	IBB	K/BB
1		Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	1,025	687	378	55	252	31	6	4.07
2		Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	957	742	469	70	197	25	13	4.86
3		Billy Wagner B. Wagner	936	737	468	60	219	25	13	4.27
4		Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	918	593	326	37	252	21	4	3.64
5		Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	838	981	723	50	179	37	26	4.68
6		Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	838	852	619	81	200	7	28	4.19
7		Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	745	676	493	62	258	10	25	2.89
8		Lee Smith L. Smith	702	780	634	55	250	4	39	2.81
9		Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	662	606	468	45	142	24	13	4.66
10		Joe Nathan J. Nathan	650	579	399	39	160	12	15	4.06
11		Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	597	398	262	45	132	25	5	4.52
12		Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	595	601	475	36	254	29	24	2.34
13		Robb Nen R. Nen	579	526	418	37	168	6	25	3.45
14		Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	578	675	519	60	99	14	14	5.84
15		Troy Percival T. Percival	572	558	370	62	225	21	17	2.54
16		Armando Benitez A. Benitez	569	523	347	50	220	5	15	2.59
17		Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	540	630	554	47	236	14	23	2.29
18		Rich Gossage R. Gossage	535	642	452	25	195	9	21	2.74
19		John Franco J. Franco	533	745	621	44	256	10	39	2.08
20		Josh Hader J. Hader	532	359	190	43	123	13	2	4.33
21		Tom Henke T. Henke	528	517	352	36	132	2	11	4.00
22		Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	523	555	459	38	205	17	12	2.55
23		Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	519	445	313	50	100	13	8	5.19
24		John Wetteland J. Wetteland	517	520	394	50	152	10	15	3.40
25		Huston Street H. Street	513	555	432	60	135	5	24	3.80

StatMuse has event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.

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