pitcher highest k/9 in first 500 innings

Bill Steele struck out 162.00 batters per nine innings against the Boston Braves on July 11, 1912.

Interpreted as:
pitcher highest k/9 in first 500 innings in a game
NAME K/9 IP DATE TM OPP DEC GS ERA SO CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP
1 Bill Steele
B. Steele
162.00
0.1
7/11/1912
SLN SLN
vs
BSN BSN
1
27.00
6
0
0
0
2
1
2
0
2
0
0
6
0
2 Herm Holshouser
H. Holshouser
81.00
0.1
7/27/1930
SLA SLA
vs
BSA BSA
0
81.00
3
0
0
0
1
3
3
0
2
0
0
4
0
3 Willie Sudhoff
W. Sudhoff
54.00
1.1
5/14/1905
SLA SLA
vs
PHA PHA
L
1
8
0
0
0
3
6
0
2
0
0
0
4 Cy Young
C. Young
54.00
0.1
6/28/1906
BSA BSA
@
NYH NYH
0
2
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
5 Tex Hughson
T. Hughson
54.00
0.1
5/26/1949
BSA BSA
vs
SLA SLA
W
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
6 Wilbur Wood
W. Wood
54.00
0.1
8/30/1968
CWS CWS
@
MIN MIN
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
0
7 Don McMahon
D. McMahon
54.00
0.1
8/10/1969
SFG SFG
vs
STL STL
L
0
108.00
2
0
0
0
3
4
4
1
0
0
0
0
5
1
8 Larry Andersen
L. Andersen
54.00
0.1
9/22/1984
PHI PHI
@
PIT PIT
L
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
4
1
9 Tim Layana
T. Layana
54.00
0.1
7/23/1991
CIN CIN
@
CHC CHC
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
10 Greg McMichael
G. McMichael
54.00
0.1
5/11/1993
ATL ATL
@
HOU HOU
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
1
11 Omar Daal
O. Daal
54.00
0.1
7/4/1994
LAD LAD
vs
MON MON
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
4
0
12 Darren Holmes
D. Holmes
54.00
0.1
9/19/1995
COL COL
@
SDP SDP
0
108.00
2
0
0
0
2
4
4
0
1
0
0
1
5
1
13 Dan Plesac
D. Plesac
54.00
0.1
6/17/1996
PIT PIT
vs
NYM NYM
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
4
1
14 Vicente Padilla
V. Padilla
54.00
0.1
9/18/2000
PHI PHI
vs
PIT PIT
L
0
108.00
2
0
0
0
3
4
4
0
1
0
0
1
6
1
15 Todd Van Poppel
T. Van Poppel
54.00
0.1
9/19/2002
TEX TEX
@
SEA SEA
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
1
1
0
0
6
2
16 Derrick Turnbow
D. Turnbow
54.00
0.1
8/16/2007
MIL MIL
vs
STL STL
0
108.00
2
0
0
0
1
4
5
0
3
0
0
0
6
1
17 Jose Valverde
J. Valverde
54.00
0.1
4/15/2008
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
L
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
3
3
4
2
0
1
1
0
6
0
18 Wesley Wright
W. Wright
54.00
0.1
9/25/2008
HOU HOU
vs
CIN CIN
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
1
19 Brent Leach
B. Leach
54.00
0.1
6/1/2009
LAD LAD
vs
ARI ARI
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
2
20 Carlos Villanueva
C. Villanueva
54.00
0.1
5/16/2010
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
21 Jason Frasor
J. Frasor
54.00
0.1
4/7/2011
TOR TOR
vs
OAK OAK
L
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
4
1
22 Carter Capps
C. Capps
54.00
0.1
4/7/2013
SEA SEA
@
CWS CWS
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
23 Michael Gonzalez
M. Gonzalez
54.00
0.1
6/20/2013
MIL MIL
@
HOU HOU
L
0
81.00
2
0
0
0
2
3
3
1
0
0
1
0
4
1
24 Josh Zeid
J. Zeid
54.00
0.1
7/5/2014
HOU HOU
@
LAA LAA
0
27.00
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
5
1
25 Jerry Blevins
J. Blevins
54.00
0.1
4/17/2016
NYM NYM
@
CLE CLE
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for K/9 and innings pitched going back to the 1901 season.
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@
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Wed
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