pitcher with the most strikeouts in the 9th inning, in a single game

10 pitchers are tied for fanning the most batters in a game in the 9th inning, with 4 strikeouts. The first three are Craig Kimbrel on May 25, 2017 and on September 26, 2012, Ken Giles on August 7, 2016 and Will Smith on October 4, 2015.

Interpreted as:

pitcher with the most strikeouts in the 9th inning, in a single regular-season game

		NAME	SO	DATE	TM		OPP	H	HR	BB	HBP	IBB
1		Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	4	5/25/2017	BOS	vs	TEX	0	0	0	0	0
2		Ken Giles K. Giles	4	8/7/2016	HOU	vs	TEX	1	0	0	1	0
3		Will Smith W. Smith	4	10/4/2015	MIL	vs	CHC	0	0	0	0	0
4		Justin Grimm J. Grimm	4	8/29/2014	CHC	@	STL	1	0	0	0	0
5		Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	4	9/26/2012	ATL	vs	MIA	0	0	0	0	0
6		Kazuhiro Sasaki K. Sasaki	4	4/4/2003	SEA	@	TEX	0	0	0	0	0
7		Tim Wakefield T. Wakefield	4	8/10/1999	BOS	@	KCR	1	1	0	0	0
8		Derek Wallace D. Wallace	4	9/13/1996	NYM	vs	ATL	1	0	0	0	0
9		Bruce Ruffin B. Ruffin	4	7/25/1996	COL	vs	CHC	3	0	1	0	0
10		Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	4	6/7/1995	ATL	vs	CHC	0	0	0	0	0
11		Paul Shuey P. Shuey	4	5/14/1994	CLE	vs	DET	0	0	2	0	0
12		Abner Uribe A. Uribe	3	5/20/2025	MIL	vs	BAL	0	0	0	0	0
13		Jordan Romano J. Romano	3	5/18/2025	PHI	vs	PIT	0	0	0	0	0
14		Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	3	5/17/2025	BOS	vs	ATL	1	0	1	0	0
15		Camilo Doval C. Doval	3	5/16/2025	SFG	vs	ATH	0	0	0	0	0
16		Collin Snider C. Snider	3	5/16/2025	SEA	@	SDP	1	0	0	1	0
17		Seranthony Domínguez S. Domínguez	3	5/15/2025	BAL	vs	MIN	1	0	1	0	0
18		Jordan Romano J. Romano	3	5/14/2025	PHI	vs	STL	0	0	0	0	0
19		Luke Weaver L. Weaver	3	5/14/2025	NYY	@	SEA	0	0	0	0	0
20		Matt Svanson M. Svanson	3	5/14/2025	STL	@	PHI	0	0	0	0	0
21		Shawn Armstrong S. Armstrong	3	5/13/2025	TEX	vs	COL	0	0	0	0	0
22		Tyler Rogers T. Rogers	3	5/11/2025	SFG	@	MIN	0	0	0	0	0
23		Chris Stratton C. Stratton	3	5/10/2025	KCR	vs	BOS	1	0	1	0	0
24		Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	3	5/10/2025	TOR	@	SEA	0	0	0	0	0
25		José Buttó J. Buttó	3	5/9/2025	NYM	vs	CHC	2	1	0	0	0

Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete event-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1974 season.

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