which relief pitcher has the highest k/9 in 2024

Will Warren, Evan Justice and Clayton Andrews were tied for the highest K/9 by a relief pitcher in 2024, with 27.00 per nine innings.

NAME K/9 SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Will Warren
W. Warren
27.00
2024
NYY NYY
1
0
0
0
27.00
3
0
0
0
1.0
2
3
3
1
1
0
1
0
6
0
9.00
3.00
9.00
50.0
16.7
3.00
1.000
27.00
18.00
2 Evan Justice
E. Justice
27.00
2024
COL COL
1
0
0
0
0.00
1
0
0
0
0.1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
27.00
1.00
0.00
50.0
50.0
3.00
0.00
0.00
3 Clayton Andrews
C. Andrews
27.00
2024
NYY NYY
1
0
0
0
27.00
1
0
0
0
0.1
1
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0.00
27.00
33.3
0.0
3.00
27.00
27.00
4 Ronel Blanco
R. Blanco
22.50
2024
HOU HOU
1
0
0
0
0.00
5
0
0
0
2.0
1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
8
0
4.50
5.00
0.00
62.5
12.5
1.00
.500
0.00
4.50
5 Andrew Wantz
A. Wantz
20.25
2024
LAA LAA
1
0
0
0
6.75
3
0
0
0
1.1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
6
0
6.75
3.00
6.75
50.0
16.7
1.50
.000
6.75
6.75
6 Riley Pint
R. Pint
18.90
2024
COL COL
4
0
0
0
21.60
7
0
0
0
3.1
5
8
8
2
5
2
1
0
22
4
13.50
1.40
5.40
31.8
22.7
3.00
.500
21.60
13.50
7 Amir Garrett
A. Garrett
18.56
2024
LAA LAA
6
0
0
0
5.06
11
0
0
0
5.1
4
3
3
1
5
0
1
0
24
0
8.44
2.20
1.69
45.8
20.8
1.69
.429
5.06
6.75
8 Reynaldo López
R. López
18.00
2024
ATL ATL
1
0
0
0
0.00
2
0
0
0
1.0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
0
0.00
0.00
66.7
0.0
0.00
.000
0.00
0.00
9 Zach Logue
Z. Logue
18.00
2024
LAD LAD
2
0
0
0
18.00
4
0
0
0
2.0
6
4
4
1
0
0
1
0
12
0
0.00
4.50
33.3
0.0
3.00
.714
18.00
27.00
10 Matt Krook
M. Krook
18.00
2024
BAL BAL
1
0
0
0
18.00
2
0
0
0
1.0
1
2
3
1
1
0
0
0
6
0
9.00
2.00
9.00
33.3
16.7
2.00
.000
27.00
9.00
11 Sean Reynolds
S. Reynolds
17.18
2024
SDP SDP
9
0
0
0
0.82
21
0
0
0
11.0
10
1
1
0
5
1
3
0
49
0
4.09
4.20
0.00
42.9
10.2
1.36
.455
0.82
8.18
12 Mason Montgomery
M. Montgomery
15.83
2024
TBR TBR
9
0
0
0
1.86
17
0
0
0
9.2
6
2
2
0
5
0
1
0
37
0
4.66
3.40
0.00
45.9
13.5
1.14
.400
1.86
5.59
13 Devin Williams
D. Williams
15.78
2024
MIL MIL
22
1
0
1.000
0
1.25
38
0
0
14
21.2
10
3
3
1
11
2
19
1
88
1
4.57
3.45
0.42
43.2
12.5
0.97
.250
1.25
4.15
14 Tyler Phillips
T. Phillips
15.75
2024
PHI PHI
1
0
0
0
2.25
7
0
0
0
4.0
3
1
1
1
0
0
1
0
15
0
0.00
2.25
46.7
0.0
0.75
.286
2.25
6.75
15 Spencer Arrighetti
S. Arrighetti
15.43
2024
HOU HOU
1
0
0
0
0.00
4
0
0
0
2.1
0
0
0
0
3
1
0
0
11
0
11.57
1.33
0.00
36.4
27.3
1.29
.000
0.00
0.00
16 Brent Headrick
B. Headrick
15.00
2024
MIN MIN
1
0
0
0
3.00
5
0
0
0
3.0
2
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
13
0
6.00
2.50
3.00
38.5
15.4
1.33
.200
3.00
6.00
17 Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
15.00
2024
BOS BOS
1
0
1
.000
0
3.00
10
0
0
0
6.0
4
2
3
1
0
0
0
0
23
0
0.00
1.50
43.5
0.0
0.67
.250
4.50
6.00
18 Michael Soroka
M. Soroka
15.00
2024
CWS CWS
16
0
5
.000
0
2.75
60
0
0
0
36.0
24
11
16
3
20
2
7
1
154
2
5.00
3.00
0.75
39.0
13.0
1.22
.304
4.00
6.00
19 Zack Thompson
Z. Thompson
14.85
2024
STL STL
3
0
0
0
13.50
11
0
0
0
6.2
13
10
10
2
2
1
0
0
36
0
2.70
5.50
2.70
30.6
5.6
2.25
.550
13.50
17.55
20 Michel Otañez
M. Otañez
14.56
2024
OAK OAK
36
1
0
1.000
0
3.44
55
0
0
1
34.0
27
13
15
2
20
3
6
0
151
6
5.29
2.75
0.53
36.4
13.2
1.38
.352
3.97
7.15
21 David Festa
D. Festa
14.54
2024
MIN MIN
1
0
0
0
2.08
7
0
0
0
4.1
4
1
1
1
2
0
0
0
19
1
4.15
3.50
2.08
36.8
10.5
1.38
.333
2.08
8.31
22 Mason Miller
M. Miller
14.40
2024
OAK OAK
55
2
2
.500
0
2.49
104
0
0
28
65.0
36
18
23
6
21
1
44
3
249
2
2.91
4.95
0.83
41.8
8.4
0.88
.256
3.18
4.98
23 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
14.30
2024
PIT PIT
68
5
5
.500
0
3.79
98
0
0
14
61.2
44
26
31
5
39
2
18
0
265
4
5.69
2.51
0.73
37.0
14.7
1.35
.322
4.52
6.42
24 Tony Santillan
T. Santillan
14.28
2024
CIN CIN
28
3
3
.500
0
3.10
46
0
0
0
29.0
21
10
11
4
8
0
2
0
118
1
2.48
5.75
1.24
39.0
6.8
1.00
.283
3.41
6.52
25 Fernando Cruz
F. Cruz
14.09
2024
CIN CIN
66
3
8
.273
0
4.90
95
0
0
0
60.2
49
33
33
7
34
1
6
2
263
8
5.04
2.79
1.04
36.1
12.9
1.37
.333
4.90
7.27
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TEAM W L PCT GB
Blue Jays Blue Jays
70
50
.583
Red Sox Red Sox
66
55
.545
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Yankees Yankees
64
56
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Rays Rays
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Schedule
DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
8/13
MIN MIN
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
8/15
NYY NYY
@
STL STL
8:15 PM
Sat
8/16
NYY NYY
@
STL STL
7:15 PM
Sun
8/17
NYY NYY
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Tue
8/19
NYY NYY
@
TBR TBR
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NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
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.580
Mets Mets
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.538
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NL Central W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
75
44
.630
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67
51
.568
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NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
68
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Padres Padres
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52
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Blue Jays Blue Jays
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Red Sox Red Sox
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Tigers Tigers
69
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56
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sun
7/27
LAD LAD
@
CIN CIN
5-2
Sun
7/27
CHC CHC
@
MIL MIL
4-8
Sun
7/27
ATL ATL
@
KCR KCR
10-7
Sun
7/27
PIT PIT
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SEA SEA
@
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
8/13
DET DET
@
CWS CWS
2:10 PM
Wed
8/13
PIT PIT
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Wed
8/13
WSH WSH
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Wed
8/13
COL COL
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Wed
8/13
AZ AZ
@
TEX TEX
2:35 PM