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K/9 (or SO/9) – Strikeouts per 9 innings pitched: strikeouts times nine divided by innings pitched; K/BB (or SO/BB) – Strikeout-to-walk ratio: number of strikeouts divided by number of base on balls; L – Loss: number of games where pitcher was pitching while the opposing team took the lead, never lost the lead, and went on to win
In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. [1] Twenty different pitchers have struck out at least 18 batters in a single nine-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) game, [a] the most recent being Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals on May 11, 2016. [4]
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In baseball, a strikeout occurs when a pitcher throws three strikes to a batter during his time at bat. [1] Under Rules 6.05 and 6.09 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball, a batter becomes a runner when a third strike is not caught by the catcher with no runner on first base or when there are two outs. [2]
A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters, and is usually denoted by the letter K, or sometimes by the initialism SO. [1] Reggie Jackson [2] [3] [4] holds the record for the most career strikeouts by a batter with 2,597. [5]
The highest game score in a nine-inning game in Nippon Professional Baseball history is 106, which Rōki Sasaki achieved on April 10, 2022 by pitching a perfect game with a league record-tying 19 strikeouts. This game score is higher than any achieved in a nine-inning game in MLB history. [15]
Batting Park Factor, also simply called Park Factor or BPF, is a baseball statistic that indicates the difference between runs scored in a team's home and road games. Most commonly used as a metric in the sabermetric community, it has found more general usage in recent years.
The player with the highest single regular season K/BB ratio through 2022 was Minnesota Twins pitcher Phil Hughes in 2014, with a ratio of 11.625 (186 strikeouts and 16 walks). [4] He is followed by Bret Saberhagen (11.00 in 1994) and Cliff Lee (10.28 in 2010). [2]