Ten Strikeouts in Relief
There have been 73 ten-strikeout relief appearances since 1897, measured across 223,559 games, an average of one occurrence every 3,062 games. The most recent was Sean Burke on 27 September 2025; the first was Gus Dorner on 26 May 1903.
Ten strikeouts by a pitcher who did not start.
Much rarer now: 6 since 2000, one every 10,676 games, against one every 3,062 across the whole record.
73recorded occurrences
1 in 3,062games · 1897+
1903first · Gus Dorner
2025-09-27most recent · Sean Burke
19y 0mlongest drought · 2001-07-18 to 2020-08-02
By decade
Recorded occurrences in each decade within this page’s coverage.
Done it most
Every occurrence (73 of them)
| Date | Player | # | Game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-27 | 73 | ↗ | ||
| 2025-08-16 | 72 | ↗ | ||
| 2024-06-26 | 71 | ↗ | ||
| 2023-07-17 | 70 | ↗ | ||
| 2020-08-02 | 69 | ↗ | ||
| 2001-07-18 | 68 | ↗ | ||
| 1995-08-20 | 67 | ↗ | ||
| 1995-07-13 | 66 | ↗ | ||
| 1995-05-25 | MGMark Guthrie | 65 | ↗ | |
| 1989-09-14 | 64 | ↗ | ||
| 1989-04-12 | 63 | ↗ | ||
| 1980-05-22 | DDDanny Darwin | 62 | ↗ | |
| 1977-09-25 | 61 | ↗ | ||
| 1974-09-22 | DSDiego Segui | 60 | ↗ | |
| 1973-07-22 | JHJohn Hiller | 59 | ↗ | |
| 1972-09-22 | 58 | ↗ | ||
| 1972-09-13 | TGTom Griffin | 57 | ↗ | |
| 1971-08-14 | LTLuis Tiant | 56 | ↗ | |
| 1971-05-09 | KBKen Brett | 55 | ↗ | |
| 1970-05-03 | LPLowell Palmer | 54 | ↗ | |
| 1969-09-06 | 53 | ↗ | ||
| 1968-04-15 | JRJim Ray | 52 | ↗ | |
| 1967-08-09 | DKDarold Knowles | 51 | ↗ | |
| 1965-06-15 | 50 | ↗ | ||
| 1964-09-07 | DVDave Vineyard | 49 | ↗ | |
| 1964-06-15 | 48 | ↗ | ||
| 1964-05-29 | DODan Osinski | 47 | ↗ | |
| 1964-05-10 | SSSonny Siebert | 46 | ↗ | |
| 1963-06-11 | 45 | ↗ | ||
| 1963-06-09 | 44 | ↗ | ||
| 1963-05-11 | SHSteve Hamilton | 43 | ↗ | |
| 1962-05-04 | BBBob Bruce | 42 | ↗ | |
| 1961-07-04 | BOBilly O'Dell | 41 | ↗ | |
| 1961-06-12 | BOBilly O'Dell | 40 | ↗ | |
| 1959-05-28 | DHDave Hillman | 39 | ↗ | |
| 1959-05-02 | GCGene Conley | 38 | ↗ | |
| 1957-08-04 | 37 | ↗ | ||
| 1955-08-31 | HBHal Brown | 36 | ↗ | |
| 1954-05-31 | TGTom Gorman | 35 | ↗ | |
| 1953-08-18 | 34 | ↗ | ||
| 1948-05-06 | JBJoe Black | 33 | ↗ | |
| 1947-09-12 | JDJohnny Davis | 32 | ↗ | |
| 1945-05-06 | RWRoy Welmaker | 31 | ↗ | |
| 1941-08-11 | LBLefty Boone | 30 | ↗ | |
| 1941-06-25 | 29 | ↗ | ||
| 1940-08-02 | 28 | ↗ | ||
| 1939-07-28 | JHJesse Houston | 27 | ↗ | |
| 1938-08-11 | 26 | ↗ | ||
| 1938-07-08 | VBVet Barnes | 25 | ↗ | |
| 1938-06-01 | TSTheolic Smith | 24 | ↗ | |
| 1937-07-29 | TMTerris McDuffie | 23 | ↗ | |
| 1935-06-06 | BEBob Evans | 22 | ↗ | |
| 1935-05-19 | SJSyl Johnson | 21 | ↗ | |
| 1933-07-24 | LMLeroy Matlock | 20 | ↗ | |
| 1933-06-19 | SJSlim Jones | 19 | ↗ | |
| 1933-06-03 | JBJumbo Brown | 18 | ↗ | |
| 1932-08-21 | 17 | ↗ | ||
| 1931-07-04 | 16 | ↗ | ||
| 1931-04-26 | CFCarl Fischer | 15 | ↗ | |
| 1928-06-28 | GEGeorge Earnshaw | 14 | ↗ | |
| 1926-07-10 | 13 | ↗ | ||
| 1924-09-06 | WBWalter Beall | 12 | ↗ | |
| 1922-06-27 | CMCliff Markle | 11 | ↗ | |
| 1917-09-24 | HEHod Eller | 10 | ↗ | |
| 1915-07-22 | DDDave Davenport | 9 | ↗ | |
| 1914-05-29 | EKElmer Knetzer | 8 | ↗ | |
| 1913-07-25 | 7 | ↗ | ||
| 1911-05-19 | SWSmoky Joe Wood | 6 | ↗ | |
| 1911-05-13 | 5 | ↗ | ||
| 1909-07-17 | SWSmoky Joe Wood | 4 | ↗ | |
| 1909-05-22 | THTom Hughes | 3 | ↗ | |
| 1905-08-18 | 2 | ↗ | ||
| 1903-05-26 | GDGus Dorner | 1 | ↗ |