Jose Rijo career strikeouts (pitching)
1,606Career Regular Season
Jose Rijo has recorded 1,606 strikeouts (pitching) over 14 regular seasons, 195th among 8,580 MLB players on file.
- Best season on file: 227 in 1993.
- Most recent: 38 in 2002.
Sum of 14 regular seasons, 1984 through 2002. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  NYY | 24 | 2 | 8 | 4.76 | 62.1 | 47 | 33 | 1.72 | 2 |
| 1985 |  ATH | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3.53 | 63.2 | 65 | 28 | 1.34 | 0 |
| 1986 | ATH | 39 | 9 | 11 | 4.65 | 193.2 | 176 | 108 | 1.45 | 1 |
| 1987 | ATH | 21 | 2 | 7 | 5.90 | 82.1 | 67 | 41 | 1.79 | 0 |
| 1988 |  CIN | 49 | 13 | 8 | 2.39 | 162.0 | 160 | 63 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 1989 | CIN | 19 | 7 | 6 | 2.84 | 111.0 | 86 | 48 | 1.34 | 0 |
| 1990 | CIN | 29 | 14 | 8 | 2.70 | 197.0 | 152 | 78 | 1.16 | 0 |
| 1991 | CIN | 30 | 15 | 6 | 2.51 | 204.1 | 172 | 55 | 1.08 | 0 |
| 1992 | CIN | 33 | 15 | 10 | 2.56 | 211.0 | 171 | 44 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 1993 | CIN | 36 | 14 | 9 | 2.48 | 257.1 | 227 | 62 | 1.09 | 0 |
| 1994 | CIN | 26 | 9 | 6 | 3.08 | 172.1 | 171 | 52 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1995 | CIN | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4.17 | 69.0 | 62 | 22 | 1.42 | 0 |
| 2001 | CIN | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2.12 | 17.0 | 12 | 9 | 1.65 | 0 |
| 2002 | CIN | 31 | 5 | 4 | 5.14 | 77.0 | 38 | 20 | 1.42 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV