best seasons by a relief picher

Jesse Orosco has played the most career seasons by a relief pitcher, with 24 seasons.

NAMESEASGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Jesse Orosco
J. Orosco
24
1,248
87
78
.527
0
3.12
1,169
0
0
144
1277.0
1,035
442
499
112
568
34
501
85
5,374
40
8.24
4.00
2.06
0.79
21.8
10.6
1.26
.264
3.52
7.29
2Jim Kaat
J. Kaat
23
273
23
20
.535
0
3.65
168
0
0
17
392.1
417
159
188
29
128
7
102
40
1,690
12
3.85
2.94
1.31
0.67
9.9
7.6
1.39
.286
4.31
9.57
3Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
23
313
54
32
.628
0
2.55
272
0
0
56
708.2
769
333
17
184
16
218
18
3.45
2.34
1.48
0.22
6.6
1.34
.328
4.23
9.77
4Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
22
965
115
85
.575
0
2.77
1,340
0
0
310
1556.2
1,235
479
537
98
628
38
681
87
6,408
56
7.75
3.63
2.13
0.57
20.9
9.8
1.20
.264
3.10
7.14
5John Franco
J. Franco
21
1,119
90
87
.508
0
2.89
975
0
0
424
1245.2
1,166
400
466
81
495
22
774
78
5,312
54
7.04
3.58
1.97
0.59
18.4
9.3
1.33
.290
3.37
8.42
6Lindy McDaniel
L. McDaniel
21
913
119
88
.575
0
3.14
1,165
0
0
174
1694.2
1,590
591
682
122
486
11
577
120
7,019
92
6.19
2.58
2.40
0.65
16.6
6.9
1.23
.280
3.62
8.44
7Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
21
1,018
124
103
.546
0
2.49
1,363
0
0
228
1872.1
1,436
518
636
125
661
51
651
58
7,619
83
6.55
3.18
2.06
0.60
17.9
8.7
1.12
.242
3.06
6.90
8Waite Hoyt
W. Hoyt
21
249
40
24
.625
0
3.21
245
0
0
53
625.1
641
223
264
22
164
9
173
2,641
6
3.53
2.36
1.49
0.32
9.3
6.2
1.29
.281
3.80
9.23
9Eppa Rixey
E. Rixey
21
138
19
12
.613
0
3.05
107
0
0
14
321.1
304
109
144
9
102
6
100
1,333
13
3.00
2.86
1.05
0.25
8.0
7.7
1.26
.266
4.03
8.51
10Herb Pennock
H. Pennock
21
198
23
17
.575
0
3.20
194
0
0
37
433.0
414
222
11
175
10
136
1,840
14
4.03
3.64
1.11
0.23
10.5
9.5
1.36
.278
4.61
8.61
11Early Wynn
E. Wynn
20
80
13
12
.520
0
2.78
85
0
0
15
165.1
157
51
56
9
62
2
67
4
702
3
4.63
3.38
1.37
0.49
12.1
8.8
1.32
.272
3.05
8.55
12Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
20
117
15
15
.500
0
3.76
112
0
0
21
234.2
224
98
111
18
136
10
71
1,045
10
4.30
5.22
0.82
0.69
10.7
13.0
1.53
.268
4.26
8.59
13Sad Sam Jones
S. Sam Jones
20
159
16
17
.485
0
4.26
98
0
0
31
346.2
383
164
218
12
144
7
115
1,503
7
2.54
3.74
0.68
0.31
6.5
9.6
1.52
.299
5.66
9.94
14Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
19
1,105
79
57
.581
0
2.06
1,135
0
0
652
1233.2
934
282
305
63
266
44
952
41
4,870
13
8.28
1.94
4.27
0.46
23.3
5.5
0.97
.259
2.23
6.81
15Mike Stanton
M. Stanton
19
1,177
68
63
.519
0
3.93
892
0
0
84
1110.0
1,084
485
523
93
419
33
363
76
4,748
35
7.23
3.40
2.13
0.75
18.8
8.8
1.35
.299
4.24
8.79
16Rick Honeycutt
R. Honeycutt
19
529
21
27
.438
0
3.36
320
0
0
38
536.0
479
200
234
38
175
18
118
28
2,241
18
5.37
2.94
1.83
0.64
14.3
7.8
1.22
.261
3.93
8.04
17Bob McClure
B. McClure
19
625
41
34
.547
0
3.43
474
0
0
52
713.0
674
272
312
62
310
22
233
34
3,071
19
5.98
3.91
1.53
0.78
15.4
10.1
1.38
.278
3.94
8.51
18Gene Garber
G. Garber
19
922
94
108
.465
0
3.30
913
0
0
218
1452.2
1,404
533
624
113
424
37
609
151
6,083
29
5.66
2.63
2.15
0.70
15.0
7.0
1.26
.281
3.87
8.70
19Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
19
148
16
12
.571
0
2.97
161
0
0
29
254.1
229
84
110
17
106
7
83
13
1,092
20
5.70
3.75
1.52
0.60
14.7
9.7
1.32
.265
3.89
8.10
20Syl Johnson
S. Johnson
19
333
37
33
.529
0
4.17
355
0
0
43
722.2
746
335
375
71
167
20
206
3,054
11
4.42
2.08
2.13
0.88
11.6
5.5
1.26
.277
4.67
9.29
21Jesse Haines
J. Haines
19
168
27
14
.659
0
3.02
119
0
0
11
402.0
395
135
164
21
119
7
96
1,682
12
2.66
2.66
1.00
0.47
7.1
7.1
1.28
.264
3.67
8.84
22Burleigh Grimes
B. Grimes
19
120
21
20
.512
0
3.57
119
0
0
17
312.1
306
124
153
11
128
5
94
1,351
13
3.43
3.69
0.93
0.32
8.8
9.5
1.39
.271
4.41
8.82
23Dolf Luque
D. Luque
19
184
34
15
.694
0
2.87
133
0
0
29
404.0
403
129
150
13
126
3
128
1,688
6
2.96
2.81
1.06
0.29
7.9
7.5
1.31
.276
3.34
8.98
24Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
19
96
23
15
.605
0
3.44
113
0
0
33
204.1
212
109
9
64
1
80
874
5
4.98
2.82
1.77
0.40
12.9
7.3
1.35
.295
4.80
9.34
25Jesse Chavez
J. Chavez
18
572
30
30
.500
0
4.11
666
0
0
9
703.2
710
321
354
105
222
17
180
24
3,002
22
8.52
2.84
3.00
1.34
22.2
7.4
1.32
.304
4.53
9.08
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TEAMWLPCTGB
60
42
.588
56
47
.544
4.5
52
51
.505
8.5
52
51
.505
8.5
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7/24
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7:10 PM
Sat
7/25
@
7:15 PM
Sun
7/26
@
1:40 PM
Mon
7/27
@
7:10 PM
Tue
7/28
@
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MLB 2026 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
60
42
.588
56
47
.544
4.5
52
51
.505
8.5
52
51
.505
8.5
43
60
.417
17.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
64
38
.627
57
45
.559
7.0
53
50
.515
11.5
52
50
.510
12.0
47
54
.465
16.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
65
38
.631
54
49
.524
11.0
50
53
.485
15.0
42
60
.412
22.5
41
63
.394
24.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
59
43
.578
57
45
.559
2.0
52
49
.515
6.5
50
53
.485
9.5
47
56
.456
12.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
54
47
.535
54
50
.519
1.5
51
53
.490
4.5
49
54
.476
6.0
43
61
.413
12.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
51
51
.500
51
52
.495
0.5
50
54
.481
2.0
43
59
.422
8.0
41
62
.398
10.5

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6-7
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7/24
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Fri
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7/24
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Fri
7/24
@
6:45 PM