most all-time strikeouts by a brewers relief pitcher

Josh Hader has fanned the most career batters by a Brewers relief pitcher, with 541 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Josh Hader J. Hader	541	269	17	17	.500	0	2.48	0	0	125	316.1	161	87	90	41	118	15	155	3	1,226	7	15.39	3.36	4.58	1.17	44.1	9.6	0.88	.235	2.56	4.58
2	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	397	351	26	33	.441	0	2.96	0	0	133	455.1	390	150	168	36	154	9	269	15	1,876	21	7.85	3.04	2.58	0.71	21.2	8.2	1.19	.277	3.32	7.71
3	Devin Williams D. Williams	375	241	27	10	.730	0	1.83	0	0	68	235.2	129	48	63	15	112	11	97	3	952	13	14.32	4.28	3.35	0.57	39.4	11.8	1.02	.260	2.41	4.93
4	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	325	231	6	11	.353	0	3.20	0	0	57	227.2	177	81	85	28	103	9	101	9	948	4	12.85	4.07	3.16	1.11	34.3	10.9	1.23	.308	3.36	7.00
5	John Axford J. Axford	318	269	21	19	.525	0	3.41	0	0	106	263.2	231	100	112	25	121	5	179	10	1,137	28	10.85	4.13	2.63	0.85	28.0	10.6	1.34	.308	3.82	7.88
6	Jeremy Jeffress J. Jeffress	292	300	24	8	.750	0	2.62	0	0	43	302.2	267	88	97	20	105	13	100	17	1,257	14	8.68	3.12	2.78	0.59	23.2	8.4	1.23	.299	2.88	7.94
7	Carlos Villanueva C. Villanueva	282	203	14	12	.538	0	4.09	0	0	6	275.1	243	125	130	34	97	12	47	11	1,172	15	9.22	3.17	2.91	1.11	24.1	8.3	1.23	.280	4.25	7.94
8	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	274	197	27	19	.587	0	3.50	0	0	30	432.0	378	168	182	37	185	15	128	31	1,835	15	5.71	3.85	1.48	0.77	14.9	10.1	1.30	.258	3.79	7.88
9	Bob McClure B. McClure	270	279	18	20	.474	0	3.47	0	0	34	396.2	384	153	173	34	176	14	129	19	1,725	12	6.13	3.99	1.53	0.77	15.7	10.2	1.41	.284	3.93	8.71
10	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	267	272	21	25	.457	0	3.20	0	0	79	315.0	292	112	128	23	148	10	174	19	1,358	14	7.63	4.23	1.80	0.66	19.7	10.9	1.40	.296	3.66	8.34
11	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	266	263	13	16	.448	0	2.91	0	0	95	250.2	192	81	85	31	79	1	154	6	1,006	11	9.55	2.84	3.37	1.11	26.4	7.9	1.08	.256	3.05	6.89
12	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	252	132	21	8	.724	0	2.76	0	0	7	195.1	160	60	66	12	77	9	25	1	815	16	11.61	3.55	3.27	0.55	30.9	9.4	1.21	.318	3.04	7.37
13	Mike Fetters M. Fetters	245	289	13	19	.406	0	2.99	0	0	79	334.1	305	111	134	18	152	12	165	22	1,420	19	6.60	4.09	1.61	0.48	17.3	10.7	1.37	.289	3.61	8.21
14	Chuck Crim C. Crim	241	327	32	27	.542	0	3.38	0	0	42	503.2	512	189	214	44	143	10	128	30	2,121	19	4.31	2.56	1.69	0.79	11.4	6.7	1.30	.278	3.82	9.15
15	David Weathers D. Weathers	223	237	18	17	.514	0	3.53	0	0	7	298.2	282	117	129	30	120	10	71	20	1,272	3	6.72	3.62	1.86	0.90	17.5	9.4	1.35	.283	3.89	8.50
16	Derrick Turnbow D. Turnbow	222	218	15	16	.484	0	4.64	0	0	65	198.0	161	102	113	18	122	8	129	5	873	22	10.09	5.55	1.82	0.82	25.4	14.0	1.43	.284	5.14	7.32
17	Trevor Megill T. Megill	216	179	10	9	.526	0	2.64	0	0	75	177.1	130	52	59	9	56	3	111	10	712	11	10.96	2.84	3.86	0.46	30.3	7.9	1.05	.283	2.99	6.60
18	Hoby Milner H. Milner	215	219	10	5	.667	0	3.63	0	0	1	213.1	201	86	97	24	45	13	36	2	884	2	9.07	1.90	4.78	1.01	24.3	5.1	1.15	.302	4.09	8.48
19	Luis Vizcaino L. Vizcaino	203	224	13	10	.565	0	4.22	0	0	6	215.1	180	101	107	34	79	5	72	10	896	15	8.48	3.30	2.57	1.42	22.7	8.8	1.20	.254	4.47	7.52
20	Will Smith W. Smith	199	181	9	8	.529	0	3.28	0	0	1	151.0	132	55	67	14	64	5	20	8	642	15	11.86	3.81	3.11	0.83	31.0	10.0	1.30	.328	3.99	7.87
21	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	196	177	13	17	.433	0	2.54	0	0	97	259.0	215	73	78	22	65	2	153	17	1,049	8	6.81	2.26	3.02	0.76	18.7	6.2	1.08	.253	2.71	7.47
22	Ken Sanders K. Sanders	194	195	14	23	.378	0	2.21	0	0	61	321.0	263	79	92	20	90	10	158	28	1,291	3	5.44	2.52	2.16	0.56	15.0	7.0	1.10	.249	2.58	7.37
23	Abner Uribe A. Uribe	191	170	10	6	.625	0	2.24	0	0	17	168.2	114	42	48	8	77	8	42	5	682	16	10.19	4.11	2.48	0.43	28.0	11.3	1.13	.266	2.56	6.08
24	Mike DeJean M. DeJean	191	201	9	14	.391	0	3.50	0	0	47	224.0	210	87	97	23	105	12	119	22	983	18	7.67	4.22	1.82	0.92	19.4	10.7	1.41	.287	3.90	8.44
25	Mark Clear M. Clear	190	141	14	9	.609	0	3.09	0	0	22	177.2	139	61	76	16	109	5	105	5	775	12	9.62	5.52	1.74	0.81	24.5	14.1	1.40	.270	3.85	7.04

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RBI

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AVG

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Team Pitching Leaders

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Misiorowski

222

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	83	51	.619
Cubs	76	59	.563	7.5
Cardinals	67	68	.496	16.5
Pirates	65	70	.481	18.5
Reds	64	71	.474	19.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/29	TEX	@	MIL	7:15 PM
Sun 8/30	TEX	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 8/31	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Tue 9/1	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Wed 9/2	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM

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Final

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Schwarber

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Olson

36

Goodman

RBI Leaders

102

Stewart

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Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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Hit Leaders

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Lopez

152

Alvarez

Run Leaders

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Wood

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Crow-Armstrong

92

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OBP Leaders

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Kurtz

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Wood

SLG Leaders

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Crow-Armstrong

SB Leaders

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38

Chisholm

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Win Leaders

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Strikeout Leaders

222

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209

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WHIP Leaders

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K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

13.03

Cease

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K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

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Walk Leaders

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FanDuel Points Leaders

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Braves	79	55	.590
Phillies	74	60	.552	5.0
Marlins	68	66	.507	11.0
Nationals	63	73	.463	17.0
Mets	60	74	.448	19.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	83	51	.619
Cubs	76	59	.563	7.5
Cardinals	67	68	.496	16.5
Pirates	65	70	.481	18.5
Reds	64	71	.474	19.5
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Dodgers	80	54	.597
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Diamondbacks	71	64	.526	9.5
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Rays	79	54	.594
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Red Sox	73	60	.549	6.0
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Blue Jays	65	70	.481	15.0
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White Sox	70	63	.526
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Twins	64	70	.478	6.5
Tigers	62	71	.466	8.0
Royals	60	75	.444	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	67	67	.500
Rangers	66	68	.493	1.0
Mariners	64	70	.478	3.0
Athletics	53	81	.396	14.0
Angels	52	82	.388	15.0