most braves franchise strikeouts by a relief pitcher in a career

Gene Garber has struck out the most career hitters by a Braves relief pitcher, with 540 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	Gene Garber G. Garber	540	557	53	73	.421	0	3.34	0	0	141	856.0	859	318	382	66	233	17	388	83	3,621	17	5.68	2.45	2.32	0.69	14.9	6.4	1.28	.287	4.02	9.03
2	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	477	295	15	10	.600	0	1.43	0	0	186	290.0	154	46	51	12	109	8	241	4	1,130	22	14.80	3.38	4.38	0.37	42.2	9.6	0.91	.271	1.58	4.78
3	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	437	388	31	22	.585	0	3.73	0	0	112	386.1	331	160	178	20	204	8	233	25	1,679	30	10.18	4.75	2.14	0.47	26.0	12.2	1.38	.308	4.15	7.71
4	A.J. Minter	422	384	24	29	.453	0	3.28	0	0	36	348.2	294	127	140	27	123	8	98	11	1,438	15	10.89	3.17	3.43	0.70	29.3	8.6	1.20	.311	3.61	7.59
5	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	390	304	29	27	.518	0	2.95	0	0	41	436.0	348	143	155	32	176	14	143	26	1,814	11	8.05	3.63	2.22	0.66	21.5	9.7	1.20	.263	3.20	7.18
6	Mike Remlinger M. Remlinger	334	327	27	14	.659	0	2.74	0	0	16	321.2	263	98	106	29	132	9	52	15	1,349	13	9.35	3.69	2.53	0.81	24.8	9.8	1.23	.277	2.97	7.36
7	Dylan Lee D. Lee	310	264	18	7	.720	0	2.78	0	0	2	265.0	210	82	98	33	64	0	23	7	1,052	3	10.53	2.17	4.84	1.12	29.5	6.1	1.03	.274	3.33	7.13
8	Greg McMichael G. McMichael	302	280	18	14	.563	0	2.96	0	0	44	334.0	294	110	123	19	111	1	114	27	1,388	17	8.14	2.99	2.72	0.51	21.8	8.0	1.21	.288	3.31	7.92
9	Luke Jackson L. Jackson	301	254	16	7	.696	0	3.97	0	0	19	272.0	273	120	131	27	119	13	78	13	1,200	21	9.96	3.94	2.53	0.89	25.1	9.9	1.44	.332	4.33	9.03
10	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	296	276	16	14	.533	0	2.50	0	0	129	273.2	205	76	90	25	66	7	211	8	1,079	1	9.73	2.17	4.48	0.82	27.4	6.1	0.99	.263	2.96	6.74
11	Jonny Venters J. Venters	281	267	19	11	.633	0	2.62	0	0	9	254.2	199	74	94	12	128	19	45	14	1,087	20	9.93	4.52	2.20	0.42	25.9	11.8	1.28	.289	3.32	7.03
12	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	280	242	4	6	.400	0	2.41	0	0	154	261.1	205	70	74	17	50	1	204	5	1,015	9	9.64	1.72	5.60	0.59	27.6	4.9	0.98	.282	2.55	7.06
13	John Rocker J. Rocker	259	210	8	12	.400	0	2.63	0	0	83	195.1	136	57	72	16	123	8	146	13	843	23	11.93	5.67	2.11	0.74	30.7	14.6	1.33	.275	3.32	6.27
14	Kerry Ligtenberg K. Ligtenberg	256	254	12	12	.500	0	3.04	0	0	44	266.2	208	90	95	27	115	0	133	19	1,103	7	8.64	3.88	2.23	0.91	23.2	10.4	1.21	.257	3.21	7.02
15	Cecil Upshaw C. Upshaw	246	241	30	26	.536	0	3.01	0	0	79	409.2	396	137	151	27	113	12	176	39	1,712	13	5.40	2.48	2.18	0.59	14.4	6.6	1.24	.281	3.32	8.70
16	Don McMahon D. McMahon	246	233	23	19	.548	0	3.34	0	0	49	344.2	317	128	149	23	178	7	156	25	1,508	9	6.42	4.65	1.38	0.60	16.3	11.8	1.44	.279	3.89	8.28
17	Rick Camp R. Camp	240	349	33	24	.579	0	3.22	0	0	57	548.2	567	196	249	39	199	15	170	49	2,380	20	3.94	3.26	1.21	0.64	10.1	8.4	1.40	.280	4.08	9.30
18	Ernie Johnson E. Johnson	239	224	31	15	.674	0	3.59	0	0	18	428.2	427	171	196	45	183	10	103	18	1,852	14	5.02	3.84	1.31	0.94	12.9	9.9	1.42	.278	4.12	8.97
19	Peter Moylan P. Moylan	238	356	21	10	.677	0	2.80	0	0	4	299.1	265	93	114	19	132	14	49	30	1,264	10	7.16	3.97	1.80	0.57	18.8	10.4	1.33	.286	3.43	7.97
20	Eric O'Flaherty E. O'Flaherty	236	356	14	11	.560	0	2.82	0	0	0	296.1	266	93	106	18	101	14	39	19	1,237	11	7.17	3.07	2.34	0.55	19.1	8.2	1.24	.286	3.22	8.08
21	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	230	226	17	14	.548	0	3.46	0	0	14	260.0	246	100	118	19	98	3	83	26	1,114	12	7.96	3.39	2.35	0.66	20.6	8.8	1.32	.297	4.08	8.52
22	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	223	304	18	21	.462	0	4.01	0	0	55	289.2	277	129	146	22	114	8	123	23	1,241	8	6.93	3.54	1.96	0.68	18.0	9.2	1.35	.292	4.54	8.61
23	Jesse Chavez J. Chavez	220	184	12	9	.571	0	3.29	0	0	1	219.0	204	80	92	27	69	5	53	5	921	4	9.04	2.84	3.19	1.11	23.9	7.5	1.25	.295	3.78	8.38
24	Arodys Vizcaino A. Vizcaino	214	201	13	11	.542	0	2.95	0	0	50	189.1	155	62	70	17	87	6	114	8	808	25	10.17	4.14	2.46	0.81	26.5	10.8	1.28	.285	3.33	7.37
25	Jeff Dedmon J. Dedmon	189	226	19	15	.559	0	3.61	0	0	11	352.0	337	141	176	23	157	8	70	29	1,514	10	4.83	4.01	1.20	0.59	12.5	10.4	1.40	.276	4.50	8.62

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Marlins	72	76	.486	15.0
Mets	68	79	.463	18.5
Nationals	68	81	.456	19.5
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