most closer innings pitched in a season by reliever since 2000

Since 2000, Ryan Yarbrough has pitched the most innings by a relief pitcher in a season, with 118.2 innings in his rookie season in 2018.

NAMEIPSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Ryan Yarbrough
R. Yarbrough
118.2
2018
32
14
4
.778
0
3.72
106
0
0
0
110
49
52
15
42
6
3
5
505
0
8.04
3.19
2.52
1.14
21.0
8.3
1.28
.283
3.94
8.34
2Steve Sparks
S. Sparks
107.0
2003
TOT
51
0
6
.000
0
4.88
54
0
0
2
114
58
68
13
37
3
26
4
460
3
4.54
3.11
1.46
1.09
11.7
8.0
1.41
.286
5.72
9.59
3Scott Sullivan
S. Sullivan
106.1
2000
79
3
6
.333
0
3.47
96
0
0
3
87
41
44
14
38
9
22
8
439
7
8.13
3.22
2.53
1.18
21.9
8.7
1.18
.259
3.72
7.36
4Scot Shields
S. Shields
105.1
2004
60
8
2
.800
0
3.33
109
0
0
4
97
39
42
6
40
3
12
5
454
4
9.31
3.42
2.73
0.51
24.0
8.8
1.30
.307
3.59
8.29
5Guillermo Mota
G. Mota
105.0
2003
76
6
3
.667
0
1.97
99
0
0
1
78
23
23
7
26
1
18
4
410
0
8.49
2.23
3.81
0.60
24.1
6.3
0.99
.256
1.97
6.69
6Scott Sullivan
S. Sullivan
103.1
2001
79
7
1
.875
0
3.31
82
0
0
0
94
38
44
10
36
8
16
8
437
0
7.14
3.14
2.28
0.87
18.8
8.2
1.26
.279
3.83
8.19
7Scott Proctor
S. Proctor
102.1
2006
83
6
4
.600
0
3.52
89
0
0
1
89
40
41
12
33
2
12
6
426
2
7.83
2.90
2.70
1.06
20.9
7.7
1.19
.266
3.61
7.83
8Rick White
R. White
99.2
2000
TOT
66
5
9
.357
0
3.52
67
0
0
3
83
39
44
9
38
7
14
5
420
3
6.05
3.43
1.76
0.81
16.0
9.0
1.21
.247
3.97
7.49
9Matt Herges
M. Herges
99.1
2001
75
9
8
.529
0
3.44
76
0
0
1
97
38
39
8
46
8
22
12
435
2
6.89
4.17
1.65
0.72
17.5
10.6
1.44
.300
3.53
8.79
10Ryan Yarbrough
R. Yarbrough
98.2
2024
TOT
44
5
2
.714
0
3.19
65
0
0
1
70
35
36
11
32
12
12
3
398
0
5.93
2.92
2.03
1.00
16.3
8.0
1.03
.212
3.28
6.39
11Byung-Hyun Kim
B. Kim
98.0
2001
78
5
6
.455
0
2.94
113
0
0
19
58
32
32
10
44
8
44
3
392
5
10.38
4.04
2.57
0.92
28.8
11.2
1.04
.221
2.94
5.33
12Vladimir Nunez
V. Nunez
97.2
2002
77
6
5
.545
0
3.41
73
0
0
20
80
37
38
8
37
0
43
1
404
2
6.73
3.41
1.97
0.74
18.1
9.2
1.20
.252
3.50
7.37
13Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
97.1
2002
83
6
4
.600
0
1.85
118
0
0
6
58
20
21
7
27
4
22
2
376
2
10.91
2.50
4.37
0.65
31.4
7.2
0.87
.232
1.94
5.36
14Guillermo Mota
G. Mota
96.2
2004
TOT
78
9
8
.529
0
3.07
85
0
0
4
75
33
33
8
37
4
18
6
393
5
7.91
3.44
2.30
0.74
21.6
9.4
1.16
.259
3.07
6.98
15Justin Duchscherer
J. Duchscherer
96.1
2004
53
7
6
.538
0
3.27
59
0
0
0
85
35
37
13
32
5
18
6
398
1
5.51
2.99
1.84
1.21
14.8
8.0
1.21
.249
3.46
7.94
16Anthony Swarzak
A. Swarzak
96.0
2013
48
3
2
.600
0
2.91
69
0
0
0
89
31
33
7
22
1
8
1
387
1
6.47
2.06
3.14
0.66
17.8
5.7
1.16
.285
3.09
8.34
17Sam Gaviglio
S. Gaviglio
95.2
2019
52
4
2
.667
0
4.61
88
0
0
0
85
49
51
18
22
4
9
0
392
0
8.28
2.07
4.00
1.69
22.4
5.6
1.12
.258
4.80
8.00
18Joe Borowski
J. Borowski
95.2
2002
73
4
4
.500
0
2.73
97
0
0
2
84
29
31
10
29
1
25
6
391
1
9.13
2.73
3.34
0.94
24.8
7.4
1.18
.291
2.92
7.90
19Shigetoshi Hasegawa
S. Hasegawa
95.2
2000
66
10
5
.667
0
3.48
59
0
0
9
100
37
42
11
38
2
26
6
415
2
5.55
3.57
1.55
1.03
14.2
9.2
1.44
.292
3.95
9.41
20Jesse Chavez
J. Chavez
95.1
2018
TOT
62
5
2
.714
0
2.55
92
0
0
5
84
27
28
13
17
0
26
1
377
1
8.69
1.60
5.41
1.23
24.4
4.5
1.06
.278
2.64
7.93
21Paul Quantrill
P. Quantrill
95.1
2004
86
7
3
.700
0
4.72
37
0
0
1
124
50
54
5
20
4
17
9
424
0
3.49
1.89
1.85
0.47
8.7
4.7
1.51
.332
5.10
11.71
22Oscar Villarreal
O. Villarreal
95.0
2003
85
10
7
.588
0
2.46
78
0
0
0
76
26
38
6
43
3
14
10
406
2
7.39
4.07
1.81
0.57
19.2
10.6
1.25
.254
3.60
7.20
23Salomon Torres
S. Torres
94.2
2005
78
5
5
.500
0
2.76
55
0
0
3
76
29
34
7
36
5
32
7
388
5
5.23
3.42
1.53
0.67
14.2
9.3
1.18
.242
3.23
7.23
24Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
94.2
2004
80
6
5
.545
0
1.90
157
0
0
29
57
20
21
8
30
6
44
5
369
3
14.93
2.85
5.23
0.76
42.5
8.1
0.92
.292
2.00
5.42
25Heath Bell
H. Bell
93.2
2007
81
6
4
.600
0
2.02
102
0
0
2
60
21
21
3
30
2
16
1
363
4
9.80
2.88
3.40
0.29
28.1
8.3
0.96
.252
2.02
5.77
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8.0
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AL WestWLPCTGB
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