most games pitched in one season by a relief pitcher for white sox

Wilbur Wood has pitched in the most games by a White Sox relief pitcher in a season, with 86 games in 1968.

	NAME	G	SEASON	TM	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	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	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	86	1968	CWS	12	11	.522	0	1.92	71	0	0	16	145.0	113	31	35	8	31	3	46	11	567	3	4.41	1.92	2.29	0.50	12.5	5.5	0.99	.231	2.17	7.01
2	Kelly Wunsch K. Wunsch	83	2000	CWS	6	3	.667	0	2.93	51	0	0	1	61.1	50	20	22	4	29	2	12	1	259	0	7.48	4.26	1.76	0.59	19.7	11.2	1.29	.266	3.23	7.34
3	Eddie Fisher E. Fisher	82	1965	CWS	15	7	.682	0	2.40	90	0	0	24	165.1	118	44	51	13	43	2	60	8	646	10	4.90	2.34	2.09	0.71	13.9	6.7	0.97	.211	2.78	6.42
4	Bobby Thigpen B. Thigpen	77	1990	CWS	4	6	.400	0	1.83	70	0	0	57	88.2	60	18	20	5	32	1	73	3	347	2	7.11	3.25	2.19	0.51	20.2	9.2	1.04	.230	2.03	6.09
5	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	77	1970	CWS	9	13	.409	0	2.81	85	0	0	21	121.2	118	38	50	7	36	2	62	7	508	4	6.29	2.66	2.36	0.52	16.7	7.1	1.27	.294	3.70	8.73
6	Bob Locker B. Locker	77	1967	CWS	7	5	.583	0	2.09	80	0	0	20	124.2	102	29	34	5	23	10	47	5	502	7	5.78	1.66	3.48	0.36	15.9	4.6	1.00	.253	2.45	7.36
7	Matt Lindstrom M. Lindstrom	76	2013	CWS	2	4	.333	0	3.12	46	0	0	0	60.2	64	21	23	2	23	1	12	1	260	6	6.82	3.41	2.00	0.30	17.7	8.8	1.43	.330	3.41	9.49
8	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	76	1969	CWS	10	11	.476	0	3.00	73	0	0	15	120.0	113	40	48	13	40	3	50	15	511	5	5.48	3.00	1.83	0.97	14.3	7.8	1.27	.262	3.60	8.48
9	Matt Thornton M. Thornton	74	2012	CWS	4	10	.286	0	3.46	53	0	0	3	65.0	63	25	27	4	17	3	18	4	266	2	7.34	2.35	3.12	0.55	19.9	6.4	1.23	.312	3.74	8.72
10	Matt Thornton M. Thornton	74	2008	CWS	5	3	.625	0	2.67	77	0	0	1	67.1	48	20	20	5	19	2	12	2	268	3	10.29	2.54	4.05	0.67	28.7	7.1	1.00	.261	2.67	6.42
11	Damaso Marte D. Marte	74	2004	CWS	6	5	.545	0	3.42	68	0	0	6	73.2	56	28	28	10	34	3	24	4	303	3	8.31	4.15	2.00	1.22	22.4	11.2	1.22	.245	3.42	6.84
12	Scott Radinsky S. Radinsky	73	1993	CWS	8	2	.800	0	4.28	44	0	0	4	54.2	61	26	33	3	19	1	24	3	250	0	7.24	3.13	2.32	0.49	17.6	7.6	1.46	.317	5.43	10.04
13	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	73	1964	CWS	12	9	.571	0	1.99	95	0	0	27	131.1	94	29	35	7	30	2	55	1	510	3	6.51	2.06	3.17	0.48	18.6	5.9	0.94	.231	2.40	6.44
14	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	72	2008	CWS	4	4	.500	0	3.76	92	0	0	1	67.0	52	28	34	12	29	5	10	3	288	4	12.36	3.90	3.17	1.61	31.9	10.1	1.21	.267	4.57	6.99
15	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	72	2001	CWS	4	9	.308	0	2.33	75	0	0	42	81.0	57	21	21	3	22	8	69	1	322	1	8.33	2.44	3.41	0.33	23.3	6.8	0.98	.252	2.33	6.33
16	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	72	2000	CWS	3	1	.750	0	2.97	91	0	0	34	88.0	66	29	31	9	22	2	58	2	350	1	9.31	2.25	4.14	0.92	26.0	6.3	1.00	.252	3.17	6.75
17	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	72	1996	CWS	6	5	.545	0	1.91	85	0	0	38	84.2	65	18	21	2	38	0	61	5	355	6	9.04	4.04	2.24	0.21	23.9	10.7	1.22	.274	2.23	6.91
18	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	72	1968	CWS	4	4	.500	0	1.73	72	0	0	12	93.2	69	18	20	4	24	2	39	5	369	1	6.92	2.31	3.00	0.38	19.5	6.5	0.99	.243	1.92	6.63
19	Nate Jones N. Jones	71	2016	CWS	5	3	.625	0	2.29	80	0	0	3	70.2	48	18	20	7	15	3	11	3	274	7	10.19	1.91	5.33	0.89	29.2	5.5	0.89	.243	2.55	6.11
20	Zach Duke Z. Duke	71	2015	CWS	3	6	.333	0	3.41	66	0	0	1	60.2	47	23	26	9	32	3	14	4	255	0	9.79	4.75	2.06	1.34	25.9	12.5	1.30	.262	3.86	6.97
21	Damaso Marte D. Marte	71	2003	CWS	4	2	.667	0	1.58	87	0	0	11	79.2	50	14	16	3	34	3	25	6	314	1	9.83	3.84	2.56	0.34	27.7	10.8	1.05	.251	1.81	5.65
22	Nate Jones N. Jones	70	2013	CWS	4	5	.444	0	4.15	89	0	0	0	78.0	69	36	40	5	26	1	17	1	315	8	10.27	3.00	3.42	0.58	28.3	8.3	1.22	.330	4.62	7.96
23	Matt Thornton M. Thornton	70	2009	CWS	6	3	.667	0	2.74	87	0	0	4	72.1	58	22	22	5	20	1	17	2	291	4	10.82	2.49	4.35	0.62	29.9	6.9	1.08	.298	2.74	7.22
24	Neal Cotts N. Cotts	70	2006	CWS	1	2	.333	0	5.17	43	0	0	1	54.0	64	31	33	12	24	3	14	6	251	3	7.17	4.00	1.79	2.00	17.1	9.6	1.63	.308	5.50	10.67
25	Bill Simas B. Simas	70	1999	CWS	6	3	.667	0	3.75	41	0	0	2	72.0	73	30	36	6	32	6	21	6	324	4	5.13	4.00	1.28	0.75	12.7	9.9	1.46	.280	4.50	9.13

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