most mlb strikeouts relief pitcher 1990s

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Eric Plunk fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher, with 691 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	Eric Plunk E. Plunk	691	549	49	34	.590	0	3.56	0	0	27	708.1	635	280	312	76	356	23	182	34	3,083	46	8.78	4.52	1.94	0.97	22.4	11.5	1.40	.289	3.96	8.07
2	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	639	644	40	40	.500	0	3.22	0	0	126	696.1	546	249	269	65	257	34	309	49	2,867	21	8.26	3.32	2.49	0.84	22.3	9.0	1.15	.257	3.48	7.06
3	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	637	520	37	29	.561	0	2.51	0	0	295	583.2	445	163	187	52	186	10	459	24	2,376	20	9.82	2.87	3.42	0.80	26.8	7.8	1.08	.264	2.88	6.86
4	Doug Jones D. Jones	594	614	45	57	.441	0	3.45	0	0	223	748.0	760	287	312	70	163	27	483	36	3,136	14	7.15	1.96	3.64	0.84	18.9	5.2	1.23	.302	3.75	9.14
5	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	580	439	36	28	.563	0	2.69	0	0	228	509.0	365	152	167	46	164	4	354	35	2,041	30	10.26	2.90	3.54	0.81	28.4	8.0	1.04	.256	2.95	6.45
6	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	579	578	30	45	.400	0	3.42	0	0	285	694.2	640	264	291	70	232	22	491	34	2,914	23	7.50	3.01	2.50	0.91	19.9	8.0	1.26	.283	3.77	8.29
7	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	565	509	37	35	.514	0	2.95	0	0	234	570.2	481	187	205	39	239	18	430	22	2,415	19	8.91	3.77	2.36	0.62	23.4	9.9	1.26	.284	3.23	7.59
8	Randy Myers R. Myers	565	531	25	44	.362	0	3.35	0	0	291	574.1	517	214	224	48	256	8	433	31	2,449	23	8.85	4.01	2.21	0.75	23.1	10.5	1.35	.298	3.51	8.10
9	Mel Rojas M. Rojas	562	525	34	31	.523	0	3.82	0	0	126	667.0	591	283	305	65	254	37	282	31	2,830	30	7.58	3.43	2.21	0.88	19.9	9.0	1.27	.275	4.12	7.97
10	Stan Belinda S. Belinda	561	521	40	33	.548	0	3.85	0	0	78	628.1	522	269	284	71	261	31	244	38	2,652	22	8.04	3.74	2.15	1.02	21.2	9.8	1.25	.261	4.07	7.48
11	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	561	643	42	29	.592	0	3.46	0	0	42	575.2	548	221	238	52	203	19	189	50	2,457	19	8.77	3.17	2.76	0.81	22.8	8.3	1.30	.306	3.72	8.57
12	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	536	530	32	33	.492	0	3.18	0	0	293	543.2	492	192	210	58	83	14	437	21	2,191	3	8.87	1.37	6.46	0.96	24.5	3.8	1.06	.289	3.48	8.14
13	Xavier Hernandez X. Hernandez	531	449	39	29	.574	0	3.75	0	0	35	612.1	559	255	284	60	233	19	167	29	2,608	45	7.80	3.42	2.28	0.88	20.4	8.9	1.29	.283	4.17	8.22
14	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	531	598	29	38	.433	0	4.05	0	0	54	564.0	546	254	277	60	210	9	207	36	2,407	22	8.47	3.35	2.53	0.96	22.1	8.7	1.34	.304	4.42	8.71
15	Norm Charlton N. Charlton	525	453	26	34	.433	0	3.91	0	0	96	522.2	481	227	260	41	262	17	241	15	2,278	56	9.04	4.51	2.00	0.71	23.0	11.5	1.42	.307	4.48	8.28
16	Jeff Brantley J. Brantley	523	458	28	31	.475	0	2.85	0	0	148	581.1	454	184	197	63	254	18	308	39	2,416	16	8.10	3.93	2.06	0.98	21.6	10.5	1.22	.251	3.05	7.03
17	Robb Nen R. Nen	513	424	29	31	.483	0	3.25	0	0	185	479.2	434	173	193	38	183	3	349	26	2,034	28	9.63	3.43	2.80	0.71	25.2	9.0	1.29	.305	3.62	8.14
18	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	501	534	37	41	.474	0	3.15	0	0	282	583.2	516	204	228	62	152	13	489	28	2,386	22	7.73	2.34	3.30	0.96	21.0	6.4	1.14	.274	3.52	7.96
19	Rod Beck R. Beck	499	540	26	37	.413	0	3.20	0	0	260	587.1	540	209	226	68	131	14	443	24	2,411	16	7.65	2.01	3.81	1.04	20.7	5.4	1.14	.278	3.46	8.27
20	Chuck McElroy C. McElroy	499	551	33	27	.550	0	3.67	0	0	17	590.2	565	241	275	45	278	7	159	37	2,548	19	7.60	4.24	1.79	0.69	19.6	10.9	1.43	.303	4.19	8.61
21	Bobby Ayala B. Ayala	489	392	33	37	.471	0	4.51	0	0	59	506.1	488	254	295	61	209	21	214	20	2,203	26	8.69	3.71	2.34	1.08	22.2	9.5	1.38	.300	5.24	8.67
22	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	489	461	27	28	.491	0	3.41	0	0	17	485.2	420	184	205	35	242	45	141	50	2,110	19	9.06	4.48	2.02	0.65	23.2	11.5	1.36	.296	3.80	7.78
23	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	475	594	31	22	.585	0	3.57	0	0	22	489.1	395	194	216	50	242	13	177	36	2,084	17	8.74	4.45	1.96	0.92	22.8	11.6	1.30	.265	3.97	7.26
24	Heathcliff Slocumb H. Slocumb	467	483	26	33	.441	0	3.97	0	0	97	562.1	567	248	277	29	321	18	280	36	2,544	56	7.47	5.14	1.45	0.46	18.4	12.6	1.58	.315	4.43	9.07
25	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	461	590	35	28	.556	0	4.13	0	0	58	569.1	545	261	283	57	218	16	204	34	2,428	16	7.29	3.45	2.11	0.90	19.0	9.0	1.34	.291	4.47	8.62