most mlb strikeouts season relief pitcher 1990s

Between the 1990 and 1999 seasons, Rob Dibble fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher in a season, with 136 strikeouts in 1990.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	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	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	136	1990	CIN	68	8	3	.727	0	1.74	0	0	11	98.0	62	19	22	3	34	1	29	3	384	3	12.49	3.12	4.00	0.28	35.4	8.9	0.98	.281	2.02	5.69
2	Duane Ward D. Ward	132	1991	TOR	81	7	6	.538	0	2.77	0	0	23	107.1	80	33	36	3	33	2	46	3	428	6	11.07	2.77	4.00	0.25	30.8	7.7	1.05	.298	3.02	6.71
3	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	130	1996	NYY	61	8	3	.727	0	2.09	0	0	5	107.2	73	25	25	1	34	2	14	3	425	1	10.87	2.84	3.82	0.08	30.6	8.0	0.99	.279	2.09	6.10
4	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	128	1999	NYM	77	4	3	.571	0	1.85	0	0	22	78.0	40	16	17	4	41	0	42	4	312	2	14.77	4.73	3.12	0.46	41.0	13.1	1.04	.259	1.96	4.62
5	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	124	1999	HOU	66	4	1	.800	0	1.57	0	0	39	74.2	35	13	14	5	23	1	55	1	286	2	14.95	2.77	5.39	0.60	43.4	8.0	0.78	.226	1.69	4.22
6	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	124	1991	CIN	67	3	5	.375	0	3.17	0	0	31	82.1	67	29	32	5	25	0	57	2	334	5	13.55	2.73	4.96	0.55	37.1	7.5	1.12	.344	3.50	7.32
7	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	123	1999	CWS	67	3	3	.500	0	2.22	0	0	9	105.1	72	26	28	11	21	3	31	4	411	1	10.51	1.79	5.86	0.94	29.9	5.1	0.88	.241	2.39	6.15
8	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	117	1991	CHC	75	7	8	.467	0	3.24	0	0	15	102.2	85	37	41	10	31	3	31	6	427	4	10.26	2.72	3.77	0.88	27.4	7.3	1.13	.282	3.59	7.45
9	Stan Belinda S. Belinda	114	1997	CIN	84	1	5	.167	0	3.71	0	0	1	99.1	84	41	42	11	33	9	18	6	420	5	10.33	2.99	3.45	1.00	27.1	7.9	1.18	.289	3.81	7.61
10	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	113	1993	MON	70	9	3	.750	0	1.37	0	0	43	85.1	58	13	17	3	28	2	58	3	344	7	11.92	2.95	4.04	0.32	32.8	8.1	1.01	.278	1.79	6.12
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	113	1993	LAD	63	10	3	.769	0	2.26	0	0	2	99.2	65	25	26	5	53	4	20	4	409	2	10.20	4.79	2.13	0.45	27.6	13.0	1.18	.256	2.35	5.87
12	Duane Ward D. Ward	112	1990	TOR	73	2	8	.200	0	3.45	0	0	11	127.2	101	49	51	9	42	1	39	10	508	5	7.90	2.96	2.67	0.63	22.0	8.3	1.12	.267	3.60	7.12
13	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	111	1997	SDP	70	6	4	.600	0	2.66	0	0	37	81.1	59	24	25	9	24	0	59	4	322	7	12.28	2.66	4.63	1.00	34.5	7.5	1.02	.281	2.77	6.53
14	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	111	1996	SDP	70	9	5	.643	0	2.25	0	0	42	88.0	50	22	23	6	31	2	62	5	348	2	11.35	3.17	3.58	0.61	31.9	8.9	0.92	.222	2.35	5.11
15	Robb Nen R. Nen	110	1998	SFG	78	7	7	.500	0	1.52	0	0	40	88.2	59	15	21	4	25	1	67	5	357	3	11.17	2.54	4.40	0.41	30.8	7.0	0.95	.253	2.13	5.99
16	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	110	1992	CIN	63	3	5	.375	0	3.07	0	0	25	70.1	48	24	26	3	31	2	49	2	286	6	14.08	3.97	3.55	0.38	38.5	10.8	1.12	.321	3.33	6.14
17	Scott Williamson S. Williamson	107	1999	CIN	62	12	7	.632	0	2.41	0	0	19	93.1	54	25	29	8	43	1	40	6	366	13	10.32	4.15	2.49	0.77	29.2	11.7	1.04	.222	2.80	5.21
18	Curt Leskanic C. Leskanic	107	1995	COL	76	6	3	.667	0	3.40	0	0	10	98.0	83	37	38	7	33	0	27	1	406	6	9.83	3.03	3.24	0.64	26.4	8.1	1.18	.293	3.49	7.62
19	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	106	1997	BAL	71	4	5	.444	0	2.45	0	0	9	73.1	49	20	22	7	43	1	26	5	307	1	13.01	5.28	2.47	0.86	34.5	14.0	1.25	.280	2.70	6.01
20	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	106	1997	HOU	62	7	8	.467	0	2.85	0	0	23	66.1	49	21	23	5	30	3	49	1	277	3	14.38	4.07	3.53	0.68	38.3	10.8	1.19	.331	3.12	6.65
21	John Rocker J. Rocker	104	1999	ATL	74	4	5	.444	0	2.49	0	0	38	72.1	47	20	24	5	37	1	61	4	301	7	12.94	4.60	2.81	0.62	34.6	12.3	1.16	.273	2.99	5.85
22	Paul Shuey P. Shuey	103	1999	CLE	72	8	5	.615	0	3.53	0	0	6	81.2	68	32	37	8	40	1	28	7	351	8	11.35	4.41	2.58	0.88	29.3	11.4	1.32	.302	4.08	7.49
23	Greg Harris G. Harris	103	1993	BOS	80	6	7	.462	0	3.77	0	0	8	112.1	95	47	55	7	60	10	24	14	494	8	8.25	4.81	1.72	0.56	20.9	12.1	1.38	.280	4.41	7.61
24	Duane Ward D. Ward	103	1992	TOR	79	7	4	.636	0	1.95	0	0	12	101.1	76	22	27	5	39	1	35	3	414	7	9.15	3.46	2.64	0.44	24.9	9.4	1.13	.267	2.40	6.75
25	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	102	1997	BAL	53	10	3	.769	0	3.02	0	0	1	95.1	75	32	32	9	26	4	6	5	378	2	9.63	2.45	3.92	0.85	27.0	6.9	1.06	.278	3.02	7.08

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