most relief innings pitched in a career by reliever since 1980

Since 1980, Lee Smith has pitched the most innings by a relief pitcher, with 1252.1 innings.

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Data note: Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Lee Smith L. Smith	1252.1	1,016	71	87	.449	0	2.98	1,225	0	0	478	1,095	415	456	87	474	9	802	100	5,230	46	8.80	3.41	2.58	0.63	23.4	9.1	1.25	.293	3.28	7.87
2	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1250.2	1,232	86	76	.531	0	3.07	1,152	0	0	144	1,010	427	483	108	554	32	495	85	5,260	40	8.29	3.99	2.08	0.78	21.9	10.5	1.25	.264	3.48	7.27
3	John Franco J. Franco	1245.2	1,119	90	87	.508	0	2.89	975	0	0	424	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	8.42
4	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	1233.2	1,105	79	57	.581	0	2.06	1,135	0	0	652	934	282	305	63	266	44	952	41	4,870	13	8.28	1.94	4.27	0.46	23.3	5.5	0.97	.259	2.23	6.81
5	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	1185.1	1,054	74	71	.510	0	3.64	859	0	0	141	1,148	479	526	118	369	47	467	72	4,999	31	6.52	2.80	2.33	0.90	17.2	7.4	1.28	.286	3.99	8.72
6	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	1154.2	998	61	63	.492	0	3.33	983	0	0	142	948	427	467	119	440	56	422	80	4,810	34	7.66	3.43	2.23	0.93	20.4	9.1	1.20	.258	3.64	7.39
7	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	1111.2	862	72	75	.490	0	3.18	867	0	0	365	988	393	419	107	349	27	685	62	4,639	18	7.02	2.83	2.48	0.87	18.7	7.5	1.20	.268	3.39	8.00
8	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	1110.0	1,177	68	63	.519	0	3.93	892	0	0	84	1,084	485	523	93	419	33	363	76	4,748	35	7.23	3.40	2.13	0.75	18.8	8.8	1.35	.299	4.24	8.79
9	Doug Jones D. Jones	1097.1	842	66	78	.458	0	3.29	885	0	0	303	1,115	401	450	86	241	39	640	53	4,617	18	7.26	1.98	3.67	0.71	19.2	5.2	1.24	.306	3.69	9.14
10	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1089.1	1,035	61	75	.449	0	2.87	1,133	0	0	601	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	6.99
11	Todd Jones T. Jones	1067.2	981	58	62	.483	0	3.95	866	0	0	319	1,063	468	513	93	443	38	619	62	4,629	43	7.30	3.73	1.95	0.78	18.7	9.6	1.41	.304	4.32	8.96
12	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	1060.0	1,007	66	71	.482	0	3.42	940	0	0	326	992	403	465	95	457	35	667	53	4,583	49	7.98	3.88	2.06	0.81	20.5	10.0	1.37	.294	3.95	8.42
13	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	1039.2	721	70	69	.504	0	3.25	519	0	0	159	1,033	376	445	49	406	27	430	97	4,473	37	4.49	3.51	1.28	0.42	11.6	9.1	1.38	.283	3.85	8.94
14	David Weathers D. Weathers	1018.0	895	55	61	.474	0	3.80	758	0	0	75	986	430	468	102	445	44	304	65	4,427	23	6.70	3.93	1.70	0.90	17.1	10.1	1.41	.287	4.14	8.72
15	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	1003.1	642	53	44	.546	0	2.74	366	0	0	239	1,022	306	340	54	155	7	532	65	4,084	3	3.28	1.39	2.36	0.48	9.0	3.8	1.17	.276	3.05	9.17
16	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	1003.0	1,050	62	67	.481	0	3.55	990	0	0	158	907	396	439	98	370	14	422	52	4,229	41	8.88	3.32	2.68	0.88	23.4	8.7	1.27	.293	3.94	8.14
17	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	984.0	927	53	69	.434	0	3.95	753	0	0	321	1,007	432	475	96	419	40	633	51	4,321	58	6.89	3.83	1.80	0.88	17.4	9.7	1.45	.302	4.34	9.21
18	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	976.0	948	52	53	.495	0	2.86	1,142	0	0	437	738	310	336	98	389	17	677	42	4,011	68	10.53	3.59	2.94	0.90	28.5	9.7	1.15	.271	3.10	6.81
19	Greg Minton G. Minton	974.2	636	53	56	.486	0	2.98	420	0	0	146	930	323	371	39	420	11	389	119	4,148	41	3.88	3.88	1.00	0.36	10.1	10.1	1.39	.273	3.43	8.59
20	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	972.1	984	58	46	.558	0	2.60	1,329	0	0	498	634	281	302	95	305	33	739	21	3,860	22	12.30	2.82	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	5.87
21	Larry Andersen L. Andersen	954.0	676	40	38	.513	0	3.04	738	0	0	49	884	322	374	53	296	16	255	61	3,985	18	6.96	2.79	2.49	0.50	18.5	7.4	1.24	.288	3.53	8.34
22	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	949.0	944	49	50	.495	0	3.32	685	0	0	127	932	350	382	78	270	10	373	32	3,964	43	6.50	2.56	2.54	0.74	17.3	6.8	1.27	.292	3.62	8.84
23	Bob Stanley B. Stanley	949.0	465	66	56	.541	0	3.34	451	0	0	118	983	352	418	58	280	27	322	67	4,008	15	4.28	2.66	1.61	0.55	11.3	7.0	1.33	.290	3.96	9.32
24	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	933.0	951	48	71	.403	0	3.80	943	0	0	327	817	394	433	73	464	52	590	38	4,064	65	9.10	4.48	2.03	0.70	23.2	11.4	1.37	.294	4.18	7.88
25	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	931.0	686	65	61	.516	0	3.27	752	0	0	184	779	338	372	90	383	21	439	66	3,906	26	7.27	3.70	1.96	0.87	19.3	9.8	1.25	.259	3.60	7.53

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