most relief innings pitched in a season by reliever in 2026

AJ Blubaugh pitched the most innings by a relief pitcher this season, with 96 innings.

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Data note: Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
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	NAME	IP	SEASON	TM	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	AJ Blubaugh	96.0	2026	HOU	64	5	3	.625	0	3.66	94	0	0	1	76	39	41	13	42	3	9	0	401	8	8.81	3.94	2.24	1.22	23.4	10.5	1.23	.253	3.84	7.13
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	87.0	2026	MIL	74	13	3	.813	0	3.00	112	0	0	4	73	29	34	8	41	2	11	1	373	8	11.59	4.24	2.73	0.83	30.0	11.0	1.31	.310	3.52	7.55
3	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	86.0	2026	SDP	76	9	3	.750	0	2.83	107	0	0	3	65	27	32	4	28	5	9	7	352	2	11.20	2.93	3.82	0.42	30.4	8.0	1.08	.293	3.35	6.80
4	Trevor Richards T. Richards	83.0	2026	TOT	54	0	1	.000	0	3.69	73	0	0	2	70	34	38	12	26	1	28	4	345	12	7.92	2.82	2.81	1.30	21.2	7.5	1.16	.249	4.12	7.59
5	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	83.0	2026	PIT	65	7	4	.636	0	2.93	98	0	0	2	56	27	32	4	43	14	15	9	354	8	10.63	4.66	2.28	0.43	27.7	12.1	1.19	.267	3.47	6.07
6	Brent Suter B. Suter	82.1	2026	TOT	50	3	1	.750	0	3.39	71	0	0	0	80	31	39	8	19	1	21	2	339	1	7.76	2.08	3.74	0.87	20.9	5.6	1.20	.300	4.26	8.74
7	Paul Blackburn P. Blackburn	82.0	2026	NYY	60	7	3	.700	0	1.54	66	0	0	1	57	14	18	6	31	0	16	1	323	0	7.24	3.40	2.13	0.66	20.4	9.6	1.07	.232	1.98	6.26
8	Zach Agnos Z. Agnos	80.1	2026	COL	38	0	1	.000	0	6.50	52	0	0	2	96	58	62	8	30	5	15	2	364	2	5.83	3.36	1.73	0.90	14.3	8.2	1.57	.327	6.95	10.76
9	Sean Newcomb S. Newcomb	79.2	2026	CWS	54	2	5	.286	0	3.39	71	0	0	4	69	30	34	4	30	8	8	3	334	0	8.02	3.39	2.37	0.45	21.3	9.0	1.24	.294	3.84	7.79
10	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	79.0	2026	CWS	56	7	3	.700	0	2.39	101	0	0	10	59	21	27	7	30	1	21	0	320	4	11.51	3.42	3.37	0.80	31.6	9.4	1.13	.287	3.08	6.72
11	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	78.1	2026	NYY	81	7	4	.636	0	2.18	98	0	0	0	68	19	20	5	27	0	7	1	326	3	11.26	3.10	3.63	0.57	30.1	8.3	1.21	.321	2.30	7.81
12	Gordon Graceffo G. Graceffo	78.0	2026	STL	61	8	2	.800	0	2.77	59	0	0	1	53	24	28	5	36	3	17	3	317	2	6.81	4.15	1.64	0.58	18.6	11.4	1.14	.224	3.23	6.12
13	Louis Varland L. Varland	78.0	2026	TOR	71	5	6	.455	0	1.27	97	0	0	35	55	11	20	2	23	0	53	1	307	3	11.19	2.65	4.22	0.23	31.6	7.5	1.00	.286	2.31	6.35
14	Chad Patrick C. Patrick	77.2	2026	MIL	51	7	3	.700	0	3.59	71	0	0	6	59	31	31	10	32	5	9	1	321	4	8.23	3.71	2.22	1.16	22.1	10.0	1.17	.241	3.59	6.84
15	Justin Bruihl J. Bruihl	77.2	2026	STL	73	1	1	.500	0	3.59	53	0	0	0	75	31	41	4	28	12	9	2	346	4	6.14	3.24	1.89	0.46	15.3	8.1	1.33	.285	4.75	8.69
16	Brock Burke B. Burke	74.1	2026	CIN	77	6	5	.545	0	2.30	74	0	0	2	54	19	32	5	40	4	11	6	314	2	8.96	4.84	1.85	0.61	23.6	12.7	1.26	.257	3.87	6.54
17	Cade Smith C. Smith	74.0	2026	CLE	69	6	1	.857	0	1.95	107	0	0	41	48	16	20	5	23	4	60	1	295	6	13.01	2.80	4.65	0.61	36.3	7.8	0.96	.276	2.43	5.84
18	Kevin Kelly K. Kelly	73.2	2026	TBR	71	6	4	.600	0	2.44	63	0	0	4	55	20	23	6	11	3	14	3	279	1	7.70	1.34	5.73	0.73	22.6	3.9	0.90	.250	2.81	6.72
19	Spencer Miles S. Miles	73.2	2026	TOR	41	6	0	1.000	0	1.83	74	0	0	2	54	15	17	3	20	1	9	1	292	1	9.04	2.44	3.70	0.37	25.3	6.8	1.00	.263	2.08	6.60
20	Antonio Senzatela A. Senzatela	73.1	2026	TOT	57	11	5	.688	0	4.05	60	0	0	4	73	33	37	6	26	2	14	2	311	0	7.36	3.19	2.31	0.74	19.3	8.4	1.35	.309	4.54	8.96
21	Wandy Peralta W. Peralta	72.1	2026	SDP	60	3	3	.500	0	3.73	46	0	0	0	74	30	30	7	22	3	18	1	302	1	5.72	2.74	2.09	0.87	15.2	7.3	1.33	.299	3.73	9.21
22	Ryan Watson R. Watson	72.0	2026	TOT	53	1	1	.500	0	4.00	65	0	0	4	68	32	33	8	23	3	28	2	307	3	8.13	2.88	2.83	1.00	21.2	7.5	1.26	.288	4.13	8.50
23	Tyler Wells T. Wells	72.0	2026	TOT	57	5	2	.714	0	2.38	72	0	0	6	47	19	23	8	18	2	19	1	277	2	9.00	2.25	4.00	1.00	26.0	6.5	0.90	.220	2.88	5.88
24	Luis Medina L. Medina	71.2	2026	ATH	59	6	3	.667	0	3.14	92	0	0	0	61	25	30	7	39	4	13	3	312	4	11.55	4.90	2.36	0.88	29.5	12.5	1.40	.318	3.77	7.66
25	Brad Lord B. Lord	71.2	2026	WSH	35	5	2	.714	0	4.02	64	0	0	1	62	32	33	10	25	6	5	3	304	2	8.04	3.14	2.56	1.26	21.1	8.2	1.21	.261	4.14	7.79

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Fri 3/26	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	TEX	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	BOS	@	HOU	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	BOS	@	HOU	4:00 AM

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Final

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0 - 2

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
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Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
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Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6
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Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	4-5
Wed 9/16	DET	@	TOR	1-5

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