most relief innings pitched in a season by reliever since 1985

Since 1985, Mark Eichhorn has pitched the most innings by a relief pitcher in a season, with 157 innings in his rookie season in 1986.

	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	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	157.0	1986	TOR	69	14	6	.700	0	1.72	166	0	0	10	105	30	32	8	45	7	38	14	612	2	9.52	2.58	3.69	0.46	27.1	7.4	0.96	.251	1.83	6.02
2	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	129.0	1985	KCR	84	8	9	.471	0	2.37	54	0	0	37	142	34	41	8	16	1	76	5	532	0	3.77	1.12	3.38	0.56	10.2	3.0	1.22	.296	2.86	9.91
3	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	128.0	1986	NYM	75	14	9	.609	0	3.02	65	0	0	22	107	43	48	4	42	3	52	5	524	3	4.57	2.95	1.55	0.28	12.4	8.0	1.16	.251	3.38	7.52
4	Duane Ward D. Ward	127.2	1990	TOR	73	2	8	.200	0	3.45	112	0	0	11	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
5	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	127.2	1987	TOR	89	10	6	.625	0	3.17	96	0	0	4	110	45	47	14	52	6	27	13	540	3	6.77	3.67	1.85	0.99	17.8	9.6	1.27	.258	3.31	7.75
6	Sammy Stewart S. Stewart	127.1	1985	BAL	55	5	6	.455	0	3.32	76	0	0	9	110	47	55	14	65	1	36	10	542	5	5.37	4.59	1.17	0.99	14.0	12.0	1.37	.249	3.89	7.77
7	Jim Acker J. Acker	126.0	1989	TOT	73	2	7	.222	0	2.43	92	0	0	2	108	34	36	6	32	2	26	11	499	3	6.57	2.29	2.88	0.43	18.4	6.4	1.11	.278	2.57	7.71
8	Jeff Robinson J. Robinson	124.2	1988	PIT	75	11	5	.688	0	3.03	87	0	0	9	113	42	44	6	39	3	35	5	513	11	6.28	2.82	2.23	0.43	17.0	7.6	1.22	.283	3.18	8.16
9	Lance McCullers L. McCullers	123.1	1987	SDP	78	8	10	.444	0	3.72	126	0	0	16	115	51	60	11	59	2	41	11	540	5	9.19	4.31	2.14	0.80	23.3	10.9	1.41	.304	4.38	8.39
10	Jeff Robinson J. Robinson	123.1	1987	TOT	81	8	9	.471	0	2.85	101	0	0	14	89	39	43	11	54	1	40	11	495	5	7.37	3.94	1.87	0.80	20.4	10.9	1.16	.238	3.14	6.49
11	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	122.0	1989	HOU	68	11	4	.733	0	2.36	104	0	0	7	92	32	35	8	33	2	26	9	482	2	7.67	2.43	3.15	0.59	21.6	6.8	1.02	.251	2.58	6.79
12	Andy McGaffigan A. McGaffigan	120.1	1987	MON	69	5	2	.714	0	2.39	100	0	0	12	105	32	38	5	42	3	30	7	500	6	7.48	3.14	2.38	0.37	20.0	8.4	1.22	.286	2.84	7.85
13	Tim Burke T. Burke	120.1	1985	MON	78	9	4	.692	0	2.39	87	0	0	8	86	32	32	9	44	7	31	14	483	7	6.51	3.29	1.98	0.67	18.0	9.1	1.08	.229	2.39	6.43
14	Ryan Yarbrough R. Yarbrough	118.2	2018	TBR	32	14	4	.778	0	3.72	106	0	0	0	110	49	52	15	42	6	3	5	505	0	8.04	3.19	2.52	1.14	21.0	8.3	1.28	.283	3.94	8.34
15	Rick Camp R. Camp	118.2	1985	ATL	64	3	5	.375	0	3.79	44	0	0	3	117	50	66	7	54	5	23	10	523	4	3.34	4.10	0.81	0.53	8.4	10.3	1.44	.266	5.01	8.87
16	Chuck Crim C. Crim	117.2	1989	MIL	76	9	7	.563	0	2.83	59	0	0	7	114	37	42	7	36	2	31	9	487	5	4.51	2.75	1.64	0.54	12.1	7.4	1.27	.279	3.21	8.72
17	Greg Harris G. Harris	117.1	1990	SDP	73	8	8	.500	0	2.30	97	0	0	9	92	30	35	6	49	4	33	13	488	2	7.44	3.76	1.98	0.46	19.9	10.0	1.20	.259	2.68	7.06
18	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	117.0	1985	NYM	60	6	4	.600	0	2.38	65	0	0	17	96	31	34	8	33	0	36	7	472	6	5.00	2.54	1.97	0.62	13.8	7.0	1.10	.240	2.62	7.38
19	Ron Robinson R. Robinson	116.2	1986	CIN	70	10	3	.769	0	3.24	117	0	0	14	110	42	44	10	43	2	32	8	487	3	9.03	3.32	2.72	0.77	24.0	8.8	1.31	.317	3.39	8.49
20	Mark Grant M. Grant	116.1	1989	SDP	50	8	2	.800	0	3.33	69	0	0	2	105	43	45	11	32	3	19	6	466	2	5.34	2.48	2.16	0.85	14.8	6.9	1.18	.268	3.48	8.12
21	Duane Ward D. Ward	114.2	1989	TOR	66	4	10	.286	0	3.77	122	0	0	15	94	48	55	4	58	5	39	11	494	13	9.58	4.55	2.10	0.31	24.7	11.7	1.33	.295	4.32	7.38
22	Jim Acker J. Acker	114.2	1987	ATL	68	4	9	.308	0	4.16	68	0	0	14	109	53	57	11	51	4	41	4	491	1	5.34	4.00	1.33	0.86	13.8	10.4	1.40	.275	4.47	8.56
23	DeWayne Buice D. Buice	114.0	1987	CAL	57	6	7	.462	0	3.39	109	0	0	17	87	43	45	12	40	2	44	3	457	3	8.61	3.16	2.73	0.95	23.9	8.8	1.11	.255	3.55	6.87
24	Scott Sullivan S. Sullivan	113.2	1999	CIN	79	5	4	.556	0	3.01	78	0	0	3	88	38	41	10	47	8	16	4	470	6	6.18	3.72	1.66	0.79	16.6	10.0	1.19	.239	3.25	6.97
25	Mark Williamson M. Williamson	113.1	1987	BAL	59	8	8	.500	0	3.73	68	0	0	3	106	47	50	11	37	2	36	15	468	3	5.40	2.94	1.84	0.87	14.5	7.9	1.26	.271	3.97	8.42

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Yankees	86	63	.577	4.0
Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	75	.500	15.5
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Mon 9/14	DET	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 9/15	DET	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 9/16	DET	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 9/18	TOR	@	TEX	8:05 PM
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Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	83	67	.553	10.0
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	74	76	.493	19.0
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