most relief pitcher strikeouts in 2023 with at least 20 innings pitched

Félix Bautista struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher with 20.0+ innings pitched in 2023, with 110 strikeouts.

NAME SO IP SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA 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 Félix Bautista
F. Bautista
110
61.0
2023
BAL BAL
56
8
2
.800
0
1.48
0
0
33
30
10
14
4
26
2
46
0
237
7
16.23
3.84
4.23
0.59
46.4
11.0
0.92
.274
2.07
4.43
2 Matt Brash
M. Brash
107
70.2
2023
SEA SEA
78
9
4
.692
0
3.06
0
0
4
65
24
26
3
29
6
7
0
308
11
13.63
3.69
3.69
0.38
34.7
9.4
1.33
.380
3.31
8.28
3 Tanner Scott
T. Scott
104
78.0
2023
MIA MIA
74
9
5
.643
0
2.31
0
0
12
53
20
22
3
24
4
26
3
307
1
12.00
2.77
4.33
0.35
33.9
7.8
0.99
.291
2.54
6.12
4 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
103
58.1
2023
TOT
61
6
4
.600
0
3.09
0
0
6
37
20
24
4
36
1
18
2
249
9
15.89
5.55
2.86
0.62
41.4
14.5
1.25
.314
3.70
5.71
5 Bryan Abreu
B. Abreu
100
72.0
2023
HOU HOU
72
3
2
.600
0
1.75
0
0
5
44
14
17
6
31
3
16
0
287
1
12.50
3.88
3.23
0.75
34.8
10.8
1.04
.259
2.13
5.50
6 Julian Merryweather
J. Merryweather
98
72.0
2023
CHC CHC
69
5
1
.833
0
3.38
0
0
2
58
27
28
8
36
1
15
0
303
3
12.25
4.50
2.72
1.00
32.3
11.9
1.31
.313
3.50
7.25
7 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
94
69.0
2023
PHI PHI
71
8
6
.571
0
3.26
0
0
23
44
25
28
10
28
4
45
1
278
4
12.26
3.65
3.36
1.30
33.8
10.1
1.04
.239
3.65
5.74
8 Trevor Richards
T. Richards
91
63.2
2023
TOR TOR
53
2
0
1.000
0
5.23
0
0
0
58
37
38
11
32
2
6
3
280
4
12.86
4.52
2.84
1.55
32.5
11.4
1.41
.326
5.37
8.20
9 Pierce Johnson
P. Johnson
90
62.2
2023
TOT
67
2
6
.250
0
4.02
0
0
13
63
28
34
10
30
0
28
1
277
4
12.93
4.31
3.00
1.44
32.5
10.8
1.48
.361
4.88
9.05
10 Fernando Cruz
F. Cruz
90
63.0
2023
CIN CIN
56
1
1
.500
0
5.00
0
0
0
51
35
37
6
27
2
15
0
268
5
12.86
3.86
3.33
0.86
33.6
10.1
1.24
.315
5.29
7.29
11 Devin Williams
D. Williams
87
58.2
2023
MIL MIL
61
8
3
.727
0
1.53
0
0
36
26
10
13
4
28
1
49
1
231
1
13.35
4.30
3.11
0.61
37.7
12.1
0.92
.198
1.99
3.99
12 Camilo Doval
C. Doval
87
67.2
2023
SFG SFG
69
6
6
.500
0
2.93
0
0
37
51
22
32
3
26
8
60
6
281
10
11.57
3.46
3.35
0.40
31.0
9.3
1.14
.306
4.26
6.78
13 Alexis Díaz
A. Díaz
86
67.1
2023
CIN CIN
71
9
6
.600
0
3.07
0
0
37
44
23
30
4
36
10
51
0
286
3
11.50
4.81
2.39
0.53
30.1
12.6
1.19
.267
4.01
5.88
14 Josh Hader
J. Hader
85
56.1
2023
SDP SDP
61
2
3
.400
0
1.28
0
0
32
32
8
11
3
30
3
52
2
231
3
13.58
4.79
2.83
0.48
36.8
13.0
1.10
.264
1.76
5.11
15 Scott McGough
S. McGough
84
68.0
2023
ARI ARI
62
2
7
.222
0
4.90
0
0
9
59
37
40
14
29
2
24
2
292
3
11.12
3.84
2.90
1.85
28.8
9.9
1.29
.276
5.29
7.81
16 Jhoan Duran
J. Duran
84
62.1
2023
MIN MIN
59
3
6
.333
0
2.45
0
0
27
46
17
25
6
25
4
41
5
255
8
12.13
3.61
3.36
0.87
32.9
9.8
1.14
.294
3.61
6.64
17 Reynaldo López
R. López
83
66.0
2023
TOT
68
3
7
.300
0
3.27
0
0
6
50
24
25
8
34
1
16
2
278
4
11.32
4.64
2.44
1.09
29.9
12.2
1.27
.276
3.41
6.82
18 Sean Manaea
S. Manaea
82
71.0
2023
SFG SFG
27
4
3
.571
0
4.18
0
0
0
57
33
35
7
26
4
2
0
295
2
10.39
3.30
3.15
0.89
27.8
8.8
1.17
.284
4.44
7.23
19 Jakob Junis
J. Junis
82
73.1
2023
SFG SFG
36
4
3
.571
0
4.54
0
0
1
85
37
40
11
19
4
6
1
320
4
10.06
2.33
4.32
1.35
25.6
5.9
1.42
.363
4.91
10.43
20 A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
82
64.2
2023
ATL ATL
70
3
6
.333
0
3.76
0
0
10
56
27
28
6
21
0
19
2
260
1
11.41
2.92
3.90
0.84
31.5
8.1
1.19
.331
3.90
7.79
21 Chris Stratton
C. Stratton
81
82.2
2023
TOT
64
2
1
.667
0
3.92
0
0
1
69
36
39
8
25
2
23
0
338
5
8.82
2.72
3.24
0.87
24.0
7.4
1.14
.275
4.25
7.51
22 Jordan Hicks
J. Hicks
81
65.2
2023
TOT
65
3
9
.250
0
3.29
0
0
12
57
24
30
4
32
4
26
1
285
8
11.10
4.39
2.53
0.55
28.4
11.2
1.36
.323
4.11
7.81
23 Kirby Yates
K. Yates
80
60.1
2023
ATL ATL
61
7
2
.778
0
3.28
0
0
5
35
22
22
9
37
5
16
1
254
5
11.93
5.52
2.16
1.34
31.5
14.6
1.19
.211
3.28
5.22
24 Paul Sewald
P. Sewald
80
60.2
2023
TOT
65
3
2
.600
0
3.12
0
0
33
46
21
23
8
24
1
47
1
249
1
11.87
3.56
3.33
1.19
32.1
9.6
1.15
.279
3.41
6.82
25 Josh Winckowski
J. Winckowski
80
83.1
2023
BOS BOS
59
4
4
.500
0
2.92
0
0
3
89
27
34
9
30
3
8
2
363
2
8.64
3.24
2.67
0.97
22.0
8.3
1.43
.332
3.67
9.61
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