most rookie pitching strikeouts by relief pitchers in a season

Mark Eichhorn has fanned the most batters by a rookie relief pitcher, with 166 strikeouts in 1986.

Showing

Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	166	1986	TOR	69	14	6	.700	0	1.72	0	0	10	157.0	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	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	144	1962	BOS	62	9	6	.600	0	2.24	0	0	24	124.2	95	31	32	9	40	4	53	2	504	3	10.40	2.89	3.60	0.65	28.6	7.9	1.08	.280	2.31	6.86
3	Dellin Betances D. Betances	135	2014	NYY	70	5	0	1.000	0	1.40	0	0	1	90.0	46	14	15	4	24	4	8	1	341	2	13.50	2.40	5.63	0.40	39.6	7.0	0.78	.241	1.50	4.60
4	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	127	2011	ATL	79	4	3	.571	0	2.10	0	0	46	77.0	48	18	19	3	32	1	64	1	306	4	14.84	3.74	3.97	0.35	41.5	10.5	1.04	.315	2.22	5.61
5	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	114	1982	ATL	61	7	5	.583	0	2.29	0	0	11	122.0	86	31	33	4	51	3	30	4	499	0	8.41	3.76	2.24	0.30	22.8	10.2	1.12	.251	2.43	6.34
6	Kyle Barraclough K. Barraclough	113	2016	MIA	75	6	3	.667	0	2.85	0	0	0	72.2	45	23	24	1	44	2	6	1	306	8	14.00	5.45	2.57	0.12	36.9	14.4	1.22	.301	2.97	5.57
7	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
8	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	110	2019	TOT	68	5	4	.556	0	3.32	0	0	1	65.0	52	24	24	8	18	2	3	4	264	4	15.23	2.49	6.11	1.11	41.7	6.8	1.08	.349	3.32	7.20
9	DeWayne Buice D. Buice	109	1987	CAL	57	6	7	.462	0	3.39	0	0	17	114.0	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
10	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	108	2013	STL	74	2	4	.333	0	2.63	0	0	3	75.1	63	22	25	4	20	6	15	0	311	3	12.90	2.39	5.40	0.48	34.7	6.4	1.10	.341	2.99	7.53
11	Takashi Saito T. Saito	107	2006	LAD	72	6	2	.750	0	2.07	0	0	24	78.1	48	18	19	3	23	2	48	3	303	2	12.29	2.64	4.65	0.34	35.3	7.6	0.91	.268	2.18	5.51
12	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
13	Dan McGinn D. McGinn	107	1969	MON	73	7	9	.438	0	3.92	0	0	6	126.1	118	55	64	7	64	4	25	8	553	9	7.62	4.56	1.67	0.50	19.3	11.6	1.44	.299	4.56	8.41
14	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	107	1952	NYG	71	15	3	.833	0	2.43	0	0	11	159.1	127	43	60	12	56	5	32		646	3	6.04	3.16	1.91	0.68	16.6	8.7	1.15	.247	3.39	7.17
15	Ryan Yarbrough R. Yarbrough	106	2018	TBR	32	14	4	.778	0	3.72	0	0	0	118.2	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
16	Mason Miller M. Miller	104	2024	OAK	55	2	2	.500	0	2.49	0	0	28	65.0	36	18	23	6	21	1	44	3	249	2	14.40	2.91	4.95	0.83	41.8	8.4	0.88	.256	3.18	4.98
17	Cade Smith C. Smith	103	2024	CLE	74	6	1	.857	0	1.91	0	0	1	75.1	51	16	16	1	17	3	2	0	289	0	12.31	2.03	6.06	0.12	35.6	5.9	0.90	.303	1.91	6.09
18	Seunghwan Oh S. Oh	103	2016	STL	76	6	3	.667	0	1.92	0	0	19	79.2	55	17	20	5	18	2	35	3	313	3	11.64	2.03	5.72	0.56	32.9	5.8	0.92	.270	2.26	6.21
19	Jim York J. York	103	1971	KCR	53	5	5	.500	0	2.89	0	0	3	93.1	70	30	32	7	44	3	21	7	396	4	9.93	4.24	2.34	0.68	26.0	11.1	1.22	.264	3.09	6.75
20	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	101	1980	NYM	61	8	7	.533	0	2.61	0	0	6	110.1	96	32	36	10	47	0	35	15	475	2	8.24	3.83	2.15	0.82	21.3	9.9	1.30	.271	2.94	7.83
21	Chad Green C. Green	100	2017	NYY	39	5	0	1.000	0	1.61	0	0	0	67.0	32	12	12	4	16	2	4	0	244	3	13.43	2.15	6.25	0.54	41.0	6.6	0.72	.230	1.61	4.30
22	Josh James J. James	99	2019	HOU	48	5	1	.833	0	4.77	0	0	1	60.1	46	32	34	10	35	4	18	0	263	6	14.77	5.22	2.83	1.49	37.6	13.3	1.34	.313	5.07	6.86
23	Mark Clear M. Clear	98	1979	CAL	52	11	5	.688	0	3.63	0	0	14	109.0	87	44	48	6	68	3	37	5	481	9	8.09	5.61	1.44	0.50	20.4	14.1	1.42	.265	3.96	7.18
24	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	97	2006	LAD	68	4	1	.800	0	2.59	0	0	3	76.1	61	22	25	7	33	1	20	6	320	7	11.44	3.89	2.94	0.83	30.3	10.3	1.23	.297	2.95	7.19
25	Joel Zumaya J. Zumaya	97	2006	DET	62	6	3	.667	0	1.94	0	0	1	83.1	56	18	20	6	42	2	12	2	350	4	10.48	4.54	2.31	0.65	27.7	12.0	1.18	.246	2.16	6.05

Unlock 2x data

More MLB News

Roberto Clemente Award List

Oct 26, 2026

MLB Potential Free Agents List

Oct 26, 2026

Mets' Francisco Lindor wins Roberto Clemente Award for humanitarian work

Oct 26, 2026

Quirky Tropicana Field isn't a pretty ballpark, but the Rays love their home

Oct 26, 2026

Brewers manager says of flight piloted by pitcher's uncle: 'I didn’t know Quinn threw a knuckleball'

Oct 26, 2026

Sloppy Rays have made uncharacteristic mistakes to fall behind the Brewers 2-0 in the World Series

Oct 25, 2026

More Blue Jays Stats

Team Batting Leaders

33

Okamoto

RBI

92

Okamoto

AVG

.278

Kirk

Team Pitching Leaders

11

Cease

239

Cease

ERA

2.40

Cease

Team Rankings

152

30th

648

30th

1,410

10th

ERA

3.90

9th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	98	64	.605
Yankees	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0

Last Game

Reds

75 - 87

Final

Blue Jays

79 - 83

Sun 27 Sep 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

Playoffs HR Leaders

4

Rice

3

Contreras

3

Muncy

Playoffs RBI Leaders

9

Rice

8

Chourio

8

Hicks

Playoffs Batting Average Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.500

Hoerner

.500

Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

15

Contreras

13

DeLauter

13

Aranda

Playoffs Run Leaders

8

Ramírez

8

Díaz

7

DeLauter

Playoffs OBP Leaders

1.000

Taylor

.667

De Paula

.500

Rice

Playoffs SLG Leaders

1.333

Velázquez

1.333

Sheets

1.105

Rice

Playoffs SB Leaders

5

Simpson

4

Chisholm

3

Frelick

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Playoffs Win Leaders

3

Hall

2

Williams

2

Rasmussen

Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

33

Williams

27

Rasmussen

19

Sale

Playoffs ERA Leaders

0.00

Suarez

0.00

Peterson

0.00

Hader

Playoffs WHIP Leaders

0.00

Chapman

0.00

VanWey

0.00

Weissert

Playoffs K/9 Leaders

27.00

Brown

27.00

Chapman

27.00

Bibee

Playoffs K/BB Leaders

19.00

Sale

18.00

Burke

13.00

Fried

Playoffs Walk Leaders

0

Suarez

0

Warren

0

Duran

MLB Fantasy 2026

Playoffs FanDuel Points Leaders

161

Rasmussen

155.6

Ramírez

149

Williams

Playoffs DraftKings Points Leaders

118

Ramírez

109

Contreras

94.5

Williams

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

97-72

96-72

91-71

88-74

93-80

87-75

Worst Record ATS

60-102

69-96

72-98

75-87

76-88

MLB 2026 Standings

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

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	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

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 9/15	ATH	@	TBR	1-2
Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
Tue 9/15	NYY	@	MIN	8-1
Tue 9/15	SEA	@	LAA	1-2
Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/27	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/31	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Mark Eichhorn has fanned the most batters by a rookie relief pitcher, with 166 strikeouts in 1986.

Related Searches

More MLB News

More Blue Jays Stats

33

92

.278

11

239

2.40

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

4

3

3

9

8

8

1.000

.500

.500

15

13

13

8

8

7

1.000

.667

.500

1.333

1.333

1.105

5

4

3

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

3

2

2

33

27

19

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

0.00

27.00

27.00

27.00

19.00

18.00

13.00

0

0

0

MLB Fantasy 2026

161

155.6

149

118

109

94.5

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule