most single season strikeouts by a padres relief pitcher

Lance McCullers has fanned the most batters by a Padres relief pitcher in a season, with 126 strikeouts in 1987.

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	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	Lance McCullers L. McCullers	126	1987	SDP	78	8	10	.444	0	3.72	0	0	16	123.1	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
2	Mason Miller M. Miller	123	2026	SDP	63	5	2	.714	0	1.21	0	0	37	67.0	33	9	12	3	23	2	54	1	255	5	16.52	3.09	5.35	0.40	48.2	9.0	0.84	.288	1.61	4.43
3	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	113	1977	SDP	78	8	9	.471	0	2.99	0	0	35	132.1	123	44	47	12	36	1	69	12	543	2	7.69	2.45	3.14	0.82	20.8	6.6	1.20	.291	3.20	8.37
4	Brad Hand B. Hand	111	2016	SDP	82	4	4	.500	0	2.92	0	0	1	89.1	63	29	32	8	36	1	16	4	364	7	11.18	3.63	3.08	0.81	30.5	9.9	1.11	.264	3.22	6.35
5	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	111	1997	SDP	70	6	4	.600	0	2.66	0	0	37	81.1	59	24	25	9	24	0	59	4	322	7	12.28	2.66	4.63	1.00	34.5	7.5	1.02	.281	2.77	6.53
6	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	111	1996	SDP	70	9	5	.643	0	2.25	0	0	42	88.0	50	22	23	6	31	2	62	5	348	2	11.35	3.17	3.58	0.61	31.9	8.9	0.92	.222	2.35	5.11
7	Jeremiah Estrada J. Estrada	108	2025	SDP	77	4	5	.444	0	3.45	0	0	3	73.0	58	28	31	12	27	3	7	2	304	3	13.32	3.33	4.00	1.48	35.5	8.9	1.16	.299	3.82	7.15
8	Brad Hand B. Hand	104	2017	SDP	72	3	4	.429	0	2.16	0	0	21	79.1	54	19	20	9	20	7	32	1	311	4	11.80	2.27	5.20	1.02	33.4	6.4	0.93	.263	2.27	6.13
9	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	103	2026	SDP	73	9	3	.750	0	2.83	0	0	3	82.2	63	26	31	4	26	5	9	7	338	2	11.21	2.83	3.96	0.44	30.5	7.7	1.08	.295	3.38	6.86
10	Heath Bell H. Bell	102	2007	SDP	81	6	4	.600	0	2.02	0	0	2	93.2	60	21	21	3	30	2	16	1	363	4	9.80	2.88	3.40	0.29	28.1	8.3	0.96	.252	2.02	5.77
11	Mark Davis M. Davis	102	1988	SDP	62	5	10	.333	0	2.01	0	0	28	98.1	70	22	24	2	42	0	52	11	402	9	9.34	3.84	2.43	0.18	25.4	10.4	1.14	.266	2.20	6.41
12	Kirby Yates K. Yates	101	2019	SDP	60	0	5	.000	0	1.19	0	0	41	60.2	41	8	14	2	13	7	51	1	243	2	14.98	1.93	7.77	0.30	41.6	5.3	0.89	.325	2.08	6.08
13	Greg Harris G. Harris	97	1990	SDP	73	8	8	.500	0	2.30	0	0	9	117.1	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
14	Jeremiah Estrada J. Estrada	94	2024	SDP	62	6	3	.667	0	2.95	0	0	1	61.0	42	20	22	4	23	0	14	1	252	5	13.87	3.39	4.09	0.59	37.3	9.1	1.07	.290	3.25	6.20
15	Luke Gregerson L. Gregerson	93	2009	SDP	72	2	4	.333	0	3.24	0	0	1	75.0	62	27	29	3	31	3	6	9	318	4	11.16	3.72	3.00	0.36	29.2	9.7	1.24	.314	3.48	7.44
16	Mark Davis M. Davis	92	1989	SDP	70	4	3	.571	0	1.85	0	0	44	92.2	66	19	21	6	31	2	65	1	370	8	8.94	3.01	2.97	0.58	24.9	8.4	1.05	.251	2.04	6.41
17	Kirby Yates K. Yates	90	2018	SDP	65	5	3	.625	0	2.14	0	0	12	63.0	41	15	15	6	17	4	28	0	250	2	12.86	2.43	5.29	0.86	36.0	6.8	0.92	.263	2.14	5.86
18	Luis DeLeon L. DeLeon	90	1983	SDP	63	6	6	.500	0	2.68	0	0	13	111.0	89	33	34	8	27	1	34	7	442	1	7.30	2.19	3.33	0.65	20.4	6.1	1.05	.256	2.76	7.22
19	Luke Gregerson L. Gregerson	89	2010	SDP	80	4	7	.364	0	3.22	0	0	2	78.1	47	28	30	8	18	1	9	2	297	0	10.23	2.07	4.94	0.92	30.0	6.1	0.83	.215	3.45	5.40
20	Butch Metzger B. Metzger	89	1976	SDP	77	11	4	.733	0	2.92	0	0	16	123.1	119	40	44	5	52	3	62	14	528	0	6.49	3.79	1.71	0.36	16.9	9.8	1.39	.301	3.21	8.68
21	Craig Stammen C. Stammen	88	2018	SDP	73	8	3	.727	0	2.73	0	0	0	79.0	65	24	25	3	17	3	7	3	317	3	10.03	1.94	5.18	0.34	27.8	5.4	1.04	.301	2.85	7.41
22	John D'Acquisto J. D'Acquisto	88	1978	SDP	42	3	2	.600	0	2.33	0	0	10	73.1	46	19	21	1	46	0	24	2	308	4	10.80	5.65	1.91	0.12	28.6	14.9	1.25	.260	2.58	5.65
23	Kirby Yates K. Yates	87	2017	SDP	61	4	5	.444	0	3.72	0	0	1	55.2	42	23	26	10	19	2	12	2	226	0	14.07	3.07	4.58	1.62	38.5	8.4	1.10	.296	4.20	6.79
24	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	87	2015	SDP	61	4	2	.667	0	2.58	0	0	39	59.1	40	17	19	6	22	1	53	1	239	4	13.20	3.34	3.95	0.91	36.4	9.2	1.04	.276	2.88	6.07
25	Akinori Otsuka A. Otsuka	87	2004	SDP	73	7	2	.778	0	1.75	0	0	2	77.1	56	15	16	6	26	0	18	6	312	0	10.13	3.03	3.35	0.70	27.9	8.3	1.06	.259	1.86	6.52

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	97	60	.618
Padres	87	70	.554	10.0
Diamondbacks	83	74	.529	14.0
Giants	65	93	.411	32.5
Rockies	57	100	.363	40.0

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Wed 9/23	SDP	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Thu 9/24	SDP	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Fri 9/25	AZ	@	SDP	9:40 PM
Sat 9/26	AZ	@	SDP	8:40 PM
Sun 9/27	AZ	@	SDP	3:10 PM

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Dodgers

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HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

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RBI Leaders

111

Burleson

110

Stewart

108

Alonso

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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Hit Leaders

186

Lopez

185

Arraez

175

Díaz

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

106

Arozarena

104

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OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

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Bauers

.389

Rumfield

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Crow-Armstrong

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SB Leaders

47

Nuñez

46

Simpson

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Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

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Gray

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Strikeout Leaders

247

Misiorowski

244

Williams

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ERA Leaders

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Schlittler

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WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

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K/9 Leaders

13.13

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.13

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K/BB Leaders

6.13

Sale

5.88

Misiorowski

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Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

25

Martinez

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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Crow-Armstrong

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Ohtani

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	92	65	.586
Phillies	87	70	.554	5.0
Marlins	77	80	.490	15.0
Nationals	74	84	.468	18.5
Mets	72	85	.459	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	98	59	.624
Cubs	87	70	.554	11.0
Pirates	80	77	.510	18.0
Cardinals	76	81	.484	22.0
Reds	73	84	.465	25.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	97	60	.618
Padres	87	70	.554	10.0
Diamondbacks	83	74	.529	14.0
Giants	65	93	.411	32.5
Rockies	57	100	.363	40.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	96	61	.611
Yankees - w	90	67	.573	6.0
Red Sox - w	84	73	.535	12.0
Blue Jays	77	80	.490	19.0
Orioles	76	81	.484	20.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	82	75	.522
White Sox	81	76	.516	1.0
Twins	74	84	.468	8.5
Tigers	74	84	.468	8.5
Royals	67	90	.427	15.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	78	79	.497
Rangers	78	79	.497
Mariners	73	84	.465	5.0
Athletics	62	95	.395	16.0
Angels	60	97	.382	18.0