most single season strikeouts by a royals relief pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Wade Davis has struck out the most batters by a Royals relief pitcher in a season, with 109 strikeouts in 2014.

	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	Wade Davis W. Davis	109	2014	KCR	71	9	2	.818	0	1.00	0	0	3	72.0	38	8	8	0	23	3	11	0	279	1	13.63	2.88	4.74	0.00	39.1	8.2	0.85	.264	1.00	4.75
2	Greg Holland G. Holland	103	2013	KCR	68	2	1	.667	0	1.21	0	0	47	67.0	40	9	11	3	18	0	61	1	255	2	13.84	2.42	5.72	0.40	40.4	7.1	0.87	.282	1.48	5.37
3	Tim Collins T. Collins	93	2012	KCR	72	5	4	.556	0	3.36	0	0	0	69.2	55	26	29	8	34	2	9	8	295	3	12.01	4.39	2.74	1.03	31.5	11.5	1.28	.297	3.75	7.11
4	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	92	2019	KCR	61	3	3	.500	0	4.22	0	0	1	70.1	64	33	33	6	37	3	7	3	310	5	11.77	4.73	2.49	0.77	29.7	11.9	1.44	.337	4.22	8.19
5	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	91	2021	KCR	71	5	3	.625	0	2.42	0	0	16	74.1	61	20	20	4	28	2	28	2	306	4	11.02	3.39	3.25	0.48	29.7	9.2	1.20	.315	2.42	7.39
6	Greg Holland G. Holland	91	2012	KCR	67	7	4	.636	0	2.96	0	0	16	67.0	58	22	22	2	34	0	36	7	289	3	12.22	4.57	2.68	0.27	31.5	11.8	1.37	.346	2.96	7.79
7	Greg Holland G. Holland	90	2014	KCR	65	1	3	.250	0	1.44	0	0	46	62.1	37	10	13	3	20	0	60	0	240	9	12.99	2.89	4.50	0.43	37.5	8.3	0.91	.268	1.88	5.34
8	Mike Minor M. Minor	88	2017	KCR	65	6	6	.500	0	2.55	0	0	6	77.2	57	22	23	5	22	1	13	3	307	5	10.20	2.55	4.00	0.58	28.7	7.2	1.02	.272	2.67	6.61
9	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	86	2016	KCR	72	2	6	.250	0	2.75	0	0	12	72.0	57	22	23	6	12	3	23	0	283	3	10.75	1.50	7.17	0.75	30.4	4.2	0.96	.290	2.88	7.13
10	Luke Hochevar L. Hochevar	82	2013	KCR	58	5	2	.714	0	1.92	0	0	2	70.1	41	15	15	8	17	1	22	1	262	2	10.49	2.18	4.82	1.02	31.3	6.5	0.82	.214	1.92	5.25
11	Wade Davis W. Davis	78	2015	KCR	69	8	1	.889	0	0.94	0	0	17	67.1	33	7	8	3	20	0	24	1	251	1	10.43	2.67	3.90	0.40	31.1	8.0	0.79	.200	1.07	4.41
12	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	77	2022	KCR	69	7	4	.636	0	2.18	0	0	24	74.1	52	18	23	9	22	3	47	1	290	5	9.32	2.66	3.50	1.09	26.6	7.6	1.00	.240	2.78	6.30
13	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	77	2012	KCR	76	4	3	.571	0	2.35	0	0	3	84.1	79	22	24	4	21	2	10	6	344	3	8.22	2.24	3.67	0.43	22.4	6.1	1.19	.313	2.56	8.43
14	Jake Brentz J. Brentz	76	2021	KCR	72	5	2	.714	0	3.66	0	0	2	64.0	45	26	32	7	37	6	10	1	278	8	10.69	5.20	2.05	0.98	27.3	13.3	1.28	.250	4.50	6.33
15	Andrew Sisco A. Sisco	76	2005	KCR	67	2	5	.286	0	3.11	0	0	0	75.1	68	26	27	6	42	2	13	4	329	2	9.08	5.02	1.81	0.72	23.1	12.8	1.46	.305	3.23	8.12
16	Joakim Soria J. Soria	75	2007	KCR	62	2	3	.400	0	2.48	0	0	17	69.0	46	19	20	3	19	1	38	3	270	2	9.78	2.48	3.95	0.39	27.8	7.0	0.94	.250	2.61	6.00
17	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	74	2013	KCR	59	5	7	.417	0	3.86	0	0	2	58.1	48	25	27	9	21	2	16	2	245	5	11.42	3.24	3.52	1.39	30.2	8.6	1.18	.281	4.17	7.41
18	Greg Holland G. Holland	74	2011	KCR	46	5	1	.833	0	1.80	0	0	4	60.0	37	12	13	3	19	1	15	3	233	7	11.10	2.85	3.89	0.45	31.8	8.2	0.93	.250	1.95	5.55
19	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	73	2019	KCR	63	3	2	.600	0	3.41	0	0	30	63.1	64	24	24	6	17	1	51	1	266	3	10.37	2.42	4.29	0.85	27.4	6.4	1.28	.343	3.41	9.09
20	Josh Staumont J. Staumont	72	2021	KCR	64	4	3	.571	0	2.88	0	0	5	65.2	43	21	24	6	27	2	19	1	264	4	9.87	3.70	2.67	0.82	27.3	10.2	1.07	.236	3.29	5.89
21	Mike MacDougal M. MacDougal	72	2005	KCR	68	5	6	.455	0	3.33	0	0	21	70.1	69	26	32	6	24	3	53	2	298	6	9.21	3.07	3.00	0.77	24.2	8.1	1.32	.326	4.09	8.83
22	Dylan Coleman D. Coleman	71	2022	KCR	68	5	2	.714	0	2.78	0	0	0	68.0	47	21	26	5	37	6	9	1	289	7	9.40	4.90	1.92	0.66	24.6	12.8	1.24	.247	3.44	6.22
23	Joakim Soria J. Soria	71	2010	KCR	66	1	2	.333	0	1.78	0	0	43	65.2	53	13	13	4	16	2	56	1	270	3	9.73	2.19	4.44	0.55	26.3	5.9	1.05	.277	1.78	7.26
24	Ramon E Ramirez R. E Ramirez	70	2008	KCR	71	3	2	.600	0	2.64	0	0	1	71.2	57	21	23	2	31	0	15	6	295	6	8.79	3.89	2.26	0.25	23.7	10.5	1.23	.286	2.89	7.16
25	Ambiorix Burgos A. Burgos	70	2006	KCR	67	4	5	.444	0	5.60	0	0	18	70.2	77	44	45	16	36	6	41	4	320	9	8.92	4.58	1.94	2.04	21.9	11.3	1.60	.318	5.73	9.81

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