most single season strikeouts by relief pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Brad Lidge has fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in a season, with 157 strikeouts in 2004.

	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	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	157	2004	HOU	80	6	5	.545	0	1.90	0	0	29	94.2	57	20	21	8	30	6	44	5	369	3	14.93	2.85	5.23	0.76	42.5	8.1	0.92	.292	2.00	5.42
2	Josh Hader J. Hader	143	2018	MIL	55	6	1	.857	0	2.43	0	0	12	81.1	36	22	23	9	30	1	14	0	306	0	15.82	3.32	4.77	1.00	46.7	9.8	0.81	.220	2.55	3.98
3	Josh Hader J. Hader	138	2019	MIL	61	3	5	.375	0	2.62	0	0	37	75.2	41	22	24	15	20	4	46	2	289	0	16.41	2.38	6.90	1.78	47.8	6.9	0.81	.232	2.85	4.88
4	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	138	2010	CHC	77	2	3	.400	0	2.55	0	0	38	77.2	40	22	23	1	52	8	70	4	332	2	15.99	6.03	2.65	0.12	41.6	15.7	1.18	.293	2.67	4.64
5	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	137	2003	LAD	77	2	3	.400	0	1.20	0	0	55	82.1	37	11	12	2	20	3	67	2	306	2	14.98	2.19	6.85	0.22	44.8	6.5	0.69	.243	1.31	4.04
6	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
7	Dellin Betances D. Betances	131	2015	NYY	74	6	4	.600	0	1.50	0	0	9	84.0	45	14	17	6	40	3	17	2	332	9	14.04	4.29	3.28	0.64	39.5	12.0	1.01	.257	1.82	4.82
8	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	128	2001	HOU	57	6	3	.667	0	1.93	0	0	2	84.0	55	18	21	3	33	2	20	1	339	4	13.71	3.54	3.88	0.32	37.8	9.7	1.05	.301	2.25	5.89
9	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
10	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	126	2017	BOS	67	5	0	1.000	0	1.43	0	0	35	69.0	33	11	11	6	14	4	51	0	254	5	16.43	1.83	9.00	0.78	49.6	5.5	0.68	.260	1.43	4.30
11	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	126	2017	MIL	76	1	4	.200	0	1.78	0	0	39	76.0	48	15	15	6	40	2	48	5	309	2	14.92	4.74	3.15	0.71	40.8	12.9	1.16	.311	1.78	5.68
12	Dellin Betances D. Betances	126	2016	NYY	73	3	6	.333	0	3.08	0	0	12	73.0	54	25	31	5	28	1	20	0	299	6	15.53	3.45	4.50	0.62	42.1	9.4	1.12	.353	3.82	6.66
13	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	124	2018	SEA	73	0	4	.000	0	1.96	0	0	57	73.1	41	16	17	5	17	6	65	0	280	3	15.22	2.09	7.29	0.61	44.3	6.1	0.79	.281	2.09	5.03
14	Andrew Miller A. Miller	123	2016	TOT	70	10	1	.909	0	1.45	0	0	12	74.1	42	12	13	8	9	2	23	0	275	1	14.89	1.09	13.67	0.97	44.7	3.3	0.69	.256	1.57	5.09
15	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	123	2004	ANA	69	4	1	.800	0	1.82	0	0	12	84.0	51	17	21	2	33	1	29	1	335	5	13.18	3.54	3.73	0.21	36.7	9.9	1.00	.278	2.25	5.46
16	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	122	2019	OAK	73	4	4	.500	0	1.63	0	0	25	83.0	58	15	16	5	19	2	41	5	322	7	13.23	2.06	6.42	0.54	37.9	5.9	0.93	.305	1.73	6.29
17	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	122	2012	CIN	68	5	5	.500	0	1.51	0	0	38	71.2	35	12	13	4	23	4	52	0	276	4	15.32	2.89	5.30	0.50	44.2	8.3	0.81	.252	1.63	4.40
18	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	122	2004	TOT	77	6	6	.500	0	3.69	0	0	36	85.1	68	35	38	13	33	4	70	7	356	4	12.87	3.48	3.70	1.37	34.3	9.3	1.18	.299	4.01	7.17
19	B.J. Ryan	122	2004	BAL	76	4	6	.400	0	2.28	0	0	3	87.0	64	22	24	4	35	1	19	9	361	0	12.62	3.62	3.49	0.41	33.8	9.7	1.14	.302	2.48	6.62
20	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	118	2022	NYM	61	3	1	.750	0	1.31	0	0	32	62.0	34	9	9	3	18	2	49	1	235	2	17.13	2.61	6.56	0.44	50.2	7.7	0.84	.330	1.31	4.94
21	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	118	2002	HOU	83	6	4	.600	0	1.85	0	0	6	97.1	58	20	21	7	27	4	22	2	376	2	10.91	2.50	4.37	0.65	31.4	7.2	0.87	.232	1.94	5.36
22	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	116	2015	CIN	65	4	4	.500	0	1.63	0	0	33	66.1	43	12	13	3	33	5	54	1	278	7	15.74	4.48	3.52	0.41	41.7	11.9	1.15	.331	1.76	5.83
23	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	116	2012	ATL	63	3	1	.750	0	1.01	0	0	42	62.2	27	7	7	3	14	2	56	0	231	5	16.66	2.01	8.29	0.43	50.2	6.1	0.65	.250	1.01	3.88
24	Dellin Betances D. Betances	115	2018	NYY	66	4	6	.400	0	2.70	0	0	4	66.2	44	20	22	7	26	5	15	2	272	4	15.52	3.51	4.42	0.95	42.3	9.6	1.05	.311	2.97	5.94
25	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	114	2009	LAD	73	7	2	.778	0	2.61	0	0	36	76.0	44	22	24	4	29	1	58	1	300	2	13.50	3.43	3.93	0.47	38.0	9.7	0.96	.263	2.84	5.21

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