most single season strikeouts by relief pitcher since 2020

Since 2020, Mason Miller has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in a season, with 129 strikeouts in 2026.

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Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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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	Mason Miller M. Miller	129	2026	SDP	66	5	2	.714	0	1.67	0	0	38	70.0	37	13	16	3	26	2	57	1	272	6	16.59	3.34	4.96	0.39	47.4	9.6	0.90	.304	2.06	4.76
2	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
3	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	113	2021	CWS	69	8	3	.727	0	2.54	0	0	38	71.0	45	20	23	11	7	1	58	1	267	6	14.32	0.89	16.14	1.39	42.3	2.6	0.73	.252	2.92	5.70
4	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	112	2026	MIL	74	13	3	.813	0	3.00	0	0	4	87.0	73	29	34	8	41	2	11	1	373	8	11.59	4.24	2.73	0.83	30.0	11.0	1.31	.310	3.52	7.55
5	Félix Bautista F. Bautista	110	2023	BAL	56	8	2	.800	0	1.48	0	0	33	61.0	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
6	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
7	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	107	2026	SDP	76	9	3	.750	0	2.83	0	0	3	86.0	65	27	32	4	28	5	9	7	352	2	11.20	2.93	3.82	0.42	30.4	8.0	1.08	.293	3.35	6.80
8	Cade Smith C. Smith	107	2026	CLE	69	6	1	.857	0	1.95	0	0	41	74.0	48	16	20	5	23	4	60	1	295	6	13.01	2.80	4.65	0.61	36.3	7.8	0.96	.276	2.43	5.84
9	Matt Brash M. Brash	107	2023	SEA	78	9	4	.692	0	3.06	0	0	4	70.2	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
10	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	105	2025	HOU	70	3	4	.429	0	2.28	0	0	7	71.0	51	18	18	4	31	4	19	0	296	4	13.31	3.93	3.39	0.51	35.5	10.5	1.15	.309	2.28	6.46
11	Josh Hader J. Hader	105	2024	HOU	71	8	8	.500	0	3.80	0	0	34	71.0	43	30	33	12	25	1	62	0	278	4	13.31	3.17	4.20	1.52	37.8	9.0	0.96	.230	4.18	5.45
12	Mason Miller M. Miller	104	2025	TOT	60	1	2	.333	0	2.63	0	0	22	61.2	28	18	19	5	28	1	37	2	234	3	15.18	4.09	3.71	0.73	44.4	12.0	0.91	.240	2.77	4.09
13	Cade Smith C. Smith	104	2025	CLE	76	8	5	.615	0	2.93	0	0	16	73.2	55	24	31	4	19	4	30	3	300	3	12.71	2.32	5.47	0.49	34.7	6.3	1.00	.302	3.79	6.72
14	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
15	Tanner Scott T. Scott	104	2023	MIA	74	9	5	.643	0	2.31	0	0	12	78.0	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
16	Paul Sewald P. Sewald	104	2021	SEA	62	10	3	.769	0	3.06	0	0	11	64.2	42	22	24	10	24	0	18	5	264	2	14.47	3.34	4.33	1.39	39.4	9.1	1.02	.254	3.34	5.85
17	Edwin Uceta E. Uceta	103	2025	TBR	70	10	3	.769	0	3.79	0	0	1	76.0	62	32	33	11	27	8	11	3	321	0	12.20	3.20	3.81	1.30	32.1	8.4	1.17	.297	3.91	7.34
18	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	103	2024	HOU	78	3	3	.500	0	3.10	0	0	1	78.1	59	27	27	9	32	6	3	0	325	4	11.83	3.68	3.22	1.03	31.7	9.8	1.16	.286	3.10	6.78
19	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
20	Luke Weaver L. Weaver	103	2024	NYY	62	7	3	.700	0	2.89	0	0	4	84.0	52	27	28	10	26	4	12	0	331	1	11.04	2.79	3.96	1.07	31.1	7.9	0.93	.223	3.00	5.57
21	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	103	2023	TOT	61	6	5	.545	0	3.09	0	0	6	58.1	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
22	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	103	2021	LAA	65	7	5	.583	0	2.57	0	0	34	70.0	53	20	25	11	12	1	59	0	273	2	13.24	1.54	8.58	1.41	37.7	4.4	0.93	.288	3.21	6.81
23	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	102	2026	TOT	71	6	8	.429	0	3.55	0	0	6	66.0	57	26	33	4	30	7	23	5	292	4	13.91	4.09	3.40	0.55	34.9	10.3	1.32	.356	4.50	7.77
24	Josh Hader J. Hader	102	2021	MIL	60	4	2	.667	0	1.23	0	0	34	58.2	25	8	8	3	24	2	42	0	224	3	15.65	3.68	4.25	0.46	45.5	10.7	0.84	.237	1.23	3.84
25	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	101	2026	CWS	56	7	3	.700	0	2.39	0	0	10	79.0	59	21	27	7	30	1	21	0	320	4	11.51	3.42	3.37	0.80	31.6	9.4	1.13	.287	3.08	6.72

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Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
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