most single season strikeouts by sea relief pitcher

Edwin Díaz has fanned the most hitters by a Mariners relief pitcher in a season, with 124 strikeouts in 2018.

	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	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
2	Bill Caudill B. Caudill	111	1982	SEA	70	12	9	.571	0	2.35	0	0	26	95.2	65	25	25	9	35	1	64	4	380	2	10.44	3.29	3.17	0.85	29.2	9.2	1.05	.250	2.35	6.11
3	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
4	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
5	J.J. Putz	104	2006	SEA	72	4	1	.800	0	2.30	0	0	36	78.1	59	20	20	4	13	2	57	1	303	1	11.95	1.49	8.00	0.46	34.3	4.3	0.92	.306	2.30	6.78
6	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	96	2022	SEA	64	2	5	.286	0	2.49	0	0	4	65.0	43	18	20	5	15	4	12	3	248	4	13.29	2.08	6.40	0.69	38.7	6.0	0.89	.297	2.77	5.95
7	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	96	1995	SEA	62	7	3	.700	0	2.17	0	0	2	78.2	58	19	21	4	27	6	24	5	318	1	10.98	3.09	3.56	0.46	30.2	8.5	1.08	.292	2.40	6.64
8	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	94	1989	SEA	65	4	6	.400	0	3.17	0	0	7	99.1	81	35	43	8	54	6	27	6	431	1	8.52	4.89	1.74	0.72	21.8	12.5	1.36	.271	3.90	7.34
9	Carson Smith C. Smith	92	2015	SEA	70	2	5	.286	0	2.31	0	0	13	70.0	49	18	19	2	22	7	24	4	284	6	11.83	2.83	4.18	0.26	32.4	7.7	1.01	.292	2.44	6.30
10	Bobby Ayala B. Ayala	92	1997	SEA	71	10	5	.667	0	3.82	0	0	8	96.2	91	41	45	14	41	3	33	3	403	6	8.57	3.82	2.24	1.30	22.8	10.2	1.37	.304	4.19	8.47
11	Enrique Romo E. Romo	92	1977	SEA	55	8	9	.471	0	3.01	0	0	16	98.2	81	33	37	7	32	5	39	7	399	1	8.39	2.92	2.88	0.64	23.1	8.0	1.15	.281	3.38	7.39
12	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	89	2017	SEA	66	4	6	.400	0	3.27	0	0	34	66.0	44	24	28	10	32	3	52	2	278	3	12.14	4.36	2.78	1.36	32.0	11.5	1.15	.236	3.82	6.00
13	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	88	2016	SEA	49	0	4	.000	0	2.79	0	0	18	51.2	45	16	16	5	15	3	23	2	217	6	15.33	2.61	5.87	0.87	40.6	6.9	1.16	.377	2.79	7.84
14	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	88	2001	SEA	69	4	3	.571	0	2.76	0	0	4	65.1	30	20	21	3	44	6	16	1	273	2	12.12	6.06	2.00	0.41	32.2	16.1	1.13	.205	2.89	4.13
15	Tom Wilhelmsen T. Wilhelmsen	87	2012	SEA	73	4	3	.571	0	2.50	0	0	29	79.1	59	22	24	5	29	2	48	3	326	3	9.87	3.29	3.00	0.57	26.7	8.9	1.11	.266	2.72	6.69
16	Jose Mesa J. Mesa	84	2000	SEA	66	4	6	.400	0	5.36	0	0	1	80.2	89	48	48	11	41	5	29	0	372	3	9.37	4.57	2.05	1.23	22.6	11.0	1.61	.338	5.36	9.93
17	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	83	2025	SEA	64	3	3	.500	0	1.73	0	0	38	62.1	36	12	18	2	28	4	47	3	254	7	11.98	4.04	2.96	0.29	32.7	11.0	1.03	.248	2.60	5.20
18	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	83	2001	SEA	71	8	0	1.000	0	1.72	0	0	3	68.0	46	13	14	5	12	1	16	0	258	3	10.99	1.59	6.92	0.66	32.2	4.7	0.85	.261	1.85	6.09
19	Gabe Speier G. Speier	82	2025	SEA	76	4	3	.571	0	2.61	0	0	0	62.0	43	18	19	5	11	5	4	1	243	1	11.90	1.60	7.45	0.73	33.7	4.5	0.87	.271	2.76	6.24
20	Eduard Bazardo E. Bazardo	82	2025	SEA	73	5	0	1.000	0	2.52	0	0	0	78.2	53	22	23	9	27	2	18	2	313	2	9.38	3.09	3.04	1.03	26.2	8.6	1.02	.228	2.63	6.06
21	J.J. Putz	82	2007	SEA	68	6	1	.857	0	1.38	0	0	40	71.2	37	11	11	6	13	2	65	0	260	3	10.30	1.63	6.31	0.75	31.5	5.0	0.70	.197	1.38	4.65
22	Danny Farquhar D. Farquhar	81	2014	SEA	66	3	1	.750	0	2.66	0	0	1	71.0	58	21	23	5	22	4	22	1	290	6	10.27	2.79	3.68	0.63	27.9	7.6	1.13	.298	2.92	7.35
23	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	81	2002	SEA	66	10	4	.714	0	2.33	0	0	2	69.2	45	18	18	4	13	0	9	1	257	2	10.46	1.68	6.23	0.52	31.5	5.1	0.83	.258	2.33	5.81
24	Charlie Furbush C. Furbush	80	2013	SEA	71	2	6	.250	0	3.74	0	0	0	65.0	48	27	33	5	29	3	5	2	280	3	11.08	4.02	2.76	0.69	28.6	10.4	1.18	.264	4.57	6.65
25	David Aardsma D. Aardsma	80	2009	SEA	73	3	6	.333	0	2.52	0	0	38	71.1	49	20	23	4	34	0	53	3	296	2	10.09	4.29	2.35	0.50	27.0	11.5	1.16	.253	2.90	6.18

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