most strikeout relievers playoff history

Mariano Rivera has fanned the most career hitters by a relief pitcher in the postseason, with 110 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	110	96	8	1	.889	0	0.70	0	0	42	141.0	86	11	13	2	21	3	78	4	527	3	7.02	1.34	5.24	0.13	20.9	4.0	0.76	.215	0.83	5.49
2	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	94	59	3	2	.600	0	2.20	0	0	20	65.1	34	16	18	7	18	3	47	3	250	0	12.95	2.48	5.22	0.96	37.6	7.2	0.80	.211	2.48	4.68
3	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	76	47	3	4	.429	0	2.22	0	0	11	52.2	39	13	16	4	21	3	30	1	216	3	12.99	3.59	3.62	0.68	35.2	9.7	1.14	.313	2.73	6.66
4	Ryan Madson R. Madson	70	57	6	1	.857	0	2.73	0	0	2	56.0	57	17	17	7	18	2	11	4	241	4	11.25	2.89	3.89	1.13	29.0	7.5	1.34	.347	2.73	9.16
5	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	62	39	2	4	.333	0	2.18	0	0	18	45.1	32	11	11	2	19	3	32	2	185	3	12.31	3.77	3.26	0.40	33.5	10.3	1.13	.303	2.18	6.35
6	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	62	55	2	3	.400	0	2.65	0	0	0	54.1	52	16	17	4	24	5	9	2	235	0	10.27	3.98	2.58	0.66	26.4	10.2	1.40	.343	2.82	8.61
7	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	60	47	3	1	.750	0	2.78	0	0	14	45.1	34	14	16	1	15	3	27	1	186	7	11.91	2.98	4.00	0.20	32.3	8.1	1.08	.308	3.18	6.75
8	David Robertson D. Robertson	57	43	6	1	.857	0	3.40	0	0	1	47.2	38	18	18	6	16	2	11	3	196	3	10.76	3.02	3.56	1.13	29.1	8.2	1.13	.278	3.40	7.17
9	Andrew Miller A. Miller	54	29	2	1	.667	0	0.93	0	0	1	38.2	20	4	4	3	13	3	3	2	148	1	12.57	3.03	4.15	0.70	36.5	8.8	0.85	.227	0.93	4.66
10	Wade Davis W. Davis	50	29	3	0	1.000	0	1.54	0	0	8	35.0	22	6	7	4	15	0	14	0	136	2	12.86	3.86	3.33	1.03	36.8	11.0	1.06	.269	1.80	5.66
11	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	49	26	5	4	.556	0	2.95	0	0	3	36.2	32	12	15	5	18	1	8	2	158	5	12.03	4.42	2.72	1.23	31.0	11.4	1.36	.318	3.68	7.85
12	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	48	27	1	0	1.000	0	2.40	0	0	8	30.0	20	8	8	1	16	1	19	3	125	1	14.40	4.80	3.00	0.30	38.4	12.8	1.20	.322	2.40	6.00
13	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	48	26	3	3	.500	0	2.24	0	0	8	52.1	38	13	15	1	33	1	19	9	223	3	8.25	5.68	1.45	0.17	21.5	14.8	1.36	.264	2.58	6.54
14	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	47	43	4	3	.571	0	4.36	0	0	5	43.1	42	21	21	3	13	3	10	2	187	2	9.76	2.70	3.62	0.62	25.1	7.0	1.27	.322	4.36	8.72
15	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	47	53	5	2	.714	0	2.10	0	0	1	55.2	43	13	15	1	21	0	15	9	222	2	7.60	3.40	2.24	0.16	21.2	9.5	1.15	.275	2.43	6.95
16	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	45	30	4	4	.500	0	2.35	0	0	9	57.1	50	15	20	5	17	3	21	4	232	1	7.06	2.67	2.65	0.78	19.4	7.3	1.17	.278	3.14	7.85
17	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	44	39	1	2	.333	0	2.35	0	0	9	38.1	33	10	12	5	17	0	25	6	164	3	10.33	3.99	2.59	1.17	26.8	10.4	1.30	.286	2.82	7.75
18	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	42	23	0	0		0	2.49	0	0	0	25.1	13	7	7	3	10	3	2	0	102	1	14.92	3.55	4.20	1.07	41.2	9.8	0.91	.227	2.49	4.62
19	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	41	46	0	3	.000	0	4.26	0	0	1	50.2	46	24	29	4	19	1	10	4	222	1	7.28	3.38	2.16	0.71	18.5	8.6	1.28	.268	5.15	8.17
20	Tyler Matzek T. Matzek	38	20	4	0	1.000	0	1.48	0	0	0	24.1	16	4	4	1	7	0	1	1	94	1	14.05	2.59	5.43	0.37	40.4	7.4	0.95	.313	1.48	5.92
21	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	38	22	2	0	1.000	0	1.26	0	0	0	28.2	21	4	5	0	10	0	0	0	115	0	11.93	3.14	3.80	0.00	33.0	8.7	1.08	.313	1.57	6.59
22	Seranthony Domínguez S. Domínguez	37	29	4	0	1.000	0	1.86	0	0	1	29.0	18	6	7	2	15	1	7	0	121	5	11.48	4.66	2.47	0.62	30.6	12.4	1.14	.242	2.17	5.59
23	Joe Kelly J. Kelly	37	36	4	2	.667	0	2.63	0	0	1	37.2	32	11	12	1	13	1	4	1	158	5	8.84	3.11	2.85	0.24	23.4	8.2	1.19	.292	2.87	7.65
24	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	36	28	3	2	.600	0	3.56	0	0	4	30.1	25	12	14	7	19	0	13	3	135	0	10.68	5.64	1.89	2.08	26.7	14.1	1.45	.247	4.15	7.42
25	Josh Hader J. Hader	35	20	0	2	.000	0	1.48	0	0	5	24.1	17	4	5	1	6	1	13	0	94	0	12.95	2.22	5.83	0.37	37.2	6.4	0.95	.314	1.85	6.29

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