most strikeout season reliever cardinals

Mark Littell has struck out the most hitters by a Cardinals relief pitcher in a season, with 120 strikeouts in 1978.

	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	Mark Littell M. Littell	120	1978	STL	70	4	7	.364	0	2.77	0	0	11	97.1	74	30	33	8	49	3	51	16	404	7	11.10	4.53	2.45	0.74	29.7	12.1	1.26	.295	3.05	6.84
2	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	108	2013	STL	74	2	4	.333	0	2.63	0	0	3	75.1	63	22	25	4	20	6	15	0	311	3	12.90	2.39	5.40	0.48	34.7	6.4	1.10	.341	2.99	7.53
3	Seunghwan Oh S. Oh	103	2016	STL	76	6	3	.667	0	1.92	0	0	19	79.2	55	17	20	5	18	2	35	3	313	3	11.64	2.03	5.72	0.56	32.9	5.8	0.92	.270	2.26	6.21
4	Giovanny Gallegos G. Gallegos	95	2021	STL	73	6	5	.545	0	3.02	0	0	14	80.1	51	27	28	6	20	6	20	2	310	4	10.64	2.24	4.75	0.67	30.6	6.5	0.88	.246	3.14	5.71
5	Alex Reyes A. Reyes	95	2021	STL	69	10	8	.556	0	3.24	0	0	29	72.1	46	26	32	9	52	2	54	1	317	10	11.82	6.47	1.83	1.12	30.0	16.4	1.35	.233	3.98	5.72
6	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	95	1960	STL	63	12	2	.857	0	1.29	0	0	27	104.1	71	15	16	4	19	1	47	3	394	5	8.19	1.64	5.00	0.35	24.1	4.8	0.86	.244	1.38	6.12
7	Ryan Helsley R. Helsley	94	2022	STL	54	9	1	.900	0	1.25	0	0	19	64.2	28	9	11	6	20	0	33	1	239	1	13.08	2.78	4.70	0.84	39.3	8.4	0.74	.185	1.53	3.90
8	Giovanny Gallegos G. Gallegos	93	2019	STL	66	3	2	.600	0	2.31	0	0	1	74.0	44	19	19	9	16	3	10	2	279	3	11.31	1.95	5.81	1.09	33.3	5.7	0.81	.222	2.31	5.35
9	Diego Segui D. Segui	93	1973	STL	65	7	6	.538	0	2.78	0	0	17	100.1	78	31	35	6	53	0	43	12	429	7	8.34	4.75	1.75	0.54	21.7	12.4	1.31	.260	3.14	7.00
10	Todd Worrell T. Worrell	92	1987	STL	75	8	6	.571	0	2.66	0	0	33	94.2	86	28	29	8	34	0	54	11	395	1	8.75	3.23	2.71	0.76	23.3	8.6	1.27	.299	2.76	8.18
11	Kevin Siegrist K. Siegrist	90	2015	STL	81	7	1	.875	0	2.17	0	0	6	74.2	53	18	20	4	34	3	13	2	312	0	10.85	4.10	2.65	0.48	28.8	10.9	1.17	.271	2.41	6.39
12	Rick Croushore R. Croushore	88	1999	STL	59	3	7	.300	0	4.14	0	0	3	71.2	68	33	42	9	43	3	12	4	329	9	11.05	5.40	2.05	1.13	26.7	13.1	1.55	.317	5.27	8.54
13	John Brebbia J. Brebbia	87	2019	STL	66	3	4	.429	0	3.59	0	0	0	72.2	59	29	31	6	27	3	22	2	304	0	10.78	3.34	3.22	0.74	28.6	8.9	1.18	.293	3.84	7.31
14	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	87	2014	STL	72	2	6	.250	0	3.20	0	0	45	70.1	57	25	25	2	42	4	59	5	308	1	11.13	5.37	2.07	0.26	28.2	13.6	1.41	.318	3.20	7.29
15	Jason Motte J. Motte	86	2012	STL	67	4	5	.444	0	2.75	0	0	42	72.0	49	22	23	9	17	2	58	1	279	0	10.75	2.13	5.06	1.13	30.8	6.1	0.92	.242	2.88	6.13
16	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	83	2015	STL	68	2	4	.333	0	2.10	0	0	48	68.2	62	16	16	3	25	1	57	3	287	7	10.88	3.28	3.32	0.39	28.9	8.7	1.27	.337	2.10	8.13
17	Al Hrabosky A. Hrabosky	82	1975	STL	65	13	3	.813	0	1.66	0	0	22	97.1	72	18	27	3	33	1	41	8	394	3	7.58	3.05	2.48	0.28	20.8	8.4	1.08	.251	2.50	6.66
18	Al Hrabosky A. Hrabosky	82	1974	STL	65	8	1	.889	0	2.95	0	0	9	88.1	71	29	34	3	38	1	31	7	368	4	8.35	3.87	2.16	0.31	22.3	10.3	1.23	.279	3.46	7.23
19	T.J. Mathews	80	1996	STL	67	2	6	.250	0	3.01	0	0	6	83.2	62	28	32	8	32	2	23	4	345	1	8.61	3.44	2.50	0.86	23.2	9.3	1.12	.242	3.44	6.67
20	Kyle Leahy K. Leahy	79	2025	STL	61	4	2	.667	0	3.18	0	0	1	85.0	79	30	32	5	28	1	12	1	354	5	8.36	2.96	2.82	0.53	22.3	7.9	1.26	.307	3.39	8.36
21	Ryan Helsley R. Helsley	79	2024	STL	65	7	4	.636	0	2.04	0	0	49	66.1	50	15	19	3	23	0	62	3	266	1	10.72	3.12	3.43	0.41	29.7	8.6	1.10	.292	2.58	6.78
22	Todd Worrell T. Worrell	78	1988	STL	68	5	9	.357	0	3.00	0	0	32	90.0	69	30	32	7	34	1	54	14	366	6	7.80	3.40	2.29	0.70	21.3	9.3	1.14	.252	3.20	6.90
23	Génesis Cabrera G. Cabrera	77	2021	STL	71	4	5	.444	0	3.73	0	0	0	70.0	52	29	31	3	36	5	5	2	296	9	9.90	4.63	2.14	0.39	26.0	12.2	1.26	.280	3.99	6.69
24	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	77	1984	STL	71	5	7	.417	0	1.54	0	0	45	122.2	109	21	26	9	23	1	63	4	477	2	5.65	1.69	3.35	0.66	16.1	4.8	1.08	.272	1.91	8.00
25	Trevor Rosenthal T. Rosenthal	76	2017	STL	50	3	4	.429	0	3.40	0	0	11	47.2	37	18	20	3	20	2	16	0	202	2	14.35	3.78	3.80	0.57	37.6	9.9	1.20	.337	3.78	6.99

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