most strikeouts as a athletics relief pitcher before 2015

Before 2015, Rollie Fingers fanned the most batters by an Oakland Athletics relief pitcher, with 668 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	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	668	465	60	44	.577	0	2.58	0	0	136	820.1	662	235	262	49	230	24	338	43	3,278	18	7.33	2.52	2.90	0.54	20.4	7.0	1.09	.266	2.87	7.26
2	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	650	523	41	29	.586	0	2.66	0	0	320	625.1	499	185	201	54	91	9	456	20	2,442	2	9.36	1.31	7.14	0.78	26.6	3.7	0.94	.272	2.89	7.18
3	Paul Lindblad P. Lindblad	403	449	46	28	.622	0	3.07	0	0	41	713.1	650	243	285	56	225	19	165	64	2,969	17	5.08	2.84	1.79	0.71	13.6	7.6	1.23	.262	3.60	8.20
4	John Wyatt J. Wyatt	339	287	24	26	.480	0	3.59	0	0	72	429.0	385	171	184	52	219	12	206	29	1,878	35	7.11	4.59	1.55	1.09	18.1	11.7	1.41	.265	3.86	8.08
5	Gene Nelson G. Nelson	284	272	23	21	.523	0	3.69	0	0	14	449.1	408	184	197	42	150	14	86	13	1,887	15	5.69	3.00	1.89	0.84	15.1	7.9	1.24	.262	3.95	8.17
6	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	277	281	15	24	.385	0	3.84	0	0	100	295.2	279	126	146	22	115	16	182	25	1,276	2	8.43	3.50	2.41	0.67	21.7	9.0	1.33	.304	4.44	8.49
7	Huston Street H. Street	271	247	21	12	.636	0	2.88	0	0	94	269.0	210	86	94	18	78	5	174	16	1,082	7	9.07	2.61	3.47	0.60	25.0	7.2	1.07	.270	3.14	7.03
8	Diego Segui D. Segui	245	181	16	15	.516	0	2.93	0	0	15	313.1	242	102	112	24	125	2	73	21	1,282	14	7.04	3.59	1.96	0.69	19.1	9.8	1.17	.246	3.22	6.95
9	Jerry Blevins J. Blevins	239	281	13	6	.684	0	3.30	0	0	2	267.0	229	98	109	28	95	14	65	12	1,119	4	8.06	3.20	2.52	0.94	21.4	8.5	1.21	.271	3.67	7.72
10	Rick Honeycutt R. Honeycutt	239	383	16	20	.444	0	2.97	0	0	32	387.2	326	128	154	25	134	12	82	19	1,597	12	5.55	3.11	1.78	0.58	15.0	8.4	1.19	.254	3.58	7.57
11	Lefty Grove L. Grove	228	135	27	17	.614	0	2.71	0	0	50	309.1	273	93	115	13	132	3	106		1,318	12	6.63	3.84	1.73	0.38	17.3	10.0	1.31	.276	3.35	7.94
12	Jim Mecir J. Mecir	225	246	13	21	.382	0	3.91	0	0	11	250.2	242	109	121	20	104	11	55	16	1,098	10	8.08	3.73	2.16	0.72	20.5	9.5	1.38	.301	4.34	8.69
13	Justin Duchscherer J. Duchscherer	211	189	19	14	.576	0	2.92	0	0	14	256.0	222	83	89	27	68	8	61	12	1,040	6	7.42	2.39	3.10	0.95	20.3	6.5	1.13	.269	3.13	7.80
14	Sean Doolittle S. Doolittle	209	175	9	10	.474	0	2.97	0	0	25	179.0	131	59	61	12	32	2	58	3	693	2	10.51	1.61	6.53	0.60	30.2	4.6	0.91	.272	3.07	6.59
15	Jack Aker J. Aker	209	220	19	20	.487	0	3.54	0	0	59	343.1	301	135	147	30	121	21	142	32	1,436	6	5.48	3.17	1.73	0.79	14.6	8.4	1.23	.257	3.85	7.89
16	Grant Balfour G. Balfour	203	202	9	7	.563	0	2.53	0	0	64	199.1	133	56	58	19	75	1	104	5	793	11	9.17	3.39	2.71	0.86	25.6	9.5	1.04	.230	2.62	6.01
17	Chief Bender C. Bender	203	97	23	13	.639	0	1.55	0	0	28	273.2	248		113	3	68	9	89			10	6.68	2.24	2.99	0.10		12.7	1.15	.968	3.72	8.16
18	Bob Lacey B. Lacey	202	226	17	24	.415	0	3.45	0	0	22	359.2	353	138	161	37	122	3	105	37	1,526	16	5.05	3.05	1.66	0.93	13.2	8.0	1.32	.272	4.03	8.83
19	Ryan Cook R. Cook	197	196	13	9	.591	0	2.60	0	0	17	190.2	136	55	59	9	74	10	51	6	784	14	9.30	3.49	2.66	0.42	25.1	9.4	1.10	.257	2.78	6.42
20	Chad Bradford C. Bradford	186	250	18	14	.563	0	3.34	0	0	6	248.0	232	92	101	20	74	18	61	23	1,038	0	6.75	2.69	2.51	0.73	17.9	7.1	1.23	.286	3.67	8.42
21	Keith Atherton K. Atherton	183	155	14	20	.412	0	4.03	0	0	9	292.1	270	131	134	39	115	3	71	22	1,240	6	5.63	3.54	1.59	1.20	14.8	9.3	1.32	.257	4.13	8.31
22	Eddie Rommel E. Rommel	182	252	51	24	.680	0	3.72	0	0	30	701.2	764	290	352	41	228	10	182		3,034	12	2.33	2.92	0.80	0.53	6.0	7.5	1.41	.281	4.51	9.80
23	T.J. Mathews	180	210	24	15	.615	0	4.78	0	0	8	243.0	252	129	144	32	97	9	67	16	1,074	6	6.67	3.59	1.86	1.19	16.8	9.0	1.44	.291	5.33	9.33
24	Wes Stock W. Stock	180	146	8	8	.500	0	3.35	0	0	12	228.1	185	85	91	26	96	11	54	12	954	3	7.09	3.78	1.88	1.02	18.9	10.1	1.23	.248	3.59	7.29
25	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	178	146	23	14	.622	0	3.35	0	0	29	360.0	343	134	149	16	139	3	98		1,529	4	4.45	3.48	1.28	0.40	11.6	9.1	1.34	.274	3.72	8.57

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Astros	57	55	.509
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Mariners	54	58	.482	3.0
Athletics	45	66	.405	11.5
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Sun 8/2	DET	@	ATH	4:05 PM
Tue 8/4	ATH	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Wed 8/5	ATH	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Thu 8/6	ATH	@	CIN	12:40 PM
Fri 8/7	ATH	@	BOS	7:10 PM

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Braves	66	45	.595
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Nationals	55	57	.491	11.5
Mets	47	65	.420	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	69	41	.627
Cubs	63	48	.568	6.5
Pirates	56	56	.500	14.0
Cardinals	54	57	.486	15.5
Reds	52	58	.473	17.0
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Dodgers	69	42	.622
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Astros	57	55	.509
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Mariners	54	58	.482	3.0
Athletics	45	66	.405	11.5
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Sat 7/18	MIN	@	CHC	2-6
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