most strikeouts as a relief pitcher before 2010

Before 2010, Hoyt Wilhelm struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher, with 1,363 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	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1,363	1,018	124	103	.546	0	2.49	0	0	228	1872.1	1,436	518	636	125	661	51	651	58	7,619	83	6.55	3.18	2.06	0.60	17.9	8.7	1.12	.242	3.06	6.90
2	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	1,340	965	115	85	.575	0	2.77	0	0	310	1556.2	1,235	479	537	98	628	38	681	87	6,408	56	7.75	3.63	2.13	0.57	20.9	9.8	1.20	.264	3.10	7.14
3	Lee Smith L. Smith	1,225	1,016	71	87	.449	0	2.98	0	0	478	1252.1	1,095	415	456	87	474	9	802	100	5,230	46	8.80	3.41	2.58	0.63	23.4	9.1	1.25	.293	3.28	7.87
4	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1,183	907	107	101	.514	0	2.73	0	0	341	1505.2	1,276	456	502	97	429	29	709	105	6,104	37	7.07	2.56	2.76	0.58	19.4	7.0	1.13	.270	3.00	7.63
5	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1,169	1,248	87	78	.527	0	3.12	0	0	144	1277.0	1,035	442	499	112	568	34	501	85	5,374	40	8.24	4.00	2.06	0.79	21.8	10.6	1.26	.264	3.52	7.29
6	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	1,165	913	119	88	.575	0	3.14	0	0	174	1694.2	1,590	591	682	122	486	11	577	120	7,019	92	6.19	2.58	2.40	0.65	16.6	6.9	1.23	.280	3.62	8.44
7	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	1,103	985	59	68	.465	0	2.73	0	0	591	1042.0	797	316	347	92	288	9	820	55	4,183	47	9.53	2.49	3.83	0.79	26.4	6.9	1.04	.262	3.00	6.88
8	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	1,092	782	40	38	.513	0	2.39	0	0	385	833.2	563	221	248	77	278	30	639	23	3,332	41	11.79	3.00	3.93	0.83	32.8	8.3	1.01	.262	2.68	6.08
9	Don McMahon D. McMahon	992	872	90	66	.577	0	2.94	0	0	152	1297.0	1,040	424	474	102	576	34	505	82	5,446	74	6.88	4.00	1.72	0.71	18.2	10.6	1.25	.251	3.29	7.22
10	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	990	1,050	62	67	.481	0	3.55	0	0	158	1003.0	907	396	439	98	370	14	422	52	4,229	41	8.88	3.32	2.68	0.88	23.4	8.7	1.27	.293	3.94	8.14
11	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	983	998	61	63	.492	0	3.33	0	0	142	1154.2	948	427	467	119	440	56	422	80	4,810	34	7.66	3.43	2.23	0.93	20.4	9.1	1.20	.258	3.64	7.39
12	John Franco J. Franco	975	1,119	90	87	.508	0	2.89	0	0	424	1245.2	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	8.42
13	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	974	785	89	69	.563	0	2.86	0	0	180	1301.1	1,104	414	467	74	494	20	541	123	5,391	51	6.74	3.42	1.97	0.51	18.1	9.2	1.23	.269	3.23	7.64
14	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	968	907	68	49	.581	0	2.08	0	0	526	1040.0	784	240	260	52	236	36	774	31	4,119	12	8.38	2.04	4.10	0.45	23.5	5.7	0.98	.259	2.25	6.78
15	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	946	762	40	47	.460	0	3.13	0	0	289	779.0	545	271	296	95	403	16	527	32	3,253	18	10.93	4.66	2.35	1.10	29.1	12.4	1.22	.251	3.42	6.30
16	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	940	1,007	66	71	.482	0	3.42	0	0	326	1060.0	992	403	465	95	457	35	667	53	4,583	49	7.98	3.88	2.06	0.81	20.5	10.0	1.37	.294	3.95	8.42
17	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	915	687	65	53	.551	0	3.29	0	0	158	847.1	652	310	329	65	358	16	347	39	3,515	54	9.72	3.80	2.56	0.69	26.0	10.2	1.19	.272	3.49	6.93
18	Gene Garber G. Garber	913	922	94	108	.465	0	3.30	0	0	218	1452.2	1,404	533	624	113	424	37	609	151	6,083	29	5.66	2.63	2.15	0.70	15.0	7.0	1.26	.281	3.87	8.70
19	Eric Plunk E. Plunk	893	673	63	42	.600	0	3.52	0	0	35	920.0	801	360	398	91	482	28	234	42	3,989	60	8.74	4.72	1.85	0.89	22.4	12.1	1.39	.285	3.89	7.84
20	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	892	1,177	68	63	.519	0	3.93	0	0	84	1110.0	1,084	485	523	93	419	33	363	76	4,748	35	7.23	3.40	2.13	0.75	18.8	8.8	1.35	.299	4.24	8.79
21	Doug Jones D. Jones	885	842	66	78	.458	0	3.29	0	0	303	1097.1	1,115	401	450	86	241	39	640	53	4,617	18	7.26	1.98	3.67	0.71	19.2	5.2	1.24	.306	3.69	9.14
22	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	877	880	73	77	.487	0	3.16	0	0	367	1132.1	1,000	397	426	109	358	27	695	65	4,720	20	6.97	2.85	2.45	0.87	18.6	7.6	1.20	.266	3.39	7.95
23	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	873	899	99	76	.566	0	2.88	0	0	238	1390.1	1,292	445	519	84	481	14	634	81	5,796	68	5.65	3.11	1.81	0.54	15.1	8.3	1.28	.278	3.36	8.36
24	Todd Jones T. Jones	866	981	58	62	.483	0	3.95	0	0	319	1067.2	1,063	468	513	93	443	38	619	62	4,629	43	7.30	3.73	1.95	0.78	18.7	9.6	1.41	.304	4.32	8.96
25	Tom Henke T. Henke	861	642	41	42	.494	0	2.67	0	0	311	789.2	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	6.92

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