most strikeouts by a braves reliever in a season

Craig Kimbrel has struck out the most hitters by a Braves relief pitcher in a season, with 127 strikeouts in his rookie season in 2011.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	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	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	127	2011	ATL	79	4	3	.571	0	2.10	0	0	46	77.0	48	18	19	3	32	1	64	1	306	4	14.84	3.74	3.97	0.35	41.5	10.5	1.04	.315	2.22	5.61
2	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	116	2012	ATL	63	3	1	.750	0	1.01	0	0	42	62.2	27	7	7	3	14	2	56	0	231	5	16.66	2.01	8.29	0.43	50.2	6.1	0.65	.250	1.01	3.88
3	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	114	1982	ATL	61	7	5	.583	0	2.29	0	0	11	122.0	86	31	33	4	51	3	30	4	499	0	8.41	3.76	2.24	0.30	22.8	10.2	1.12	.251	2.43	6.34
4	Luke Jackson L. Jackson	106	2019	ATL	70	9	2	.818	0	3.84	0	0	18	72.2	76	31	34	10	26	2	35	4	315	3	13.13	3.22	4.08	1.24	33.7	8.3	1.40	.386	4.21	9.41
5	Steve Bedrosian S. Bedrosian	106	1983	ATL	69	9	10	.474	0	3.74	0	0	19	113.0	94	47	49	10	48	4	52	8	475	2	8.44	3.82	2.21	0.80	22.3	10.1	1.26	.274	3.90	7.49
6	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	104	2010	ATL	71	7	2	.778	0	1.43	0	0	37	69.1	38	11	14	5	22	3	64	3	268	2	13.50	2.86	4.73	0.65	38.8	8.2	0.87	.246	1.82	4.93
7	John Rocker J. Rocker	104	1999	ATL	74	4	5	.444	0	2.49	0	0	38	72.1	47	20	24	5	37	1	61	4	301	7	12.94	4.60	2.81	0.62	34.6	12.3	1.16	.273	2.99	5.85
8	Rafael Soriano R. Soriano	102	2009	ATL	77	1	6	.143	0	2.97	0	0	27	75.2	53	25	25	6	27	1	52	4	307	0	12.13	3.21	3.78	0.71	33.2	8.8	1.06	.275	2.97	6.30
9	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	100	1996	ATL	77	2	4	.333	0	3.03	0	0	39	77.1	71	26	30	8	21	2	64	3	323	10	11.64	2.44	4.76	0.93	31.0	6.5	1.19	.328	3.49	8.26
10	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	98	2013	ATL	68	4	3	.571	0	1.21	0	0	50	67.0	39	9	10	4	20	3	60	2	258	3	13.16	2.69	4.90	0.54	38.0	7.8	0.88	.263	1.34	5.24
11	Jonny Venters J. Venters	96	2011	ATL	85	6	2	.750	0	1.84	0	0	5	88.0	53	18	19	2	43	5	10	7	357	4	9.82	4.40	2.23	0.20	26.9	12.0	1.09	.242	1.94	5.42
12	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	95	2014	ATL	63	0	3	.000	0	1.61	0	0	47	61.2	30	11	13	2	26	2	54	0	244	6	13.86	3.79	3.65	0.29	38.9	10.7	0.91	.235	1.90	4.38
13	A.J. Minter	94	2022	ATL	75	5	4	.556	0	2.06	0	0	5	70.0	49	16	21	5	15	3	13	0	271	3	12.09	1.93	6.27	0.64	34.7	5.5	0.91	.286	2.70	6.30
14	Jonny Venters J. Venters	93	2010	ATL	79	4	4	.500	0	1.95	0	0	1	83.0	61	18	30	1	39	8	17	2	350	4	10.08	4.23	2.38	0.11	26.6	11.1	1.20	.287	3.25	6.61
15	Mike Remlinger M. Remlinger	93	2001	ATL	74	3	3	.500	0	2.76	0	0	1	75.0	67	23	25	9	23	2	6	4	313	4	11.16	2.76	4.04	1.08	29.7	7.3	1.20	.312	3.00	8.04
16	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	92	1997	ATL	71	5	7	.417	0	3.50	0	0	33	69.1	57	27	29	4	38	0	55	0	300	6	11.94	4.93	2.42	0.52	30.7	12.7	1.37	.319	3.76	7.40
17	Michael Gonzalez M. Gonzalez	90	2009	ATL	80	5	4	.556	0	2.42	0	0	10	74.1	56	20	28	7	33	7	28	8	315	5	10.90	4.00	2.73	0.85	28.6	10.5	1.20	.275	3.39	6.78
18	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	90	1995	ATL	65	7	3	.700	0	2.09	0	0	25	64.2	51	15	16	2	24	1	49	3	269	4	12.53	3.34	3.75	0.28	33.5	8.9	1.16	.322	2.23	7.10
19	Greg McMichael G. McMichael	89	1993	ATL	74	2	3	.400	0	2.06	0	0	19	91.2	68	21	22	3	29	0	40	4	365	6	8.74	2.85	3.07	0.29	24.4	7.9	1.06	.266	2.16	6.68
20	Will Smith W. Smith	87	2021	ATL	71	3	7	.300	0	3.44	0	0	37	68.0	49	26	27	11	28	5	60	2	283	3	11.51	3.71	3.11	1.46	30.7	9.9	1.13	.250	3.57	6.49
21	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	85	2026	ATL	57	7	2	.778	0	2.05	0	0	3	70.1	53	16	17	5	20	2	12	2	279	0	10.88	2.56	4.25	0.64	30.5	7.2	1.04	.287	2.18	6.78
22	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	85	2022	ATL	65	5	2	.714	0	3.38	0	0	41	64.0	45	24	25	8	22	2	54	3	260	1	11.95	3.09	3.86	1.13	32.7	8.5	1.05	.259	3.52	6.33
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	85	2004	ATL	73	0	1	.000	0	2.76	0	0	44	81.2	75	25	25	8	13	0	61	2	323	6	9.37	1.43	6.54	0.88	26.3	4.0	1.08	.309	2.76	8.27
24	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	85	2002	ATL	75	3	2	.600	0	3.25	0	0	55	80.1	59	29	30	4	24	0	68	1	314	1	9.52	2.69	3.54	0.45	27.1	7.6	1.03	.274	3.36	6.61
25	Joe Jiménez J. Jiménez	82	2024	ATL	69	1	5	.167	0	2.62	0	0	3	68.2	45	20	22	2	23	4	7	1	277	0	10.75	3.01	3.57	0.26	29.6	8.3	0.99	.259	2.88	5.90

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