most strikeouts by a mets relief pitcher one season

Armando Benitez has fanned the most hitters by a Mets relief pitcher in a season, with 128 strikeouts in 1999.

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	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	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	128	1999	NYM	77	4	3	.571	0	1.85	0	0	22	78.0	40	16	17	4	41	0	42	4	312	2	14.77	4.73	3.12	0.46	41.0	13.1	1.04	.259	1.96	4.62
2	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	118	2022	NYM	61	3	1	.750	0	1.31	0	0	32	62.0	34	9	9	3	18	2	49	1	235	2	17.13	2.61	6.56	0.44	50.2	7.7	0.84	.330	1.31	4.94
3	Skip Lockwood S. Lockwood	108	1976	NYM	56	10	7	.588	0	2.67	0	0	19	94.1	62	28	31	6	34	2	44	8	375	3	10.30	3.24	3.18	0.57	28.8	9.1	1.02	.249	2.96	5.92
4	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	106	2000	NYM	76	4	4	.500	0	2.61	0	0	41	76.0	39	22	24	10	38	0	68	2	304	0	12.55	4.50	2.79	1.18	34.9	12.5	1.01	.193	2.84	4.62
5	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	104	2019	NYM	61	7	4	.636	0	2.70	0	0	6	80.0	56	24	28	8	16	5	14	4	314	2	11.70	1.80	6.50	0.90	33.1	5.1	0.90	.265	3.15	6.30
6	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	101	1980	NYM	61	8	7	.533	0	2.61	0	0	6	110.1	96	32	36	10	47	0	35	15	475	2	8.24	3.83	2.15	0.82	21.3	9.9	1.30	.271	2.94	7.83
7	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	100	1971	NYM	50	11	4	.733	0	1.63	0	0	8	105.0	67	19	20	4	40	3	34	11	417	6	8.57	3.43	2.50	0.34	24.0	9.6	1.02	.233	1.71	5.74
8	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	99	2019	NYM	66	2	7	.222	0	5.59	0	0	26	58.0	58	36	36	15	22	4	48	3	254	3	15.36	3.41	4.50	2.33	39.0	8.7	1.38	.377	5.59	9.00
9	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	98	2025	NYM	62	6	3	.667	0	1.63	0	0	28	66.1	37	12	14	4	21	8	48	0	258	7	13.30	2.85	4.67	0.54	38.0	8.1	0.87	.260	1.90	5.02
10	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	94	2006	NYM	70	3	2	.600	0	2.24	0	0	40	72.1	59	18	22	7	21	4	59	1	297	2	11.70	2.61	4.48	0.87	31.6	7.1	1.11	.304	2.74	7.34
11	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	93	2001	NYM	73	6	4	.600	0	3.77	0	0	43	76.1	59	32	32	12	40	1	64	6	320	5	10.97	4.72	2.33	1.41	29.1	12.5	1.30	.270	3.77	6.96
12	Danny Frisella D. Frisella	93	1971	NYM	53	8	5	.615	0	1.99	0	0	12	90.2	76	20	28	6	30	3	42	9	376	5	9.23	2.98	3.10	0.60	24.7	8.0	1.17	.287	2.78	7.54
13	Randy Myers R. Myers	92	1987	NYM	54	3	6	.333	0	3.96	0	0	6	75.0	61	33	36	6	30	0	18	5	314	3	11.04	3.60	3.07	0.72	29.3	9.6	1.21	.296	4.32	7.32
14	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	92	1972	NYM	54	8	6	.571	0	1.70	0	0	27	106.0	71	20	26	3	40	3	47	11	419	2	7.81	3.40	2.30	0.25	22.0	9.5	1.05	.242	2.21	6.03
15	Addison Reed A. Reed	91	2016	NYM	80	4	2	.667	0	1.97	0	0	1	77.2	60	17	18	4	13	0	13	4	304	4	10.55	1.51	7.00	0.46	29.9	4.3	0.94	.286	2.09	6.95
16	Carlos Torres C. Torres	90	2014	NYM	72	8	6	.571	0	3.23	0	0	2	92.0	86	33	35	11	36	2	20	4	385	6	8.80	3.52	2.50	1.08	23.4	9.4	1.33	.305	3.42	8.41
17	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	89	2021	NYM	63	5	6	.455	0	3.45	0	0	32	62.2	43	24	27	3	23	9	51	1	257	5	12.78	3.30	3.87	0.43	34.6	8.9	1.05	.301	3.88	6.18
18	Randy Myers R. Myers	88	1989	NYM	65	7	4	.636	0	2.35	0	0	24	84.1	62	22	23	4	40	0	47	4	349	3	9.39	4.27	2.20	0.43	25.2	11.5	1.21	.267	2.45	6.62
19	Jeurys Familia J. Familia	86	2015	NYM	76	2	2	.500	0	1.85	0	0	43	78.0	59	16	16	6	19	2	65	1	308	4	9.92	2.19	4.53	0.69	27.9	6.2	1.00	.272	1.85	6.81
20	Hansel Robles H. Robles	85	2016	NYM	68	6	4	.600	0	3.48	0	0	1	77.2	69	30	32	7	36	1	15	4	331	3	9.85	4.17	2.36	0.81	25.7	10.9	1.35	.307	3.71	8.00
21	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	85	1984	NYM	60	10	6	.625	0	2.59	0	0	31	87.0	58	25	29	7	34	2	52	6	355	1	8.79	3.52	2.50	0.72	23.9	9.6	1.06	.225	3.00	6.00
22	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	84	2024	NYM	54	6	4	.600	0	3.52	0	0	20	53.2	36	21	23	7	20	3	40	0	216	3	14.09	3.35	4.20	1.17	38.9	9.3	1.04	.284	3.86	6.04
23	Jeurys Familia J. Familia	84	2016	NYM	78	3	4	.429	0	2.55	0	0	51	77.2	63	22	25	1	31	1	67	6	321	3	9.73	3.59	2.71	0.12	26.2	9.7	1.21	.304	2.90	7.30
24	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	84	1983	NYM	62	13	7	.650	0	1.47	0	0	17	110.0	76	18	27	3	38	1	42	7	432	1	6.87	3.11	2.21	0.25	19.4	8.8	1.04	.239	2.21	6.22
25	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	84	1982	NYM	52	4	8	.333	0	2.17	0	0	4	99.2	80	24	28	6	35	2	22	2	405	3	7.59	3.16	2.40	0.54	20.7	8.6	1.15	.266	2.53	7.22

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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