most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in a season before 1902

Before 1902, Ned Garvin fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in a season, with 20 strikeouts in 1901.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	WHIP	RA	H/9
1	Ned Garvin N. Garvin	20	1901	MIL	10	1	0	1.000	0	4.01	0	0	1	33.2	29	15	22	1	9	0	10	3	5.35	2.41	2.22	0.27	1.13	5.88	7.75
2	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	17	1901	BKN	7	4	0	1.000	0	2.75	0	0	1	19.2	21	6	11	0	10	2	7	1	7.78	4.58	1.70	0.00	1.58	5.03	9.61
3	Willie Sudhoff W. Sudhoff	16	1901	STL	12	1	0	1.000	0	4.25	0	0	2	53.0	64	25	32	1	19	2	11	2	2.72	3.23	0.84	0.17	1.57	5.43	10.87
4	Bill Duggleby B. Duggleby	16	1901	PHN	6	1	1	.500	0	4.82	0	0	0	37.1	48	20	22	2	6	2	6	0	3.86	1.45	2.67	0.48	1.45	5.30	11.57
5	Pete Dowling P. Dowling	15	1901	TOT	9	0	3	.000	0	6.75	0	0	1	33.1	50	25	30	2	13	2	7	2	4.05	3.51	1.15	0.54	1.89	8.10	13.50
6	Ed Doheny E. Doheny	14	1901	TOT	5	0	1	.000	0	7.66	0	0	0	22.1	35	19	30	0	7	3	5	1	5.64	2.82	2.00	0.00	1.88	12.09	14.10
7	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	14	1901	PIT	8	2	1	.667	0	2.35	0	0	1	38.1	37	10	17	1	10	4	8	1	3.29	2.35	1.40	0.23	1.23	3.99	8.69
8	Jack Sutthoff J. Sutthoff	11	1901	CIN	6	0	0		0	6.81	0	0	0	37.0	46	28	36	2	23	2	6	0	2.68	5.59	0.48	0.49	1.86	8.76	11.19
9	Bill Phyle B. Phyle	11	1901	NYG	5	0	0		0	7.63	0	0	1	15.1	22	13	15	0	9	1	4	0	6.46	5.28	1.22	0.00	2.02	8.80	12.91
10	Vic Willis V. Willis	11	1901	BSN	3	2	0	1.000	0	0.00	0	0	0	8.1	6	0	1	0	4	1	3	0	11.88	4.32	2.75	0.00	1.20	1.08	6.48
11	Doc White D. White	10	1901	PHN	4	1	1	.500	0	2.41	0	0	0	18.2	20	5	5	0	4	0	4	0	4.82	1.93	2.50	0.00	1.29	2.41	9.64
12	Jack Powell J. Powell	10	1901	STL	8	2	2	.500	0	2.78	0	0	3	22.2	12	7	9	3	3	2	8	0	3.97	1.19	3.33	1.19	0.66	3.57	4.76
13	Brickyard Kennedy B. Kennedy	10	1901	BKN	6	0	0		0	4.26	0	0	0	25.1	26	12	13	0	7	0	6	0	3.55	2.49	1.43	0.00	1.30	4.62	9.24
14	Harry Howell H. Howell	9	1901	BAL	3	1	1	.500	0	2.87	0	0	0	15.2	14	5	12	0	5	0	3	0	5.17	2.87	1.80	0.00	1.21	6.89	8.04
15	Mal Eason M. Eason	8	1901	CHO	2	0	0		0	3.86	0	0	0	9.1	11	4	8	0	4	0	2	0	7.71	3.86	2.00	0.00	1.61	7.71	10.61
16	Dale Gear D. Gear	8	1901	WSH	8	0	1	.000	0	2.09	0	0	1	38.2	35	9	14	3	5	1	8	0	1.86	1.16	1.60	0.70	1.03	3.26	8.15
17	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	8	1901	PIT	5	1	1	.500	0	1.69	0	0	2	16.0	13	3	5	0	2	1	5	1	4.50	1.13	4.00	0.00	0.94	2.81	7.31
18	Tully Sparks T. Sparks	8	1901	MIL	3	0	0		0	1.42	0	0	0	12.2	8	2	3	0	3	0	3	0	5.68	2.13	2.67	0.00	0.87	2.13	5.68
19	Roy Patterson R. Patterson	8	1901	CWS	6	2	1	.667	0	2.76	0	0	0	16.1	20	5	10	1	6	0	6	3	4.41	3.31	1.33	0.55	1.59	5.51	11.02
20	Dummy Deegan D. Deegan	7	1901	NYG	1	0	0		0	3.00	0	0	0	9.0	10	3	4	0	3	0	1	0	7.00	3.00	2.33	0.00	1.44	4.00	10.00
21	Zaza Harvey Z. Harvey	7	1901	CWS	7	2	0	1.000	0	3.71	0	0	1	26.2	23	11	14	0	6	2	6	0	2.36	2.03	1.17	0.00	1.09	4.73	7.76
22	Kid Nichols K. Nichols	7	1901	BSN	4	2	1	.667	0	4.80	0	0	0	15.0	14	8	9	0	5	0	4	0	4.20	3.00	1.40	0.00	1.27	5.40	8.40
23	Doc Newton D. Newton	7	1901	TOT	3	0	1	.000	0	2.30	0	0	0	15.2	10	4	8	1	4	2	3	2	4.02	2.30	1.75	0.57	0.89	4.60	5.74
24	Frank Owen F. Owen	7	1901	DET	3	0	0		0	3.20	0	0	0	19.2	22	7	13	0	9	1	3	2	3.20	4.12	0.78	0.00	1.58	5.95	10.07
25	Jake Livingstone J. Livingstone	6	1901	NYG	2	0	0		0	9.00	0	0	0	12.0	26	12	13	0	7	3	2	0	4.50	5.25	0.86	0.00	2.75	9.75	19.50

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