most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in a season before 1964

Before 1964, Dick Radatz struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher in a season, with 162 strikeouts in 1963.

	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	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	162	1963	BOS	66	15	6	.714	0	2.04	0	0	23	132.1	94	30	31	9	51	5	58	12	541	5	11.02	3.47	3.18	0.61	29.9	9.4	1.10	.271	2.11	6.39
2	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	144	1962	BOS	62	9	6	.600	0	2.24	0	0	24	124.2	95	31	32	9	40	4	53	2	504	3	10.40	2.89	3.60	0.65	28.6	7.9	1.08	.280	2.31	6.86
3	Bill Henry B. Henry	115	1959	CHC	65	9	8	.529	0	2.68	0	0	12	134.1	111	40	42	19	26	1	36	3	526	3	7.70	1.74	4.42	1.27	21.9	4.9	1.02	.252	2.81	7.44
4	Stu Miller S. Miller	114	1963	BAL	71	5	8	.385	0	2.24	0	0	27	112.1	93	28	36	5	53	3	59	13	471	1	9.13	4.25	2.15	0.40	24.2	11.3	1.30	.297	2.88	7.45
5	Joe Page J. Page	114	1947	NYY	54	14	7	.667	0	2.15	0	0	17	134.0	100	32	34	4	63	1	44		550	1	7.66	4.23	1.81	0.27	20.7	11.5	1.22	.261	2.28	6.72
6	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	107	1952	NYG	71	15	3	.833	0	2.43	0	0	11	159.1	127	43	60	12	56	5	32		646	3	6.04	3.16	1.91	0.68	16.6	8.7	1.15	.247	3.39	7.17
7	Joe Page J. Page	99	1949	NYY	60	13	8	.619	0	2.59	0	0	27	135.2	103	39	44	7	75	5	48		572	4	6.57	4.98	1.32	0.46	17.3	13.1	1.31	.249	2.92	6.83
8	Larry Sherry L. Sherry	97	1960	LAD	54	13	8	.619	0	3.46	0	0	7	119.2	99	46	51	10	71	6	38	11	519	4	7.30	5.34	1.37	0.75	18.7	13.7	1.42	.266	3.84	7.45
9	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	96	1963	CWS	52	5	7	.417	0	2.86	0	0	21	113.1	91	36	41	8	27	4	40	1	456	4	7.62	2.14	3.56	0.64	21.1	5.9	1.04	.259	3.26	7.23
10	Ryne Duren R. Duren	96	1959	NYY	41	3	6	.333	0	1.88	0	0	14	76.2	49	16	18	6	43	3	29	3	321	4	11.27	5.05	2.23	0.70	29.9	13.4	1.20	.249	2.11	5.75
11	Jack Baldschun J. Baldschun	95	1962	PHI	67	12	7	.632	0	2.96	0	0	13	112.2	95	37	41	6	58	2	49	9	479	9	7.59	4.63	1.64	0.48	19.8	12.1	1.36	.280	3.28	7.59
12	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	95	1960	STL	63	12	2	.857	0	1.29	0	0	27	104.1	71	15	16	4	19	1	47	3	394	5	8.19	1.64	5.00	0.35	24.1	4.8	0.86	.244	1.38	6.12
13	Hal Woodeshick H. Woodeshick	94	1963	HOU	55	11	9	.550	0	1.97	0	0	10	114.0	75	25	29	3	42	6	39	6	465	8	7.42	3.32	2.24	0.24	20.2	9.0	1.03	.225	2.29	5.92
14	Bump Hadley B. Hadley	92	1931	WSH	44	8	5	.615	0	2.45	0	0	7	128.2	96	35	45	3	59	1	28		529	2	6.44	4.13	1.56	0.21	17.4	11.2	1.20	.249	3.15	6.72
15	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	90	1962	BAL	52	7	10	.412	0	1.94	0	0	15	93.0	64	20	28	5	34	3	44	3	373	11	8.71	3.29	2.65	0.48	24.1	9.1	1.05	.245	2.71	6.19
16	Turk Farrell T. Farrell	90	1961	TOT	55	8	7	.533	0	5.20	0	0	10	98.2	117	57	64	15	49	2	31	15	460	10	8.21	4.47	1.84	1.37	19.6	10.7	1.68	.336	5.84	10.67
17	Jack Baldschun J. Baldschun	89	1963	PHI	65	11	7	.611	0	2.38	0	0	16	113.2	99	30	37	7	42	3	44	10	477	3	7.05	3.33	2.12	0.55	18.7	8.8	1.24	.274	2.93	7.84
18	Ray Narleski R. Narleski	89	1955	CLE	59	8	1	.889	0	3.51	0	0	19	102.2	87	40	45	11	46	0	36	3	438	4	7.80	4.03	1.93	0.96	20.3	10.5	1.30	.260	3.94	7.63
19	Stu Miller S. Miller	88	1961	SFG	63	14	5	.737	0	2.66	0	0	17	122.0	95	36	41	4	37	1	46	11	487	0	6.49	2.73	2.38	0.30	18.1	7.6	1.08	.255	3.02	7.01
20	Garland Braxton G. Braxton	88	1927	WSH	56	10	7	.588	0	2.47	0	0	10	146.0	120	40	49	4	33	1	31		586	3	5.42	2.03	2.67	0.25	15.0	5.6	1.05	.252	3.02	7.40
21	Luis Arroyo L. Arroyo	87	1961	NYY	65	15	5	.750	0	2.19	0	0	29	119.0	83	29	34	5	49	3	54	8	484	4	6.58	3.71	1.78	0.38	18.0	10.1	1.11	.229	2.57	6.28
22	Don Elston D. Elston	86	1960	CHC	60	8	9	.471	0	3.38	0	0	10	128.0	108	48	57	17	55	4	33	8	548	1	6.05	3.87	1.56	1.20	15.7	10.0	1.27	.236	4.01	7.59
23	Roy Face R. Face	86	1956	PIT	65	11	12	.478	0	3.32	0	0	5	119.1	111	44	47	10	40	1	34	13	496	1	6.49	3.02	2.15	0.75	17.3	8.1	1.27	.281	3.54	8.37
24	Jack Lamabe J. Lamabe	85	1963	BOS	63	7	3	.700	0	3.23	0	0	6	139.1	125	50	57	7	43	4	20	10	579	4	5.49	2.78	1.98	0.45	14.7	7.4	1.21	.268	3.68	8.07
25	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	84	1961	BAL	50	9	7	.563	0	2.11	0	0	18	106.2	84	25	31	5	41	4	43	5	443	3	7.09	3.46	2.05	0.42	19.0	9.3	1.17	.256	2.62	7.09

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