most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in a season red sox

Dick Radatz has struck out the most hitters by a Red Sox relief pitcher in a season, with 183 strikeouts in 1964.

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
183
1964
BOS BOS
79
16
9
.640
0
2.29
0
0
29
157.0
103
40
44
13
58
7
67
9
634
1
10.49
3.32
3.16
0.75
28.9
9.1
1.03
.241
2.52
5.90
2 Dick Radatz
D. Radatz
162
1963
BOS 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
3 Dick Radatz
D. Radatz
144
1962
BOS 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
4 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
126
2017
BOS BOS
67
5
0
1.000
0
1.43
0
0
35
69.0
33
11
11
6
14
4
51
0
254
5
16.43
1.83
9.00
0.78
49.6
5.5
0.68
.260
1.43
4.30
5 Dick Radatz
D. Radatz
121
1965
BOS BOS
63
9
11
.450
0
3.91
0
0
22
124.1
104
54
57
11
53
5
56
10
526
1
8.76
3.84
2.28
0.80
23.0
10.1
1.26
.277
4.13
7.53
6 Bill Campbell
B. Campbell
114
1977
BOS BOS
69
13
9
.591
0
2.96
0
0
31
140.0
112
46
48
13
60
5
60
10
583
3
7.33
3.86
1.90
0.84
19.6
10.3
1.23
.253
3.09
7.20
7 Matt Barnes
M. Barnes
110
2019
BOS BOS
70
5
4
.556
0
3.78
0
0
4
64.1
51
27
29
8
38
2
14
2
285
13
15.39
5.32
2.89
1.12
38.6
13.3
1.38
.339
4.06
7.13
8 Mark Clear
M. Clear
109
1982
BOS BOS
55
14
9
.609
0
3.00
0
0
14
105.0
92
35
39
11
61
7
44
6
467
1
9.34
5.23
1.79
0.94
23.3
13.1
1.46
.290
3.34
7.89
9 Rob Murphy
R. Murphy
107
1989
BOS BOS
74
5
7
.417
0
2.74
0
0
9
105.0
97
32
38
7
41
1
27
8
438
6
9.17
3.51
2.61
0.60
24.4
9.4
1.31
.319
3.26
8.31
10 Brandon Workman
B. Workman
104
2019
BOS BOS
73
10
1
.909
0
1.88
0
0
16
71.2
29
15
18
1
45
2
30
4
286
4
13.06
5.65
2.31
0.13
36.4
15.7
1.03
.209
2.26
3.64
11 Greg Harris
G. Harris
103
1993
BOS BOS
80
6
7
.462
0
3.77
0
0
8
112.1
95
47
55
7
60
10
24
14
494
8
8.25
4.81
1.72
0.56
20.9
12.1
1.38
.280
4.41
7.61
12 Koji Uehara
K. Uehara
101
2013
BOS BOS
73
4
1
.800
0
1.09
0
0
21
74.1
33
9
10
5
9
1
40
2
265
1
12.23
1.09
11.22
0.61
38.1
3.4
0.57
.188
1.21
4.00
13 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
96
2018
BOS BOS
63
5
1
.833
0
2.74
0
0
42
62.1
31
19
19
7
31
2
57
0
247
7
13.86
4.48
3.10
1.01
38.9
12.6
0.99
.216
2.74
4.48
14 Matt Barnes
M. Barnes
96
2018
BOS BOS
62
6
4
.600
0
3.65
0
0
0
61.2
47
25
25
5
31
2
8
1
265
8
14.01
4.52
3.10
0.73
36.2
11.7
1.26
.321
3.65
6.86
15 Lee Smith
L. Smith
96
1989
BOS BOS
64
6
1
.857
0
3.57
0
0
25
70.2
53
28
30
6
33
0
50
6
290
1
12.23
4.20
2.91
0.76
33.1
11.4
1.22
.303
3.82
6.75
16 Lee Smith
L. Smith
96
1988
BOS BOS
64
4
5
.444
0
2.80
0
0
29
83.2
72
26
34
7
37
1
57
6
363
2
10.33
3.98
2.59
0.75
26.4
10.2
1.30
.293
3.66
7.75
17 Sparky Lyle
S. Lyle
93
1969
BOS BOS
71
8
3
.727
0
2.54
0
0
17
102.2
91
29
33
8
48
1
44
4
439
8
8.15
4.21
1.94
0.70
21.2
10.9
1.35
.287
2.89
7.98
18 Garrett Whitlock
G. Whitlock
91
2025
BOS BOS
62
7
3
.700
0
2.25
0
0
1
72.0
54
18
21
2
24
5
9
2
293
3
11.38
3.00
3.79
0.25
31.1
8.2
1.08
.304
2.63
6.75
19 Heathcliff Slocumb
H. Slocumb
88
1996
BOS BOS
75
5
5
.500
0
3.02
0
0
31
83.1
68
28
31
2
55
3
60
5
368
10
9.50
5.94
1.60
0.22
23.9
14.9
1.48
.300
3.35
7.34
20 Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
87
2011
BOS BOS
63
4
1
.800
0
2.94
0
0
31
64.1
50
21
22
3
10
3
54
1
255
1
12.17
1.40
8.70
0.42
34.1
3.9
0.93
.309
3.08
6.99
21 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
85
2025
BOS BOS
67
5
3
.625
0
1.17
0
0
32
61.1
28
8
9
3
15
0
43
0
228
6
12.47
2.20
5.67
0.44
37.3
6.6
0.70
.200
1.32
4.11
22 Jack Lamabe
J. Lamabe
85
1963
BOS 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
23 Matt Barnes
M. Barnes
84
2021
BOS BOS
60
6
5
.545
0
3.79
0
0
24
54.2
41
23
25
8
20
2
44
2
222
3
13.83
3.29
4.20
1.32
37.8
9.0
1.12
.306
4.12
6.75
24 Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
84
2007
BOS BOS
59
1
3
.250
0
1.85
0
0
37
58.1
30
12
12
5
15
4
53
0
224
0
12.96
2.31
5.60
0.77
37.5
6.7
0.77
.216
1.85
4.63
25 Matt Barnes
M. Barnes
83
2017
BOS BOS
70
7
3
.700
0
3.88
0
0
1
69.2
57
30
31
7
28
1
15
0
287
3
10.72
3.62
2.96
0.90
28.9
9.8
1.22
.298
4.00
7.36
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