most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in mlb 2024 season

Josh Hader struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2024, with 105 strikeouts.

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 Josh Hader
J. Hader
105
2024
HOU HOU
71
8
8
.500
0
3.80
0
0
34
71.0
43
30
33
12
25
1
62
0
278
4
13.31
3.17
4.20
1.52
37.8
9.0
0.96
.230
4.18
5.45
2 Mason Miller
M. Miller
104
2024
OAK OAK
55
2
2
.500
0
2.49
0
0
28
65.0
36
18
23
6
21
1
44
3
249
2
14.40
2.91
4.95
0.83
41.8
8.4
0.88
.256
3.18
4.98
3 Bryan Abreu
B. Abreu
103
2024
HOU HOU
78
3
3
.500
0
3.10
0
0
1
78.1
59
27
27
9
32
6
3
0
325
4
11.83
3.68
3.22
1.03
31.7
9.8
1.16
.286
3.10
6.78
4 Cade Smith
C. Smith
103
2024
CLE CLE
74
6
1
.857
0
1.91
0
0
1
75.1
51
16
16
1
17
3
2
0
289
0
12.31
2.03
6.06
0.12
35.6
5.9
0.90
.303
1.91
6.09
5 Luke Weaver
L. Weaver
103
2024
NYY NYY
62
6
3
.667
0
2.89
0
0
4
84.0
52
27
28
10
26
4
12
0
331
1
11.04
2.79
3.96
1.07
31.1
7.9
0.93
.223
3.00
5.57
6 David Robertson
D. Robertson
99
2024
TEX TEX
68
3
4
.429
0
3.00
0
0
2
72.0
53
24
25
5
27
5
8
4
296
8
12.38
3.38
3.67
0.63
33.4
9.1
1.11
.300
3.13
6.63
7 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
98
2024
PIT PIT
68
5
5
.500
0
3.79
0
0
14
61.2
44
26
31
5
39
2
18
0
265
4
14.30
5.69
2.51
0.73
37.0
14.7
1.35
.322
4.52
6.42
8 Keegan Akin
K. Akin
97
2024
BAL BAL
66
3
1
.750
0
3.32
0
0
1
78.2
55
29
31
9
19
2
21
1
313
4
11.10
2.17
5.11
1.03
31.0
6.1
0.94
.247
3.55
6.29
9 Ryan Walker
R. Walker
97
2024
SFG SFG
75
10
3
.769
0
1.94
0
0
10
79.0
49
17
19
5
18
8
22
1
303
2
11.05
2.05
5.39
0.57
32.0
5.9
0.85
.251
2.16
5.58
10 Fernando Cruz
F. Cruz
95
2024
CIN CIN
66
3
8
.273
0
4.90
0
0
0
60.2
49
33
33
7
34
1
6
2
263
8
14.09
5.04
2.79
1.04
36.1
12.9
1.37
.333
4.90
7.27
11 Griffin Jax
G. Jax
95
2024
MIN MIN
72
5
5
.500
0
2.03
0
0
10
71.0
47
16
19
4
15
2
16
1
276
4
12.04
1.90
6.33
0.51
34.4
5.4
0.87
.269
2.41
5.96
12 Jeremiah Estrada
J. Estrada
94
2024
SDP SDP
62
6
3
.667
0
2.95
0
0
1
61.0
42
20
22
4
23
0
14
1
252
5
13.87
3.39
4.09
0.59
37.3
9.1
1.07
.290
3.25
6.20
13 Justin Martinez
J. Martinez
91
2024
ARI ARI
64
5
6
.455
0
2.48
0
0
8
72.2
59
20
26
2
36
2
28
6
308
8
11.27
4.46
2.53
0.25
29.5
11.7
1.31
.322
3.22
7.31
14 Jeff Hoffman
J. Hoffman
89
2024
PHI PHI
68
3
3
.500
0
2.17
0
0
10
66.1
48
16
20
6
16
3
21
1
265
5
12.08
2.17
5.56
0.81
33.6
6.0
0.96
.278
2.71
6.51
15 José Leclerc
J. Leclerc
89
2024
TEX TEX
64
6
5
.545
0
4.32
0
0
0
66.2
56
32
33
7
32
4
13
1
288
5
12.02
4.32
2.78
0.95
30.9
11.1
1.32
.314
4.45
7.56
16 Michael Kopech
M. Kopech
88
2024
TOT
67
6
8
.429
0
3.46
0
0
15
67.2
44
26
27
9
34
5
35
2
279
6
11.70
4.52
2.59
1.20
31.5
12.2
1.15
.245
3.59
5.85
17 Alex Vesia
A. Vesia
87
2024
LAD LAD
67
5
4
.556
0
1.76
0
0
5
66.1
33
13
19
7
33
1
10
3
263
2
11.80
4.48
2.64
0.95
33.1
12.5
0.99
.193
2.58
4.48
18 Mark Leiter Jr.
M. Leiter Jr.
86
2024
TOT
60
4
5
.444
0
4.50
0
0
0
58.0
55
29
34
8
22
3
7
1
256
5
13.34
3.41
3.91
1.24
33.6
8.6
1.33
.343
5.28
8.53
19 Cole Sands
C. Sands
85
2024
MIN MIN
62
9
1
.900
0
3.28
0
0
4
71.1
59
26
30
6
12
6
11
0
292
3
10.72
1.51
7.08
0.76
29.1
4.1
1.00
.290
3.79
7.44
20 Michael Tonkin
M. Tonkin
85
2024
TOT
57
4
4
.500
0
3.63
0
0
2
79.1
70
32
43
6
30
8
23
1
340
4
9.64
3.40
2.83
0.68
25.0
8.8
1.26
.303
4.88
7.94
21 Kirby Yates
K. Yates
85
2024
TEX TEX
61
7
2
.778
0
1.17
0
0
32
61.2
23
8
10
3
28
2
50
5
237
1
12.41
4.09
3.04
0.44
35.9
11.8
0.83
.168
1.46
3.36
22 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
84
2024
NYM 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 Tanner Scott
T. Scott
84
2024
TOT
72
9
6
.600
0
1.75
0
0
22
72.0
45
14
20
3
36
1
41
4
294
0
10.50
4.50
2.33
0.38
28.6
12.2
1.13
.247
2.50
5.63
24 Reed Garrett
R. Garrett
83
2024
NYM NYM
53
8
5
.615
0
3.77
0
0
4
57.1
50
24
28
6
30
2
13
1
247
3
13.03
4.71
2.77
0.94
33.6
12.1
1.40
.349
4.40
7.85
25 Joe Jiménez
J. Jiménez
82
2024
ATL 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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