most strikeouts by a relief pitcher in the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Rollie Fingers fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher, with 879 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	879	611	79	72	.523	0	2.72	0	0	209	1068.0	891	323	360	65	306	25	480	72	4,314	23	7.41	2.58	2.87	0.55	20.4	7.1	1.12	.272	3.03	7.51
2	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	746	619	87	89	.494	0	2.92	0	0	177	1127.2	1,013	366	417	58	420	24	505	44	4,714	56	5.95	3.35	1.78	0.46	15.8	8.9	1.27	.276	3.33	8.08
3	John Hiller J. Hiller	716	409	63	53	.543	0	2.69	0	0	115	797.2	650	238	271	67	372	10	321	63	3,359	29	8.08	4.20	1.92	0.76	21.3	11.1	1.28	.266	3.06	7.33
4	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	687	533	67	55	.549	0	3.01	0	0	132	911.1	762	305	349	58	354	15	374	88	3,777	32	6.78	3.50	1.94	0.57	18.2	9.4	1.22	.264	3.45	7.53
5	Dave LaRoche D. LaRoche	663	538	53	48	.525	0	3.45	0	0	122	802.2	680	308	338	69	384	23	334	74	3,424	17	7.43	4.31	1.73	0.77	19.4	11.2	1.33	.267	3.79	7.62
6	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	590	600	69	59	.539	0	2.61	0	0	190	960.1	847	278	329	51	319	10	477	55	3,949	43	5.53	2.99	1.85	0.48	14.9	8.1	1.21	.267	3.08	7.94
7	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	571	322	46	37	.554	0	2.63	0	0	101	657.2	485	192	222	36	311	18	223	45	2,721	27	7.81	4.26	1.84	0.49	21.0	11.4	1.21	.252	3.04	6.64
8	Al Hrabosky A. Hrabosky	484	444	57	31	.648	0	3.03	0	0	90	585.2	500	197	226	36	256	13	266	50	2,476	30	7.44	3.93	1.89	0.55	19.5	10.3	1.29	.275	3.47	7.68
9	Bill Campbell B. Campbell	473	346	52	36	.591	0	3.03	0	0	95	654.0	584	220	239	46	260	14	274	36	2,757	25	6.51	3.58	1.82	0.63	17.2	9.4	1.29	.274	3.29	8.04
10	Gene Garber G. Garber	467	436	51	51	.500	0	3.33	0	0	110	733.1	681	271	314	63	214	24	281	78	3,030	15	5.73	2.63	2.18	0.77	15.4	7.1	1.22	.273	3.85	8.36
11	Terry Forster T. Forster	465	321	31	33	.484	0	2.93	0	0	100	556.1	481	181	205	20	242	11	213	31	2,341	29	7.52	3.91	1.92	0.32	19.9	10.3	1.30	.288	3.32	7.78
12	Charlie Hough C. Hough	463	367	39	40	.494	0	3.26	0	0	59	678.2	509	246	282	58	366	42	217	19	2,890	39	6.14	4.85	1.27	0.77	16.0	12.7	1.29	.230	3.74	6.75
13	Skip Lockwood S. Lockwood	449	288	29	43	.403	0	2.96	0	0	66	535.1	435	176	186	40	185	13	200	43	2,176	20	7.55	3.11	2.43	0.67	20.6	8.5	1.16	.265	3.13	7.31
14	Tom Hall T. Hall	443	278	27	16	.628	0	3.22	0	0	32	427.2	294	153	175	52	214	6	127	19	1,778	14	9.32	4.50	2.07	1.09	24.9	12.0	1.19	.228	3.68	6.19
15	Jim Kern J. Kern	439	244	40	31	.563	0	2.47	0	0	75	466.2	360	128	151	17	228	17	178	30	1,935	19	8.47	4.40	1.93	0.33	22.7	11.8	1.26	.278	2.91	6.94
16	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	418	240	27	22	.551	0	2.33	0	0	105	390.2	281	101	121	22	115	2	179	27	1,560	26	9.63	2.65	3.63	0.51	26.8	7.4	1.01	.258	2.79	6.47
17	Dave Giusti D. Giusti	410	467	49	33	.598	0	3.04	0	0	140	687.2	630	232	265	39	265	1	350	78	2,888	28	5.37	3.47	1.55	0.51	14.2	9.2	1.30	.272	3.47	8.25
18	Paul Lindblad P. Lindblad	390	453	44	30	.595	0	2.99	0	0	46	798.2	734	265	302	60	252	14	188	57	3,313	22	4.39	2.84	1.55	0.68	11.8	7.6	1.23	.260	3.40	8.27
19	Darold Knowles D. Knowles	390	537	41	55	.427	0	3.21	0	0	99	704.0	658	251	296	43	308	18	285	55	3,004	16	4.99	3.94	1.27	0.55	13.0	10.3	1.37	.274	3.78	8.41
20	Elias Sosa E. Sosa	388	421	45	34	.570	0	3.01	0	0	66	643.2	573	215	256	35	253	14	234	52	2,699	24	5.43	3.54	1.53	0.49	14.4	9.4	1.28	.268	3.58	8.01
21	Pedro Borbon P. Borbon	382	557	66	34	.660	0	3.33	0	0	78	956.1	1,005	354	382	54	228	23	268	80	4,001	21	3.59	2.15	1.68	0.51	9.5	5.7	1.29	.287	3.59	9.46
22	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	371	407	46	21	.687	0	2.90	0	0	63	590.1	495	190	206	46	217	9	205	42	2,426	15	5.66	3.31	1.71	0.70	15.3	8.9	1.21	.252	3.14	7.55
23	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	370	350	43	38	.531	0	2.66	0	0	74	522.0	484	154	181	22	233	9	216	68	2,239	9	6.38	4.02	1.59	0.38	16.5	10.4	1.37	.288	3.12	8.34
24	Randy Moffitt R. Moffitt	369	435	34	45	.430	0	3.57	0	0	83	647.1	634	257	290	49	242	17	248	61	2,802	31	5.13	3.36	1.52	0.68	13.2	8.6	1.35	.275	4.03	8.81
25	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	367	299	38	32	.543	0	2.54	0	0	92	447.1	351	126	145	37	146	3	217	38	1,818	22	7.38	2.94	2.51	0.74	20.2	8.0	1.11	.248	2.92	7.06