most strikeouts by a relief pitcher with less than 800 innings pitched in a career

Octavio Dotel has struck out the most career batters by a relief pitcher when pitching fewer than 800 innings, with 955 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	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	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	955	760.0	724	50	41	.549	0	3.32	0	0	109	576	280	306	84	313	31	305	36	3,172	40	11.31	3.71	3.05	0.99	30.1	9.9	1.17	.275	3.62	6.82
2	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	946	779.0	762	40	47	.460	0	3.13	0	0	289	545	271	296	95	403	16	527	32	3,253	18	10.93	4.66	2.35	1.10	29.1	12.4	1.22	.251	3.42	6.30
3	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	881	761.0	758	52	29	.642	0	2.50	0	0	377	540	211	222	60	248	18	587	27	3,048	41	10.42	2.93	3.55	0.71	28.9	8.1	1.04	.261	2.63	6.39
4	Tom Henke T. Henke	861	789.2	642	41	42	.494	0	2.67	0	0	311	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	6.92
5	Adam Ottavino A. Ottavino	853	730.1	724	41	41	.500	0	3.40	0	0	46	609	276	296	68	322	50	168	31	3,098	65	10.51	3.97	2.65	0.84	27.5	10.4	1.27	.300	3.65	7.50
6	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	839	519.1	520	28	36	.438	0	2.82	0	0	253	356	163	176	54	182	40	395	9	2,105	33	14.54	3.15	4.61	0.94	39.9	8.6	1.04	.305	3.05	6.17
7	Josh Hader J. Hader	829	512.1	468	34	31	.523	0	2.64	0	0	226	282	150	164	65	198	24	321	6	2,019	19	14.56	3.48	4.19	1.14	41.1	9.8	0.94	.240	2.88	4.95
8	Joakim Soria J. Soria	829	762.0	772	36	45	.444	0	3.11	0	0	229	631	263	278	66	231	27	427	18	3,141	33	9.79	2.73	3.59	0.78	26.4	7.4	1.13	.284	3.28	7.45
9	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	829	784.2	798	48	45	.516	0	3.41	0	0	33	633	297	329	55	428	64	237	59	3,402	36	9.51	4.91	1.94	0.63	24.4	12.6	1.35	.285	3.77	7.26
10	Joaquin Benoit J. Benoit	825	794.0	709	44	30	.595	0	3.06	0	0	53	586	270	291	79	300	22	185	19	3,242	27	9.35	3.40	2.75	0.90	25.4	9.3	1.12	.251	3.30	6.64
11	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	795	600.1	602	26	32	.448	0	3.55	0	0	225	490	237	257	57	285	33	368	41	2,576	46	11.92	4.27	2.79	0.85	30.9	11.1	1.29	.308	3.85	7.35
12	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	793	709.2	686	41	36	.532	0	2.45	0	0	368	557	193	221	55	175	32	585	17	2,867	13	10.06	2.22	4.53	0.70	27.7	6.1	1.03	.277	2.80	7.06
13	Sergio Romo S. Romo	782	718.0	816	42	35	.545	0	3.18	0	0	137	575	254	271	85	175	27	301	21	2,896	21	9.80	2.19	4.47	1.07	27.0	6.0	1.04	.268	3.40	7.21
14	Troy Percival T. Percival	779	707.2	702	35	43	.449	0	3.18	0	0	358	478	250	271	85	306	27	546	25	2,911	32	9.91	3.89	2.55	1.08	26.8	10.5	1.11	.229	3.45	6.08
15	Robb Nen R. Nen	779	697.0	639	43	41	.512	0	2.94	0	0	314	593	228	255	50	244	7	549	41	2,903	36	10.06	3.15	3.19	0.65	26.8	8.4	1.20	.298	3.29	7.66
16	Héctor Neris H. Neris	775	627.1	643	46	43	.517	0	3.47	0	0	107	509	242	272	83	243	36	274	16	2,632	38	11.12	3.49	3.19	1.19	29.4	9.2	1.20	.285	3.90	7.30
17	Jake Diekman J. Diekman	764	602.1	705	27	34	.443	0	3.91	0	0	19	483	262	312	53	358	47	141	21	2,662	44	11.42	5.35	2.13	0.79	28.7	13.4	1.40	.299	4.66	7.22
18	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	758	676.0	694	43	38	.531	0	3.41	0	0	118	580	256	285	51	268	20	293	34	2,836	21	10.09	3.57	2.83	0.68	26.7	9.4	1.25	.304	3.79	7.72
19	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	747	693.2	381	52	43	.547	0	3.14	0	0	120	532	242	260	65	296	30	297	44	2,903	25	9.69	3.84	2.52	0.84	25.7	10.2	1.19	.265	3.37	6.90
20	Steve Cishek S. Cishek	743	710.2	737	33	43	.434	0	2.98	0	0	133	565	235	264	54	288	59	312	38	2,993	29	9.41	3.65	2.58	0.68	24.8	9.6	1.20	.276	3.34	7.16
21	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	738	615.1	579	38	47	.447	0	2.74	0	0	253	462	187	212	68	168	20	459	17	2,461	16	10.79	2.46	4.39	0.99	30.0	6.8	1.02	.269	3.10	6.76
22	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	730	683.0	601	46	36	.561	0	2.62	0	0	330	537	199	230	63	221	12	523	27	2,793	28	9.62	2.91	3.30	0.83	26.1	7.9	1.11	.268	3.03	7.08
23	Andrew Miller A. Miller	724	504.0	546	35	28	.556	0	2.95	0	0	63	351	165	183	47	201	46	147	9	2,091	25	12.93	3.59	3.60	0.84	34.6	9.6	1.10	.283	3.27	6.27
24	Rafael Betancourt R. Betancourt	724	685.2	680	38	37	.507	0	3.36	0	0	75	596	256	274	71	164	1	241	40	2,787	17	9.50	2.15	4.41	0.93	26.0	5.9	1.11	.287	3.60	7.82
25	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	721	691.1	667	37	39	.487	0	3.33	0	0	116	611	256	288	66	207	15	256	14	2,856	47	9.39	2.69	3.48	0.86	25.2	7.2	1.18	.295	3.75	7.95