most strikeouts by a reliever in a season

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

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Dick 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
2Mark Eichhorn
M. Eichhorn
166
1986
TOR TOR
69
14
6
.700
0
1.72
0
0
10
157.0
105
30
32
8
45
7
38
14
612
2
9.52
2.58
3.69
0.46
27.1
7.4
0.96
.251
1.83
6.02
3Dick 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
4Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
157
2004
HOU HOU
80
6
5
.545
0
1.90
0
0
29
94.2
57
20
21
8
30
6
44
5
369
3
14.93
2.85
5.23
0.76
42.5
8.1
0.92
.292
2.00
5.42
5Dick Selma
D. Selma
153
1970
PHI PHI
73
8
9
.471
0
2.75
0
0
22
134.1
108
41
42
8
59
4
47
9
553
10
10.25
3.95
2.59
0.54
27.7
10.7
1.24
.304
2.81
7.24
6Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
151
1977
PIT PIT
72
11
9
.550
0
1.62
0
0
26
133.0
78
24
27
9
49
2
55
6
523
2
10.22
3.32
3.08
0.61
28.9
9.4
0.95
.221
1.83
5.28
7Dick 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
8Josh Hader
J. Hader
143
2018
MIL MIL
55
6
1
.857
0
2.43
0
0
12
81.1
36
22
23
9
30
1
14
0
306
0
15.82
3.32
4.77
1.00
46.7
9.8
0.81
.220
2.55
3.98
9Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
143
1974
LAD LAD
106
15
12
.556
0
2.42
0
0
21
208.1
191
56
66
9
56
1
83
1
857
5
6.18
2.42
2.55
0.39
16.7
6.5
1.19
.281
2.85
8.25
10Rob Dibble
R. Dibble
141
1989
CIN CIN
74
10
5
.667
0
2.09
0
0
2
99.0
62
23
23
4
39
3
18
11
401
7
12.82
3.55
3.62
0.36
35.2
9.7
1.02
.271
2.09
5.64
11Josh Hader
J. Hader
138
2019
MIL MIL
61
3
5
.375
0
2.62
0
0
37
75.2
41
22
24
15
20
4
46
2
289
0
16.41
2.38
6.90
1.78
47.8
6.9
0.81
.232
2.85
4.88
12Carlos Marmol
C. Marmol
138
2010
CHC CHC
77
2
3
.400
0
2.55
0
0
38
77.2
40
22
23
1
52
8
70
4
332
2
15.99
6.03
2.65
0.12
41.6
15.7
1.18
.293
2.67
4.64
13Eric Gagne
E. Gagne
137
2003
LAD LAD
77
2
3
.400
0
1.20
0
0
55
82.1
37
11
12
2
20
3
67
2
306
2
14.98
2.19
6.85
0.22
44.8
6.5
0.69
.243
1.31
4.04
14Rob Dibble
R. Dibble
136
1990
CIN CIN
68
8
3
.727
0
1.74
0
0
11
98.0
62
19
22
3
34
1
29
3
384
3
12.49
3.12
4.00
0.28
35.4
8.9
0.98
.281
2.02
5.69
15Jim Kern
J. Kern
136
1979
TEX TEX
71
13
5
.722
0
1.57
0
0
29
143.0
99
25
35
5
62
2
57
6
578
5
8.56
3.90
2.19
0.31
23.5
10.7
1.13
.252
2.20
6.23
16Dellin Betances
D. Betances
135
2014
NYY NYY
70
5
0
1.000
0
1.40
0
0
1
90.0
46
14
15
4
24
4
8
1
341
2
13.50
2.40
5.63
0.40
39.6
7.0
0.78
.241
1.50
4.60
17John Hiller
J. Hiller
134
1974
DET DET
59
17
14
.548
0
2.64
0
0
13
150.0
127
44
51
10
62
3
52
19
633
7
8.04
3.72
2.16
0.60
21.2
9.8
1.26
.276
3.06
7.62
18Duane Ward
D. Ward
132
1991
TOR TOR
81
7
6
.538
0
2.77
0
0
23
107.1
80
33
36
3
33
2
46
3
428
6
11.07
2.77
4.00
0.25
30.8
7.7
1.05
.298
3.02
6.71
19Dellin Betances
D. Betances
131
2015
NYY NYY
74
6
4
.600
0
1.50
0
0
9
84.0
45
14
17
6
40
3
17
2
332
9
14.04
4.29
3.28
0.64
39.5
12.0
1.01
.257
1.82
4.82
20Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
130
1996
NYY NYY
61
8
3
.727
0
2.09
0
0
5
107.2
73
25
25
1
34
2
14
3
425
1
10.87
2.84
3.82
0.08
30.6
8.0
0.99
.279
2.09
6.10
21Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
130
1975
CWS CWS
62
9
8
.529
0
1.84
0
0
26
141.2
99
29
32
3
70
5
49
15
583
3
8.26
4.45
1.86
0.19
22.3
12.0
1.19
.256
2.03
6.29
22Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
129
1977
CHC CHC
62
7
3
.700
0
1.34
0
0
31
107.1
69
16
21
5
23
1
48
7
411
7
10.82
1.93
5.61
0.42
31.4
5.6
0.86
.253
1.76
5.79
23Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
128
2001
HOU HOU
57
6
3
.667
0
1.93
0
0
2
84.0
55
18
21
3
33
2
20
1
339
4
13.71
3.54
3.88
0.32
37.8
9.7
1.05
.301
2.25
5.89
24Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
128
1999
NYM NYM
77
4
3
.571
0
1.85
0
0
22
78.0
40
16
17
4
41
0
42
4
312
2
14.77
4.73
3.12
0.46
41.0
13.1
1.04
.259
1.96
4.62
25Scott Garrelts
S. Garrelts
128
1987
SFG SFG
64
11
7
.611
0
3.22
0
0
12
106.1
70
38
41
10
55
0
43
4
428
5
10.83
4.66
2.33
0.85
29.9
12.9
1.18
.255
3.47
5.92
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