most strikeouts by a reliever in a season with at least 30 saves

Josh Hader and Carlos Marmol are tied for striking out the most hitters by a relief pitcher with 30+ saves in a season, with 138 strikeouts.

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Assumption:All-time
Data note: Strikeouts, Saves: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	SO	SV	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	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	138	37	2019	MIL	61	3	5	.375	0	2.62	0	0	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
2	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	138	38	2010	CHC	77	2	3	.400	0	2.55	0	0	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
3	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	137	55	2003	LAD	77	2	3	.400	0	1.20	0	0	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
4	Mason Miller M. Miller	129	38	2026	SDP	66	5	2	.714	0	1.67	0	0	70.0	37	13	16	3	26	2	57	1	272	6	16.59	3.34	4.96	0.39	47.4	9.6	0.90	.304	2.06	4.76
5	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	129	31	1977	CHC	62	7	3	.700	0	1.34	0	0	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
6	Tom Henke T. Henke	128	34	1987	TOR	72	0	6	.000	0	2.49	0	0	94.0	62	26	27	10	25	0	62	3	363	5	12.26	2.39	5.12	0.96	35.3	6.9	0.93	.260	2.59	5.94
7	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	127	46	2011	ATL	79	4	3	.571	0	2.10	0	0	77.0	48	18	19	3	32	1	64	1	306	4	14.84	3.74	3.97	0.35	41.5	10.5	1.04	.315	2.22	5.61
8	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	126	35	2017	BOS	67	5	0	1.000	0	1.43	0	0	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
9	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	126	39	2017	MIL	76	1	4	.200	0	1.78	0	0	76.0	48	15	15	6	40	2	48	5	309	2	14.92	4.74	3.15	0.71	40.8	12.9	1.16	.311	1.78	5.68
10	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	124	57	2018	SEA	73	0	4	.000	0	1.96	0	0	73.1	41	16	17	5	17	6	65	0	280	3	15.22	2.09	7.29	0.61	44.3	6.1	0.79	.281	2.09	5.03
11	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	124	39	1999	HOU	66	4	1	.800	0	1.57	0	0	74.2	35	13	14	5	23	1	55	1	286	2	14.95	2.77	5.39	0.60	43.4	8.0	0.78	.226	1.69	4.22
12	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	124	31	1991	CIN	67	3	5	.375	0	3.17	0	0	82.1	67	29	32	5	25	0	57	2	334	5	13.55	2.73	4.96	0.55	37.1	7.5	1.12	.344	3.50	7.32
13	John Hiller J. Hiller	124	38	1973	DET	65	10	5	.667	0	1.44	0	0	125.1	89	20	21	7	39	0	60	7	498	1	8.90	2.80	3.18	0.50	24.9	7.8	1.02	.250	1.51	6.39
14	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	124	31	1973	MON	92	14	11	.560	0	2.66	0	0	179.0	163	53	62	10	75	4	73	11	747	8	6.23	3.77	1.65	0.50	16.6	10.0	1.33	.287	3.12	8.20
15	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	122	38	2012	CIN	68	5	5	.500	0	1.51	0	0	71.2	35	12	13	4	23	4	52	0	276	4	15.32	2.89	5.30	0.50	44.2	8.3	0.81	.252	1.63	4.40
16	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	122	36	2004	TOT	77	6	6	.500	0	3.69	0	0	85.1	68	35	38	13	33	4	70	7	356	4	12.87	3.48	3.70	1.37	34.3	9.3	1.18	.299	4.01	7.17
17	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	118	32	2022	NYM	61	3	1	.750	0	1.31	0	0	62.0	34	9	9	3	18	2	49	1	235	2	17.13	2.61	6.56	0.44	50.2	7.7	0.84	.330	1.31	4.94
18	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	116	33	2015	CIN	65	4	4	.500	0	1.63	0	0	66.1	43	12	13	3	33	5	54	1	278	7	15.74	4.48	3.52	0.41	41.7	11.9	1.15	.331	1.76	5.83
19	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	116	42	2012	ATL	63	3	1	.750	0	1.01	0	0	62.2	27	7	7	3	14	2	56	0	231	5	16.66	2.01	8.29	0.43	50.2	6.1	0.65	.250	1.01	3.88
20	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	114	36	2009	LAD	73	7	2	.778	0	2.61	0	0	76.0	44	22	24	4	29	1	58	1	300	2	13.50	3.43	3.93	0.47	38.0	9.7	0.96	.263	2.84	5.21
21	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	114	45	2004	LAD	70	7	3	.700	0	2.19	0	0	82.1	53	20	24	5	22	5	59	3	326	2	12.46	2.40	5.18	0.55	35.0	6.7	0.91	.267	2.62	5.79
22	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	114	52	2002	LAD	77	4	1	.800	0	1.97	0	0	82.1	55	18	18	6	16	2	68	4	314	1	12.46	1.75	7.13	0.66	36.3	5.1	0.86	.278	1.97	6.01
23	Bill Campbell B. Campbell	114	31	1977	BOS	69	13	9	.591	0	2.96	0	0	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
24	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	113	38	2021	CWS	69	8	3	.727	0	2.54	0	0	71.0	45	20	23	11	7	1	58	1	267	6	14.32	0.89	16.14	1.39	42.3	2.6	0.73	.252	2.92	5.70
25	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	113	43	1993	MON	70	9	3	.750	0	1.37	0	0	85.1	58	13	17	3	28	2	58	3	344	7	11.92	2.95	4.04	0.32	32.8	8.1	1.01	.278	1.79	6.12

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	103	59	.636
Cubs	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	LAA	@	MIL	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	LAA	@	MIL	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	LAA	@	MIL	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	ATL	@	MIL	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	ATL	@	MIL	4:00 AM

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Rice

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Genao

Playoffs Hit Leaders

19

Contreras

17

Chourio

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Pratt

Playoffs Run Leaders

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Turang

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Playoffs OBP Leaders

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Playoffs SLG Leaders

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Sheets

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Playoffs SB Leaders

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Playoffs Win Leaders

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Playoffs Strikeout Leaders

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Rasmussen

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Chourio

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Rays - y	98	64	.605
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Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
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Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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Guardians - y	85	77	.525
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Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
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Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

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Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
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Wed 9/16	SFG	@	STL	6-5
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Josh Hader and Carlos Marmol are tied for striking out the most hitters by a relief pitcher with 30+ saves in a season, with 138 strikeouts.

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