most strikeouts by a reliever in their 2nd season

Mark Eichhorn fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in his 2nd season, with 166 strikeouts in his rookie season.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Mark Eichhorn
M. Eichhorn
166
1986
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
2Dick Radatz
D. Radatz
162
1963
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
3Josh Hader
J. Hader
143
2018
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
4Rob Dibble
R. Dibble
141
1989
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
5Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
130
1996
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
6Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
129
1977
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
7Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
127
2011
79
4
3
.571
0
2.10
0
0
46
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
8Mitch Williams
M. Williams
123
1987
84
8
5
.615
0
3.10
0
0
6
104.2
59
36
42
8
91
7
32
7
451
4
10.58
7.82
1.35
0.69
27.3
20.2
1.43
.230
3.61
5.07
9Steve Bedrosian
S. Bedrosian
114
1982
61
7
5
.583
0
2.29
0
0
11
122.0
86
31
33
4
51
3
30
4
499
0
8.41
3.76
2.24
0.30
22.8
10.2
1.12
.251
2.43
6.34
10Kyle Barraclough
K. Barraclough
113
2016
75
6
3
.667
0
2.85
0
0
0
72.2
45
23
24
1
44
2
6
1
306
8
14.00
5.45
2.57
0.12
36.9
14.4
1.22
.301
2.97
5.57
11Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
113
1993
63
10
3
.769
0
2.26
0
0
2
99.2
65
25
26
5
53
4
20
4
409
2
10.20
4.79
2.13
0.45
27.6
13.0
1.18
.256
2.35
5.87
12Billy McCool
B. McCool
113
1965
60
9
8
.529
0
3.91
0
0
21
96.2
78
42
42
8
45
2
43
7
404
8
10.52
4.19
2.51
0.74
28.0
11.1
1.27
.297
3.91
7.26
13Félix Bautista
F. Bautista
110
2023
56
8
2
.800
0
1.48
0
0
33
61.0
30
10
14
4
26
2
46
0
237
7
16.23
3.84
4.23
0.59
46.4
11.0
0.92
.274
2.07
4.43
14Byung-Hyun Kim
B. Kim
109
2000
60
6
6
.500
0
4.08
0
0
14
68.1
48
31
35
7
42
9
30
5
305
3
14.36
5.53
2.60
0.92
35.7
13.8
1.32
.297
4.61
6.32
15Trevor Rosenthal
T. Rosenthal
108
2013
74
2
4
.333
0
2.63
0
0
3
75.1
63
22
25
4
20
6
15
0
311
3
12.90
2.39
5.40
0.48
34.7
6.4
1.10
.341
2.99
7.53
16Matt Brash
M. Brash
107
2023
78
9
4
.692
0
3.06
0
0
4
70.2
65
24
26
3
29
6
7
0
308
11
13.63
3.69
3.69
0.38
34.7
9.4
1.33
.380
3.31
8.28
17Dan McGinn
D. McGinn
107
1969
73
7
9
.438
0
3.92
0
0
6
126.1
118
55
64
7
64
4
25
8
553
9
7.62
4.56
1.67
0.50
19.3
11.6
1.44
.299
4.56
8.41
18Steve Foucault
S. Foucault
106
1974
69
8
9
.471
0
2.24
0
0
12
144.1
123
36
51
8
40
5
53
5
584
3
6.61
2.49
2.65
0.50
18.2
6.8
1.13
.271
3.18
7.67
19Mark Clear
M. Clear
105
1980
58
11
11
.500
0
3.30
0
0
9
106.1
82
39
51
2
65
5
40
9
461
4
8.89
5.50
1.62
0.17
22.8
14.1
1.38
.282
4.32
6.94
20Cade Smith
C. Smith
104
2025
76
8
5
.615
0
2.93
0
0
16
73.2
55
24
31
4
19
4
30
3
300
3
12.71
2.32
5.47
0.49
34.7
6.3
1.00
.302
3.79
6.72
21Mason Miller
M. Miller
104
2024
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
22John Rocker
J. Rocker
104
1999
74
4
5
.444
0
2.49
0
0
38
72.1
47
20
24
5
37
1
61
4
301
7
12.94
4.60
2.81
0.62
34.6
12.3
1.16
.273
2.99
5.85
23Terry Forster
T. Forster
104
1972
62
6
5
.545
0
2.25
0
0
29
100.0
75
25
31
0
44
3
45
3
419
5
9.36
3.96
2.36
0.00
24.8
10.5
1.19
.280
2.79
6.75
24Jim York
J. York
103
1971
53
5
5
.500
0
2.89
0
0
3
93.1
70
30
32
7
44
3
21
7
396
4
9.93
4.24
2.34
0.68
26.0
11.1
1.22
.264
3.09
6.75
25Jeff Reardon
J. Reardon
101
1980
61
8
7
.533
0
2.61
0
0
6
110.1
96
32
36
10
47
0
35
15
475
2
8.24
3.83
2.15
0.82
21.3
9.9
1.30
.271
2.94
7.83
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