most strikeouts by an active relief pitcher

Griffin Jax has struck out the most hitters by an active relief pitcher this season, with 46 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
most strikeouts by an active relief pitcher this regular season
NAME SO SEASON TM 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 Griffin Jax
G. Jax
46
2025
MIN MIN
29
1
3
.250
0
4.33
0
0
0
27.0
29
13
14
3
6
0
2
1
116
0
15.33
2.00
7.67
1.00
39.7
5.2
1.30
.426
4.67
9.67
2 Jake Bird
J. Bird
45
2025
COL COL
27
1
1
.500
0
1.49
0
0
0
36.1
26
6
7
1
15
2
3
1
147
2
11.15
3.72
3.00
0.25
30.6
10.2
1.13
.298
1.73
6.44
3 Jeff Hoffman
J. Hoffman
41
2025
TOR TOR
28
5
2
.714
0
5.53
0
0
14
27.2
23
17
17
6
8
0
24
1
113
1
13.34
2.60
5.13
1.95
36.3
7.1
1.12
.293
5.53
7.48
4 Brendon Little
B. Little
41
2025
TOR TOR
30
3
0
1.000
0
1.55
0
0
0
29.0
19
5
8
1
14
1
2
0
119
3
12.72
4.34
2.93
0.31
34.5
11.8
1.14
.290
2.48
5.90
5 Josh Hader
J. Hader
41
2025
HOU HOU
25
1
0
1.000
0
1.33
0
0
17
27.0
13
4
4
2
6
1
24
0
102
1
13.67
2.00
6.83
0.67
40.2
5.9
0.70
.212
1.33
4.33
6 Jeremiah Estrada
J. Estrada
41
2025
SDP SDP
30
2
3
.400
0
2.25
0
0
2
28.0
20
7
9
3
10
1
5
1
114
1
13.18
3.21
4.10
0.96
36.0
8.8
1.07
.288
2.89
6.43
7 Cade Smith
C. Smith
41
2025
CLE CLE
28
1
2
.333
0
2.73
0
0
3
26.1
22
8
10
0
10
2
5
1
113
1
14.01
3.42
4.10
0.00
36.3
8.8
1.22
.367
3.42
7.52
8 Randy Rodríguez
R. Rodríguez
41
2025
SFG SFG
27
3
0
1.000
0
0.64
0
0
1
28.1
15
2
2
1
3
1
5
0
102
1
13.02
0.95
13.67
0.32
40.2
2.9
0.64
.250
0.64
4.76
9 Fernando Cruz
F. Cruz
40
2025
NYY NYY
23
1
2
.333
0
2.84
0
0
2
25.1
17
8
10
3
8
2
4
0
100
1
14.21
2.84
5.00
1.07
40.0
8.0
0.99
.298
3.55
6.04
10 Mason Miller
M. Miller
40
2025
ATH ATH
22
0
2
.000
0
4.84
0
0
13
22.1
16
12
13
3
12
1
18
1
93
3
16.12
4.84
3.33
1.21
43.0
12.9
1.25
.351
5.24
6.45
11 Ronny Henriquez
R. Henriquez
40
2025
MIA MIA
25
3
1
.750
0
2.20
0
0
1
28.2
20
7
10
3
14
3
3
2
124
1
12.56
4.40
2.86
0.94
32.3
11.3
1.19
.266
3.14
6.28
12 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
40
2025
NYM NYM
26
3
0
1.000
0
2.39
0
0
14
26.1
14
7
8
2
11
3
20
0
104
5
13.67
3.76
3.64
0.68
38.5
10.6
0.95
.250
2.73
4.78
13 Ben Casparius
B. Casparius
40
2025
LAD LAD
19
4
0
1.000
0
2.72
0
0
0
36.1
27
11
11
1
7
0
1
0
143
0
9.91
1.73
5.71
0.25
28.0
4.9
0.94
.274
2.72
6.69
14 Abner Uribe
A. Uribe
39
2025
MIL MIL
30
2
1
.667
0
1.53
0
0
1
29.1
22
5
7
2
12
3
2
2
118
3
11.97
3.68
3.25
0.61
33.1
10.2
1.16
.323
2.15
6.75
15 Garrett Whitlock
G. Whitlock
39
2025
BOS BOS
22
4
0
1.000
0
3.45
0
0
0
31.1
27
12
13
2
13
3
3
0
135
3
11.20
3.73
3.00
0.57
28.9
9.6
1.28
.321
3.73
7.76
16 Gabe Speier
G. Speier
37
2025
SEA SEA
27
2
0
1.000
0
2.22
0
0
0
24.1
17
6
6
2
5
1
2
0
95
0
13.68
1.85
7.40
0.74
38.9
5.3
0.90
.300
2.22
6.29
17 Mitch Spence
M. Spence
37
2025
ATH ATH
22
1
1
.500
0
4.38
0
0
1
39.0
38
19
26
4
14
3
3
1
171
1
8.54
3.23
2.64
0.92
21.6
8.2
1.33
.301
6.00
8.77
18 Bryan Abreu
B. Abreu
37
2025
HOU HOU
29
1
2
.333
0
1.55
0
0
0
29.0
18
5
5
1
16
0
4
0
120
2
11.48
4.97
2.31
0.31
30.8
13.3
1.17
.258
1.55
5.59
19 Bryan Baker
B. Baker
37
2025
BAL BAL
29
3
1
.750
0
2.57
0
0
2
28.0
21
8
9
5
6
0
5
0
105
0
11.89
1.93
6.17
1.61
35.2
5.7
0.96
.281
2.89
6.75
20 Jason Adam
J. Adam
36
2025
SDP SDP
31
5
2
.714
0
1.45
0
0
0
31.0
18
5
8
2
16
2
3
1
129
3
10.45
4.65
2.25
0.58
27.9
12.4
1.10
.219
2.32
5.23
21 Mark Leiter Jr.
M. Leiter Jr.
36
2025
NYY NYY
29
3
3
.500
0
3.51
0
0
2
25.2
25
10
11
2
8
1
4
0
110
3
12.62
2.81
4.50
0.70
32.7
7.3
1.29
.365
3.86
8.77
22 Hunter Gaddis
H. Gaddis
35
2025
CLE CLE
27
0
0
0
1.09
0
0
0
24.2
20
3
3
3
9
1
2
1
102
1
12.77
3.28
3.89
1.09
34.3
8.8
1.18
.315
1.09
7.30
23 Alex Vesia
A. Vesia
35
2025
LAD LAD
30
2
0
1.000
0
3.12
0
0
2
26.0
22
9
9
7
9
1
4
1
106
2
12.12
3.12
3.89
2.42
33.0
8.5
1.19
.278
3.12
7.62
24 Brandon Eisert
B. Eisert
34
2025
CWS CWS
26
2
1
.667
0
4.44
0
0
1
26.1
30
13
13
3
6
4
5
1
117
1
11.62
2.05
5.67
1.03
29.1
5.1
1.37
.386
4.44
10.25
25 Jhoan Duran
J. Duran
34
2025
MIN MIN
29
4
1
.800
0
0.95
0
0
9
28.1
17
3
5
0
11
1
19
2
114
2
10.80
3.49
3.09
0.00
29.8
9.6
0.99
.250
1.59
5.40
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