most strikeouts by relief pitcher 1986

Mark Eichhorn fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 1986, 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
2Tom Henke
T. Henke
118
1986
63
9
5
.643
0
3.35
0
0
27
91.1
63
34
39
6
32
1
51
4
370
3
11.63
3.15
3.69
0.59
31.9
8.6
1.04
.268
3.84
6.21
3Ron Robinson
R. Robinson
117
1986
70
10
3
.769
0
3.24
0
0
14
116.2
110
42
44
10
43
2
32
8
487
3
9.03
3.32
2.72
0.77
24.0
8.8
1.31
.317
3.39
8.49
4Ken Howell
K. Howell
104
1986
62
6
12
.333
0
3.87
0
0
12
97.2
86
42
48
7
63
3
36
9
437
4
9.58
5.81
1.65
0.65
23.8
14.4
1.53
.304
4.42
7.92
5Greg Harris
G. Harris
95
1986
73
10
8
.556
0
2.83
0
0
20
111.1
103
35
40
12
42
1
63
6
462
2
7.68
3.40
2.26
0.97
20.6
9.1
1.30
.292
3.23
8.33
6Lee Smith
L. Smith
93
1986
66
9
9
.500
0
3.09
0
0
31
90.1
69
31
32
7
42
0
59
11
372
2
9.27
4.18
2.21
0.70
25.0
11.3
1.23
.270
3.19
6.87
7Mitch Williams
M. Williams
90
1986
80
8
6
.571
0
3.58
0
0
8
98.0
69
39
39
8
79
11
38
8
435
5
8.27
7.26
1.14
0.73
20.7
18.2
1.51
.247
3.58
6.34
8Jeff Robinson
J. Robinson
89
1986
63
6
3
.667
0
3.05
0
0
8
100.1
86
34
41
7
32
1
22
7
413
11
7.98
2.87
2.78
0.63
21.5
7.7
1.18
.278
3.68
7.71
9Mark Davis
M. Davis
86
1986
65
5
6
.455
0
3.09
0
0
4
75.2
55
26
30
5
29
1
20
7
306
3
10.23
3.45
2.97
0.59
28.1
9.5
1.11
.270
3.57
6.54
10Mark Clear
M. Clear
85
1986
59
5
5
.500
0
2.20
0
0
16
73.2
53
18
23
4
36
1
52
2
306
8
10.38
4.40
2.36
0.49
27.8
11.8
1.21
.272
2.81
6.48
11Gene Walter
G. Walter
84
1986
57
2
2
.500
0
3.86
0
0
1
98.0
89
42
47
7
49
4
19
7
422
6
7.71
4.50
1.71
0.64
19.9
11.6
1.41
.295
4.32
8.17
12John Franco
J. Franco
84
1986
74
6
6
.500
0
2.94
0
0
29
101.0
90
33
40
7
44
2
52
12
429
4
7.49
3.92
1.91
0.62
19.6
10.3
1.33
.284
3.56
8.02
13Steve Farr
S. Farr
83
1986
56
8
4
.667
0
3.13
0
0
8
109.1
90
38
39
10
39
4
33
8
443
4
6.83
3.21
2.13
0.82
18.7
8.8
1.18
.261
3.21
7.41
14Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
83
1986
74
8
8
.500
0
2.45
0
0
46
106.2
88
29
31
4
35
2
68
7
435
1
7.00
2.95
2.37
0.34
19.1
8.0
1.15
.270
2.62
7.43
15Steve Bedrosian
S. Bedrosian
82
1986
68
8
6
.571
0
3.39
0
0
29
90.1
79
34
39
12
34
0
56
10
381
5
8.17
3.39
2.41
1.20
21.5
8.9
1.25
.265
3.89
7.87
16Tim Stoddard
T. Stoddard
81
1986
TOT
54
5
4
.556
0
3.80
0
0
0
94.2
74
40
43
12
57
0
15
9
411
5
7.70
5.42
1.42
1.14
19.7
13.9
1.38
.238
4.09
7.04
17Rich Bordi
R. Bordi
79
1986
51
6
3
.667
0
4.41
0
0
3
102.0
100
50
53
12
41
3
22
5
443
1
6.97
3.62
1.93
1.06
17.8
9.3
1.38
.286
4.68
8.82
18Charlie Kerfeld
C. Kerfeld
77
1986
61
11
2
.846
0
2.59
0
0
7
93.2
71
27
32
5
42
2
29
3
390
7
7.40
4.04
1.83
0.48
19.7
10.8
1.21
.250
3.07
6.82
19Willie Hernandez
W. Hernandez
77
1986
64
8
7
.533
0
3.55
0
0
24
88.2
87
35
35
13
21
5
53
1
376
2
7.82
2.13
3.67
1.32
20.5
5.6
1.22
.285
3.55
8.83
20Dan Plesac
D. Plesac
75
1986
51
10
7
.588
0
2.97
0
0
14
91.0
81
30
34
5
29
0
33
1
377
4
7.42
2.87
2.59
0.49
19.9
7.7
1.21
.284
3.36
8.01
21Todd Worrell
T. Worrell
73
1986
74
9
10
.474
0
2.08
0
0
36
103.2
86
24
29
9
41
1
60
16
430
1
6.34
3.56
1.78
0.78
17.0
9.5
1.23
.252
2.52
7.47
22Matt Young
M. Young
72
1986
60
6
3
.667
0
3.23
0
0
13
83.2
81
30
31
5
33
7
32
2
359
6
7.75
3.55
2.18
0.54
20.1
9.2
1.36
.314
3.33
8.71
23Craig Lefferts
C. Lefferts
72
1986
83
9
8
.529
0
3.09
0
0
4
107.2
98
37
41
7
44
1
36
11
446
1
6.02
3.68
1.64
0.59
16.1
9.9
1.32
.283
3.43
8.19
24Tim Burke
T. Burke
71
1986
66
8
7
.533
0
3.21
0
0
4
89.2
91
32
36
7
45
4
25
12
405
4
7.13
4.52
1.58
0.70
17.5
11.1
1.52
.302
3.61
9.13
25Mark Huismann
M. Huismann
70
1986
TOT
45
3
3
.500
0
3.43
0
0
5
94.1
91
36
41
16
25
1
19
0
392
5
6.68
2.39
2.80
1.53
17.9
6.4
1.23
.268
3.91
8.68
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