most strikeouts by relief pitcher 2001

Octavio Dotel fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 2001, with 128 strikeouts.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
128
2001
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
2Byung-Hyun Kim
B. Kim
113
2001
78
5
6
.455
0
2.94
0
0
19
98.0
58
32
32
10
44
8
44
3
392
5
10.38
4.04
2.57
0.92
28.8
11.2
1.04
.221
2.94
5.33
3Kyle Farnsworth
K. Farnsworth
107
2001
76
4
6
.400
0
2.74
0
0
2
82.0
65
25
26
8
29
1
24
2
339
2
11.74
3.18
3.69
0.88
31.6
8.6
1.15
.294
2.85
7.13
4Jay Witasick
J. Witasick
106
2001
TOT
63
8
2
.800
0
3.30
0
0
1
79.0
78
29
41
8
33
6
17
4
352
4
12.08
3.76
3.21
0.91
30.1
9.4
1.41
.352
4.67
8.89
5Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
93
2001
73
6
4
.600
0
3.77
0
0
43
76.1
59
32
32
12
40
1
64
6
320
5
10.97
4.72
2.33
1.41
29.1
12.5
1.30
.270
3.77
6.96
6Robb Nen
R. Nen
93
2001
79
4
5
.444
0
3.01
0
0
45
77.2
58
26
28
6
22
1
71
6
312
2
10.78
2.55
4.23
0.70
29.8
7.1
1.03
.274
3.24
6.72
7Mike Remlinger
M. Remlinger
93
2001
74
3
3
.500
0
2.76
0
0
1
75.0
67
23
25
9
23
2
6
4
313
4
11.16
2.76
4.04
1.08
29.7
7.3
1.20
.312
3.00
8.04
8Felix Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
91
2001
80
9
1
.900
0
1.68
0
0
0
80.1
53
15
16
5
27
1
13
2
314
1
10.20
3.02
3.37
0.56
29.0
8.6
1.00
.253
1.79
5.94
9Todd Van Poppel
T. Van Poppel
90
2001
59
4
1
.800
0
2.52
0
0
0
75.0
63
21
22
9
38
0
18
4
324
5
10.80
4.56
2.37
1.08
27.8
11.7
1.35
.289
2.64
7.56
10Ugueth Urbina
U. Urbina
89
2001
TOT
64
2
2
.500
0
3.64
0
0
24
66.2
58
27
29
9
24
0
53
1
278
2
12.02
3.24
3.71
1.21
32.0
8.6
1.23
.314
3.91
7.83
11Jeff Nelson
J. Nelson
88
2001
69
4
3
.571
0
2.76
0
0
4
65.1
30
20
21
3
44
6
16
1
273
2
12.12
6.06
2.00
0.41
32.2
16.1
1.13
.205
2.89
4.13
12Scott Strickland
S. Strickland
85
2001
77
2
6
.250
0
3.21
0
0
9
81.1
67
29
36
9
41
4
31
5
351
4
9.41
4.54
2.07
1.00
24.2
11.7
1.33
.274
3.98
7.41
13Steve Karsay
S. Karsay
83
2001
TOT
74
3
5
.375
0
2.35
0
0
8
88.0
73
23
27
5
25
1
29
10
356
3
8.49
2.56
3.32
0.51
23.3
7.0
1.11
.281
2.76
7.47
14Arthur Rhodes
A. Rhodes
83
2001
71
8
0
1.000
0
1.72
0
0
3
68.0
46
13
14
5
12
1
16
0
258
3
10.99
1.59
6.92
0.66
32.2
4.7
0.85
.261
1.85
6.09
15Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
83
2001
71
4
6
.400
0
2.34
0
0
50
80.2
61
21
24
5
12
1
66
2
310
1
9.26
1.34
6.92
0.56
26.8
3.9
0.90
.268
2.68
6.81
16Scott Sullivan
S. Sullivan
82
2001
79
7
1
.875
0
3.31
0
0
0
103.1
94
38
44
10
36
8
16
8
437
0
7.14
3.14
2.28
0.87
18.8
8.2
1.26
.279
3.83
8.19
17Chad Fox
C. Fox
80
2001
65
5
2
.714
0
1.89
0
0
2
66.2
44
14
16
6
36
5
9
7
287
5
10.80
4.86
2.22
0.81
27.9
12.5
1.20
.238
2.16
5.94
18Josias Manzanillo
J. Manzanillo
80
2001
71
3
2
.600
0
3.39
0
0
2
79.2
60
30
32
4
26
5
25
3
329
4
9.04
2.94
3.08
0.45
24.3
7.9
1.08
.262
3.62
6.78
19Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
79
2001
64
2
5
.286
0
2.73
0
0
39
62.2
44
19
19
5
20
5
58
0
251
3
11.35
2.87
3.95
0.72
31.5
8.0
1.02
.275
2.73
6.32
20John Rocker
J. Rocker
79
2001
TOT
68
5
9
.357
0
4.32
0
0
23
66.2
58
32
36
4
41
5
48
4
300
11
10.67
5.53
1.93
0.54
26.3
13.7
1.49
.316
4.86
7.83
21Scott Sauerbeck
S. Sauerbeck
79
2001
70
2
2
.500
0
5.60
0
0
2
62.2
61
39
41
4
40
2
14
6
281
3
11.35
5.74
1.98
0.57
28.1
14.2
1.61
.365
5.89
8.76
22Jeff Fassero
J. Fassero
79
2001
82
4
4
.500
0
3.42
0
0
12
73.2
66
28
31
6
23
1
30
5
308
3
9.65
2.81
3.43
0.73
25.6
7.5
1.21
.302
3.79
8.06
23Mike Stanton
M. Stanton
78
2001
76
9
4
.692
0
2.58
0
0
0
80.1
80
23
25
4
29
4
16
9
342
3
8.74
3.25
2.69
0.45
22.8
8.5
1.36
.335
2.80
8.96
24Matt Herges
M. Herges
76
2001
75
9
8
.529
0
3.44
0
0
1
99.1
97
38
39
8
46
8
22
12
435
2
6.89
4.17
1.65
0.72
17.5
10.6
1.44
.300
3.53
8.79
25Nelson Cruz
N. Cruz
75
2001
66
3
3
.500
0
4.15
0
0
2
82.1
72
38
41
11
24
9
16
4
342
0
8.20
2.62
3.13
1.20
21.9
7.0
1.17
.274
4.48
7.87
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