most strikeouts by relief pitcher 2002

Octavio Dotel struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 2002, with 118 strikeouts.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
118
2002
HOU HOU
83
6
4
.600
0
1.85
0
0
6
97.1
58
20
21
7
27
4
22
2
376
2
10.91
2.50
4.37
0.65
31.4
7.2
0.87
.232
1.94
5.36
2Eric Gagne
E. Gagne
114
2002
LAD LAD
77
4
1
.800
0
1.97
0
0
52
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
3Joe Borowski
J. Borowski
97
2002
CHC CHC
73
4
4
.500
0
2.73
0
0
2
95.2
84
29
31
10
29
1
25
6
391
1
9.13
2.73
3.34
0.94
24.8
7.4
1.18
.291
2.92
7.90
4Billy Koch
B. Koch
93
2002
OAK OAK
84
11
4
.733
0
3.27
0
0
44
93.2
73
34
38
7
46
4
79
6
398
5
8.94
4.42
2.02
0.67
23.4
11.6
1.27
.266
3.65
7.01
5Byung-Hyun Kim
B. Kim
92
2002
ARI ARI
72
8
3
.727
0
2.04
0
0
36
84.0
64
19
20
5
26
6
66
2
343
2
9.86
2.79
3.54
0.54
26.8
7.6
1.07
.276
2.14
6.86
6Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
88
2002
HOU HOU
70
4
2
.667
0
2.52
0
0
35
75.0
51
21
21
7
22
2
61
5
289
6
10.56
2.64
4.00
0.84
30.4
7.6
0.97
.259
2.52
6.12
7Kelvim Escobar
K. Escobar
85
2002
TOR TOR
76
5
7
.417
0
4.27
0
0
38
78.0
75
37
39
10
44
5
68
6
355
4
9.81
5.08
1.93
1.15
23.9
12.4
1.53
.308
4.50
8.65
8John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
85
2002
ATL ATL
75
3
2
.600
0
3.25
0
0
55
80.1
59
29
30
4
24
0
68
1
314
1
9.52
2.69
3.54
0.45
27.1
7.6
1.03
.274
3.36
6.61
9Todd Van Poppel
T. Van Poppel
85
2002
TEX TEX
50
3
2
.600
0
5.45
0
0
1
72.2
80
44
44
14
29
3
19
1
325
8
10.53
3.59
2.93
1.73
26.2
8.9
1.50
.340
5.45
9.91
10Scott Williamson
S. Williamson
84
2002
CIN CIN
63
3
4
.429
0
2.92
0
0
8
74.0
46
24
27
5
36
2
23
5
299
8
10.22
4.38
2.33
0.61
28.1
12.0
1.11
.238
3.28
5.59
11Robb Nen
R. Nen
81
2002
SFG SFG
68
6
2
.750
0
2.20
0
0
43
73.2
64
18
19
2
20
1
66
8
301
1
9.90
2.44
4.05
0.24
26.9
6.6
1.14
.315
2.32
7.82
12Alan Embree
A. Embree
81
2002
TOT
68
4
6
.400
0
2.18
0
0
2
62.0
47
15
19
6
20
1
20
3
251
1
11.76
2.90
4.05
0.87
32.3
8.0
1.08
.287
2.76
6.82
13Arthur Rhodes
A. Rhodes
81
2002
SEA SEA
66
10
4
.714
0
2.33
0
0
2
69.2
45
18
18
4
13
0
9
1
257
2
10.46
1.68
6.23
0.52
31.5
5.1
0.83
.258
2.33
5.81
14Luis Vizcaino
L. Vizcaino
79
2002
MIL MIL
76
5
3
.625
0
2.99
0
0
5
81.1
55
27
27
6
30
3
30
4
326
3
8.74
3.32
2.63
0.66
24.2
9.2
1.05
.236
2.99
6.09
15Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
79
2002
NYM NYM
62
1
0
1.000
0
2.27
0
0
33
67.1
46
17
20
8
25
3
52
0
275
1
10.56
3.34
3.16
1.07
28.7
9.1
1.05
.238
2.67
6.15
16Scott Sullivan
S. Sullivan
78
2002
CIN CIN
71
6
5
.545
0
6.06
0
0
1
78.2
93
53
60
15
31
5
16
11
357
2
8.92
3.55
2.52
1.72
21.8
8.7
1.58
.342
6.86
10.64
17J.C. Romero
J.C. Romero
76
2002
MIN MIN
81
9
2
.818
0
1.89
0
0
1
81.0
62
17
17
3
36
4
15
4
332
9
8.44
4.00
2.11
0.33
22.9
10.8
1.21
.277
1.89
6.89
18Vladimir Nunez
V. Nunez
73
2002
FLA FLA
77
6
5
.545
0
3.41
0
0
20
97.2
80
37
38
8
37
0
43
1
404
2
6.73
3.41
1.97
0.74
18.1
9.2
1.20
.252
3.50
7.37
19Kazuhiro Sasaki
K. Sasaki
73
2002
SEA SEA
61
4
5
.444
0
2.52
0
0
37
60.2
44
17
24
6
20
2
55
4
249
6
10.83
2.97
3.65
0.89
29.3
8.0
1.05
.257
3.56
6.53
20Todd Jones
T. Jones
73
2002
COL COL
79
1
4
.200
0
4.70
0
0
1
82.1
84
43
43
10
28
3
20
3
352
1
7.98
3.06
2.61
1.09
20.7
8.0
1.36
.311
4.70
9.18
21Damaso Marte
D. Marte
72
2002
CWS CWS
68
1
1
.500
0
2.83
0
0
10
60.1
44
19
19
5
18
4
22
2
240
3
10.74
2.69
4.00
0.75
30.0
7.5
1.03
.277
2.83
6.56
22Cliff Politte
C. Politte
72
2002
TOT
68
3
3
.500
0
3.67
0
0
1
73.2
57
30
33
5
28
2
20
2
304
2
8.80
3.42
2.57
0.61
23.7
9.2
1.15
.264
4.03
6.96
23Ugueth Urbina
U. Urbina
71
2002
BOS BOS
61
1
6
.143
0
3.00
0
0
40
60.0
44
20
21
8
20
0
55
5
242
3
10.65
3.00
3.55
1.20
29.3
8.3
1.07
.252
3.15
6.60
24Eddie Guardado
E. Guardado
70
2002
MIN MIN
68
1
3
.250
0
2.93
0
0
45
67.2
53
22
22
9
18
1
62
2
270
0
9.31
2.39
3.89
1.20
25.9
6.7
1.05
.256
2.93
7.05
25Scott Sauerbeck
S. Sauerbeck
70
2002
PIT PIT
78
5
4
.556
0
2.30
0
0
0
62.2
50
16
18
4
27
1
21
4
255
2
10.05
3.88
2.59
0.57
27.5
10.6
1.23
.301
2.59
7.18
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