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

	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	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	118	2002	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
2	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	114	2002	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
3	Joe Borowski J. Borowski	97	2002	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
4	Billy Koch B. Koch	93	2002	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
5	Byung-Hyun Kim B. Kim	92	2002	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
6	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	88	2002	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
7	Kelvim Escobar K. Escobar	85	2002	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
8	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	85	2002	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
9	Todd Van Poppel T. Van Poppel	85	2002	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
10	Scott Williamson S. Williamson	84	2002	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
11	Robb Nen R. Nen	81	2002	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
12	Alan 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
13	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	81	2002	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
14	Luis Vizcaino L. Vizcaino	79	2002	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
15	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	79	2002	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
16	Scott Sullivan S. Sullivan	78	2002	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
17	J.C. Romero	76	2002	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
18	Vladimir Nunez V. Nunez	73	2002	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
19	Kazuhiro Sasaki K. Sasaki	73	2002	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
20	Todd Jones T. Jones	73	2002	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
21	Damaso Marte D. Marte	72	2002	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
22	Cliff 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
23	Ugueth Urbina U. Urbina	71	2002	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
24	Eddie Guardado E. Guardado	70	2002	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
25	Scott Sauerbeck S. Sauerbeck	70	2002	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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