most strikeouts by relief pitcher 2003

Eric Gagne struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher in a season in 2003, with 137 strikeouts.

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  • Data note: Strikeouts: player game data complete from 1901
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NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Eric Gagne
E. Gagne
137
2003
77
2
3
.400
0
1.20
0
0
55
82.1
37
11
12
2
20
3
67
2
306
2
14.98
2.19
6.85
0.22
44.8
6.5
0.69
.243
1.31
4.04
2Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
105
2003
78
1
4
.200
0
1.78
0
0
44
86.0
52
17
18
8
23
3
67
5
335
4
10.99
2.41
4.57
0.84
31.3
6.9
0.87
.224
1.88
5.44
3Guillermo Mota
G. Mota
99
2003
76
6
3
.667
0
1.97
0
0
1
105.0
78
23
23
7
26
1
18
4
410
0
8.49
2.23
3.81
0.60
24.1
6.3
0.99
.256
1.97
6.69
4Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
97
2003
78
6
3
.667
0
3.60
0
0
1
85.0
60
34
36
6
42
5
9
7
349
4
10.27
4.45
2.31
0.64
27.8
12.0
1.20
.271
3.81
6.35
5Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
97
2003
76
6
4
.600
0
2.48
0
0
4
87.0
53
24
25
9
31
3
13
2
346
2
10.03
3.21
3.13
0.93
28.0
9.0
0.97
.214
2.59
5.48
6Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
95
2003
59
8
3
.727
0
3.03
0
0
2
86.0
50
29
30
12
35
2
23
5
334
7
9.94
3.66
2.71
1.26
28.4
10.5
0.99
.200
3.14
5.23
7Kyle Farnsworth
K. Farnsworth
92
2003
77
3
2
.600
0
3.30
0
0
0
76.1
53
28
31
6
36
0
13
1
312
6
10.85
4.24
2.56
0.71
29.5
11.5
1.17
.264
3.66
6.25
8Tom Gordon
T. Gordon
91
2003
66
7
6
.538
0
3.16
0
0
12
74.0
57
26
29
4
31
4
35
3
310
5
11.07
3.77
2.94
0.49
29.4
10.0
1.19
.294
3.53
6.93
9Francisco Cordero
F. Cordero
90
2003
73
5
8
.385
0
2.94
0
0
15
82.2
70
27
33
4
38
2
36
6
352
1
9.80
4.14
2.37
0.44
25.6
10.8
1.31
.303
3.59
7.62
10Keith Foulke
K. Foulke
88
2003
72
9
1
.900
0
2.08
0
0
43
86.2
57
20
21
10
20
7
67
2
338
0
9.14
2.08
4.40
1.04
26.0
5.9
0.89
.221
2.18
5.92
11Damaso Marte
D. Marte
87
2003
71
4
2
.667
0
1.58
0
0
11
79.2
50
14
16
3
34
3
25
6
314
1
9.83
3.84
2.56
0.34
27.7
10.8
1.05
.251
1.81
5.65
12Mike Remlinger
M. Remlinger
83
2003
73
6
5
.545
0
3.65
0
0
0
69.0
54
28
30
11
39
2
26
4
301
2
10.83
5.09
2.13
1.43
27.6
13.0
1.35
.259
3.91
7.04
13Joe Nathan
J. Nathan
83
2003
78
12
4
.750
0
2.96
0
0
0
79.0
51
26
26
7
33
3
9
3
316
4
9.46
3.76
2.52
0.80
26.3
10.4
1.06
.232
2.96
5.81
14Brian Fuentes
B. Fuentes
82
2003
75
3
3
.500
0
2.75
0
0
4
75.1
64
23
24
7
34
6
23
2
320
2
9.80
4.06
2.41
0.84
25.6
10.6
1.30
.298
2.87
7.65
15David Riske
D. Riske
82
2003
68
2
2
.500
0
2.29
0
0
8
74.2
52
19
21
9
20
3
24
3
293
1
9.88
2.41
4.10
1.08
28.0
6.8
0.96
.240
2.53
6.27
16Brendan Donnelly
B. Donnelly
79
2003
63
2
2
.500
0
1.58
0
0
3
74.0
55
13
14
2
24
4
15
1
307
1
9.61
2.92
3.29
0.24
25.7
7.8
1.07
.268
1.70
6.69
17Oscar Villarreal
O. Villarreal
78
2003
85
10
7
.588
0
2.46
0
0
0
95.0
76
26
38
6
43
3
14
10
406
2
7.39
4.07
1.81
0.57
19.2
10.6
1.25
.254
3.60
7.20
18Ugueth Urbina
U. Urbina
78
2003
TOT
72
3
4
.429
0
2.81
0
0
32
77.0
56
24
25
8
31
0
48
2
316
4
9.12
3.62
2.52
0.94
24.7
9.8
1.13
.241
2.92
6.55
19Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
75
2003
TOT
69
4
4
.500
0
2.96
0
0
21
73.0
59
24
27
6
41
0
49
3
313
3
9.25
5.05
1.83
0.74
24.0
13.1
1.37
.277
3.33
7.27
20LaTroy Hawkins
L. Hawkins
75
2003
74
9
3
.750
0
1.86
0
0
2
77.1
69
16
20
4
15
1
12
1
310
5
8.73
1.75
5.00
0.47
24.2
4.8
1.09
.302
2.33
8.03
21David Weathers
D. Weathers
75
2003
77
1
6
.143
0
3.08
0
0
7
87.2
87
30
33
6
40
6
20
6
384
1
7.70
4.11
1.88
0.62
19.5
10.4
1.45
.315
3.39
8.93
22Scott Williamson
S. Williamson
74
2003
TOT
66
5
4
.556
0
4.16
0
0
21
62.2
54
29
30
7
34
1
40
6
276
12
10.63
4.88
2.18
1.01
26.8
12.3
1.40
.294
4.31
7.76
23John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
73
2003
62
0
2
.000
0
1.12
0
0
45
64.1
48
8
9
2
8
0
55
1
244
2
10.21
1.12
9.13
0.28
29.9
3.3
0.87
.286
1.26
6.72
24Jose Valverde
J. Valverde
71
2003
54
2
1
.667
0
2.15
0
0
10
50.1
24
12
16
4
26
2
33
2
204
2
12.70
4.65
2.73
0.72
34.8
12.7
0.99
.198
2.86
4.29
25Julio Mateo
J. Mateo
71
2003
50
4
0
1.000
0
3.15
0
0
1
85.2
69
30
32
14
13
5
17
1
338
1
7.46
1.37
5.46
1.47
21.0
3.8
0.96
.234
3.36
7.25

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