most strikeouts for a relief pitcher in a season since 2005 with at least 30 saves

Since 2005, Josh Hader and Carlos Marmol are tied for striking out the most batters by a relief pitcher with 30+ saves in a season, with 138 strikeouts.

NAME SO SV SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA CG SHO 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 Josh Hader
J. Hader
138
37
2019
MIL MIL
61
3
5
.375
0
2.62
0
0
75.2
41
22
24
15
20
4
46
2
289
0
16.41
2.38
6.90
1.78
47.8
6.9
0.81
.232
2.85
4.88
2 Carlos Marmol
C. Marmol
138
38
2010
CHC CHC
77
2
3
.400
0
2.55
0
0
77.2
40
22
23
1
52
8
70
4
332
2
15.99
6.03
2.65
0.12
41.6
15.7
1.18
.293
2.67
4.64
3 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
127
46
2011
ATL ATL
79
4
3
.571
0
2.10
0
0
77.0
48
18
19
3
32
1
64
1
306
4
14.84
3.74
3.97
0.35
41.5
10.5
1.04
.315
2.22
5.61
4 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
126
35
2017
BOS BOS
67
5
0
1.000
0
1.43
0
0
69.0
33
11
11
6
14
4
51
0
254
5
16.43
1.83
9.00
0.78
49.6
5.5
0.68
.260
1.43
4.30
5 Corey Knebel
C. Knebel
126
39
2017
MIL MIL
76
1
4
.200
0
1.78
0
0
76.0
48
15
15
6
40
2
48
5
309
2
14.92
4.74
3.15
0.71
40.8
12.9
1.16
.311
1.78
5.68
6 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
124
57
2018
SEA SEA
73
0
4
.000
0
1.96
0
0
73.1
41
16
17
5
17
6
65
0
280
3
15.22
2.09
7.29
0.61
44.3
6.1
0.79
.281
2.09
5.03
7 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
122
38
2012
CIN CIN
68
5
5
.500
0
1.51
0
0
71.2
35
12
13
4
23
4
52
0
276
4
15.32
2.89
5.30
0.50
44.2
8.3
0.81
.252
1.63
4.40
8 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
118
32
2022
NYM NYM
61
3
1
.750
0
1.31
0
0
62.0
34
9
9
3
18
2
49
1
235
2
17.13
2.61
6.56
0.44
50.2
7.7
0.84
.330
1.31
4.94
9 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
116
33
2015
CIN CIN
65
4
4
.500
0
1.63
0
0
66.1
43
12
13
3
33
5
54
1
278
7
15.74
4.48
3.52
0.41
41.7
11.9
1.15
.331
1.76
5.83
10 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
116
42
2012
ATL ATL
63
3
1
.750
0
1.01
0
0
62.2
27
7
7
3
14
2
56
0
231
5
16.66
2.01
8.29
0.43
50.2
6.1
0.65
.250
1.01
3.88
11 Jonathan Broxton
J. Broxton
114
36
2009
LAD LAD
73
7
2
.778
0
2.61
0
0
76.0
44
22
24
4
29
1
58
1
300
2
13.50
3.43
3.93
0.47
38.0
9.7
0.96
.263
2.84
5.21
12 Liam Hendriks
L. Hendriks
113
38
2021
CWS CWS
69
8
3
.727
0
2.54
0
0
71.0
45
20
23
11
7
1
58
1
267
6
14.32
0.89
16.14
1.39
42.3
2.6
0.73
.252
2.92
5.70
13 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
112
38
2013
CIN CIN
68
4
5
.444
0
2.54
0
0
63.2
37
18
18
7
29
3
55
0
258
6
15.83
4.10
3.86
0.99
43.4
11.2
1.04
.280
2.54
5.23
14 Félix Bautista
F. Bautista
110
33
2023
BAL BAL
56
8
2
.800
0
1.48
0
0
61.0
30
10
14
4
26
2
46
0
237
7
16.23
3.84
4.23
0.59
46.4
11.0
0.92
.274
2.07
4.43
15 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
109
41
2017
LAD LAD
65
5
0
1.000
0
1.32
0
0
68.1
44
10
11
5
7
2
57
0
258
2
14.36
0.92
15.57
0.66
42.2
2.7
0.75
.289
1.45
5.80
16 Brad Hand
B. Hand
106
32
2018
TOT
69
2
5
.286
0
2.75
0
0
72.0
52
22
28
8
28
9
42
2
301
2
13.25
3.50
3.79
1.00
35.2
9.3
1.11
.293
3.50
6.50
17 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
106
36
2014
CIN CIN
54
0
3
.000
0
2.00
0
0
54.0
21
12
12
1
24
2
44
0
202
4
17.67
4.00
4.42
0.17
52.5
11.9
0.83
.290
2.00
3.50
18 Josh Hader
J. Hader
105
34
2024
HOU HOU
71
8
8
.500
0
3.80
0
0
71.0
43
30
33
12
25
1
62
0
278
4
13.31
3.17
4.20
1.52
37.8
9.0
0.96
.230
4.18
5.45
19 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
104
47
2016
LAD LAD
72
3
2
.600
0
1.83
0
0
68.2
35
14
14
4
11
2
63
2
251
1
13.63
1.44
9.45
0.52
41.4
4.4
0.67
.238
1.83
4.59
20 Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
104
37
2010
ATL ATL
71
7
2
.778
0
1.43
0
0
69.1
38
11
14
5
22
3
64
3
268
2
13.50
2.86
4.73
0.65
38.8
8.2
0.87
.246
1.82
4.93
21 Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
104
32
2006
HOU HOU
78
1
5
.167
0
5.28
0
0
75.0
69
44
47
10
36
6
52
4
340
11
12.48
4.32
2.89
1.20
30.6
10.6
1.40
.321
5.64
8.28
22 J.J. Putz
J.J. Putz
104
36
2006
SEA SEA
72
4
1
.800
0
2.30
0
0
78.1
59
20
20
4
13
2
57
1
303
1
11.95
1.49
8.00
0.46
34.3
4.3
0.92
.306
2.30
6.78
23 Raisel Iglesias
R. Iglesias
103
34
2021
LAA LAA
65
7
5
.583
0
2.57
0
0
70.0
53
20
25
11
12
1
59
0
273
2
13.24
1.54
8.58
1.41
37.7
4.4
0.93
.288
3.21
6.81
24 Greg Holland
G. Holland
103
47
2013
KCR KCR
68
2
1
.667
0
1.21
0
0
67.0
40
9
11
3
18
0
61
1
255
2
13.84
2.42
5.72
0.40
40.4
7.1
0.87
.282
1.48
5.37
25 Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
103
42
2005
HOU HOU
70
4
4
.500
0
2.29
0
0
70.2
58
18
21
5
23
3
65
1
291
8
13.12
2.93
4.48
0.64
35.4
7.9
1.15
.338
2.67
7.39
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