most strikeouts for a relief pitcher mlb

Mason Miller has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher this season, with 104 strikeouts.

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most strikeouts for a relief pitcher MLB this regular season

	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	Mason Miller M. Miller	104	2026	SDP	55	4	2	.667	0	1.26	0	0	32	57.1	28	8	10	2	20	2	47	1	219	5	16.33	3.14	5.20	0.31	47.5	9.1	0.84	.286	1.57	4.40
2	Aaron Ashby A. Ashby	101	2026	MIL	64	13	2	.867	0	3.01	0	0	2	74.2	63	25	30	6	37	2	8	1	323	8	12.17	4.46	2.73	0.72	31.3	11.5	1.34	.322	3.62	7.59
3	Adrian Morejon A. Morejon	90	2026	SDP	64	9	3	.750	0	2.77	0	0	2	74.2	58	23	27	4	23	5	8	7	307	2	10.85	2.77	3.91	0.48	29.3	7.5	1.08	.292	3.25	6.99
4	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	89	2026	CWS	49	7	2	.778	0	2.15	0	0	8	67.0	48	16	22	4	24	1	17	0	269	4	11.96	3.22	3.71	0.54	33.1	8.9	1.07	.291	2.96	6.45
5	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	89	2026	TOT	62	6	8	.429	0	3.90	0	0	5	57.2	56	25	32	4	25	6	22	4	260	4	13.89	3.90	3.56	0.62	34.2	9.6	1.40	.382	4.99	8.74
6	Brent Headrick B. Headrick	87	2026	NYY	71	7	3	.700	0	1.93	0	0	0	70.0	62	15	16	4	21	0	7	1	289	3	11.19	2.70	4.14	0.51	30.1	7.3	1.19	.328	2.06	7.97
7	Cade Smith C. Smith	86	2026	CLE	58	3	1	.750	0	2.36	0	0	35	61.0	45	16	20	5	21	3	50	1	251	6	12.69	3.10	4.10	0.74	34.3	8.4	1.08	.294	2.95	6.64
8	AJ Blubaugh	86	2026	HOU	53	5	2	.714	0	3.06	0	0	1	85.1	65	29	31	10	35	2	8	0	351	7	9.07	3.69	2.46	1.05	24.5	10.0	1.17	.252	3.27	6.86
9	Ryan Zeferjahn R. Zeferjahn	85	2026	TOT	56	4	4	.500	0	4.23	0	0	4	61.2	43	29	32	7	36	9	19	4	271	2	12.41	5.25	2.36	1.02	31.4	13.3	1.28	.269	4.67	6.28
10	Louis Varland L. Varland	84	2026	TOR	62	5	4	.556	0	1.18	0	0	31	68.2	49	9	18	2	18	0	44	1	267	3	11.01	2.36	4.67	0.26	31.5	6.7	0.98	.288	2.36	6.42
11	Yohan Ramírez Y. Ramírez	83	2026	PIT	55	6	4	.600	0	3.41	0	0	2	71.1	53	27	32	4	42	11	13	9	313	7	10.47	5.30	1.98	0.50	26.5	13.4	1.33	.283	4.04	6.69
12	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	81	2026	SEA	53	5	5	.500	0	4.29	0	0	24	50.1	40	24	26	7	20	1	41	0	211	2	14.48	3.58	4.05	1.25	38.4	9.5	1.19	.324	4.65	7.15
13	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	81	2026	PIT	53	6	3	.667	0	3.31	0	0	7	51.2	36	19	20	5	19	1	19	2	211	2	14.11	3.31	4.26	0.87	38.4	9.0	1.06	.295	3.48	6.27
14	Hogan Harris H. Harris	79	2026	ATH	63	3	2	.600	0	3.49	0	0	13	59.1	52	23	25	6	37	5	22	2	269	2	11.98	5.61	2.14	0.91	29.4	13.8	1.50	.324	3.79	7.89
15	Luis Medina L. Medina	76	2026	ATH	48	5	3	.625	0	3.69	0	0	0	61.0	57	25	30	7	32	3	13	3	269	3	11.21	4.72	2.38	1.03	28.3	11.9	1.46	.331	4.43	8.41
16	Dylan Lee D. Lee	74	2026	ATL	65	5	0	1.000	0	2.66	0	0	0	61.0	40	18	20	3	15	0	2	1	236	0	10.92	2.21	4.93	0.44	31.4	6.4	0.90	.257	2.95	5.90
17	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	72	2026	ATL	49	5	1	.833	0	1.85	0	0	3	58.1	43	12	12	3	18	2	8	2	233	0	11.11	2.78	4.00	0.46	30.9	7.7	1.05	.290	1.85	6.63
18	Brock Burke B. Burke	69	2026	CIN	69	6	5	.545	0	2.58	0	0	2	66.1	49	19	32	5	39	4	11	6	286	2	9.36	5.29	1.77	0.68	24.1	13.6	1.33	.260	4.34	6.65
19	Gregory Soto G. Soto	69	2026	PIT	60	6	4	.600	0	3.17	0	0	14	59.2	41	21	25	5	24	4	25	2	247	7	10.41	3.62	2.88	0.75	27.9	9.7	1.09	.248	3.77	6.18
20	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	69	2026	PHI	52	2	4	.333	0	1.61	0	0	29	50.1	44	9	11	1	9	4	47	1	203	3	12.34	1.61	7.67	0.18	34.0	4.4	1.05	.358	1.97	7.87
21	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	68	2026	HOU	55	5	3	.625	0	3.93	0	0	8	52.2	36	23	25	7	39	4	25	0	229	5	11.62	6.66	1.74	1.20	29.7	17.0	1.42	.261	4.27	6.15
22	David Bednar D. Bednar	68	2026	NYY	56	7	3	.700	0	2.69	0	0	31	60.1	44	18	22	3	18	2	50	2	245	2	10.14	2.69	3.78	0.45	27.8	7.3	1.03	.266	3.28	6.56
23	Michael Petersen M. Petersen	67	2026	MIA	57	3	4	.429	0	3.30	0	0	1	57.1	39	21	24	5	26	3	6	1	234	1	10.52	4.08	2.58	0.78	28.6	11.1	1.13	.256	3.77	6.12
24	Spencer Miles S. Miles	67	2026	TOR	37	5	0	1.000	0	1.74	0	0	1	67.1	48	13	15	3	18	1	8	1	264	1	8.96	2.41	3.72	0.40	25.4	6.8	0.98	.257	2.00	6.42
25	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	67	2026	NYY	61	4	6	.400	0	3.13	0	0	2	54.2	41	19	23	7	32	2	9	2	234	4	11.03	5.27	2.09	1.15	28.6	13.7	1.34	.270	3.79	6.75

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Mason Miller has struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher this season, with 104 strikeouts.

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