most strikeouts in a season as a reliever padres

Lance McCullers has fanned the most batters by a Padres relief pitcher in a season, with 126 strikeouts in 1987.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Lance McCullers
L. McCullers
126
1987
78
8
10
.444
0
3.72
0
0
16
123.1
115
51
60
11
59
2
41
11
540
5
9.19
4.31
2.14
0.80
23.3
10.9
1.41
.304
4.38
8.39
2Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
113
1977
78
8
9
.471
0
2.99
0
0
35
132.1
123
44
47
12
36
1
69
12
543
2
7.69
2.45
3.14
0.82
20.8
6.6
1.20
.291
3.20
8.37
3Brad Hand
B. Hand
111
2016
82
4
4
.500
0
2.92
0
0
1
89.1
63
29
32
8
36
1
16
4
364
7
11.18
3.63
3.08
0.81
30.5
9.9
1.11
.264
3.22
6.35
4Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
111
1997
70
6
4
.600
0
2.66
0
0
37
81.1
59
24
25
9
24
0
59
4
322
7
12.28
2.66
4.63
1.00
34.5
7.5
1.02
.281
2.77
6.53
5Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
111
1996
70
9
5
.643
0
2.25
0
0
42
88.0
50
22
23
6
31
2
62
5
348
2
11.35
3.17
3.58
0.61
31.9
8.9
0.92
.222
2.35
5.11
6Jeremiah Estrada
J. Estrada
108
2025
77
4
5
.444
0
3.45
0
0
3
73.0
58
28
31
12
27
3
7
2
304
3
13.32
3.33
4.00
1.48
35.5
8.9
1.16
.299
3.82
7.15
7Brad Hand
B. Hand
104
2017
72
3
4
.429
0
2.16
0
0
21
79.1
54
19
20
9
20
7
32
1
311
4
11.80
2.27
5.20
1.02
33.4
6.4
0.93
.263
2.27
6.13
8Heath Bell
H. Bell
102
2007
81
6
4
.600
0
2.02
0
0
2
93.2
60
21
21
3
30
2
16
1
363
4
9.80
2.88
3.40
0.29
28.1
8.3
0.96
.252
2.02
5.77
9Mark Davis
M. Davis
102
1988
62
5
10
.333
0
2.01
0
0
28
98.1
70
22
24
2
42
0
52
11
402
9
9.34
3.84
2.43
0.18
25.4
10.4
1.14
.266
2.20
6.41
10Kirby Yates
K. Yates
101
2019
60
0
5
.000
0
1.19
0
0
41
60.2
41
8
14
2
13
7
51
1
243
2
14.98
1.93
7.77
0.30
41.6
5.3
0.89
.325
2.08
6.08
11Greg Harris
G. Harris
97
1990
73
8
8
.500
0
2.30
0
0
9
117.1
92
30
35
6
49
4
33
13
488
2
7.44
3.76
1.98
0.46
19.9
10.0
1.20
.259
2.68
7.06
12Jeremiah Estrada
J. Estrada
94
2024
62
6
3
.667
0
2.95
0
0
1
61.0
42
20
22
4
23
0
14
1
252
5
13.87
3.39
4.09
0.59
37.3
9.1
1.07
.290
3.25
6.20
13Luke Gregerson
L. Gregerson
93
2009
72
2
4
.333
0
3.24
0
0
1
75.0
62
27
29
3
31
3
6
9
318
4
11.16
3.72
3.00
0.36
29.2
9.7
1.24
.314
3.48
7.44
14Mark Davis
M. Davis
92
1989
70
4
3
.571
0
1.85
0
0
44
92.2
66
19
21
6
31
2
65
1
370
8
8.94
3.01
2.97
0.58
24.9
8.4
1.05
.251
2.04
6.41
15Kirby Yates
K. Yates
90
2018
65
5
3
.625
0
2.14
0
0
12
63.0
41
15
15
6
17
4
28
0
250
2
12.86
2.43
5.29
0.86
36.0
6.8
0.92
.263
2.14
5.86
16Luis DeLeon
L. DeLeon
90
1983
63
6
6
.500
0
2.68
0
0
13
111.0
89
33
34
8
27
1
34
7
442
1
7.30
2.19
3.33
0.65
20.4
6.1
1.05
.256
2.76
7.22
17Luke Gregerson
L. Gregerson
89
2010
80
4
7
.364
0
3.22
0
0
2
78.1
47
28
30
8
18
1
9
2
297
0
10.23
2.07
4.94
0.92
30.0
6.1
0.83
.215
3.45
5.40
18Butch Metzger
B. Metzger
89
1976
77
11
4
.733
0
2.92
0
0
16
123.1
119
40
44
5
52
3
62
14
528
0
6.49
3.79
1.71
0.36
16.9
9.8
1.39
.301
3.21
8.68
19Craig Stammen
C. Stammen
88
2018
73
8
3
.727
0
2.73
0
0
0
79.0
65
24
25
3
17
3
7
3
317
3
10.03
1.94
5.18
0.34
27.8
5.4
1.04
.301
2.85
7.41
20John D'Acquisto
J. D'Acquisto
88
1978
42
3
2
.600
0
2.33
0
0
10
73.1
46
19
21
1
46
0
24
2
308
4
10.80
5.65
1.91
0.12
28.6
14.9
1.25
.260
2.58
5.65
21Kirby Yates
K. Yates
87
2017
61
4
5
.444
0
3.72
0
0
1
55.2
42
23
26
10
19
2
12
2
226
0
14.07
3.07
4.58
1.62
38.5
8.4
1.10
.296
4.20
6.79
22Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
87
2015
61
4
2
.667
0
2.58
0
0
39
59.1
40
17
19
6
22
1
53
1
239
4
13.20
3.34
3.95
0.91
36.4
9.2
1.04
.276
2.88
6.07
23Akinori Otsuka
A. Otsuka
87
2004
73
7
2
.778
0
1.75
0
0
2
77.1
56
15
16
6
26
0
18
6
312
0
10.13
3.03
3.35
0.70
27.9
8.3
1.06
.259
1.86
6.52
24Heath Bell
H. Bell
86
2010
67
6
1
.857
0
1.93
0
0
47
70.0
56
15
17
1
28
1
57
3
287
1
11.06
3.60
3.07
0.13
30.0
9.8
1.20
.322
2.19
7.20
25Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
86
1998
66
4
2
.667
0
1.48
0
0
53
73.0
41
12
12
2
21
1
61
2
274
8
10.60
2.59
4.10
0.25
31.4
7.7
0.85
.238
1.48
5.05
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