most strikeouts in a season by a reliever in the nl east pitcher since 2000

Since 2000, Craig Kimbrel has struck out the most batters by an NL East relief pitcher in a season, with 127 strikeouts in his rookie season in 2011.

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 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
127
2011
ATL ATL
79
4
3
.571
0
2.10
0
0
46
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
2 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
118
2022
NYM NYM
61
3
1
.750
0
1.31
0
0
32
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
3 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
116
2012
ATL ATL
63
3
1
.750
0
1.01
0
0
42
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
4 Kyle Barraclough
K. Barraclough
113
2016
MIA MIA
75
6
3
.667
0
2.85
0
0
0
72.2
45
23
24
1
44
2
6
1
306
8
14.00
5.45
2.57
0.12
36.9
14.4
1.22
.301
2.97
5.57
5 Tyler Clippard
T. Clippard
112
2010
WSH WSH
78
11
8
.579
0
3.07
0
0
1
91.0
69
31
33
8
41
2
18
4
378
1
11.08
4.05
2.73
0.79
29.6
10.8
1.21
.284
3.26
6.82
6 Luke Jackson
L. Jackson
106
2019
ATL ATL
70
9
2
.818
0
3.84
0
0
18
72.2
76
31
34
10
26
2
35
4
315
3
13.13
3.22
4.08
1.24
33.7
8.3
1.40
.386
4.21
9.41
7 Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
106
2000
NYM NYM
76
4
4
.500
0
2.61
0
0
41
76.0
39
22
24
10
38
0
68
2
304
0
12.55
4.50
2.79
1.18
34.9
12.5
1.01
.193
2.84
4.62
8 Tanner Scott
T. Scott
104
2023
MIA MIA
74
9
5
.643
0
2.31
0
0
12
78.0
53
20
22
3
24
4
26
3
307
1
12.00
2.77
4.33
0.35
33.9
7.8
0.99
.291
2.54
6.12
9 Seth Lugo
S. Lugo
104
2019
NYM NYM
61
7
4
.636
0
2.70
0
0
6
80.0
56
24
28
8
16
5
14
4
314
2
11.70
1.80
6.50
0.90
33.1
5.1
0.90
.265
3.15
6.30
10 Tyler Clippard
T. Clippard
104
2011
WSH WSH
72
3
0
1.000
0
1.83
0
0
0
88.1
48
18
18
11
26
0
8
2
329
1
10.60
2.65
4.00
1.12
31.6
7.9
0.84
.197
1.83
4.89
11 Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
104
2010
ATL ATL
71
7
2
.778
0
1.43
0
0
37
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
12 Héctor Neris
H. Neris
102
2016
PHI PHI
79
4
4
.500
0
2.58
0
0
2
80.1
59
23
26
9
30
3
13
3
328
4
11.43
3.36
3.40
1.01
31.1
9.1
1.11
.272
2.91
6.61
13 Rafael Soriano
R. Soriano
102
2009
ATL ATL
77
1
6
.143
0
2.97
0
0
27
75.2
53
25
25
6
27
1
52
4
307
0
12.13
3.21
3.78
0.71
33.2
8.8
1.06
.275
2.97
6.30
14 Jake Diekman
J. Diekman
100
2014
PHI PHI
73
5
5
.500
0
3.80
0
0
0
71.0
66
30
36
4
35
3
19
5
313
7
12.68
4.44
2.86
0.51
31.9
11.2
1.42
.363
4.56
8.37
15 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
99
2019
NYM NYM
66
2
7
.222
0
5.59
0
0
26
58.0
58
36
36
15
22
4
48
3
254
3
15.36
3.41
4.50
2.33
39.0
8.7
1.38
.377
5.59
9.00
16 Héctor Neris
H. Neris
98
2021
PHI PHI
74
4
7
.364
0
3.63
0
0
12
74.1
55
30
34
12
32
4
29
3
310
4
11.87
3.87
3.06
1.45
31.6
10.3
1.17
.262
4.12
6.66
17 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
98
2013
ATL ATL
68
4
3
.571
0
1.21
0
0
50
67.0
39
9
10
4
20
3
60
2
258
3
13.16
2.69
4.90
0.54
38.0
7.8
0.88
.263
1.34
5.24
18 Jonny Venters
J. Venters
96
2011
ATL ATL
85
6
2
.750
0
1.84
0
0
5
88.0
53
18
19
2
43
5
10
7
357
4
9.82
4.40
2.23
0.20
26.9
12.0
1.09
.242
1.94
5.42
19 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
95
2014
ATL ATL
63
0
3
.000
0
1.61
0
0
47
61.2
30
11
13
2
26
2
54
0
244
6
13.86
3.79
3.65
0.29
38.9
10.7
0.91
.235
1.90
4.38
20 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
94
2023
PHI PHI
71
8
6
.571
0
3.26
0
0
23
69.0
44
25
28
10
28
4
45
1
278
4
12.26
3.65
3.36
1.30
33.8
10.1
1.04
.239
3.65
5.74
21 A.J. Minter
A.J. Minter
94
2022
ATL ATL
75
5
4
.556
0
2.06
0
0
5
70.0
49
16
21
5
15
3
13
0
271
3
12.09
1.93
6.27
0.64
34.7
5.5
0.91
.286
2.70
6.30
22 Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
94
2006
NYM NYM
70
3
2
.600
0
2.24
0
0
40
72.1
59
18
22
7
21
4
59
1
297
2
11.70
2.61
4.48
0.87
31.6
7.1
1.11
.304
2.74
7.34
23 Jonny Venters
J. Venters
93
2010
ATL ATL
79
4
4
.500
0
1.95
0
0
1
83.0
61
18
30
1
39
8
17
2
350
4
10.08
4.23
2.38
0.11
26.6
11.1
1.20
.287
3.25
6.61
24 Joel Hanrahan
J. Hanrahan
93
2008
WSH WSH
69
6
3
.667
0
3.95
0
0
9
84.1
73
37
40
9
42
1
34
7
364
6
9.92
4.48
2.21
0.96
25.5
11.5
1.36
.292
4.27
7.79
25 Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
93
2001
NYM NYM
73
6
4
.600
0
3.77
0
0
43
76.1
59
32
32
12
40
1
64
6
320
5
10.97
4.72
2.33
1.41
29.1
12.5
1.30
.270
3.77
6.96
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