most strikeouts in a single season without starting a game since 1990

Since 1990, Brad Lidge has struck out the most hitters when he didn't start in a season, with 157 strikeouts in 2004.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts in a single season without starting by a player a game since 1990

	NAME	SO	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	157	0	2004	HOU	80	6	5	.545	1.90	0	0	29	94.2	57	20	21	8	30	6	44	5	369	3	14.93	2.85	5.23	0.76	42.5	8.1	0.92	.292	2.00	5.42
2	Josh Hader J. Hader	143	0	2018	MIL	55	6	1	.857	2.43	0	0	12	81.1	36	22	23	9	30	1	14	0	306	0	15.82	3.32	4.77	1.00	46.7	9.8	0.81	.220	2.55	3.98
3	Josh Hader J. Hader	138	0	2019	MIL	61	3	5	.375	2.62	0	0	37	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
4	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	138	0	2010	CHC	77	2	3	.400	2.55	0	0	38	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
5	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	137	0	2003	LAD	77	2	3	.400	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
6	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	136	0	1990	CIN	68	8	3	.727	1.74	0	0	11	98.0	62	19	22	3	34	1	29	3	384	3	12.49	3.12	4.00	0.28	35.4	8.9	0.98	.281	2.02	5.69
7	Dellin Betances D. Betances	135	0	2014	NYY	70	5	0	1.000	1.40	0	0	1	90.0	46	14	15	4	24	4	8	1	341	2	13.50	2.40	5.63	0.40	39.6	7.0	0.78	.241	1.50	4.60
8	Duane Ward D. Ward	132	0	1991	TOR	81	7	6	.538	2.77	0	0	23	107.1	80	33	36	3	33	2	46	3	428	6	11.07	2.77	4.00	0.25	30.8	7.7	1.05	.298	3.02	6.71
9	Dellin Betances D. Betances	131	0	2015	NYY	74	6	4	.600	1.50	0	0	9	84.0	45	14	17	6	40	3	17	2	332	9	14.04	4.29	3.28	0.64	39.5	12.0	1.01	.257	1.82	4.82
10	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	130	0	1996	NYY	61	8	3	.727	2.09	0	0	5	107.2	73	25	25	1	34	2	14	3	425	1	10.87	2.84	3.82	0.08	30.6	8.0	0.99	.279	2.09	6.10
11	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	128	0	2001	HOU	57	6	3	.667	1.93	0	0	2	84.0	55	18	21	3	33	2	20	1	339	4	13.71	3.54	3.88	0.32	37.8	9.7	1.05	.301	2.25	5.89
12	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	128	0	1999	NYM	77	4	3	.571	1.85	0	0	22	78.0	40	16	17	4	41	0	42	4	312	2	14.77	4.73	3.12	0.46	41.0	13.1	1.04	.259	1.96	4.62
13	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	127	0	2011	ATL	79	4	3	.571	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
14	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	126	0	2017	BOS	67	5	0	1.000	1.43	0	0	35	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
15	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	126	0	2017	MIL	76	1	4	.200	1.78	0	0	39	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
16	Dellin Betances D. Betances	126	0	2016	NYY	73	3	6	.333	3.08	0	0	12	73.0	54	25	31	5	28	1	20	0	299	6	15.53	3.45	4.50	0.62	42.1	9.4	1.12	.353	3.82	6.66
17	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	124	0	2018	SEA	73	0	4	.000	1.96	0	0	57	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
18	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	124	0	1999	HOU	66	4	1	.800	1.57	0	0	39	74.2	35	13	14	5	23	1	55	1	286	2	14.95	2.77	5.39	0.60	43.4	8.0	0.78	.226	1.69	4.22
19	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	124	0	1991	CIN	67	3	5	.375	3.17	0	0	31	82.1	67	29	32	5	25	0	57	2	334	5	13.55	2.73	4.96	0.55	37.1	7.5	1.12	.344	3.50	7.32
20	Andrew Miller A. Miller	123	0	2016	TOT	70	10	1	.909	1.45	0	0	12	74.1	42	12	13	8	9	2	23	0	275	1	14.89	1.09	13.67	0.97	44.7	3.3	0.69	.256	1.57	5.09
21	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	123	0	2004	ANA	69	4	1	.800	1.82	0	0	12	84.0	51	17	21	2	33	1	29	1	335	5	13.18	3.54	3.73	0.21	36.7	9.9	1.00	.278	2.25	5.46
22	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	123	0	1999	CWS	67	3	3	.500	2.22	0	0	9	105.1	72	26	28	11	21	3	31	4	411	1	10.51	1.79	5.86	0.94	29.9	5.1	0.88	.241	2.39	6.15
23	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	122	0	2019	OAK	73	4	4	.500	1.63	0	0	25	83.0	58	15	16	5	19	2	41	5	322	7	13.23	2.06	6.42	0.54	37.9	5.9	0.93	.305	1.73	6.29
24	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	122	0	2012	CIN	68	5	5	.500	1.51	0	0	38	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
25	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	122	0	2004	TOT	77	6	6	.500	3.69	0	0	36	85.1	68	35	38	13	33	4	70	7	356	4	12.87	3.48	3.70	1.37	34.3	9.3	1.18	.299	4.01	7.17