most strikeouts in a single season without starting a game since 2004

Since 2004, Brad Lidge has fanned the most batters when he didn't start in a season, with 157 strikeouts in 2004.

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most strikeouts in a single season without starting by a player a game since 2004

	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	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	B.J. Ryan	122	0	2004	BAL	76	4	6	.400	2.28	0	0	3	87.0	64	22	24	4	35	1	19	9	361	0	12.62	3.62	3.49	0.41	33.8	9.7	1.14	.302	2.48	6.62
18	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	118	0	2022	NYM	61	3	1	.750	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
19	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	116	0	2015	CIN	65	4	4	.500	1.63	0	0	33	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
20	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	116	0	2012	ATL	63	3	1	.750	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
21	Dellin Betances D. Betances	115	0	2018	NYY	66	4	6	.400	2.70	0	0	4	66.2	44	20	22	7	26	5	15	2	272	4	15.52	3.51	4.42	0.95	42.3	9.6	1.05	.311	2.97	5.94
22	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	114	0	2009	LAD	73	7	2	.778	2.61	0	0	36	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
23	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	114	0	2008	CHC	82	2	4	.333	2.68	0	0	7	87.1	40	26	30	10	41	6	22	3	348	6	11.75	4.23	2.78	1.03	32.8	11.8	0.93	.169	3.09	4.12
24	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	114	0	2004	LAD	70	7	3	.700	2.19	0	0	45	82.1	53	20	24	5	22	5	59	3	326	2	12.46	2.40	5.18	0.55	35.0	6.7	0.91	.267	2.62	5.79
25	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	113	0	2021	CWS	69	8	3	.727	2.54	0	0	38	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

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