most wins by a reliever in first 8 games

Hugh Bedient won the most games by a relief pitcher in his first 8 games, with 6 wins.

	NAME	W	L	W%	G	GS	ERA	SO	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	Hugh Bedient H. Bedient	6	0	1.000	8	0	0.00	21	0	0	1	24.2	11		7	0	4	1	8		92	0	7.66	1.46	5.25	0.00	22.8	4.3	0.61	.167	2.55	4.01
2	Joe Cascarella J. Cascarella	5	0	1.000	8	0	0.98	9	0	0	0	18.1	13	2	2	0	10	0	6		77	0	4.42	4.91	0.90	0.00	11.7	13.0	1.25	.224	0.98	6.38
3	Vean Gregg V. Gregg	5	0	1.000	8	0	0.00	15	0	0	0	23.0	17		7	0	7	1	8		100	0	5.87	2.74	2.14	0.00	15.0	7.0	1.04	.221	2.74	6.65
4	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	5	0	1.000	8	0		15	0	0	1	22.2	18		11	1	9	1	6		90	0	5.96	3.57	1.67	0.40	16.7	10.0	1.19	.266	4.37	7.15
5	Ed Summers E. Summers	5	0	1.000	8	0		13	0	0	1	38.2	28		10	0	8	3	8		151	1	3.03	1.86	1.63	0.00	8.6	5.3	0.93	.220	2.33	6.52
6	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	5	1	.833	8	0	0.84	26	0	0	0	32.0	20	3	5	0	7	0	7			2	7.31	1.97	3.71	0.00			0.84		1.41	5.63
7	Clark Griffith C. Griffith	5	0	1.000	8	0	3.69	7	0	0	1	31.2	25	13	14	3	10	1	8			1	1.99	2.84	0.70	0.85			1.11		3.98	7.11
8	Alex McFarlane A. McFarlane	4	1	.800	8	0	1.08	8	0	0	0	8.1	5	1	3	0	4	0	3	0	33	0	8.64	4.32	2.00	0.00	24.2	12.1	1.08	.238	3.24	5.40
9	Justin Wrobleski J. Wrobleski	4	1	.800	8	0	2.06	37	0	0	1	35.0	27	8	10	2	9	1	4	0	139	0	9.51	2.31	4.11	0.51	26.6	6.5	1.03	.278	2.57	6.94
10	Brant Hurter B. Hurter	4	1	.800	8	0	2.48	33	0	0	0	36.1	28	10	10	3	4	0	1	0	140	0	8.17	0.99	8.25	0.74	23.6	2.9	0.88	.250	2.48	6.94
11	Jhony Brito J. Brito	4	1	.800	8	0	1.38	21	0	0	0	26.0	20	4	7	0	6	1	0	0	99	0	7.27	2.08	3.50	0.00	21.2	6.1	1.00	.282	2.42	6.92
12	Kirk McCarty K. McCarty	4	0	1.000	8	0	3.18	16	0	0	0	22.2	18	8	9	4	8	0	5	1	90	0	6.35	3.18	2.00	1.59	17.8	8.9	1.15	.226	3.57	7.15
13	Cal Quantrill C. Quantrill	4	0	1.000	8	0	1.80	19	0	0	0	20.0	13	4	4	2	7	1	0	1	78	0	8.55	3.15	2.71	0.90	24.4	9.0	1.00	.224	1.80	5.85
14	Jalen Beeks J. Beeks	4	0	1.000	8	0	5.18	26	0	0	0	33.0	32	19	19	2	17	1	0	0	142	0	7.09	4.64	1.53	0.55	18.3	12.0	1.48	.313	5.18	8.73
15	Yonny Chirinos Y. Chirinos	4	2	.667	8	0	3.12	32	0	0	0	43.1	37	15	19	3	10	2	2	1	172	2	6.65	2.08	3.20	0.62	18.6	5.8	1.08	.272	3.95	7.68
16	Hector Velazquez H. Velazquez	4	0	1.000	8	0	1.10	10	0	0	0	16.1	11	2	2	0	4	1	4	0	62	0	5.51	2.20	2.50	0.00	16.1	6.5	0.92	.234	1.10	6.06
17	Marco Gonzales M. Gonzales	4	0	1.000	8	0	2.25	9	0	0	0	12.0	6	3	3	2	5	0	0	0	46	0	6.75	3.75	1.80	1.50	19.6	10.9	0.92	.133	2.25	4.50
18	Tanner Roark T. Roark	4	0	1.000	8	0	0.93	14	0	0	0	19.1	11	2	3	0	4	0	1	0	70	0	6.52	1.86	3.50	0.00	20.0	5.7	0.78	.212	1.40	5.12
19	Robbie Ross Jr. R. Ross Jr.	4	0	1.000	8	0	1.74	8	0	0	0	10.1	6	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	39	0	6.97	1.74	4.00	0.00	20.5	5.1	0.77	.207	4.35	5.23
20	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	4	0	1.000	8	0	1.72	13	0	0	1	15.2	10	3	3	0	4	0	6	0	58	0	7.47	2.30	3.25	0.00	22.4	6.9	0.89	.244	1.72	5.74
21	Eddie Watt E. Watt	4	1	.800	8	0	2.70	19	0	0	1	20.0	16	6	7	1	2	2	5	0	77	2	8.55	0.90	9.50	0.45	24.7	2.6	0.90	.283	3.15	7.20
22	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	4	1	.800	8	0	3.14	9	0	0	2	14.1	8	5	5	2	6	1	8	0	58	0	5.65	3.77	1.50	1.26	15.5	10.3	0.98	.150	3.14	5.02
23	Frank Funk F. Funk	4	1	.800	8	0	2.16	13	0	0	1	25.0	17	6	6	3	6	0	7	1	93	1	4.68	2.16	2.17	1.08	14.0	6.5	0.92	.197	2.16	6.12
24	Wally Burnette W. Burnette	4	1	.800	8	0	0.29	18	0	0	0	31.0	22	1	3	0	16	0	6	0	126	0	5.23	4.65	1.13	0.00	14.3	12.7	1.23	.239	0.87	6.39
25	Bob Grim B. Grim	4	0	1.000	8	0	1.67	15	0	0	1	27.0	17	5	5	1	8	1	4		104	0	5.00	2.67	1.88	0.33	14.4	7.7	0.93	.203	1.67	5.67

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Rays	83	56	.597
Yankees	80	60	.571	3.5
Red Sox	75	65	.536	8.5
Blue Jays	70	71	.496	14.0
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Fri 9/4	BOS	@	BAL	7:05 PM
Sat 9/5	BOS	@	BAL	7:05 PM
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