most wins in a career relief pitcher in major league baseball

Hoyt Wilhelm has won the most career games by a relief pitcher, with 124 wins.

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	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	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	124	103	.546	1,018	0	2.49	1,363	0	0	228	1872.1	1,436	518	636	125	661	51	651	58	7,619	83	6.55	3.18	2.06	0.60	17.9	8.7	1.12	.242	3.06	6.90
2	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	119	88	.575	913	0	3.14	1,165	0	0	174	1694.2	1,590	591	682	122	486	11	577	120	7,019	92	6.19	2.58	2.40	0.65	16.6	6.9	1.23	.280	3.62	8.44
3	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	115	85	.575	965	0	2.77	1,340	0	0	310	1556.2	1,235	479	537	98	628	38	681	87	6,408	56	7.75	3.63	2.13	0.57	20.9	9.8	1.20	.264	3.10	7.14
4	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	107	101	.514	907	0	2.73	1,183	0	0	341	1505.2	1,276	456	502	97	429	29	709	105	6,104	37	7.07	2.56	2.76	0.58	19.4	7.0	1.13	.270	3.00	7.63
5	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	99	76	.566	899	0	2.88	873	0	0	238	1390.1	1,292	445	519	84	481	14	634	81	5,796	68	5.65	3.11	1.81	0.54	15.1	8.3	1.28	.278	3.36	8.36
6	Roy Face R. Face	96	82	.539	821	0	3.27	793	0	0	191	1212.0	1,170	441	494	117	314	12	574	101	5,001	30	5.89	2.33	2.53	0.87	15.9	6.3	1.22	.280	3.67	8.69
7	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	94	90	.511	1,050	0	2.85	779	0	0	184	1436.2	1,305	455	526	63	491	17	638	179	6,001	23	4.88	3.08	1.59	0.39	13.0	8.2	1.25	.267	3.30	8.18
8	Gene Garber G. Garber	94	108	.465	922	0	3.30	913	0	0	218	1452.2	1,404	533	624	113	424	37	609	151	6,083	29	5.66	2.63	2.15	0.70	15.0	7.0	1.26	.281	3.87	8.70
9	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	92	98	.484	700	0	2.96	813	0	0	188	1259.1	1,143	414	469	68	461	28	549	48	5,276	63	5.81	3.29	1.76	0.49	15.4	8.7	1.27	.275	3.35	8.17
10	John Franco J. Franco	90	87	.508	1,119	0	2.89	975	0	0	424	1245.2	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	8.42
11	Don McMahon D. McMahon	90	66	.577	872	0	2.94	992	0	0	152	1297.0	1,040	424	474	102	576	34	505	82	5,446	74	6.88	4.00	1.72	0.71	18.2	10.6	1.25	.251	3.29	7.22
12	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	89	69	.563	785	0	2.86	974	0	0	180	1301.1	1,104	414	467	74	494	20	541	123	5,391	51	6.74	3.42	1.97	0.51	18.1	9.2	1.23	.269	3.23	7.64
13	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	88	66	.571	703	0	2.82	613	0	0	143	1204.2	1,141	377	438	57	397	35	373	105	5,047	38	4.58	2.97	1.54	0.43	12.1	7.9	1.28	.275	3.27	8.52
14	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	87	78	.527	1,248	0	3.12	1,169	0	0	144	1277.0	1,035	442	499	112	568	34	501	85	5,374	40	8.24	4.00	2.06	0.79	21.8	10.6	1.26	.264	3.52	7.29
15	Bob Stanley B. Stanley	85	61	.582	552	0	3.28	516	0	0	132	1159.0	1,211	422	498	64	334	28	377	77	4,879	16	4.01	2.59	1.54	0.50	10.6	6.8	1.33	.291	3.87	9.40
16	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	80	75	.516	742	0	2.86	766	0	0	136	1077.2	993	343	403	50	438	13	399	126	4,571	19	6.40	3.66	1.75	0.42	16.8	9.6	1.33	.285	3.37	8.29
17	Bill Campbell B. Campbell	80	65	.552	691	0	3.44	829	0	0	126	1177.1	1,077	450	510	76	472	18	455	99	5,001	44	6.34	3.61	1.76	0.58	16.6	9.4	1.32	.278	3.90	8.23
18	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	79	57	.581	1,105	0	2.06	1,135	0	0	652	1233.2	934	282	305	63	266	44	952	41	4,870	13	8.28	1.94	4.27	0.46	23.3	5.5	0.97	.259	2.23	6.81
19	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	79	53	.598	742	0	3.19	579	0	0	102	1248.2	1,214	443	510	92	381	32	370	54	5,222	23	4.17	2.75	1.52	0.66	11.1	7.3	1.28	.271	3.68	8.75
20	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	79	74	.516	736	0	2.78	685	0	0	178	1170.2	1,091	362	440	48	467	24	458	121	5,002	28	5.27	3.59	1.47	0.37	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.38	8.39
21	Stu Miller S. Miller	79	67	.541	611	0	2.95	821	0	0	153	1094.0	946	358	409	75	395	25	406	97	4,538	15	6.75	3.25	2.08	0.62	18.1	8.7	1.23	.270	3.36	7.78
22	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	74	71	.510	1,054	0	3.64	859	0	0	141	1185.1	1,148	479	526	118	369	47	467	72	4,999	31	6.52	2.80	2.33	0.90	17.2	7.4	1.28	.286	3.99	8.72
23	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	73	77	.487	880	0	3.16	877	0	0	367	1132.1	1,000	397	426	109	358	27	695	65	4,720	20	6.97	2.85	2.45	0.87	18.6	7.6	1.20	.266	3.39	7.95
24	Johnny Murphy J. Murphy	73	43	.629	375	0	3.28	283	0	0	107	758.1	707	276	311	33	318	5	293		3,228	14	3.36	3.77	0.89	0.39	8.8	9.9	1.35	.260	3.69	8.39
25	John Hiller J. Hiller	72	57	.558	502	0	2.78	831	0	0	125	963.0	792	297	334	82	439	11	363	69	4,054	33	7.77	4.10	1.89	0.77	20.5	10.8	1.28	.264	3.12	7.40

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Braves - y	93	67	.581
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