relief pitcher strikeout leaders in the al

Jeff Hoffman and Cooper Criswell are tied for fanning the most batters by an AL relief pitcher this season, with 6 strikeouts.

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relief pitcher strikeout leaders in the al this regular season

	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	Jeff Hoffman J. Hoffman	6	2026	TOR	2	1	0	1.000	0	4.50	0	0	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	9	1	27.00	0.00		4.50	66.7	0.0	1.00	.500	4.50	9.00
2	Cooper Criswell C. Criswell	6	2026	SEA	2	0	0		0	2.25	0	0	1	4.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	14	0	13.50	2.25	6.00	2.25	42.9	7.1	1.00	.333	2.25	6.75
3	Sam Bachman S. Bachman	5	2026	LAA	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	0	15.00	12.00	1.25	0.00	38.5	30.8	1.33	.000	0.00	0.00
4	Bryan King B. King	5	2026	HOU	3	0	0		0	3.38	0	0	1	2.2	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	13	0	16.88	3.38	5.00	0.00	38.5	7.7	1.50	.500	3.38	10.13
5	AJ Blubaugh	5	2026	HOU	2	1	1	.500	0	2.08	0	0	0	4.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	10.38	0.00		2.08	33.3	0.0	0.46	.111	2.08	4.15
6	Mick Abel M. Abel	4	2026	MIN	1	0	1	.000	0	13.50	0	0	0	3.1	8	5	5	0	4	0	0	1	20	0	10.80	10.80	1.00	0.00	20.0	20.0	3.60	.667	13.50	21.60
7	Grant Taylor G. Taylor	4	2026	CWS	2	0	0		0	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	11	0	18.00	9.00	2.00	0.00	36.4	18.2	2.50	.600	4.50	13.50
8	Bailey Falter B. Falter	4	2026	KCR	1	0	0		0	6.00	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	0	12.00	0.00		0.00	28.6	0.0	1.67	.500	6.00	15.00
9	Roddery Muñoz R. Muñoz	4	2026	HOU	2	0	0		0	6.75	0	0	0	2.2	3	2	2	1	4	0	0	0	15	2	13.50	13.50	1.00	3.38	26.7	26.7	2.63	.333	6.75	10.13
10	Ryan Helsley R. Helsley	4	2026	BAL	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	1	18.00	0.00		0.00	44.4	0.0	1.00	.400	0.00	9.00
11	Erik Sabrowski E. Sabrowski	4	2026	CLE	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	18.00	9.00	2.00	0.00	50.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0.00
12	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	3	2026	HOU	2	0	0		0	27.00	0	0	0	1.1	1	4	4	1	4	0	1	0	9	1	20.25	27.00	0.75	6.75	33.3	44.4	3.75	.000	27.00	6.75
13	Connor Seabold C. Seabold	3	2026	DET	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	11.57	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	0.43	.200	0.00	3.86
14	Greg Weissert G. Weissert	3	2026	BOS	2	0	1	.000	0	16.20	0	0	0	1.2	3	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	10	0	16.20	10.80	1.50	10.80	30.0	20.0	3.00	.333	16.20	16.20
15	Anthony Nunez A. Nunez	3	2026	BAL	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	50.0	0.0	0.00	.000	0.00	0.00
16	Tim Hill T. Hill	3	2026	NYY	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	11.57	0.00		0.00	42.9	0.0	0.43	.250	0.00	3.86
17	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	3	2026	DET	1	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	27.00	0.00		0.00	100.0	0.0	0.00		0.00	0.00
18	Steven Okert S. Okert	3	2026	HOU	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	10.13	3.38	3.00	0.00	37.5	12.5	0.38	.000	0.00	0.00
19	Colin Holderman C. Holderman	3	2026	CLE	2	0	0		0	6.00	0	0	0	3.0	2	2	3	1	2	0	1	0	14	0	9.00	6.00	1.50	3.00	21.4	14.3	1.33	.125	9.00	6.00
20	Andrés Muñoz A. Muñoz	3	2026	SEA	2	0	1	.000	0	9.00	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	3	1	0	0	2	0	9	0	13.50	0.00		4.50	33.3	0.0	1.50	.400	13.50	13.50
21	Peyton Pallette P. Pallette	3	2026	CLE	2	0	0		0	2.45	0	0	0	3.2	2	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	15	1	7.36	2.45	3.00	0.00	20.0	6.7	0.82	.200	2.45	4.91
22	Shawn Armstrong S. Armstrong	3	2026	CLE	2	0	0		0	4.50	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	13.50	4.50	3.00	4.50	42.9	14.3	1.00	.000	4.50	4.50
23	Jalen Beeks J. Beeks	3	2026	TEX	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	0	2.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	11.57	0.00		0.00	37.5	0.0	0.43	.200	0.00	3.86
24	Connor Brogdon C. Brogdon	3	2026	CLE	2	1	0	1.000	0	4.50	0	0	1	2.0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	8	0	13.50	0.00		4.50	37.5	0.0	1.00	.250	9.00	9.00
25	Jordan Romano J. Romano	3	2026	LAA	2	0	0		0	0.00	0	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	7	0	13.50	4.50	3.00	0.00	42.9	14.3	0.50	.000	0.00	0.00

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