what relief pitcher has won the most games in a season since 2000

Since 2000, Ryan Yarbrough has won the most games by a relief pitcher in a season, with 14 wins in his rookie season in 2018.

NAME W SEASON TM 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 Ryan Yarbrough
R. Yarbrough
14
2018
TBR TBR
4
.778
32
0
3.72
106
0
0
0
118.2
110
49
52
15
42
6
3
5
505
0
8.04
3.19
2.52
1.14
21.0
8.3
1.28
.283
3.94
8.34
2 Colin Poche
C. Poche
12
2023
TBR TBR
3
.800
66
0
2.23
61
0
0
1
60.2
42
15
17
4
24
1
6
1
246
3
9.05
3.56
2.54
0.59
24.8
9.8
1.09
.244
2.52
6.23
3 Brent Suter
B. Suter
12
2021
MIL MIL
4
.750
60
0
2.79
67
0
0
1
71.0
68
22
31
9
23
1
9
3
301
1
8.49
2.92
2.91
1.14
22.3
7.6
1.28
.294
3.93
8.62
4 Jesse Crain
J. Crain
12
2005
MIN MIN
5
.706
75
0
2.71
25
0
0
1
79.2
61
24
28
6
29
5
17
7
326
2
2.82
3.28
0.86
0.68
7.7
8.9
1.13
.211
3.16
6.89
5 Joe Nathan
J. Nathan
12
2003
SFG SFG
4
.750
78
0
2.96
83
0
0
0
79.0
51
26
26
7
33
3
9
3
316
4
9.46
3.76
2.52
0.80
26.3
10.4
1.06
.232
2.96
5.81
6 John Gant
J. Gant
11
2019
STL STL
1
.917
64
0
3.66
60
0
0
3
66.1
51
27
29
4
34
0
13
1
269
1
8.14
4.61
1.76
0.54
22.3
12.6
1.28
.275
3.93
6.92
7 Tyler Clippard
T. Clippard
11
2010
WSH WSH
8
.579
78
0
3.07
112
0
0
1
91.0
69
31
33
8
41
2
18
4
378
1
11.08
4.05
2.73
0.79
29.6
10.8
1.21
.284
3.26
6.82
8 Todd Jones
T. Jones
11
2004
TOT
5
.688
78
0
4.15
59
0
0
2
82.1
84
38
39
7
33
6
16
5
358
2
6.45
3.61
1.79
0.77
16.5
9.2
1.42
.304
4.26
9.18
9 Juan Rincon
J. Rincon
11
2004
MIN MIN
6
.647
77
0
2.63
106
0
0
2
82.0
52
24
27
5
32
2
18
1
327
2
11.63
3.51
3.31
0.55
32.4
9.8
1.02
.258
2.96
5.71
10 Billy Koch
B. Koch
11
2002
OAK OAK
4
.733
84
0
3.27
93
0
0
44
93.2
73
34
38
7
46
4
79
6
398
5
8.94
4.42
2.02
0.67
23.4
11.6
1.27
.266
3.65
7.01
11 Paul Quantrill
P. Quantrill
11
2001
TOR TOR
2
.846
80
0
3.04
58
0
0
2
83.0
86
28
29
6
12
6
20
7
341
0
6.29
1.30
4.83
0.65
17.0
3.5
1.18
.309
3.14
9.33
12 Matt Herges
M. Herges
11
2000
LAD LAD
0
1.000
55
0
2.57
64
0
0
1
87.2
76
25
28
6
28
4
17
4
359
3
6.57
2.87
2.29
0.62
17.8
7.8
1.19
.272
2.87
7.80
13 Gabe White
G. White
11
2000
TOT
2
.846
68
0
2.36
84
0
0
5
84.0
64
22
23
6
15
3
17
2
329
1
9.00
1.61
5.60
0.64
25.5
4.6
0.94
.262
2.46
6.86
14 Héctor Neris
H. Neris
10
2024
TOT
5
.667
62
0
4.10
64
0
0
18
59.1
55
27
31
8
28
2
36
2
260
2
9.71
4.25
2.29
1.21
24.6
10.8
1.40
.297
4.70
8.34
15 Ryan Walker
R. Walker
10
2024
SFG SFG
3
.769
75
0
1.94
97
0
0
10
79.0
49
17
19
5
18
8
22
1
303
2
11.05
2.05
5.39
0.57
32.0
5.9
0.85
.251
2.16
5.58
16 Mike Baumann
M. Baumann
10
2023
BAL BAL
1
.909
60
0
3.76
61
0
0
0
64.2
52
27
29
7
33
2
15
2
273
7
8.49
4.59
1.85
0.97
22.3
12.1
1.31
.265
4.04
7.24
17 Adam Cimber
A. Cimber
10
2022
TOR TOR
6
.625
77
0
2.80
58
0
0
4
70.2
66
22
28
6
13
8
15
1
293
1
7.39
1.66
4.46
0.76
19.8
4.4
1.12
.288
3.57
8.41
18 Chris Stratton
C. Stratton
10
2022
TOT
4
.714
59
0
4.28
60
0
0
2
61.0
70
29
33
4
25
2
23
2
270
4
8.85
3.69
2.40
0.59
22.2
9.3
1.56
.369
4.87
10.33
19 Paul Sewald
P. Sewald
10
2021
SEA SEA
3
.769
62
0
3.06
104
0
0
11
64.2
42
22
24
10
24
0
18
5
264
2
14.47
3.34
4.33
1.39
39.4
9.1
1.02
.254
3.34
5.85
20 Chad Green
C. Green
10
2021
NYY NYY
7
.588
67
0
3.12
99
0
0
6
83.2
57
29
32
14
17
0
15
2
315
5
10.65
1.83
5.82
1.51
31.4
5.4
0.88
.232
3.44
6.13
21 Alex Reyes
A. Reyes
10
2021
STL STL
8
.556
69
0
3.24
95
0
0
29
72.1
46
26
32
9
52
2
54
1
317
10
11.82
6.47
1.83
1.12
30.0
16.4
1.35
.233
3.98
5.72
22 Brandon Workman
B. Workman
10
2019
BOS BOS
1
.909
73
0
1.88
104
0
0
16
71.2
29
15
18
1
45
2
30
4
286
4
13.06
5.65
2.31
0.13
36.4
15.7
1.03
.209
2.26
3.64
23 Andrew Miller
A. Miller
10
2016
TOT
1
.909
70
0
1.45
123
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
24 Brad Brach
B. Brach
10
2016
BAL BAL
4
.714
71
0
2.05
92
0
0
2
79.0
57
18
23
7
25
0
16
1
311
4
10.48
2.85
3.68
0.80
29.6
8.0
1.04
.267
2.62
6.49
25 Mike Dunn
M. Dunn
10
2014
MIA MIA
6
.625
75
0
3.16
67
0
0
1
57.0
47
20
25
4
22
4
15
1
245
2
10.58
3.47
3.05
0.63
27.3
9.0
1.21
.291
3.95
7.42
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