what reliever had most strikeouts in 1991

Duane Ward struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in 1991, with 132 strikeouts.

	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	Duane Ward D. Ward	132	1991	TOR	81	7	6	.538	0	2.77	0	0	23	107.1	80	33	36	3	33	2	46	3	428	6	11.07	2.77	4.00	0.25	30.8	7.7	1.05	.298	3.02	6.71
2	Rob Dibble R. Dibble	124	1991	CIN	67	3	5	.375	0	3.17	0	0	31	82.1	67	29	32	5	25	0	57	2	334	5	13.55	2.73	4.96	0.55	37.1	7.5	1.12	.344	3.50	7.32
3	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	117	1991	CHC	75	7	8	.467	0	3.24	0	0	15	102.2	85	37	41	10	31	3	31	6	427	4	10.26	2.72	3.77	0.88	27.4	7.3	1.13	.282	3.59	7.45
4	Bryan Harvey B. Harvey	101	1991	CAL	67	2	4	.333	0	1.60	0	0	46	78.2	51	14	20	6	17	1	63	3	309	2	11.56	1.94	5.94	0.69	32.7	5.5	0.86	.245	2.29	5.83
5	Julio Machado J. Machado	98	1991	MIL	54	3	3	.500	0	3.45	0	0	3	88.2	65	34	36	12	55	3	13	1	371	5	9.95	5.58	1.78	1.22	26.4	14.8	1.35	.261	3.65	6.60
6	Chuck McElroy C. McElroy	92	1991	CHC	71	6	2	.750	0	1.95	0	0	3	101.1	73	22	33	7	57	0	12	7	419	1	8.17	5.06	1.61	0.62	22.0	13.6	1.28	.251	2.93	6.48
7	Joe Boever J. Boever	89	1991	PHI	68	3	5	.375	0	3.84	0	0	0	98.1	90	42	45	10	54	0	27	11	431	6	8.15	4.94	1.65	0.92	20.6	12.5	1.46	.288	4.12	8.24
8	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	87	1991	OAK	67	5	4	.556	0	2.96	0	0	43	76.0	60	25	26	11	9	1	59	3	299	1	10.30	1.07	9.67	1.30	29.1	3.0	0.91	.257	3.08	7.11
9	Melido Perez M. Perez	85	1991	CWS	41	7	3	.700	0	2.22	0	0	1	89.0	72	22	22	6	24	1	16	0	346	6	8.60	2.43	3.54	0.61	24.6	6.9	1.08	.287	2.22	7.28
10	Mitch Williams M. Williams	84	1991	PHI	69	12	5	.706	0	2.34	0	0	30	88.1	56	23	24	4	62	8	60	5	386	4	8.56	6.32	1.35	0.41	21.8	16.1	1.34	.228	2.45	5.71
11	Jeff Brantley J. Brantley	81	1991	SFG	67	5	2	.714	0	2.45	0	0	15	95.1	78	26	27	8	52	5	39	10	411	6	7.65	4.91	1.56	0.76	19.7	12.7	1.36	.264	2.55	7.36
12	Greg Cadaret G. Cadaret	81	1991	NYY	63	5	5	.500	0	2.85	0	0	3	91.2	77	29	31	5	46	0	17	6	384	2	7.95	4.52	1.76	0.49	21.1	12.0	1.34	.286	3.04	7.56
13	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	79	1991	KCR	31	4	7	.364	0	2.73	0	0	1	69.1	52	21	23	3	33	2	11	5	290	1	10.25	4.28	2.39	0.39	27.2	11.4	1.23	.283	2.99	6.75
14	Todd Frohwirth T. Frohwirth	77	1991	BAL	51	7	3	.700	0	1.87	0	0	3	96.1	64	20	24	2	29	1	10	3	372	0	7.19	2.71	2.66	0.19	20.7	7.8	0.97	.236	2.24	5.98
15	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	77	1991	KCR	67	4	4	.500	0	2.90	0	0	33	90.0	83	29	32	6	28	2	55	2	376	6	7.70	2.80	2.75	0.60	20.5	7.4	1.23	.293	3.20	8.30
16	Mike Timlin M. Timlin	75	1991	TOR	60	10	5	.667	0	3.36	0	0	3	93.2	80	35	40	6	43	1	17	11	400	5	7.21	4.13	1.74	0.58	18.8	10.8	1.31	.269	3.84	7.69
17	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	74	1991	SEA	72	7	7	.500	0	3.25	0	0	14	88.2	64	32	35	5	34	6	35	11	363	3	7.51	3.45	2.18	0.51	20.4	9.4	1.11	.242	3.55	6.50
18	Jim Gott J. Gott	73	1991	LAD	55	4	3	.571	0	2.96	0	0	2	76.0	63	25	28	5	32	1	26	7	322	6	8.64	3.79	2.28	0.59	22.7	9.9	1.25	.275	3.32	7.46
19	Gregg Olson G. Olson	72	1991	BAL	72	4	6	.400	0	3.18	0	0	31	73.2	74	26	28	1	29	1	62	5	319	8	8.80	3.54	2.48	0.12	22.6	9.1	1.40	.338	3.42	9.04
20	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	71	1991	HOU	56	3	5	.375	0	3.81	0	0	8	75.2	79	32	35	2	39	0	34	7	336	4	8.44	4.64	1.82	0.24	21.1	11.6	1.56	.344	4.16	9.40
21	Stan Belinda S. Belinda	71	1991	PIT	60	7	5	.583	0	3.45	0	0	16	78.1	50	30	30	10	35	4	37	4	318	2	8.16	4.02	2.03	1.15	22.3	11.0	1.09	.202	3.45	5.74
22	John Habyan J. Habyan	70	1991	NYY	66	4	2	.667	0	2.30	0	0	2	90.0	73	23	28	2	20	2	16	2	349	1	7.00	2.00	3.50	0.20	20.1	5.7	1.03	.278	2.80	7.30
23	Al Osuna A. Osuna	68	1991	HOU	71	7	6	.538	0	3.42	0	0	12	81.2	59	31	39	5	46	3	32	5	353	3	7.49	5.07	1.48	0.55	19.3	13.0	1.29	.234	4.30	6.50
24	Lee Smith L. Smith	67	1991	STL	67	6	3	.667	0	2.34	0	0	47	73.0	70	19	19	5	13	0	61	5	300	1	8.26	1.60	5.15	0.62	22.3	4.3	1.14	.302	2.34	8.63
25	Eric Plunk E. Plunk	65	1991	NYY	35	2	2	.500	0	4.86	0	0	0	66.2	80	36	42	10	38	1	6	1	319	5	8.78	5.13	1.71	1.35	20.4	11.9	1.77	.341	5.67	10.80

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