what reliever had most strikeouts in 1996

Mariano Rivera fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher in 1996, with 130 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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	130	1996	NYY	61	8	3	.727	0	2.09	0	0	5	107.2	73	25	25	1	34	2	14	3	425	1	10.87	2.84	3.82	0.08	30.6	8.0	0.99	.279	2.09	6.10
2	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	111	1996	SDP	70	9	5	.643	0	2.25	0	0	42	88.0	50	22	23	6	31	2	62	5	348	2	11.35	3.17	3.58	0.61	31.9	8.9	0.92	.222	2.35	5.11
3	Troy Percival T. Percival	100	1996	CAL	62	0	2	.000	0	2.31	0	0	36	74.0	38	19	20	8	31	2	52	4	291	2	12.16	3.77	3.23	0.97	34.4	10.7	0.93	.200	2.43	4.62
4	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	100	1996	ATL	77	2	4	.333	0	3.03	0	0	39	77.1	71	26	30	8	21	2	64	3	323	10	11.64	2.44	4.76	0.93	31.0	6.5	1.19	.328	3.49	8.26
5	Robb Nen R. Nen	92	1996	FLA	75	5	1	.833	0	1.95	0	0	35	83.0	67	18	21	2	21	1	66	6	326	4	9.98	2.28	4.38	0.22	28.2	6.4	1.06	.310	2.28	7.27
6	Mel Rojas M. Rojas	92	1996	MON	74	7	4	.636	0	3.22	0	0	36	81.0	56	29	30	5	28	2	64	3	326	3	10.22	3.11	3.29	0.56	28.2	8.6	1.04	.256	3.33	6.22
7	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	91	1996	NYY	73	4	4	.500	0	4.36	0	0	2	74.1	75	36	38	6	36	2	27	1	328	4	11.02	4.36	2.53	0.73	27.7	11.0	1.49	.358	4.60	9.08
8	Heathcliff Slocumb H. Slocumb	88	1996	BOS	75	5	5	.500	0	3.02	0	0	31	83.1	68	28	31	2	55	3	60	5	368	10	9.50	5.94	1.60	0.22	23.9	14.9	1.48	.300	3.35	7.34
9	Antonio Osuna A. Osuna	85	1996	LAD	73	9	6	.600	0	3.00	0	0	4	84.0	65	28	33	6	32	2	21	11	342	3	9.11	3.43	2.66	0.64	24.9	9.4	1.15	.272	3.54	6.96
10	Eric Plunk E. Plunk	85	1996	CLE	56	3	2	.600	0	2.43	0	0	2	77.2	56	21	21	6	34	3	12	2	318	4	9.85	3.94	2.50	0.70	26.7	10.7	1.16	.263	2.43	6.49
11	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	85	1996	CWS	72	6	5	.545	0	1.91	0	0	38	84.2	65	18	21	2	38	0	61	5	355	6	9.04	4.04	2.24	0.21	23.9	10.7	1.22	.274	2.23	6.91
12	Xavier Hernandez X. Hernandez	81	1996	TOT	61	5	5	.500	0	4.62	0	0	6	78.0	77	40	45	13	28	2	27	5	340	9	9.35	3.23	2.89	1.50	23.8	8.2	1.35	.296	5.19	8.88
13	Dave Veres D. Veres	81	1996	MON	68	6	3	.667	0	4.17	0	0	4	77.2	85	36	39	10	32	6	22	2	351	3	9.39	3.71	2.53	1.16	23.1	9.1	1.51	.338	4.52	9.85
14	T.J. Mathews	80	1996	STL	67	2	6	.250	0	3.01	0	0	6	83.2	62	28	32	8	32	2	23	4	345	1	8.61	3.44	2.50	0.86	23.2	9.3	1.12	.242	3.44	6.67
15	Terry Adams T. Adams	78	1996	CHC	69	3	6	.333	0	2.94	0	0	4	101.0	84	33	36	6	49	1	22	6	423	5	6.95	4.37	1.59	0.53	18.4	11.6	1.32	.270	3.21	7.49
16	Richie Lewis R. Lewis	78	1996	DET	72	4	6	.400	0	4.18	0	0	2	90.1	78	42	45	9	65	4	19	9	412	14	7.77	6.48	1.20	0.90	18.9	15.8	1.58	.270	4.48	7.77
17	Greg McMichael G. McMichael	78	1996	ATL	73	5	3	.625	0	3.22	0	0	2	86.2	84	31	37	4	27	1	14	7	366	4	8.10	2.80	2.89	0.42	21.3	7.4	1.28	.313	3.84	8.72
18	Jeff Brantley J. Brantley	76	1996	CIN	66	1	2	.333	0	2.41	0	0	44	71.0	54	19	21	7	28	0	61	6	288	2	9.63	3.55	2.71	0.89	26.4	9.7	1.15	.266	2.66	6.85
19	Toby Borland T. Borland	76	1996	PHI	69	7	3	.700	0	4.07	0	0	0	90.2	83	41	51	9	43	3	11	3	399	10	7.54	4.27	1.77	0.89	19.0	10.8	1.39	.276	5.06	8.24
20	Curt Leskanic C. Leskanic	76	1996	COL	70	7	5	.583	0	6.23	0	0	6	73.2	82	51	51	12	38	2	32	1	334	6	9.29	4.64	2.00	1.47	22.8	11.4	1.63	.340	6.23	10.02
21	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	76	1996	PIT	73	6	5	.545	0	4.09	0	0	11	70.1	67	32	35	4	24	0	30	6	300	4	9.73	3.07	3.17	0.51	25.3	8.0	1.29	.321	4.48	8.57
22	Turk Wendell T. Wendell	75	1996	CHC	70	4	5	.444	0	2.84	0	0	18	79.1	58	25	26	8	44	3	49	4	339	3	8.51	4.99	1.70	0.91	22.1	13.0	1.29	.239	2.95	6.58
23	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	75	1996	TOT	70	7	1	.875	0	4.42	0	0	0	95.2	106	47	50	10	44	5	18	3	429	4	7.06	4.14	1.70	0.94	17.5	10.3	1.57	.325	4.70	9.97
24	Dave Mlicki D. Mlicki	74	1996	NYM	49	6	5	.545	0	3.13	0	0	1	77.2	79	27	35	6	31	4	16	7	333	6	8.58	3.59	2.39	0.70	22.2	9.3	1.42	.335	4.06	9.15
25	Ricky Bottalico R. Bottalico	74	1996	PHI	61	4	5	.444	0	3.19	0	0	34	67.2	47	24	24	6	23	2	56	2	269	3	9.84	3.06	3.22	0.80	27.5	8.6	1.03	.250	3.19	6.25

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