what reliever had most strikeouts in 1997

Stan Belinda struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 1997, with 114 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	Stan Belinda S. Belinda	114	1997	CIN	84	1	5	.167	0	3.71	0	0	1	99.1	84	41	42	11	33	9	18	6	420	5	10.33	2.99	3.45	1.00	27.1	7.9	1.18	.289	3.81	7.61
2	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	111	1997	SDP	70	6	4	.600	0	2.66	0	0	37	81.1	59	24	25	9	24	0	59	4	322	7	12.28	2.66	4.63	1.00	34.5	7.5	1.02	.281	2.77	6.53
3	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	106	1997	BAL	71	4	5	.444	0	2.45	0	0	9	73.1	49	20	22	7	43	1	26	5	307	1	13.01	5.28	2.47	0.86	34.5	14.0	1.25	.280	2.70	6.01
4	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	106	1997	HOU	62	7	8	.467	0	2.85	0	0	23	66.1	49	21	23	5	30	3	49	1	277	3	14.38	4.07	3.53	0.68	38.3	10.8	1.19	.331	3.12	6.65
5	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	102	1997	BAL	53	10	3	.769	0	3.02	0	0	1	95.1	75	32	32	9	26	4	6	5	378	2	9.63	2.45	3.92	0.85	27.0	6.9	1.06	.278	3.02	7.08
6	Scott Sullivan S. Sullivan	96	1997	CIN	59	5	3	.625	0	3.24	0	0	1	97.1	79	35	36	12	30	7	15	8	402	7	8.88	2.77	3.20	1.11	23.9	7.5	1.12	.261	3.33	7.30
7	Mel Rojas M. Rojas	93	1997	TOT	77	0	6	.000	0	4.64	0	0	15	85.1	78	44	47	15	36	7	50	2	370	3	9.81	3.80	2.58	1.58	25.1	9.7	1.34	.288	4.96	8.23
8	Mark Wohlers M. Wohlers	92	1997	ATL	71	5	7	.417	0	3.50	0	0	33	69.1	57	27	29	4	38	0	55	0	300	6	11.94	4.93	2.42	0.52	30.7	12.7	1.37	.319	3.76	7.40
9	Bobby Ayala B. Ayala	92	1997	SEA	71	10	5	.667	0	3.82	0	0	8	96.2	91	41	45	14	41	3	33	3	403	6	8.57	3.82	2.24	1.30	22.8	10.2	1.37	.304	4.19	8.47
10	Ricky Bottalico R. Bottalico	89	1997	PHI	69	2	5	.286	0	3.65	0	0	34	74.0	68	30	31	7	42	2	61	4	324	3	10.82	5.11	2.12	0.85	27.5	13.0	1.49	.332	3.77	8.27
11	Ugueth Urbina U. Urbina	84	1997	MON	63	5	8	.385	0	3.78	0	0	27	64.1	52	27	29	9	29	1	50	2	276	2	11.75	4.06	2.90	1.26	30.4	10.5	1.26	.281	4.06	7.27
12	Doug Jones D. Jones	82	1997	MIL	75	6	6	.500	0	2.02	0	0	36	80.1	62	18	20	4	9	3	73	1	307	2	9.19	1.01	9.11	0.45	26.7	2.9	0.88	.278	2.24	6.95
13	Roberto Hernandez R. Hernandez	82	1997	TOT	74	10	3	.769	0	2.45	0	0	31	80.2	67	22	24	7	38	1	50	5	340	3	9.15	4.24	2.16	0.78	24.1	11.2	1.30	.283	2.68	7.48
14	Greg McMichael G. McMichael	81	1997	NYM	73	7	10	.412	0	2.98	0	0	7	87.2	73	29	34	8	27	2	23	6	355	5	8.32	2.77	3.00	0.82	22.8	7.6	1.14	.274	3.49	7.49
15	Jeff Nelson J. Nelson	81	1997	NYY	77	3	7	.300	0	2.86	0	0	2	78.2	53	25	32	7	37	4	22	12	327	4	9.27	4.23	2.19	0.80	24.8	11.3	1.14	.232	3.66	6.06
16	Robb Nen R. Nen	81	1997	FLA	73	9	3	.750	0	3.89	0	0	35	74.0	72	32	35	7	40	0	65	7	332	5	9.85	4.86	2.03	0.85	24.4	12.0	1.51	.319	4.26	8.76
17	Dan Miceli D. Miceli	79	1997	DET	71	3	2	.600	0	5.01	0	0	3	82.2	77	46	49	13	38	1	24	4	357	3	8.60	4.14	2.08	1.42	22.1	10.6	1.39	.283	5.33	8.38
18	Bob Wickman B. Wickman	78	1997	MIL	74	7	6	.538	0	2.73	0	0	1	95.2	89	29	32	8	41	3	20	7	405	8	7.34	3.86	1.90	0.75	19.3	10.1	1.36	.295	3.01	8.37
19	Hector Carrasco H. Carrasco	76	1997	TOT	66	2	8	.200	0	4.40	0	0	0	86.0	80	42	46	7	41	8	22	5	388	11	7.95	4.29	1.85	0.73	19.6	10.6	1.41	.285	4.81	8.37
20	Russ Springer R. Springer	74	1997	HOU	54	3	3	.500	0	4.23	0	0	3	55.1	48	26	28	4	27	4	13	2	241	4	12.04	4.39	2.74	0.65	30.7	11.2	1.36	.333	4.55	7.81
21	Michael Jackson M. Jackson	74	1997	CLE	71	2	5	.286	0	3.24	0	0	15	75.0	59	27	33	3	29	4	38	5	313	2	8.88	3.48	2.55	0.36	23.6	9.3	1.17	.276	3.96	7.08
22	Jeff Shaw J. Shaw	74	1997	CIN	78	4	2	.667	0	2.38	0	0	42	94.2	79	25	26	7	12	1	62	3	367	1	7.04	1.14	6.17	0.67	20.2	3.3	0.96	.264	2.47	7.51
23	Kent Bottenfield K. Bottenfield	74	1997	CHC	64	2	3	.400	0	3.86	0	0	2	84.0	82	36	39	13	35	2	20	7	361	2	7.93	3.75	2.11	1.39	20.5	9.7	1.39	.291	4.18	8.79
24	Jerry Dipoto J. Dipoto	74	1997	COL	74	5	3	.625	0	4.70	0	0	16	95.2	108	50	56	6	33	4	33	5	422	4	6.96	3.10	2.24	0.56	17.5	7.8	1.47	.334	5.27	10.16
25	Mike Trombley M. Trombley	74	1997	MIN	67	2	3	.400	0	4.37	0	0	1	82.1	77	40	43	7	31	2	21	4	349	5	8.09	3.39	2.39	0.77	21.2	8.9	1.31	.298	4.70	8.42

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