what reliever had most strikeouts in 1998

Robb Nen fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 1998, with 110 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	Robb Nen R. Nen	110	1998	SFG	78	7	7	.500	0	1.52	0	0	40	88.2	59	15	21	4	25	1	67	5	357	3	11.17	2.54	4.40	0.41	30.8	7.0	0.95	.253	2.13	5.99
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	97	1998	HOU	58	4	3	.571	0	2.70	0	0	30	60.0	46	18	19	6	25	0	50	1	247	2	14.55	3.75	3.88	0.90	39.3	10.1	1.18	.336	2.85	6.90
3	Scott Service S. Service	95	1998	KCR	73	6	4	.600	0	3.48	0	0	4	82.2	70	32	35	7	34	9	26	4	353	10	10.34	3.70	2.79	0.76	26.9	9.6	1.26	.303	3.81	7.62
4	Ugueth Urbina U. Urbina	94	1998	MON	64	6	3	.667	0	1.30	0	0	34	69.1	37	10	11	2	33	0	59	2	272	3	12.20	4.28	2.85	0.26	34.6	12.1	1.01	.245	1.43	4.80
5	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	87	1998	BAL	71	5	6	.455	0	3.82	0	0	22	68.1	48	29	29	10	39	4	54	2	289	0	11.46	5.14	2.23	1.32	30.1	13.5	1.27	.255	3.82	6.32
6	Troy Percival T. Percival	87	1998	ANA	67	2	7	.222	0	3.64	0	0	42	66.2	45	27	31	5	37	3	60	4	287	3	11.75	5.00	2.35	0.68	30.3	12.9	1.23	.258	4.18	6.08
7	Mike Trombley M. Trombley	87	1998	MIN	76	6	5	.545	0	3.62	0	0	1	92.0	85	37	38	15	40	4	17	3	393	6	8.51	3.91	2.17	1.47	22.1	10.2	1.36	.283	3.72	8.32
8	Wayne Gomes W. Gomes	86	1998	PHI	71	9	6	.600	0	4.24	0	0	1	93.1	94	44	48	9	35	3	16	4	408	6	8.29	3.38	2.46	0.87	21.1	8.6	1.38	.309	4.63	9.06
9	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	86	1998	SDP	66	4	2	.667	0	1.48	0	0	53	73.0	41	12	12	2	21	1	61	2	274	8	10.60	2.59	4.10	0.25	31.4	7.7	0.85	.238	1.48	5.05
10	John Johnstone J. Johnstone	86	1998	SFG	70	6	5	.545	0	3.07	0	0	0	88.0	72	30	32	10	38	1	13	8	370	4	8.80	3.89	2.26	1.02	23.2	10.3	1.25	.264	3.27	7.36
11	Scott Sullivan S. Sullivan	86	1998	CIN	67	5	5	.500	0	5.21	0	0	1	102.0	98	59	62	14	36	9	13	4	440	4	7.59	3.18	2.39	1.24	19.5	8.2	1.31	.285	5.47	8.65
12	Mark Leiter M. Leiter	84	1998	PHI	69	7	5	.583	0	3.55	0	0	23	88.2	67	35	36	8	47	8	50	5	378	5	8.53	4.77	1.79	0.81	22.2	12.4	1.29	.255	3.65	6.80
13	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	83	1998	BAL	45	4	4	.500	0	3.51	0	0	4	77.0	65	30	30	8	34	1	10	2	321	1	9.70	3.97	2.44	0.94	25.9	10.6	1.29	.292	3.51	7.60
14	Rod Beck R. Beck	81	1998	CHC	81	3	4	.429	0	3.02	0	0	51	80.1	86	27	33	11	20	2	70	4	349	2	9.07	2.24	4.05	1.23	23.2	5.7	1.32	.319	3.70	9.63
15	Dennis Cook D. Cook	79	1998	NYM	73	8	4	.667	0	2.38	0	0	1	68.0	60	18	21	5	27	3	18	4	286	1	10.46	3.57	2.93	0.66	27.6	9.4	1.28	.320	2.78	7.94
16	Kerry Ligtenberg K. Ligtenberg	79	1998	ATL	75	3	2	.600	0	2.71	0	0	30	73.0	51	22	24	6	24	0	56	1	290	3	9.74	2.96	3.29	0.74	27.2	8.3	1.03	.249	2.96	6.29
17	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	78	1998	BOS	73	7	4	.636	0	2.72	0	0	46	79.1	55	24	24	2	25	0	69	1	317	9	8.85	2.84	3.12	0.23	24.6	7.9	1.01	.250	2.72	6.24
18	Esteban Yan E. Yan	77	1998	TBD	64	5	4	.556	0	3.86	0	0	1	88.2	78	38	41	11	41	5	18	2	381	6	7.82	4.16	1.88	1.12	20.2	10.8	1.34	.271	4.16	7.92
19	Jim Mecir J. Mecir	77	1998	TBD	68	7	2	.778	0	3.11	0	0	0	84.0	68	29	30	6	33	3	23	5	343	2	8.25	3.54	2.33	0.64	22.4	9.6	1.20	.277	3.21	7.29
20	Steve Kline S. Kline	76	1998	MON	78	3	6	.333	0	2.76	0	0	1	71.2	62	22	25	4	41	3	18	7	319	5	9.54	5.15	1.85	0.50	23.8	12.9	1.44	.297	3.14	7.79
21	Jerry Spradlin J. Spradlin	76	1998	PHI	69	4	4	.500	0	3.53	0	0	1	81.2	63	32	34	9	20	2	20	1	319	6	8.38	2.20	3.80	0.99	23.8	6.3	1.02	.255	3.75	6.94
22	Dave Veres D. Veres	74	1998	COL	63	3	1	.750	0	2.83	0	0	8	76.1	67	24	26	6	27	2	26	2	319	2	8.72	3.18	2.74	0.71	23.2	8.5	1.23	.290	3.07	7.90
23	Vic Darensbourg V. Darensbourg	74	1998	FLA	59	0	7	.000	0	3.68	0	0	1	71.0	52	29	29	5	30	0	10	6	287	4	9.38	3.80	2.47	0.63	25.8	10.5	1.15	.264	3.68	6.59
24	Eric Plunk E. Plunk	74	1998	TOT	63	4	3	.571	0	4.33	0	0	1	72.2	77	35	37	9	30	5	13	2	321	1	9.17	3.72	2.47	1.11	23.1	9.3	1.47	.335	4.58	9.54
25	Gabe White G. White	74	1998	CIN	66	5	3	.625	0	3.46	0	0	9	83.1	63	32	34	15	24	1	29	6	336	3	7.99	2.59	3.08	1.62	22.0	7.1	1.04	.216	3.67	6.80

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