what reliever had most strikeouts in 2003

Eric Gagne fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2003, with 137 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	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	137	2003	LAD	77	2	3	.400	0	1.20	0	0	55	82.1	37	11	12	2	20	3	67	2	306	2	14.98	2.19	6.85	0.22	44.8	6.5	0.69	.243	1.31	4.04
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	105	2003	HOU	78	1	4	.200	0	1.78	0	0	44	86.0	52	17	18	8	23	3	67	5	335	4	10.99	2.41	4.57	0.84	31.3	6.9	0.87	.224	1.88	5.44
3	Guillermo Mota G. Mota	99	2003	LAD	76	6	3	.667	0	1.97	0	0	1	105.0	78	23	23	7	26	1	18	4	410	0	8.49	2.23	3.81	0.60	24.1	6.3	0.99	.256	1.97	6.69
4	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	97	2003	HOU	78	6	3	.667	0	3.60	0	0	1	85.0	60	34	36	6	42	5	9	7	349	4	10.27	4.45	2.31	0.64	27.8	12.0	1.20	.271	3.81	6.35
5	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	97	2003	HOU	76	6	4	.600	0	2.48	0	0	4	87.0	53	24	25	9	31	3	13	2	346	2	10.03	3.21	3.13	0.93	28.0	9.0	0.97	.214	2.59	5.48
6	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	95	2003	ANA	59	8	3	.727	0	3.03	0	0	2	86.0	50	29	30	12	35	2	23	5	334	7	9.94	3.66	2.71	1.26	28.4	10.5	0.99	.200	3.14	5.23
7	Kyle Farnsworth K. Farnsworth	92	2003	CHC	77	3	2	.600	0	3.30	0	0	0	76.1	53	28	31	6	36	0	13	1	312	6	10.85	4.24	2.56	0.71	29.5	11.5	1.17	.264	3.66	6.25
8	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	91	2003	CWS	66	7	6	.538	0	3.16	0	0	12	74.0	57	26	29	4	31	4	35	3	310	5	11.07	3.77	2.94	0.49	29.4	10.0	1.19	.294	3.53	6.93
9	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	90	2003	TEX	73	5	8	.385	0	2.94	0	0	15	82.2	70	27	33	4	38	2	36	6	352	1	9.80	4.14	2.37	0.44	25.6	10.8	1.31	.303	3.59	7.62
10	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	88	2003	OAK	72	9	1	.900	0	2.08	0	0	43	86.2	57	20	21	10	20	7	67	2	338	0	9.14	2.08	4.40	1.04	26.0	5.9	0.89	.221	2.18	5.92
11	Damaso Marte D. Marte	87	2003	CWS	71	4	2	.667	0	1.58	0	0	11	79.2	50	14	16	3	34	3	25	6	314	1	9.83	3.84	2.56	0.34	27.7	10.8	1.05	.251	1.81	5.65
12	Mike Remlinger M. Remlinger	83	2003	CHC	73	6	5	.545	0	3.65	0	0	0	69.0	54	28	30	11	39	2	26	4	301	2	10.83	5.09	2.13	1.43	27.6	13.0	1.35	.259	3.91	7.04
13	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	83	2003	SFG	78	12	4	.750	0	2.96	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
14	Brian Fuentes B. Fuentes	82	2003	COL	75	3	3	.500	0	2.75	0	0	4	75.1	64	23	24	7	34	6	23	2	320	2	9.80	4.06	2.41	0.84	25.6	10.6	1.30	.298	2.87	7.65
15	David Riske D. Riske	82	2003	CLE	68	2	2	.500	0	2.29	0	0	8	74.2	52	19	21	9	20	3	24	3	293	1	9.88	2.41	4.10	1.08	28.0	6.8	0.96	.240	2.53	6.27
16	Brendan Donnelly B. Donnelly	79	2003	ANA	63	2	2	.500	0	1.58	0	0	3	74.0	55	13	14	2	24	4	15	1	307	1	9.61	2.92	3.29	0.24	25.7	7.8	1.07	.268	1.70	6.69
17	Oscar Villarreal O. Villarreal	78	2003	ARI	85	10	7	.588	0	2.46	0	0	0	95.0	76	26	38	6	43	3	14	10	406	2	7.39	4.07	1.81	0.57	19.2	10.6	1.25	.254	3.60	7.20
18	Ugueth Urbina U. Urbina	78	2003	TOT	72	3	4	.429	0	2.81	0	0	32	77.0	56	24	25	8	31	0	48	2	316	4	9.12	3.62	2.52	0.94	24.7	9.8	1.13	.241	2.92	6.55
19	Armando Benitez A. Benitez	75	2003	TOT	69	4	4	.500	0	2.96	0	0	21	73.0	59	24	27	6	41	0	49	3	313	3	9.25	5.05	1.83	0.74	24.0	13.1	1.37	.277	3.33	7.27
20	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	75	2003	MIN	74	9	3	.750	0	1.86	0	0	2	77.1	69	16	20	4	15	1	12	1	310	5	8.73	1.75	5.00	0.47	24.2	4.8	1.09	.302	2.33	8.03
21	David Weathers D. Weathers	75	2003	NYM	77	1	6	.143	0	3.08	0	0	7	87.2	87	30	33	6	40	6	20	6	384	1	7.70	4.11	1.88	0.62	19.5	10.4	1.45	.315	3.39	8.93
22	Scott Williamson S. Williamson	74	2003	TOT	66	5	4	.556	0	4.16	0	0	21	62.2	54	29	30	7	34	1	40	6	276	12	10.63	4.88	2.18	1.01	26.8	12.3	1.40	.294	4.31	7.76
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	73	2003	ATL	62	0	2	.000	0	1.12	0	0	45	64.1	48	8	9	2	8	0	55	1	244	2	10.21	1.12	9.13	0.28	29.9	3.3	0.87	.286	1.26	6.72
24	Jose Valverde J. Valverde	71	2003	ARI	54	2	1	.667	0	2.15	0	0	10	50.1	24	12	16	4	26	2	33	2	204	2	12.70	4.65	2.73	0.72	34.8	12.7	0.99	.198	2.86	4.29
25	Julio Mateo J. Mateo	71	2003	SEA	50	4	0	1.000	0	3.15	0	0	1	85.2	69	30	32	14	13	5	17	1	338	1	7.46	1.37	5.46	1.47	21.0	3.8	0.96	.234	3.36	7.25

Unlock 2x data

StatMuse has game-level data for strikeouts going back to the 1901 season.

Some of the information used here was obtained free of charge from Retrosheet.

More MLB News

Leody Taveras drives in 3 as the Orioles beat the Athletics 5-3

Aug 30, 2026

Sanchez sharp, Schwarber, Turner have 10th-inning hits in Phillies' 4-2 win over Angels

Aug 30, 2026

Eldridge has 4 hits, drives in 4 runs as Giants beat Diamondbacks 7-2 to split doubleheader

Aug 30, 2026

Brewers' Jackson Chourio joins exclusive club by producing three 20-homer seasons before turning 23

Aug 30, 2026

Báez makes ninth-inning plays with glove and bat to lead Tigers past Dodgers

Aug 30, 2026

Rice drives in 3 runs as Yankees beat Red Sox 9-2 to earn a doubleheader split

Aug 30, 2026

More Dodgers Stats

Team Batting Leaders

30

Ohtani

RBI

80

Pages

AVG

.301

Freeman

Team Pitching Leaders

12

Yamamoto

153

Yamamoto

ERA

1.79

Ohtani

Team Rankings

168

8th

664

4th

1,242

5th

ERA

3.64

6th

2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	81	55	.596
Padres	72	64	.529	9.0
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.0
Giants	56	81	.409	25.5
Rockies	52	84	.382	29.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 8/30	LAD	@	DET	1:40 PM
Tue 9/1	STL	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Wed 9/2	STL	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Thu 9/3	STL	@	LAD	10:10 PM
Fri 9/4	WSH	@	LAD	10:10 PM

Last Game

Dodgers

81 - 55

Final

Tigers

63 - 72

Sat 29 Aug 2026

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

40

Schwarber

37

Alvarez

37

Olson

RBI Leaders

104

Stewart

99

Burleson

97

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

.320

Alvarez

.317

Arraez

.311

Simpson

Hit Leaders

163

Arraez

162

Lopez

156

Díaz

Run Leaders

100

Wood

97

Crow-Armstrong

93

Olson

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.613

Alvarez

.567

Crow-Armstrong

.557

García

SB Leaders

43

Nuñez

38

Chisholm

37

Simpson

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

16

Sánchez

16

Gray

15

Griffin

Strikeout Leaders

222

Misiorowski

217

Cease

204

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.73

Misiorowski

2.06

Sale

2.09

Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.75

Misiorowski

0.89

Yamamoto

0.93

Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

13.23

Misiorowski

12.99

Cease

11.77

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.34

Misiorowski

6.32

Sale

5.72

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

22

Martinez

25

Rasmussen

28

Sale

MLB Fantasy 2026

FanDuel Points Leaders

2,231.2

Ohtani

1,947.9

Crow-Armstrong

1,810.5

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,568.6

Ohtani

1,478

Crow-Armstrong

1,357

Alvarez

MLB 2026 Betting

Best Record ATS

81-54

79-59

77-59

74-61

75-62

74-62

Worst Record ATS

51-85

54-82

57-79

58-78

62-74

63-73

MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	81	55	.596
Phillies	76	60	.559	5.0
Marlins	68	68	.500	13.0
Nationals	65	73	.471	17.0
Mets	61	75	.449	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	85	51	.625
Cubs	77	59	.566	8.0
Cardinals	68	69	.496	17.5
Pirates	66	71	.482	19.5
Reds	64	72	.471	21.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	81	55	.596
Padres	72	64	.529	9.0
Diamondbacks	73	65	.529	9.0
Giants	56	81	.409	25.5
Rockies	52	84	.382	29.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	81	54	.600
Yankees	77	59	.566	4.5
Red Sox	74	62	.544	7.5
Orioles	67	69	.493	14.5
Blue Jays	67	70	.489	15.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	72	63	.533
Guardians	68	68	.500	4.5
Twins	64	72	.471	8.5
Tigers	63	72	.467	9.0
Royals	62	75	.453	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	68	68	.500
Rangers	66	70	.485	2.0
Mariners	64	72	.471	4.0
Athletics	53	83	.390	15.0
Angels	52	84	.382	16.0

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/15	STL	@	CHC	8-4
Sat 8/15	NYY	@	TOR	1-4
Sat 8/15	COL	@	SFG	1-7
Sat 8/15	WSH	@	NYM	4-5
Sat 8/15	BAL	@	TBR	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 8/30	MIA	@	WSH	12:15 PM
Sun 8/30	COL	@	ATL	1:35 PM
Sun 8/30	BOS	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Sun 8/30	SEA	@	TOR	1:37 PM
Sun 8/30	LAD	@	DET	1:40 PM

Eric Gagne fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2003, with 137 strikeouts.

Related Searches

More MLB News

More Dodgers Stats

30

80

.301

12

153

1.79

MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

40

37

37

104

99

97

.320

.317

.311

163

162

156

100

97

93

.435

.396

.393

.613

.567

.557

43

38

37

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

16

16

15

222

217

204

1.73

2.06

2.09

0.75

0.89

0.93

13.23

12.99

11.77

6.34

6.32

5.72

22

25

28

MLB Fantasy 2026

2,231.2

1,947.9

1,810.5

1,568.6

1,478

1,357

MLB 2026 Betting

MLB 2026 Standings

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule