what reliever had most strikeouts in 2004

Brad Lidge fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 2004, with 157 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	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	157	2004	HOU	80	6	5	.545	0	1.90	0	0	29	94.2	57	20	21	8	30	6	44	5	369	3	14.93	2.85	5.23	0.76	42.5	8.1	0.92	.292	2.00	5.42
2	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	123	2004	ANA	69	4	1	.800	0	1.82	0	0	12	84.0	51	17	21	2	33	1	29	1	335	5	13.18	3.54	3.73	0.21	36.7	9.9	1.00	.278	2.25	5.46
3	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	122	2004	TOT	77	6	6	.500	0	3.69	0	0	36	85.1	68	35	38	13	33	4	70	7	356	4	12.87	3.48	3.70	1.37	34.3	9.3	1.18	.299	4.01	7.17
4	B.J. Ryan	122	2004	BAL	76	4	6	.400	0	2.28	0	0	3	87.0	64	22	24	4	35	1	19	9	361	0	12.62	3.62	3.49	0.41	33.8	9.7	1.14	.302	2.48	6.62
5	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	114	2004	LAD	70	7	3	.700	0	2.19	0	0	45	82.1	53	20	24	5	22	5	59	3	326	2	12.46	2.40	5.18	0.55	35.0	6.7	0.91	.267	2.62	5.79
6	Scot Shields S. Shields	109	2004	ANA	60	8	2	.800	0	3.33	0	0	4	105.1	97	39	42	6	40	3	12	5	454	4	9.31	3.42	2.73	0.51	24.0	8.8	1.30	.307	3.59	8.29
7	Juan Rincon J. Rincon	106	2004	MIN	77	11	6	.647	0	2.63	0	0	2	82.0	52	24	27	5	32	2	18	1	327	2	11.63	3.51	3.31	0.55	32.4	9.8	1.02	.258	2.96	5.71
8	Tom Gordon T. Gordon	96	2004	NYY	80	9	4	.692	0	2.21	0	0	4	89.2	56	22	23	5	23	1	15	5	342	3	9.64	2.31	4.17	0.50	28.1	6.7	0.88	.235	2.31	5.62
9	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	89	2004	MIN	73	1	2	.333	0	1.62	0	0	44	72.1	48	13	14	3	23	2	63	3	284	5	11.07	2.86	3.87	0.37	31.3	8.1	0.98	.269	1.74	5.97
10	Akinori Otsuka A. Otsuka	87	2004	SDP	73	7	2	.778	0	1.75	0	0	2	77.1	56	15	16	6	26	0	18	6	312	0	10.13	3.03	3.35	0.70	27.9	8.3	1.06	.259	1.86	6.52
11	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	85	2004	ATL	73	0	1	.000	0	2.76	0	0	44	81.2	75	25	25	8	13	0	61	2	323	6	9.37	1.43	6.54	0.88	26.3	4.0	1.08	.309	2.76	8.27
12	Guillermo Mota G. Mota	85	2004	TOT	78	9	8	.529	0	3.07	0	0	4	96.2	75	33	33	8	37	4	18	6	393	5	7.91	3.44	2.30	0.74	21.6	9.4	1.16	.259	3.07	6.98
13	Kevin Gregg K. Gregg	84	2004	ANA	55	5	2	.714	0	4.21	0	0	1	87.2	86	41	43	6	28	3	23	3	377	13	8.62	2.87	3.00	0.62	22.3	7.4	1.30	.313	4.41	8.83
14	Chad Cordero C. Cordero	83	2004	MON	69	7	3	.700	0	2.94	0	0	14	82.2	68	27	28	8	43	1	40	4	357	5	9.04	4.68	1.93	0.87	23.2	12.0	1.34	.270	3.05	7.40
15	Dan Miceli D. Miceli	83	2004	HOU	74	6	6	.500	0	3.59	0	0	2	77.2	74	31	34	10	27	2	15	12	336	4	9.62	3.13	3.07	1.16	24.7	8.0	1.30	.299	3.94	8.58
16	Scott Linebrink S. Linebrink	83	2004	SDP	73	7	3	.700	0	2.14	0	0	0	84.0	61	20	22	8	26	3	7	2	326	3	8.89	2.79	3.19	0.86	25.5	8.0	1.04	.257	2.36	6.54
17	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	79	2004	TEX	67	3	4	.429	0	2.13	0	0	49	71.2	60	17	19	1	32	1	63	2	304	3	9.92	4.02	2.47	0.13	26.0	10.5	1.28	.309	2.39	7.53
18	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	79	2004	BOS	72	5	3	.625	0	2.17	0	0	32	83.0	63	20	22	8	15	6	61	5	333	3	8.57	1.63	5.27	0.87	23.7	4.5	0.94	.244	2.39	6.83
19	David Riske D. Riske	78	2004	CLE	72	7	3	.700	0	3.72	0	0	5	77.1	69	32	32	11	41	2	27	4	336	3	9.08	4.77	1.90	1.28	23.2	12.2	1.42	.284	3.72	8.03
20	Kyle Farnsworth K. Farnsworth	78	2004	CHC	72	4	5	.444	0	4.72	0	0	0	66.2	67	35	39	10	33	2	25	1	298	1	10.53	4.46	2.36	1.35	26.2	11.1	1.50	.326	5.27	9.05
21	Rafael Betancourt R. Betancourt	76	2004	CLE	68	5	6	.455	0	3.91	0	0	4	66.2	71	29	32	7	18	0	21	6	286	5	10.26	2.43	4.22	0.95	26.6	6.3	1.34	.346	4.32	9.58
22	Jason Isringhausen J. Isringhausen	71	2004	STL	74	4	2	.667	0	2.87	0	0	47	75.1	55	24	27	5	23	2	66	4	308	1	8.48	2.75	3.09	0.60	23.1	7.5	1.04	.242	3.23	6.57
23	Jorge Julio J. Julio	70	2004	BAL	65	2	5	.286	0	4.57	0	0	22	69.0	59	35	35	11	39	3	50	4	306	7	9.13	5.09	1.79	1.43	22.9	12.7	1.42	.262	4.57	7.70
24	Juan Cruz J. Cruz	70	2004	ATL	50	6	2	.750	0	2.75	0	0	0	72.0	59	22	24	7	30	2	22	1	300	1	8.75	3.75	2.33	0.88	23.3	10.0	1.24	.272	3.00	7.38
25	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	69	2004	CHC	77	5	4	.556	0	2.63	0	0	25	82.0	72	24	27	10	14	2	50	5	333	2	7.57	1.54	4.93	1.10	20.7	4.2	1.05	.261	2.96	7.90

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Sun 8/30	HOU	@	NYM	3:10 PM
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