what reliever had most strikeouts in 2006

Takashi Saito fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2006, with 107 strikeouts in his rookie season.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Takashi Saito
T. Saito
107
2006
72
6
2
.750
0
2.07
0
0
24
78.1
48
18
19
3
23
2
48
3
303
2
12.29
2.64
4.65
0.34
35.3
7.6
0.91
.268
2.18
5.51
2Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
104
2006
78
1
5
.167
0
5.28
0
0
32
75.0
69
44
47
10
36
6
52
4
340
11
12.48
4.32
2.89
1.20
30.6
10.6
1.40
.321
5.64
8.28
3J.J. Putz
J.J. Putz
104
2006
72
4
1
.800
0
2.30
0
0
36
78.1
59
20
20
4
13
2
57
1
303
1
11.95
1.49
8.00
0.46
34.3
4.3
0.92
.306
2.30
6.78
4Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
98
2006
69
2
3
.400
0
1.73
0
0
47
73.0
52
14
16
6
28
1
58
5
296
10
12.08
3.45
3.50
0.74
33.1
9.5
1.10
.282
1.97
6.41
5Jonathan Broxton
J. Broxton
97
2006
68
4
1
.800
0
2.59
0
0
3
76.1
61
22
25
7
33
1
20
6
320
7
11.44
3.89
2.94
0.83
30.3
10.3
1.23
.297
2.95
7.19
6Joel Zumaya
J. Zumaya
97
2006
62
6
3
.667
0
1.94
0
0
1
83.1
56
18
20
6
42
2
12
2
350
4
10.48
4.54
2.31
0.65
27.7
12.0
1.18
.246
2.16
6.05
7Joe Nathan
J. Nathan
95
2006
64
7
0
1.000
0
1.58
0
0
36
68.1
38
12
12
3
16
1
61
4
262
3
12.51
2.11
5.94
0.40
36.3
6.1
0.79
.238
1.58
5.00
8Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
94
2006
70
3
2
.600
0
2.24
0
0
40
72.1
59
18
22
7
21
4
59
1
297
2
11.70
2.61
4.48
0.87
31.6
7.1
1.11
.304
2.74
7.34
9Scott Proctor
S. Proctor
89
2006
83
6
4
.600
0
3.52
0
0
1
102.1
89
40
41
12
33
2
12
6
426
2
7.83
2.90
2.70
1.06
20.9
7.7
1.19
.266
3.61
7.83
10Jorge Julio
J. Julio
88
2006
TOT
62
2
4
.333
0
4.23
0
0
16
66.0
52
31
35
10
35
1
44
2
285
9
12.00
4.77
2.51
1.36
30.9
12.3
1.32
.278
4.77
7.09
11Jon Rauch
J. Rauch
86
2006
85
4
5
.444
0
3.35
0
0
2
91.1
78
34
37
13
36
2
19
6
383
4
8.47
3.55
2.39
1.28
22.5
9.4
1.25
.264
3.65
7.69
12B.J. Ryan
B.J. Ryan
86
2006
65
2
2
.500
0
1.37
0
0
38
72.1
42
11
12
3
20
0
57
1
270
4
10.70
2.49
4.30
0.37
31.9
7.4
0.86
.242
1.49
5.23
13Joaquin Benoit
J. Benoit
85
2006
56
1
1
.500
0
4.86
0
0
0
79.2
68
43
49
5
38
3
7
4
347
3
9.60
4.29
2.24
0.56
24.5
11.0
1.33
.292
5.54
7.68
14Francisco Cordero
F. Cordero
84
2006
TOT
77
10
5
.667
0
3.70
0
0
22
75.1
69
31
32
7
32
3
47
2
322
4
10.04
3.82
2.63
0.84
26.1
9.9
1.34
.316
3.82
8.24
15Scot Shields
S. Shields
84
2006
74
7
7
.500
0
2.87
0
0
2
87.2
70
28
30
8
24
1
13
4
351
8
8.62
2.46
3.50
0.82
23.9
6.8
1.07
.265
3.08
7.19
16Bobby Jenks
B. Jenks
80
2006
67
3
4
.429
0
4.00
0
0
41
69.2
66
31
32
5
31
2
58
10
300
3
10.33
4.00
2.58
0.65
26.7
10.3
1.39
.335
4.13
8.53
17Kyle Farnsworth
K. Farnsworth
75
2006
72
3
6
.333
0
4.36
0
0
6
66.0
62
32
34
8
28
1
24
3
289
5
10.23
3.82
2.68
1.09
26.0
9.7
1.36
.305
4.64
8.45
18Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
75
2006
59
4
2
.667
0
0.92
0
0
35
68.1
40
7
8
3
13
1
49
2
257
2
9.88
1.71
5.77
0.40
29.2
5.1
0.78
.224
1.05
5.27
19Will Ohman
W. Ohman
74
2006
78
1
1
.500
0
4.13
0
0
0
65.1
51
30
30
6
34
5
14
2
286
4
10.19
4.68
2.18
0.83
25.9
11.9
1.30
.269
4.13
7.03
20Scott Eyre
S. Eyre
73
2006
74
1
3
.250
0
3.38
0
0
0
61.1
61
23
25
11
30
0
15
4
266
6
10.71
4.40
2.43
1.61
27.4
11.3
1.48
.329
3.67
8.95
21Brian Fuentes
B. Fuentes
73
2006
66
3
4
.429
0
3.44
0
0
30
65.1
50
25
25
8
26
6
58
4
274
6
10.06
3.58
2.81
1.10
26.6
9.5
1.16
.261
3.44
6.89
22Aaron Heilman
A. Heilman
73
2006
74
4
5
.444
0
3.62
0
0
0
87.0
73
35
37
5
28
3
14
2
356
5
7.55
2.90
2.61
0.52
20.5
7.9
1.16
.275
3.83
7.55
23Salomon Torres
S. Torres
72
2006
94
3
6
.333
0
3.28
0
0
12
93.1
98
34
42
6
38
6
24
9
411
3
6.94
3.66
1.89
0.58
17.5
9.2
1.46
.318
4.05
9.45
24Ron Villone
R. Villone
72
2006
70
3
3
.500
0
5.04
0
0
0
80.1
75
45
48
9
51
4
19
9
365
5
8.07
5.71
1.41
1.01
19.7
14.0
1.57
.288
5.38
8.40
25Luis Vizcaino
L. Vizcaino
72
2006
70
4
6
.400
0
3.58
0
0
0
65.1
51
26
26
8
29
4
15
6
272
1
9.92
3.99
2.48
1.10
26.5
10.7
1.22
.270
3.58
7.03
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