what reliever had most strikeouts in 2008

Carlos Marmol struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2008, 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	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	114	2008	CHC	82	2	4	.333	0	2.68	0	0	7	87.1	40	26	30	10	41	6	22	3	348	6	11.75	4.23	2.78	1.03	32.8	11.8	0.93	.169	3.09	4.12
2	Joel Hanrahan J. Hanrahan	93	2008	WSH	69	6	3	.667	0	3.95	0	0	9	84.1	73	37	40	9	42	1	34	7	364	6	9.92	4.48	2.21	0.96	25.5	11.5	1.36	.292	4.27	7.79
3	J.P. Howell	92	2008	TBR	64	6	1	.857	0	2.22	0	0	3	89.1	62	22	29	6	39	4	9	1	370	5	9.27	3.93	2.36	0.60	24.9	10.5	1.13	.245	2.92	6.25
4	Brad Lidge B. Lidge	92	2008	PHI	72	2	0	1.000	0	1.95	0	0	41	69.1	50	15	17	2	35	1	61	4	292	5	11.94	4.54	2.63	0.26	31.5	12.0	1.23	.296	2.21	6.49
5	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	92	2008	CWS	72	4	4	.500	0	3.76	0	0	1	67.0	52	28	34	12	29	5	10	3	288	4	12.36	3.90	3.17	1.61	31.9	10.1	1.21	.267	4.57	6.99
6	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	88	2008	LAD	70	3	5	.375	0	3.13	0	0	14	69.0	54	24	29	2	27	3	32	5	285	3	11.48	3.52	3.26	0.26	30.9	9.5	1.17	.315	3.78	7.04
7	Hung-Chih Kuo H. Kuo	86	2008	LAD	39	5	2	.714	0	1.69	0	0	1	69.1	49	13	15	3	15	3	10	2	274	1	11.16	1.95	5.73	0.39	31.4	5.5	0.92	.275	1.95	6.36
8	Rafael Perez R. Perez	86	2008	CLE	73	4	4	.500	0	3.54	0	0	2	76.1	67	30	32	8	23	2	14	3	313	3	10.14	2.71	3.74	0.94	27.5	7.3	1.18	.304	3.77	7.90
9	Kerry Wood K. Wood	84	2008	CHC	65	5	4	.556	0	3.26	0	0	34	66.1	54	24	24	3	18	7	56	4	276	1	11.40	2.44	4.67	0.41	30.4	6.5	1.09	.311	3.26	7.33
10	Frank Francisco F. Francisco	83	2008	TEX	58	3	5	.375	0	3.13	0	0	5	63.1	47	22	24	7	26	0	18	2	264	5	11.79	3.69	3.19	0.99	31.4	9.8	1.15	.270	3.41	6.68
11	Jose Valverde J. Valverde	83	2008	HOU	74	6	3	.667	0	3.38	0	0	44	72.0	62	27	28	10	23	2	71	6	303	3	10.38	2.88	3.61	1.25	27.4	7.6	1.18	.281	3.50	7.75
12	Grant Balfour G. Balfour	82	2008	TBR	51	6	2	.750	0	1.54	0	0	4	58.1	28	10	10	3	24	0	12	1	224	2	12.65	3.70	3.42	0.46	36.6	10.7	0.89	.217	1.54	4.32
13	Brian Fuentes B. Fuentes	82	2008	COL	67	1	5	.167	0	2.73	0	0	30	62.2	47	19	22	3	22	1	48	1	256	1	11.78	3.16	3.73	0.43	32.0	8.6	1.10	.297	3.16	6.75
14	Jeremy Affeldt J. Affeldt	80	2008	CIN	74	1	1	.500	0	3.33	0	0	0	78.1	78	29	36	9	25	3	20	0	335	6	9.19	2.87	3.20	1.03	23.9	7.5	1.31	.317	4.14	8.96
15	Aaron Heilman A. Heilman	80	2008	NYM	78	3	8	.273	0	5.21	0	0	3	76.0	75	44	48	10	46	9	23	8	356	2	9.47	5.45	1.74	1.18	22.5	12.9	1.59	.308	5.68	8.88
16	Francisco Cordero F. Cordero	78	2008	CIN	72	5	4	.556	0	3.33	0	0	34	70.1	61	26	28	6	38	3	63	3	307	3	9.98	4.86	2.05	0.77	25.4	12.4	1.41	.302	3.58	7.81
17	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	77	2008	LAA	76	2	3	.400	0	2.24	0	0	62	68.1	54	17	21	4	34	2	69	4	288	6	10.14	4.48	2.26	0.53	26.7	11.8	1.29	.292	2.77	7.11
18	Matt Thornton M. Thornton	77	2008	CWS	74	5	3	.625	0	2.67	0	0	1	67.1	48	20	20	5	19	2	12	2	268	3	10.29	2.54	4.05	0.67	28.7	7.1	1.00	.261	2.67	6.42
19	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	77	2008	NYY	64	6	5	.545	0	1.40	0	0	39	70.2	41	11	11	4	6	2	60	0	259	1	9.81	0.76	12.83	0.51	29.7	2.3	0.67	.218	1.40	5.22
20	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	77	2008	BOS	67	5	4	.556	0	2.34	0	0	41	69.1	58	18	24	4	8	0	62	0	273	2	10.00	1.04	9.63	0.52	28.2	2.9	0.95	.293	3.12	7.53
21	Mike Adams M. Adams	74	2008	SDP	54	2	3	.400	0	2.48	0	0	0	65.1	49	18	18	7	19	0	11	2	259	0	10.19	2.62	3.89	0.96	28.6	7.3	1.04	.264	2.48	6.75
22	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	74	2008	MIN	68	1	2	.333	0	1.33	0	0	39	67.2	43	10	13	5	18	2	57	4	261	2	9.84	2.39	4.11	0.67	28.4	6.9	0.90	.235	1.73	5.72
23	Manny Delcarmen M. Delcarmen	72	2008	BOS	73	1	2	.333	0	3.27	0	0	2	74.1	55	27	28	5	28	3	16	1	307	0	8.72	3.39	2.57	0.61	23.5	9.1	1.12	.251	3.39	6.66
24	Dennis Sarfate D. Sarfate	71	2008	BAL	53	4	1	.800	0	3.38	0	0	0	64.0	43	24	26	3	48	5	15	2	278	3	9.98	6.75	1.48	0.42	25.5	17.3	1.42	.265	3.66	6.05
25	Juan Cruz J. Cruz	71	2008	ARI	57	4	0	1.000	0	2.61	0	0	0	51.2	34	15	17	5	31	3	10	0	215	1	12.37	5.40	2.29	0.87	33.0	14.4	1.26	.276	2.96	5.92

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