what reliever had most strikeouts in 2009

Jonathan Broxton fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2009, 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	Jonathan Broxton J. Broxton	114	2009	LAD	73	7	2	.778	0	2.61	0	0	36	76.0	44	22	24	4	29	1	58	1	300	2	13.50	3.43	3.93	0.47	38.0	9.7	0.96	.263	2.84	5.21
2	Rafael Soriano R. Soriano	102	2009	ATL	77	1	6	.143	0	2.97	0	0	27	75.2	53	25	25	6	27	1	52	4	307	0	12.13	3.21	3.78	0.71	33.2	8.8	1.06	.275	2.97	6.30
3	Michael Wuertz M. Wuertz	102	2009	OAK	74	6	1	.857	0	2.63	0	0	4	78.2	52	23	25	6	23	0	9	1	304	6	11.67	2.63	4.43	0.69	33.6	7.6	0.95	.266	2.86	5.95
4	Luke Gregerson L. Gregerson	93	2009	SDP	72	2	4	.333	0	3.24	0	0	1	75.0	62	27	29	3	31	3	6	9	318	4	11.16	3.72	3.00	0.36	29.2	9.7	1.24	.314	3.48	7.44
5	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	93	2009	CHC	79	2	4	.333	0	3.41	0	0	15	74.0	43	28	29	2	65	12	29	3	335	6	11.31	7.91	1.43	0.24	27.8	19.4	1.46	.252	3.53	5.23
6	Andrew Bailey A. Bailey	91	2009	OAK	68	6	3	.667	0	1.84	0	0	26	83.1	49	17	17	5	24	0	54	3	323	6	9.83	2.59	3.79	0.54	28.2	7.4	0.88	.217	1.84	5.29
7	Michael Gonzalez M. Gonzalez	90	2009	ATL	80	5	4	.556	0	2.42	0	0	10	74.1	56	20	28	7	33	7	28	8	315	5	10.90	4.00	2.73	0.85	28.6	10.5	1.20	.275	3.39	6.78
8	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	89	2009	MIN	70	2	2	.500	0	2.10	0	0	47	68.2	42	16	16	7	22	2	62	1	271	4	11.67	2.88	4.05	0.92	32.8	8.1	0.93	.232	2.10	5.50
9	Matt Thornton M. Thornton	87	2009	CWS	70	6	3	.667	0	2.74	0	0	4	72.1	58	22	22	5	20	1	17	2	291	4	10.82	2.49	4.35	0.62	29.9	6.9	1.08	.298	2.74	7.22
10	C.J. Wilson	84	2009	TEX	74	5	6	.455	0	2.81	0	0	14	73.2	66	23	29	3	32	6	30	3	323	3	10.26	3.91	2.63	0.37	26.0	9.9	1.33	.318	3.54	8.06
11	Brian Wilson B. Wilson	83	2009	SFG	68	5	6	.455	0	2.74	0	0	38	72.1	60	22	27	3	27	1	60	4	303	4	10.33	3.36	3.07	0.37	27.4	8.9	1.20	.302	3.36	7.47
12	David Aardsma D. Aardsma	80	2009	SEA	73	3	6	.333	0	2.52	0	0	38	71.1	49	20	23	4	34	0	53	3	296	2	10.09	4.29	2.35	0.50	27.0	11.5	1.16	.253	2.90	6.18
13	J.P. Howell	79	2009	TBR	69	7	5	.583	0	2.84	0	0	17	66.2	47	21	22	7	33	3	41	3	278	3	10.67	4.46	2.39	0.95	28.4	11.9	1.20	.256	2.97	6.35
14	Heath Bell H. Bell	79	2009	SDP	68	6	4	.600	0	2.71	0	0	42	69.2	54	21	21	3	24	0	59	1	278	4	10.21	3.10	3.29	0.39	28.4	8.6	1.12	.297	2.71	6.98
15	Ryan Madson R. Madson	78	2009	PHI	79	5	5	.500	0	3.26	0	0	10	77.1	73	28	29	7	22	3	28	3	320	1	9.08	2.56	3.55	0.81	24.4	6.9	1.23	.314	3.38	8.50
16	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	76	2009	BOS	66	1	1	.500	0	1.85	0	0	38	68.0	54	14	15	5	24	4	59	1	285	0	10.06	3.18	3.17	0.66	26.7	8.4	1.15	.278	1.99	7.15
17	Brandon League B. League	76	2009	TOR	67	3	6	.333	0	4.58	0	0	0	74.2	72	38	40	8	21	7	18	2	313	9	9.16	2.53	3.62	0.96	24.3	6.7	1.25	.318	4.82	8.68
18	Octavio Dotel O. Dotel	75	2009	CWS	62	3	3	.500	0	3.32	0	0	0	62.1	54	23	26	7	36	0	12	1	268	4	10.83	5.20	2.08	1.01	28.0	13.4	1.44	.313	3.75	7.80
19	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	73	2009	NYM	70	3	6	.333	0	3.71	0	0	35	68.0	51	28	34	7	38	1	66	6	295	1	9.66	5.03	1.92	0.93	24.7	12.9	1.31	.250	4.50	6.75
20	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	72	2009	NYY	66	3	3	.500	0	1.76	0	0	44	66.1	48	13	14	7	12	1	55	1	257	1	9.77	1.63	6.00	0.95	28.0	4.7	0.90	.248	1.90	6.51
21	Joel Hanrahan J. Hanrahan	72	2009	TOT	67	1	4	.200	0	4.78	0	0	5	64.0	73	34	40	3	34	3	30	1	297	11	10.13	4.78	2.12	0.42	24.2	11.4	1.67	.378	5.63	10.27
22	Jeff Fulchino J. Fulchino	71	2009	HOU	61	6	4	.600	0	3.40	0	0	0	82.0	70	31	33	7	27	3	18	3	336	2	7.79	2.96	2.63	0.77	21.1	8.0	1.18	.276	3.62	7.68
23	Kevin Gregg K. Gregg	71	2009	CHC	72	5	6	.455	0	4.72	0	0	23	68.2	60	36	38	13	30	3	51	2	298	7	9.31	3.93	2.37	1.70	23.8	10.1	1.31	.260	4.98	7.86
24	Nick Masset N. Masset	70	2009	CIN	74	5	1	.833	0	2.37	0	0	0	76.0	54	20	22	6	24	0	15	0	292	6	8.29	2.84	2.92	0.71	24.0	8.2	1.03	.250	2.61	6.39
25	Huston Street H. Street	70	2009	COL	64	4	1	.800	0	3.06	0	0	35	61.2	43	21	22	7	13	0	52	4	240	0	10.22	1.90	5.38	1.02	29.2	5.4	0.91	.240	3.21	6.28

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