what reliever had most strikeouts in 2011

Craig Kimbrel struck out the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2011, with 127 strikeouts in his rookie season.

	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	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	127	2011	ATL	79	4	3	.571	0	2.10	0	0	46	77.0	48	18	19	3	32	1	64	1	306	4	14.84	3.74	3.97	0.35	41.5	10.5	1.04	.315	2.22	5.61
2	Tyler Clippard T. Clippard	104	2011	WSH	72	3	0	1.000	0	1.83	0	0	0	88.1	48	18	18	11	26	0	8	2	329	1	10.60	2.65	4.00	1.12	31.6	7.9	0.84	.197	1.83	4.89
3	David Robertson D. Robertson	100	2011	NYY	70	4	0	1.000	0	1.08	0	0	1	66.2	40	8	9	1	35	1	8	6	272	6	13.50	4.72	2.86	0.14	36.8	12.9	1.13	.289	1.21	5.40
4	Carlos Marmol C. Marmol	99	2011	CHC	75	2	6	.250	0	4.01	0	0	34	74.0	54	33	33	5	48	9	61	2	327	4	12.04	5.84	2.06	0.61	30.3	14.7	1.38	.295	4.01	6.57
5	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	96	2011	LAD	51	2	1	.667	0	2.85	0	0	5	53.2	30	17	17	3	26	2	13	0	218	0	16.10	4.36	3.69	0.50	44.0	11.9	1.04	.297	2.85	5.03
6	Jonny Venters J. Venters	96	2011	ATL	85	6	2	.750	0	1.84	0	0	5	88.0	53	18	19	2	43	5	10	7	357	4	9.82	4.40	2.23	0.20	26.9	12.0	1.09	.242	1.94	5.42
7	Sergio Santos S. Santos	92	2011	CWS	63	4	5	.444	0	3.55	0	0	30	63.1	41	25	25	6	29	3	50	5	260	5	13.07	4.12	3.17	0.85	35.4	11.2	1.11	.269	3.55	5.83
8	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	87	2011	BOS	63	4	1	.800	0	2.94	0	0	31	64.1	50	21	22	3	10	3	54	1	255	1	12.17	1.40	8.70	0.42	34.1	3.9	0.93	.309	3.08	6.99
9	Jeff Samardzija J. Samardzija	87	2011	CHC	75	8	4	.667	0	2.97	0	0	0	88.0	64	29	35	5	50	5	18	3	380	8	8.90	5.11	1.74	0.51	22.9	13.2	1.30	.253	3.58	6.55
10	John Axford J. Axford	86	2011	MIL	74	2	2	.500	0	1.95	0	0	46	73.2	59	16	19	4	25	0	63	1	305	8	10.51	3.05	3.44	0.49	28.2	8.2	1.14	.289	2.32	7.21
11	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	85	2011	TOT	65	2	3	.400	0	2.35	0	0	0	65.0	38	17	17	11	9	0	22	1	243	0	11.77	1.25	9.44	1.52	35.0	3.7	0.72	.196	2.35	5.26
12	Vinnie Pestano V. Pestano	84	2011	CLE	67	1	2	.333	0	2.32	0	0	2	62.0	41	16	16	5	24	3	20	3	250	0	12.19	3.48	3.50	0.73	33.6	9.6	1.05	.269	2.32	5.95
13	Sean Marshall S. Marshall	79	2011	CHC	78	6	6	.500	0	2.26	0	0	5	75.2	66	19	21	1	17	2	18	4	307	0	9.40	2.02	4.65	0.12	25.7	5.5	1.10	.313	2.50	7.85
14	Chris Resop C. Resop	79	2011	PIT	76	5	4	.556	0	4.39	0	0	1	69.2	73	34	34	8	30	3	12	9	309	4	10.21	3.88	2.63	1.03	25.6	9.7	1.48	.344	4.39	9.43
15	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	79	2011	TOT	73	6	2	.750	0	2.64	0	0	23	71.2	67	21	22	4	26	2	36	4	307	4	9.92	3.27	3.04	0.50	25.7	8.5	1.30	.321	2.76	8.41
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	79	2011	CWS	58	2	2	.500	0	2.79	0	0	8	71.0	52	22	22	6	27	2	17	3	288	2	10.01	3.42	2.93	0.76	27.4	9.4	1.11	.264	2.79	6.59
17	Jose Veras J. Veras	79	2011	PIT	79	2	4	.333	0	3.80	0	0	1	71.0	54	30	32	6	34	4	19	3	305	5	10.01	4.31	2.32	0.76	25.9	11.1	1.24	.264	4.06	6.85
18	David Hernandez D. Hernandez	77	2011	ARI	74	5	3	.625	0	3.38	0	0	11	69.1	49	26	27	4	30	2	28	1	291	7	10.00	3.89	2.57	0.52	26.5	10.3	1.14	.253	3.50	6.36
19	Guillermo Mota G. Mota	77	2011	SFG	52	2	2	.500	0	3.81	0	0	1	80.1	71	34	34	10	30	2	11	4	333	1	8.63	3.36	2.57	1.12	23.1	9.0	1.26	.285	3.81	7.95
20	Ernesto Frieri E. Frieri	76	2011	SDP	59	1	2	.333	0	2.71	0	0	0	63.0	51	19	21	3	34	9	19	5	276	1	10.86	4.86	2.24	0.43	27.5	12.3	1.35	.312	3.00	7.29
21	Fernando Salas F. Salas	75	2011	STL	68	5	6	.455	0	2.28	0	0	24	75.0	50	19	20	7	21	2	46	3	295	2	9.00	2.52	3.57	0.84	25.4	7.1	0.95	.226	2.40	6.00
22	Greg Holland G. Holland	74	2011	KCR	46	5	1	.833	0	1.80	0	0	4	60.0	37	12	13	3	19	1	15	3	233	7	11.10	2.85	3.89	0.45	31.8	8.2	0.93	.250	1.95	5.55
23	Drew Storen D. Storen	74	2011	WSH	73	6	3	.667	0	2.75	0	0	43	75.1	57	23	24	8	20	2	52	4	303	2	8.84	2.39	3.70	0.96	24.4	6.6	1.02	.246	2.87	6.81
24	Daniel Bard D. Bard	74	2011	BOS	70	2	9	.182	0	3.33	0	0	1	73.0	46	27	29	5	24	2	10	3	288	2	9.12	2.96	3.08	0.62	25.7	8.3	0.96	.224	3.58	5.67
25	Mike Adams M. Adams	74	2011	TOT	75	5	4	.556	0	1.47	0	0	2	73.2	44	12	13	5	14	0	10	2	277	0	9.04	1.71	5.29	0.61	26.7	5.1	0.79	.212	1.59	5.38

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