what reliever had most strikeouts in 2012

Aroldis Chapman struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 2012, with 122 strikeouts.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
122
2012
CIN CIN
68
5
5
.500
0
1.51
0
0
38
71.2
35
12
13
4
23
4
52
0
276
4
15.32
2.89
5.30
0.50
44.2
8.3
0.81
.252
1.63
4.40
2Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
116
2012
ATL ATL
63
3
1
.750
0
1.01
0
0
42
62.2
27
7
7
3
14
2
56
0
231
5
16.66
2.01
8.29
0.43
50.2
6.1
0.65
.250
1.01
3.88
3Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
99
2012
LAD LAD
65
5
3
.625
0
2.35
0
0
25
65.0
33
17
18
6
22
3
40
1
252
3
13.71
3.05
4.50
0.83
39.3
8.7
0.85
.221
2.49
4.57
4David Hernandez
D. Hernandez
98
2012
ARI ARI
72
2
3
.400
0
2.50
0
0
4
68.1
48
19
21
4
22
3
21
1
278
4
12.91
2.90
4.45
0.53
35.3
7.9
1.02
.291
2.77
6.32
5Ernesto Frieri
E. Frieri
98
2012
TOT
67
5
2
.714
0
2.32
0
0
23
66.0
35
17
20
9
30
7
51
0
269
1
13.36
4.09
3.27
1.23
36.4
11.2
0.98
.208
2.73
4.77
6John Axford
J. Axford
93
2012
MIL MIL
75
5
8
.385
0
4.67
0
0
35
69.1
61
36
42
10
39
2
54
2
310
10
12.07
5.06
2.38
1.30
30.0
12.6
1.44
.307
5.45
7.92
7Tim Collins
T. Collins
93
2012
KCR KCR
72
5
4
.556
0
3.36
0
0
0
69.2
55
26
29
8
34
2
9
8
295
3
12.01
4.39
2.74
1.03
31.5
11.5
1.28
.297
3.75
7.11
8Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
92
2012
PHI PHI
70
5
6
.455
0
2.44
0
0
38
70.0
56
19
22
8
18
4
64
1
284
0
11.83
2.31
5.11
1.03
32.4
6.3
1.06
.296
2.83
7.20
9Steve Delabar
S. Delabar
92
2012
TOT
61
4
3
.571
0
3.82
0
0
0
66.0
46
28
29
12
26
5
12
1
274
6
12.55
3.55
3.54
1.64
33.6
9.5
1.09
.245
3.95
6.27
10Greg Holland
G. Holland
91
2012
KCR KCR
67
7
4
.636
0
2.96
0
0
16
67.0
58
22
22
2
34
0
36
7
289
3
12.22
4.57
2.68
0.27
31.5
11.8
1.37
.346
2.96
7.79
11Jason Grilli
J. Grilli
90
2012
PIT PIT
64
1
6
.143
0
2.91
0
0
2
58.2
45
19
20
7
22
2
11
4
244
0
13.81
3.38
4.09
1.07
36.9
9.0
1.14
.309
3.07
6.90
12Craig Stammen
C. Stammen
87
2012
WSH WSH
59
6
1
.857
0
2.34
0
0
1
88.1
70
23
27
7
36
2
15
4
370
3
8.86
3.67
2.42
0.71
23.5
9.7
1.20
.265
2.75
7.13
13Wade Davis
W. Davis
87
2012
TBR TBR
54
3
0
1.000
0
2.43
0
0
0
70.1
48
19
20
5
29
0
15
2
284
2
11.13
3.71
3.00
0.64
30.6
10.2
1.09
.264
2.56
6.14
14Tom Wilhelmsen
T. Wilhelmsen
87
2012
SEA SEA
73
4
3
.571
0
2.50
0
0
29
79.1
59
22
24
5
29
2
48
3
326
3
9.87
3.29
3.00
0.57
26.7
8.9
1.11
.266
2.72
6.69
15Jason Motte
J. Motte
86
2012
STL STL
67
4
5
.444
0
2.75
0
0
42
72.0
49
22
23
9
17
2
58
1
279
0
10.75
2.13
5.06
1.13
30.8
6.1
0.92
.242
2.88
6.13
16Joaquin Benoit
J. Benoit
84
2012
DET DET
73
5
3
.625
0
3.68
0
0
2
71.0
59
29
31
14
22
1
18
2
288
2
10.65
2.79
3.82
1.77
29.2
7.6
1.14
.269
3.93
7.48
17Joel Peralta
J. Peralta
84
2012
TBR TBR
76
2
6
.250
0
3.63
0
0
2
67.0
49
27
28
9
17
1
9
2
264
5
11.28
2.28
4.94
1.21
31.8
6.4
0.99
.261
3.76
6.58
18Tyler Clippard
T. Clippard
84
2012
WSH WSH
74
2
6
.250
0
3.72
0
0
32
72.2
55
30
32
7
29
2
42
2
307
5
10.40
3.59
2.90
0.87
27.4
9.4
1.16
.259
3.96
6.81
19Esmil Rogers
E. Rogers
83
2012
TOT
67
3
3
.500
0
4.69
0
0
0
78.2
83
41
42
7
30
5
19
4
348
10
9.50
3.43
2.77
0.80
23.9
8.6
1.44
.341
4.81
9.50
20Rex Brothers
R. Brothers
83
2012
COL COL
75
8
2
.800
0
3.86
0
0
0
67.2
63
29
33
5
37
1
10
7
295
5
11.04
4.92
2.24
0.67
28.1
12.5
1.48
.343
4.39
8.38
21Adam Ottavino
A. Ottavino
81
2012
COL COL
53
5
1
.833
0
4.56
0
0
0
79.0
76
40
42
9
34
1
6
7
339
8
9.23
3.87
2.38
1.03
23.9
10.0
1.39
.313
4.78
8.66
22Antonio Bastardo
A. Bastardo
81
2012
PHI PHI
65
2
5
.286
0
4.33
0
0
1
52.0
40
25
26
7
26
2
10
3
224
5
14.02
4.50
3.12
1.21
36.2
11.6
1.27
.306
4.50
6.92
23David Robertson
D. Robertson
81
2012
NYY NYY
65
2
7
.222
0
2.67
0
0
2
60.2
52
18
19
5
19
1
17
0
248
1
12.02
2.82
4.26
0.74
32.7
7.7
1.17
.331
2.82
7.71
24Ryan Cook
R. Cook
80
2012
OAK OAK
71
6
2
.750
0
2.09
0
0
14
73.1
42
17
18
4
27
4
23
4
288
4
9.82
3.31
2.96
0.49
27.8
9.4
0.94
.220
2.21
5.15
25Jose Veras
J. Veras
79
2012
MIL MIL
72
5
4
.556
0
3.63
0
0
1
67.0
61
27
29
5
40
2
17
1
300
1
10.61
5.37
1.98
0.67
26.3
13.3
1.51
.322
3.90
8.19
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