what reliever had most strikeouts in 2016

Dellin Betances fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 2016, with 126 strikeouts.

NAMESOSEASONTMGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Dellin Betances
D. Betances
126
2016
NYY NYY
73
3
6
.333
0
3.08
0
0
12
73.0
54
25
31
5
28
1
20
0
299
6
15.53
3.45
4.50
0.62
42.1
9.4
1.12
.353
3.82
6.66
2Andrew Miller
A. Miller
123
2016
TOT
70
10
1
.909
0
1.45
0
0
12
74.1
42
12
13
8
9
2
23
0
275
1
14.89
1.09
13.67
0.97
44.7
3.3
0.69
.256
1.57
5.09
3Kyle Barraclough
K. Barraclough
113
2016
MIA MIA
75
6
3
.667
0
2.85
0
0
0
72.2
45
23
24
1
44
2
6
1
306
8
14.00
5.45
2.57
0.12
36.9
14.4
1.22
.301
2.97
5.57
4Brad Hand
B. Hand
111
2016
SDP SDP
82
4
4
.500
0
2.92
0
0
1
89.1
63
29
32
8
36
1
16
4
364
7
11.18
3.63
3.08
0.81
30.5
9.9
1.11
.264
3.22
6.35
5Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
104
2016
LAD LAD
72
3
2
.600
0
1.83
0
0
47
68.2
35
14
14
4
11
2
63
2
251
1
13.63
1.44
9.45
0.52
41.4
4.4
0.67
.238
1.83
4.59
6Seunghwan Oh
S. Oh
103
2016
STL STL
76
6
3
.667
0
1.92
0
0
19
79.2
55
17
20
5
18
2
35
3
313
3
11.64
2.03
5.72
0.56
32.9
5.8
0.92
.270
2.26
6.21
7Ken Giles
K. Giles
102
2016
HOU HOU
69
2
5
.286
0
4.11
0
0
15
65.2
60
30
32
8
25
2
24
1
286
14
13.98
3.43
4.08
1.10
35.7
8.7
1.29
.349
4.39
8.22
8Héctor Neris
H. Neris
102
2016
PHI PHI
79
4
4
.500
0
2.58
0
0
2
80.1
59
23
26
9
30
3
13
3
328
4
11.43
3.36
3.40
1.01
31.1
9.1
1.11
.272
2.91
6.61
9Mychal Givens
M. Givens
96
2016
BAL BAL
66
8
2
.800
0
3.13
0
0
0
74.2
59
26
28
6
36
6
8
2
313
3
11.57
4.34
2.67
0.72
30.7
11.5
1.27
.314
3.38
7.11
10Michael Feliz
M. Feliz
95
2016
HOU HOU
47
8
1
.889
0
4.43
0
0
0
65.0
55
32
33
10
22
0
17
0
270
6
13.15
3.05
4.32
1.38
35.2
8.1
1.18
.315
4.57
7.62
11Brad Brach
B. Brach
92
2016
BAL BAL
71
10
4
.714
0
2.05
0
0
2
79.0
57
18
23
7
25
0
16
1
311
4
10.48
2.85
3.68
0.80
29.6
8.0
1.04
.267
2.62
6.49
12Felipe Vazquez
F. Vazquez
92
2016
TOT
75
1
6
.143
0
4.09
0
0
1
77.0
66
35
39
7
33
6
11
3
327
3
10.75
3.86
2.79
0.82
28.1
10.1
1.29
.312
4.56
7.71
13Addison Reed
A. Reed
91
2016
NYM NYM
80
4
2
.667
0
1.97
0
0
1
77.2
60
17
18
4
13
0
13
4
304
4
10.55
1.51
7.00
0.46
29.9
4.3
0.94
.286
2.09
6.95
14Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
90
2016
TOT
59
4
1
.800
0
1.55
0
0
36
58.0
32
10
12
2
18
0
52
0
222
8
13.97
2.79
5.00
0.31
40.5
8.1
0.86
.268
1.86
4.97
15Tyler Thornburg
T. Thornburg
90
2016
MIL MIL
67
8
5
.615
0
2.15
0
0
13
67.0
38
16
19
6
25
2
23
1
263
4
12.09
3.36
3.60
0.81
34.2
9.5
0.94
.229
2.55
5.10
16Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
88
2016
SEA SEA
49
0
4
.000
0
2.79
0
0
18
51.2
45
16
16
5
15
3
23
2
217
6
15.33
2.61
5.87
0.87
40.6
6.9
1.16
.377
2.79
7.84
17Cody Allen
C. Allen
87
2016
CLE CLE
67
3
5
.375
0
2.51
0
0
32
68.0
41
19
23
8
27
0
55
2
264
3
11.51
3.57
3.22
1.06
33.0
10.2
1.00
.232
3.04
5.43
18Kelvin Herrera
K. Herrera
86
2016
KCR KCR
72
2
6
.250
0
2.75
0
0
12
72.0
57
22
23
6
12
3
23
0
283
3
10.75
1.50
7.17
0.75
30.4
4.2
0.96
.290
2.88
7.13
19Hansel Robles
H. Robles
85
2016
NYM NYM
68
6
4
.600
0
3.48
0
0
1
77.2
69
30
32
7
36
1
15
4
331
3
9.85
4.17
2.36
0.81
25.7
10.9
1.35
.307
3.71
8.00
20Jeurys Familia
J. Familia
84
2016
NYM NYM
78
3
4
.429
0
2.55
0
0
51
77.2
63
22
25
1
31
1
67
6
321
3
9.73
3.59
2.71
0.12
26.2
9.7
1.21
.304
2.90
7.30
21Chris Devenski
C. Devenski
83
2016
HOU HOU
43
3
2
.600
0
1.61
0
0
1
83.2
56
15
15
3
12
2
16
0
304
2
8.93
1.29
6.92
0.32
27.3
3.9
0.81
.260
1.61
6.02
22Pedro Baez
P. Baez
83
2016
LAD LAD
73
3
2
.600
0
3.04
0
0
0
74.0
52
25
27
11
22
2
10
0
295
3
10.09
2.68
3.77
1.34
28.1
7.5
1.00
.232
3.28
6.32
23Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
83
2016
BOS BOS
57
2
6
.250
0
3.40
0
0
31
53.0
28
20
22
4
30
4
47
0
220
6
14.09
5.09
2.77
0.68
37.7
13.6
1.09
.242
3.74
4.75
24David Phelps
D. Phelps
82
2016
MIA MIA
59
5
5
.500
0
2.31
0
0
4
62.1
45
16
16
4
28
1
6
6
254
0
11.84
4.04
2.93
0.58
32.3
11.0
1.17
.295
2.31
6.50
25Roberto Osuna
R. Osuna
82
2016
TOR TOR
72
4
3
.571
0
2.68
0
0
36
74.0
55
22
23
9
14
3
61
4
288
4
9.97
1.70
5.86
1.09
28.5
4.9
0.93
.256
2.80
6.69
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