what reliever had most strikeouts in 2018

Josh Hader fanned the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 2018, with 143 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	Josh Hader J. Hader	143	2018	MIL	55	6	1	.857	0	2.43	0	0	12	81.1	36	22	23	9	30	1	14	0	306	0	15.82	3.32	4.77	1.00	46.7	9.8	0.81	.220	2.55	3.98
2	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	124	2018	SEA	73	0	4	.000	0	1.96	0	0	57	73.1	41	16	17	5	17	6	65	0	280	3	15.22	2.09	7.29	0.61	44.3	6.1	0.79	.281	2.09	5.03
3	Dellin Betances D. Betances	115	2018	NYY	66	4	6	.400	0	2.70	0	0	4	66.2	44	20	22	7	26	5	15	2	272	4	15.52	3.51	4.42	0.95	42.3	9.6	1.05	.311	2.97	5.94
4	Adam Ottavino A. Ottavino	112	2018	COL	75	6	4	.600	0	2.43	0	0	6	77.2	41	21	25	5	36	6	16	5	309	7	12.98	4.17	3.11	0.58	36.2	11.7	0.99	.240	2.90	4.75
5	Ryan Yarbrough R. Yarbrough	106	2018	TBR	32	14	4	.778	0	3.72	0	0	0	118.2	110	49	52	15	42	6	3	5	505	0	8.04	3.19	2.52	1.14	21.0	8.3	1.28	.283	3.94	8.34
6	Brad Hand B. Hand	106	2018	TOT	69	2	5	.286	0	2.75	0	0	32	72.0	52	22	28	8	28	9	42	2	301	2	13.25	3.50	3.79	1.00	35.2	9.3	1.11	.293	3.50	6.50
7	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	101	2018	TOT	77	2	1	.667	0	2.54	0	0	2	71.0	57	20	21	6	22	3	11	1	292	8	12.80	2.79	4.59	0.76	34.6	7.5	1.11	.319	2.66	7.23
8	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	100	2018	OAK	68	9	2	.818	0	0.78	0	0	38	80.1	46	7	12	2	21	1	58	3	315	6	11.20	2.35	4.76	0.22	31.7	6.7	0.83	.230	1.34	5.15
9	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	96	2018	BOS	63	5	1	.833	0	2.74	0	0	42	62.1	31	19	19	7	31	2	57	0	247	7	13.86	4.48	3.10	1.01	38.9	12.6	0.99	.216	2.74	4.48
10	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	96	2018	BOS	62	6	4	.600	0	3.65	0	0	0	61.2	47	25	25	5	31	2	8	1	265	8	14.01	4.52	3.10	0.73	36.2	11.7	1.26	.321	3.65	6.86
11	Collin McHugh C. McHugh	94	2018	HOU	58	6	2	.750	0	1.99	0	0	0	72.1	45	16	18	6	21	5	18	0	283	0	11.70	2.61	4.48	0.75	33.2	7.4	0.91	.248	2.24	5.60
12	Chad Green C. Green	94	2018	NYY	63	8	3	.727	0	2.50	0	0	0	75.2	64	21	22	9	15	1	3	2	298	3	11.18	1.78	6.27	1.07	31.5	5.0	1.04	.307	2.62	7.61
13	Brad Peacock B. Peacock	94	2018	HOU	60	3	5	.375	0	3.55	0	0	3	63.1	53	25	26	11	20	3	20	0	264	5	13.36	2.84	4.70	1.56	35.6	7.6	1.15	.309	3.69	7.53
14	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	93	2018	NYY	55	3	0	1.000	0	2.45	0	0	32	51.1	24	14	15	2	30	5	43	0	212	9	16.31	5.26	3.10	0.35	43.9	14.2	1.05	.268	2.63	4.21
15	Noe Ramirez N. Ramirez	93	2018	LAA	68	7	4	.636	0	4.37	0	0	1	82.1	73	40	41	14	30	6	12	3	348	4	10.17	3.28	3.10	1.53	26.7	8.6	1.25	.288	4.48	7.98
16	Jesse Chavez J. Chavez	92	2018	TOT	62	5	2	.714	0	2.55	0	0	5	95.1	84	27	28	13	17	0	26	1	377	1	8.69	1.60	5.41	1.23	24.4	4.5	1.06	.278	2.64	7.93
17	David Robertson D. Robertson	91	2018	NYY	69	8	3	.727	0	3.23	0	0	5	69.2	46	25	30	7	26	0	11	1	283	1	11.76	3.36	3.50	0.90	32.2	9.2	1.03	.245	3.88	5.94
18	Kirby Yates K. Yates	90	2018	SDP	65	5	3	.625	0	2.14	0	0	12	63.0	41	15	15	6	17	4	28	0	250	2	12.86	2.43	5.29	0.86	36.0	6.8	0.92	.263	2.14	5.86
19	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	89	2018	PIT	70	4	2	.667	0	2.70	0	0	37	70.0	63	21	24	4	24	1	60	2	296	3	11.44	3.09	3.71	0.51	30.1	8.1	1.24	.331	3.09	8.10
20	Jeremy Jeffress J. Jeffress	89	2018	MIL	73	8	1	.889	0	1.29	0	0	15	76.2	49	11	12	5	27	1	24	4	299	4	10.45	3.17	3.30	0.59	29.8	9.0	0.99	.249	1.41	5.75
21	Richard Rodriguez R. Rodriguez	88	2018	PIT	63	4	3	.571	0	2.47	0	0	0	69.1	55	19	19	5	19	5	20	3	279	11	11.42	2.47	4.63	0.65	31.5	6.8	1.07	.309	2.47	7.14
22	Corey Knebel C. Knebel	88	2018	MIL	57	4	3	.571	0	3.58	0	0	16	55.1	38	22	23	7	22	4	29	0	223	0	14.31	3.58	4.00	1.14	39.5	9.9	1.08	.304	3.74	6.18
23	Craig Stammen C. Stammen	88	2018	SDP	73	8	3	.727	0	2.73	0	0	0	79.0	65	24	25	3	17	3	7	3	317	3	10.03	1.94	5.18	0.34	27.8	5.4	1.04	.301	2.85	7.41
24	José Leclerc J. Leclerc	85	2018	TEX	59	2	3	.400	0	1.56	0	0	12	57.2	24	10	16	1	25	3	21	1	223	2	13.27	3.90	3.40	0.16	38.1	11.2	0.85	.211	2.50	3.75
25	Tyler Clippard T. Clippard	84	2018	TOR	72	4	3	.571	0	3.46	0	0	7	67.2	54	26	27	12	22	2	22	0	278	7	11.17	2.93	3.82	1.60	30.2	7.9	1.12	.266	3.59	7.18

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Brewers	85	51	.625
Cubs	77	59	.566	8.0
Cardinals	68	69	.496	17.5
Pirates	66	71	.482	19.5
Reds	64	72	.471	21.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 8/30	TEX	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 8/31	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Tue 9/1	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
Wed 9/2	MIL	@	CHC	7:40 PM
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Mets	61	75	.449	20.0
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