what reliever had most strikeouts in 2019

Josh Hader fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher in 2019, with 138 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	138	2019	MIL	61	3	5	.375	0	2.62	0	0	37	75.2	41	22	24	15	20	4	46	2	289	0	16.41	2.38	6.90	1.78	47.8	6.9	0.81	.232	2.85	4.88
2	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	122	2019	OAK	73	4	4	.500	0	1.63	0	0	25	83.0	58	15	16	5	19	2	41	5	322	7	13.23	2.06	6.42	0.54	37.9	5.9	0.93	.305	1.73	6.29
3	Matt Barnes M. Barnes	110	2019	BOS	70	5	4	.556	0	3.78	0	0	4	64.1	51	27	29	8	38	2	14	2	285	13	15.39	5.32	2.89	1.12	38.6	13.3	1.38	.339	4.06	7.13
4	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	110	2019	TOT	68	5	4	.556	0	3.32	0	0	1	65.0	52	24	24	8	18	2	3	4	264	4	15.23	2.49	6.11	1.11	41.7	6.8	1.08	.349	3.32	7.20
5	Luke Jackson L. Jackson	106	2019	ATL	70	9	2	.818	0	3.84	0	0	18	72.2	76	31	34	10	26	2	35	4	315	3	13.13	3.22	4.08	1.24	33.7	8.3	1.40	.386	4.21	9.41
6	Brandon Workman B. Workman	104	2019	BOS	73	10	1	.909	0	1.88	0	0	16	71.2	29	15	18	1	45	2	30	4	286	4	13.06	5.65	2.31	0.13	36.4	15.7	1.03	.209	2.26	3.64
7	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	104	2019	NYM	61	7	4	.636	0	2.70	0	0	6	80.0	56	24	28	8	16	5	14	4	314	2	11.70	1.80	6.50	0.90	33.1	5.1	0.90	.265	3.15	6.30
8	Kirby Yates K. Yates	101	2019	SDP	60	0	5	.000	0	1.19	0	0	41	60.2	41	8	14	2	13	7	51	1	243	2	14.98	1.93	7.77	0.30	41.6	5.3	0.89	.325	2.08	6.08
9	Josh James J. James	99	2019	HOU	48	5	1	.833	0	4.77	0	0	1	60.1	46	32	34	10	35	4	18	0	263	6	14.77	5.22	2.83	1.49	37.6	13.3	1.34	.313	5.07	6.86
10	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	99	2019	NYM	66	2	7	.222	0	5.59	0	0	26	58.0	58	36	36	15	22	4	48	3	254	3	15.36	3.41	4.50	2.33	39.0	8.7	1.38	.377	5.59	9.00
11	Emilio Pagán E. Pagán	96	2019	TBR	66	4	2	.667	0	2.31	0	0	20	70.0	45	18	19	12	13	1	29	1	267	3	12.34	1.67	7.38	1.54	36.0	4.9	0.83	.228	2.44	5.79
12	José Leclerc J. Leclerc	96	2019	TEX	67	2	4	.333	0	4.43	0	0	14	65.0	48	32	33	7	37	6	40	1	282	7	13.29	5.12	2.59	0.97	34.0	13.1	1.31	.301	4.57	6.65
13	Will Smith W. Smith	96	2019	SFG	63	6	0	1.000	0	2.76	0	0	34	65.1	46	20	20	10	21	0	52	2	257	3	13.22	2.89	4.57	1.38	37.4	8.2	1.03	.277	2.76	6.34
14	Giovanny Gallegos G. Gallegos	93	2019	STL	66	3	2	.600	0	2.31	0	0	1	74.0	44	19	19	9	16	3	10	2	279	3	11.31	1.95	5.81	1.09	33.3	5.7	0.81	.222	2.31	5.35
15	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	92	2019	KCR	61	3	3	.500	0	4.22	0	0	1	70.1	64	33	33	6	37	3	7	3	310	5	11.77	4.73	2.49	0.77	29.7	11.9	1.44	.337	4.22	8.19
16	Felipe Vazquez F. Vazquez	90	2019	PIT	56	5	1	.833	0	1.65	0	0	28	60.0	43	11	12	5	13	4	47	0	236	3	13.50	1.95	6.92	0.75	38.1	5.5	0.93	.306	1.80	6.45
17	Taylor Rogers T. Rogers	90	2019	MIN	60	2	4	.333	0	2.61	0	0	30	69.0	58	20	20	8	11	6	36	2	278	2	11.74	1.43	8.18	1.04	32.4	4.0	1.00	.307	2.61	7.57
18	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	89	2019	CIN	68	3	12	.200	0	4.16	0	0	34	67.0	61	31	31	12	21	2	55	4	279	3	11.96	2.82	4.24	1.61	31.9	7.5	1.22	.316	4.16	8.19
19	Héctor Neris H. Neris	89	2019	PHI	68	3	6	.333	0	2.93	0	0	28	67.2	45	22	24	10	24	6	49	1	275	2	11.84	3.19	3.71	1.33	32.4	8.7	1.02	.240	3.19	5.99
20	Sam Gaviglio S. Gaviglio	88	2019	TOR	52	4	2	.667	0	4.61	0	0	0	95.2	85	49	51	18	22	4	9	0	392	0	8.28	2.07	4.00	1.69	22.4	5.6	1.12	.258	4.80	8.00
21	Tommy Kahnle T. Kahnle	88	2019	NYY	72	3	2	.600	0	3.67	0	0	0	61.1	45	25	27	9	20	2	5	0	248	8	12.91	2.93	4.40	1.32	35.5	8.1	1.06	.279	3.96	6.60
22	Adam Ottavino A. Ottavino	88	2019	NYY	73	6	5	.545	0	1.90	0	0	2	66.1	47	14	17	5	40	2	7	3	283	3	11.94	5.43	2.20	0.68	31.1	14.1	1.31	.284	2.31	6.38
23	John Brebbia J. Brebbia	87	2019	STL	66	3	4	.429	0	3.59	0	0	0	72.2	59	29	31	6	27	3	22	2	304	0	10.78	3.34	3.22	0.74	28.6	8.9	1.18	.293	3.84	7.31
24	Mychal Givens M. Givens	86	2019	BAL	58	2	6	.250	0	4.57	0	0	11	63.0	49	32	35	13	26	2	33	1	260	5	12.29	3.71	3.31	1.86	33.1	10.0	1.19	.271	5.00	7.00
25	Michael Lorenzen M. Lorenzen	85	2019	CIN	73	1	4	.200	0	2.92	0	0	7	83.1	68	27	29	9	28	2	16	1	343	2	9.18	3.02	3.04	0.97	24.8	8.2	1.15	.269	3.13	7.34

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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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