what reliever had most strikeouts in 2023

Félix Bautista struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher in 2023, with 110 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	Félix Bautista F. Bautista	110	2023	BAL	56	8	2	.800	0	1.48	0	0	33	61.0	30	10	14	4	26	2	46	0	237	7	16.23	3.84	4.23	0.59	46.4	11.0	0.92	.274	2.07	4.43
2	Matt Brash M. Brash	107	2023	SEA	78	9	4	.692	0	3.06	0	0	4	70.2	65	24	26	3	29	6	7	0	308	11	13.63	3.69	3.69	0.38	34.7	9.4	1.33	.380	3.31	8.28
3	Tanner Scott T. Scott	104	2023	MIA	74	9	5	.643	0	2.31	0	0	12	78.0	53	20	22	3	24	4	26	3	307	1	12.00	2.77	4.33	0.35	33.9	7.8	0.99	.291	2.54	6.12
4	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	103	2023	TOT	61	6	4	.600	0	3.09	0	0	6	58.1	37	20	24	4	36	1	18	2	249	9	15.89	5.55	2.86	0.62	41.4	14.5	1.25	.314	3.70	5.71
5	Bryan Abreu B. Abreu	100	2023	HOU	72	3	2	.600	0	1.75	0	0	5	72.0	44	14	17	6	31	3	16	0	287	1	12.50	3.88	3.23	0.75	34.8	10.8	1.04	.259	2.13	5.50
6	Julian Merryweather J. Merryweather	98	2023	CHC	69	5	1	.833	0	3.38	0	0	2	72.0	58	27	28	8	36	1	15	0	303	3	12.25	4.50	2.72	1.00	32.3	11.9	1.31	.313	3.50	7.25
7	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	94	2023	PHI	71	8	6	.571	0	3.26	0	0	23	69.0	44	25	28	10	28	4	45	1	278	4	12.26	3.65	3.36	1.30	33.8	10.1	1.04	.239	3.65	5.74
8	Trevor Richards T. Richards	91	2023	TOR	53	2	0	1.000	0	5.23	0	0	0	63.2	58	37	38	11	32	2	6	3	280	4	12.86	4.52	2.84	1.55	32.5	11.4	1.41	.326	5.37	8.20
9	Pierce Johnson P. Johnson	90	2023	TOT	67	2	6	.250	0	4.02	0	0	13	62.2	63	28	34	10	30	0	28	1	277	4	12.93	4.31	3.00	1.44	32.5	10.8	1.48	.361	4.88	9.05
10	Fernando Cruz F. Cruz	90	2023	CIN	56	1	1	.500	0	5.00	0	0	0	63.0	51	35	37	6	27	2	15	0	268	5	12.86	3.86	3.33	0.86	33.6	10.1	1.24	.315	5.29	7.29
11	Devin Williams D. Williams	87	2023	MIL	61	8	3	.727	0	1.53	0	0	36	58.2	26	10	13	4	28	1	49	1	231	1	13.35	4.30	3.11	0.61	37.7	12.1	0.92	.198	1.99	3.99
12	Camilo Doval C. Doval	87	2023	SFG	69	6	6	.500	0	2.93	0	0	37	67.2	51	22	32	3	26	8	60	6	281	10	11.57	3.46	3.35	0.40	31.0	9.3	1.14	.306	4.26	6.78
13	Alexis Díaz A. Díaz	86	2023	CIN	71	9	6	.600	0	3.07	0	0	37	67.1	44	23	30	4	36	10	51	0	286	3	11.50	4.81	2.39	0.53	30.1	12.6	1.19	.267	4.01	5.88
14	Josh Hader J. Hader	85	2023	SDP	61	2	3	.400	0	1.28	0	0	32	56.1	32	8	11	3	30	3	52	2	231	3	13.58	4.79	2.83	0.48	36.8	13.0	1.10	.264	1.76	5.11
15	Scott McGough S. McGough	84	2023	ARI	62	2	7	.222	0	4.90	0	0	9	68.0	59	37	40	14	29	2	24	2	292	3	11.12	3.84	2.90	1.85	28.8	9.9	1.29	.276	5.29	7.81
16	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	84	2023	MIN	59	3	6	.333	0	2.45	0	0	27	62.1	46	17	25	6	25	4	41	5	255	8	12.13	3.61	3.36	0.87	32.9	9.8	1.14	.294	3.61	6.64
17	Reynaldo López R. López	83	2023	TOT	68	3	7	.300	0	3.27	0	0	6	66.0	50	24	25	8	34	1	16	2	278	4	11.32	4.64	2.44	1.09	29.9	12.2	1.27	.276	3.41	6.82
18	Sean Manaea S. Manaea	82	2023	SFG	27	4	3	.571	0	4.18	0	0	0	71.0	57	33	35	7	26	4	2	0	295	2	10.39	3.30	3.15	0.89	27.8	8.8	1.17	.284	4.44	7.23
19	Jakob Junis J. Junis	82	2023	SFG	36	4	3	.571	0	4.54	0	0	1	73.1	85	37	40	11	19	4	6	1	320	4	10.06	2.33	4.32	1.35	25.6	5.9	1.42	.363	4.91	10.43
20	A.J. Minter	82	2023	ATL	70	3	6	.333	0	3.76	0	0	10	64.2	56	27	28	6	21	0	19	2	260	1	11.41	2.92	3.90	0.84	31.5	8.1	1.19	.331	3.90	7.79
21	Chris Stratton C. Stratton	81	2023	TOT	64	2	1	.667	0	3.92	0	0	1	82.2	69	36	39	8	25	2	23	0	338	5	8.82	2.72	3.24	0.87	24.0	7.4	1.14	.275	4.25	7.51
22	Jordan Hicks J. Hicks	81	2023	TOT	65	3	9	.250	0	3.29	0	0	12	65.2	57	24	30	4	32	4	26	1	285	8	11.10	4.39	2.53	0.55	28.4	11.2	1.36	.323	4.11	7.81
23	Kirby Yates K. Yates	80	2023	ATL	61	7	2	.778	0	3.28	0	0	5	60.1	35	22	22	9	37	5	16	1	254	5	11.93	5.52	2.16	1.34	31.5	14.6	1.19	.211	3.28	5.22
24	Paul Sewald P. Sewald	80	2023	TOT	65	3	2	.600	0	3.12	0	0	33	60.2	46	21	23	8	24	1	47	1	249	1	11.87	3.56	3.33	1.19	32.1	9.6	1.15	.279	3.41	6.82
25	Josh Winckowski J. Winckowski	80	2023	BOS	59	4	4	.500	0	2.92	0	0	3	83.1	89	27	34	9	30	3	8	2	363	2	8.64	3.24	2.67	0.97	22.0	8.3	1.43	.332	3.67	9.61

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Red Sox	74	62	.544	7.5
Orioles	67	69	.493	14.5
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 8/30	BAL	@	ATH	4:05 PM
Mon 8/31	BAL	@	COL	8:40 PM
Tue 9/1	BAL	@	COL	8:40 PM
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