which reliever most homers in one season before 1950

Before 1950, 4 pitchers were tied for giving up the most home runs by a relief pitcher in a season, with 12 HR. The first three are Bubba Harris and Kirby Higbe in 1949 and Syl Johnson in 1934.

	NAME	HR	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Bubba Harris B. Harris	12	1949	PHA	37	1	1	.500	0	5.44	18	0	0	3	84.1	92	51	57	42	1	17	374	1	1.92	4.48	0.43	1.28	4.8	11.2	1.59	.266	6.08	9.82
2	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	12	1949	TOT	41	2	1	.667	0	4.11	39	0	0	2	87.2	83	40	51	46	1	15	381	6	4.00	4.72	0.85	1.23	10.2	12.1	1.47	.251	5.24	8.52
3	Syl Johnson S. Johnson	12	1934	TOT	34	2	5	.286	0	3.99	27	0	0	3	65.1	65	29	35	9	0	21	267	1	3.72	1.24	3.00	1.65	10.1	3.4	1.13	.242	4.82	8.95
4	Joe Heving J. Heving	12	1934	CWS	31	1	5	.167	0	6.91	39	0	0	4	82.0	126	63	76	41	2	21	414	2	4.28	4.50	0.95	1.32	9.4	9.9	2.04	.356	8.34	13.83
5	Jim Bagby J. Bagby	11	1947	PIT	31	2	2	.500	0	4.68	15	0	0	0	75.0	88	39	48	28	2	18	338	1	1.80	3.36	0.54	1.32	4.4	8.3	1.55	.273	5.76	10.56
6	Bill Beckmann B. Beckmann	11	1940	PHA	25	3	2	.600	0	4.91	25	0	0	1	62.1	68	34	38	22	0	16	275	1	3.61	3.18	1.14	1.59	9.1	8.0	1.44	.263	5.49	9.82
7	Jack Knott J. Knott	11	1934	SLA	35	7	0	1.000	0	4.76	34	0	0	4	79.1	79	42	46	40	1	18	351	3	3.86	4.54	0.85	1.25	9.7	11.4	1.50	.257	5.22	8.96
8	Harry Gumbert H. Gumbert	10	1949	TOT	45	5	7	.417	0	5.58	17	0	0	5	69.1	88	43	49	26	1	33	319	5	2.21	3.38	0.65	1.30	5.3	8.2	1.64	.294	6.36	11.42
9	Hank Behrman H. Behrman	10	1947	TOT	42	1	4	.200	0	7.21	35	0	0	8	68.2	77	55	59	43	1	19	320	2	4.59	5.64	0.81	1.31	10.9	13.4	1.75	.290	7.73	10.09
10	Ted Wilks T. Wilks	10	1947	SLN	37	4	0	1.000	0	5.29	27	0	0	5	49.1	57	29	34	13	2	19	221	0	4.93	2.37	2.08	1.82	12.2	5.9	1.42	.278	6.20	10.40
11	Lum Harris L. Harris	10	1941	PHA	23	2	0	1.000	0	3.95	27	0	0	2	68.1	67	30	34	27	0	15	292	0	3.56	3.56	1.00	1.32	9.2	9.2	1.38	.250	4.48	8.82
12	Jake Wade J. Wade	10	1938	DET	25	3	0	1.000	0	5.97	20	0	0	0	63.1	63	42	47	42	0	11	291	1	2.84	5.97	0.48	1.42	6.9	14.4	1.66	.242	6.68	8.95
13	Lynn Nelson L. Nelson	10	1937	PHA	26	4	7	.364	0	5.11	43	0	0	2	93.1	103	53	53	40	2	21	417	1	4.15	3.86	1.08	0.96	10.3	9.6	1.53	.289	5.11	9.93
14	Phil Gallivan P. Gallivan	10	1934	CWS	28	4	3	.571	0	5.19	31	0	0	1	78.0	97	45	57	44	0	20	370	5	3.58	5.08	0.70	1.15	8.4	11.9	1.81	.305	6.58	11.19
15	Glenn Spencer G. Spencer	10	1930	PIT	30	3	5	.375	0	6.05	34	0	0	4	74.1	94	50	60	42	1	22	352	2	4.12	5.09	0.81	1.21	9.7	11.9	1.83	.317	7.26	11.38
16	Art Decatur A. Decatur	10	1927	PHN	26	3	3	.500	0	7.29	26	0	0	0	82.2	114	67	67	17	4	15	378	1	2.83	1.85	1.53	1.09	6.9	4.5	1.58	.324	7.29	12.41
17	Johnny Couch J. Couch	10	1924	PHN	30	4	2	.667	0	4.82	13	0	0	3	80.1	99	43	55	25	1	16	360	1	1.46	2.80	0.52	1.12	3.6	6.9	1.54	.286	6.16	11.09
18	Jess Dobernic J. Dobernic	9	1949	TOT	18	0	0		0	11.96	5	0	0	0	23.1	37	31	31	22	0	7	127	2	1.93	8.49	0.23	3.47	3.9	17.3	2.53	.308	11.96	14.27
19	Tom Ferrick T. Ferrick	9	1949	SLA	50	6	4	.600	0	3.88	34	0	0	6	104.1	102	45	51	41	1	29	452	0	2.93	3.54	0.83	0.78	7.5	9.1	1.37	.253	4.40	8.80
20	Jim Konstanty J. Konstanty	9	1949	PHN	53	9	5	.643	0	3.25	43	0	0	7	97.0	98	35	38	29	1	27	407	1	3.99	2.69	1.48	0.84	10.6	7.1	1.31	.274	3.53	9.09
21	Joe Ostrowski J. Ostrowski	9	1949	SLA	27	2	2	.500	0	4.74	14	0	0	2	57.0	74	30	46	12	0	12	262	0	2.21	1.89	1.17	1.42	5.3	4.6	1.51	.286	7.26	11.68
22	Ed Heusser E. Heusser	9	1948	PHN	33	3	2	.600	0	4.99	22	0	0	3	74.0	89	41	46	29	0	21	339	1	2.68	3.53	0.76	1.09	6.5	8.6	1.59	.287	5.59	10.82
23	Jess Dobernic J. Dobernic	9	1948	CHC	54	7	2	.778	0	3.15	47	0	0	1	85.2	67	30	33	41	1	27	368	0	4.94	4.31	1.15	0.95	12.8	11.1	1.26	.215	3.47	7.04
24	Clem Dreisewerd C. Dreisewerd	9	1948	TOT	17	0	2	.000	0	5.66	8	0	0	2	35.0	45	22	23	13	0	11	157	0	2.06	3.34	0.62	2.31	5.1	8.3	1.66	.283	5.91	11.57
25	Johnny Hutchings J. Hutchings	9	1945	BSN	45	3	3	.500	0	3.49	61	0	0	3	108.1	89	42	47	47	3	22	455	2	5.07	3.90	1.30	0.75	13.4	10.3	1.26	.239	3.90	7.39

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