who has the most strikeouts as a relief pitcher

Griffin Jax has struck out the most hitters by a relief pitcher this season, with 47 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most strikeouts as a relief pitcher this regular season?
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 Griffin Jax
G. Jax
47
2025
MIN MIN
31
1
4
.200
0
4.66
0
0
0
29.0
31
15
16
4
6
0
2
1
124
0
14.59
1.86
7.83
1.24
37.9
4.8
1.28
.403
4.97
9.62
2 Jake Bird
J. Bird
45
2025
COL COL
27
1
1
.500
0
1.49
0
0
0
36.1
26
6
7
1
15
2
3
1
147
2
11.15
3.72
3.00
0.25
30.6
10.2
1.13
.298
1.73
6.44
3 Cade Smith
C. Smith
44
2025
CLE CLE
30
2
2
.500
0
2.48
0
0
3
29.0
22
8
10
0
10
2
5
1
121
1
13.66
3.10
4.40
0.00
36.4
8.3
1.10
.338
3.10
6.83
4 Josh Hader
J. Hader
43
2025
HOU HOU
26
2
0
1.000
0
1.29
0
0
17
28.0
14
4
4
2
7
1
24
0
107
1
13.82
2.25
6.14
0.64
40.2
6.5
0.75
.222
1.29
4.50
5 Randy Rodríguez
R. Rodríguez
43
2025
SFG SFG
28
3
0
1.000
0
0.61
0
0
1
29.1
15
2
2
1
3
1
5
0
105
1
13.19
0.92
14.33
0.31
41.0
2.9
0.61
.246
0.61
4.60
6 Fernando Cruz
F. Cruz
42
2025
NYY NYY
24
1
2
.333
0
3.46
0
0
2
26.0
19
10
12
3
9
2
4
0
105
1
14.54
3.12
4.67
1.04
40.0
8.6
1.08
.327
4.15
6.58
7 Jeff Hoffman
J. Hoffman
42
2025
TOR TOR
29
5
2
.714
0
5.65
0
0
15
28.2
24
18
18
7
8
0
25
1
117
1
13.19
2.51
5.25
2.20
35.9
6.8
1.12
.283
5.65
7.53
8 Ronny Henriquez
R. Henriquez
42
2025
MIA MIA
27
3
1
.750
0
2.64
0
0
1
30.2
22
9
12
4
14
3
3
2
132
1
12.33
4.11
3.00
1.17
31.8
10.6
1.17
.261
3.52
6.46
9 Abner Uribe
A. Uribe
41
2025
MIL MIL
31
2
1
.667
0
1.48
0
0
1
30.1
23
5
7
2
12
3
2
2
122
3
12.16
3.56
3.42
0.59
33.6
9.8
1.15
.328
2.08
6.82
10 Brendon Little
B. Little
41
2025
TOR TOR
30
3
0
1.000
0
1.55
0
0
0
29.0
19
5
8
1
14
1
2
0
119
3
12.72
4.34
2.93
0.31
34.5
11.8
1.14
.290
2.48
5.90
11 Jeremiah Estrada
J. Estrada
41
2025
SDP SDP
31
2
3
.400
0
2.17
0
0
2
29.0
22
7
10
3
10
1
5
1
119
1
12.72
3.10
4.10
0.93
34.5
8.4
1.10
.297
3.10
6.83
12 Mason Miller
M. Miller
40
2025
ATH ATH
23
0
2
.000
0
4.63
0
0
13
23.1
16
12
13
3
12
1
19
1
96
3
15.43
4.63
3.33
1.16
41.7
12.5
1.20
.325
5.01
6.17
13 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
40
2025
NYM NYM
26
3
0
1.000
0
2.39
0
0
14
26.1
14
7
8
2
11
3
20
0
104
5
13.67
3.76
3.64
0.68
38.5
10.6
0.95
.250
2.73
4.78
14 Ben Casparius
B. Casparius
40
2025
LAD LAD
20
4
1
.800
0
3.13
0
0
0
37.1
32
13
13
1
7
0
2
0
152
0
9.64
1.69
5.71
0.24
26.3
4.6
1.04
.298
3.13
7.71
15 Mark Leiter Jr.
M. Leiter Jr.
39
2025
NYY NYY
30
3
3
.500
0
3.38
0
0
2
26.2
26
10
11
2
8
1
4
0
114
3
13.16
2.70
4.88
0.68
34.2
7.0
1.27
.375
3.71
8.78
16 Garrett Whitlock
G. Whitlock
39
2025
BOS BOS
23
4
0
1.000
0
3.41
0
0
0
31.2
28
12
13
2
14
3
3
0
138
3
11.08
3.98
2.79
0.57
28.3
10.1
1.33
.325
3.69
7.96
17 Bryan Baker
B. Baker
38
2025
BAL BAL
30
3
1
.750
0
2.79
0
0
2
29.0
22
9
10
6
6
0
6
0
109
0
11.79
1.86
6.33
1.86
34.9
5.5
0.97
.271
3.10
6.83
18 Gabe Speier
G. Speier
37
2025
SEA SEA
27
2
0
1.000
0
2.22
0
0
0
24.1
17
6
6
2
5
1
2
0
95
0
13.68
1.85
7.40
0.74
38.9
5.3
0.90
.300
2.22
6.29
19 Steven Okert
S. Okert
37
2025
HOU HOU
26
1
2
.333
0
2.43
0
0
1
29.2
14
8
9
2
5
2
3
1
110
0
11.22
1.52
7.40
0.61
33.6
4.5
0.64
.188
2.73
4.25
20 Mitch Spence
M. Spence
37
2025
ATH ATH
22
1
1
.500
0
4.38
0
0
1
39.0
38
19
26
4
14
3
3
1
171
1
8.54
3.23
2.64
0.92
21.6
8.2
1.33
.301
6.00
8.77
21 Bryan Abreu
B. Abreu
37
2025
HOU HOU
29
1
2
.333
0
1.55
0
0
0
29.0
18
5
5
1
16
0
4
0
120
2
11.48
4.97
2.31
0.31
30.8
13.3
1.17
.258
1.55
5.59
22 Jason Adam
J. Adam
37
2025
SDP SDP
33
5
2
.714
0
1.64
0
0
0
33.0
22
6
10
2
17
2
3
1
140
3
10.09
4.64
2.18
0.55
26.4
12.1
1.18
.244
2.73
6.00
23 Alex Vesia
A. Vesia
37
2025
LAD LAD
31
2
0
1.000
0
3.00
0
0
2
27.0
22
9
9
7
9
1
4
1
109
2
12.33
3.00
4.11
2.33
33.9
8.3
1.15
.273
3.00
7.33
24 Joey Cantillo
J. Cantillo
36
2025
CLE CLE
21
1
0
1.000
0
3.81
0
0
1
28.1
25
12
17
5
14
0
10
0
123
2
11.44
4.45
2.57
1.59
29.3
11.4
1.38
.294
5.40
7.94
25 Jhoan Duran
J. Duran
36
2025
MIN MIN
31
4
1
.800
0
1.19
0
0
10
30.1
20
4
6
0
11
1
21
2
123
2
10.68
3.26
3.27
0.00
29.3
8.9
1.02
.267
1.78
5.93
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