who has the most strikeouts for a right handed reliever in his first career season

Dick Radatz fanned the most hitters by a right-handed relief pitcher in his first season, with 144 strikeouts in his rookie 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	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	144	1962	BOS	62	9	6	.600	0	2.24	0	0	24	124.2	95	31	32	9	40	4	53	2	504	3	10.40	2.89	3.60	0.65	28.6	7.9	1.08	.280	2.31	6.86
2	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
3	DeWayne Buice D. Buice	109	1987	CAL	57	6	7	.462	0	3.39	0	0	17	114.0	87	43	45	12	40	2	44	3	457	3	8.61	3.16	2.73	0.95	23.9	8.8	1.11	.255	3.55	6.87
4	Takashi Saito T. Saito	107	2006	LAD	72	6	2	.750	0	2.07	0	0	24	78.1	48	18	19	3	23	2	48	3	303	2	12.29	2.64	4.65	0.34	35.3	7.6	0.91	.268	2.18	5.51
5	Scott Williamson S. Williamson	107	1999	CIN	62	12	7	.632	0	2.41	0	0	19	93.1	54	25	29	8	43	1	40	6	366	13	10.32	4.15	2.49	0.77	29.2	11.7	1.04	.222	2.80	5.21
6	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	107	1952	NYG	71	15	3	.833	0	2.43	0	0	11	159.1	127	43	60	12	56	5	32		646	3	6.04	3.16	1.91	0.68	16.6	8.7	1.15	.247	3.39	7.17
7	Cade Smith C. Smith	103	2024	CLE	74	6	1	.857	0	1.91	0	0	1	75.1	51	16	16	1	17	3	2	0	289	0	12.31	2.03	6.06	0.12	35.6	5.9	0.90	.303	1.91	6.09
8	Seunghwan Oh S. Oh	103	2016	STL	76	6	3	.667	0	1.92	0	0	19	79.2	55	17	20	5	18	2	35	3	313	3	11.64	2.03	5.72	0.56	32.9	5.8	0.92	.270	2.26	6.21
9	Mark Clear M. Clear	98	1979	CAL	52	11	5	.688	0	3.63	0	0	14	109.0	87	44	48	6	68	3	37	5	481	9	8.09	5.61	1.44	0.50	20.4	14.1	1.42	.265	3.96	7.18
10	Joel Zumaya J. Zumaya	97	2006	DET	62	6	3	.667	0	1.94	0	0	1	83.1	56	18	20	6	42	2	12	2	350	4	10.48	4.54	2.31	0.65	27.7	12.0	1.18	.246	2.16	6.05
11	Bob Lee B. Lee	96	1964	LAA	59	5	4	.556	0	1.31	0	0	19	110.1	69	16	18	4	45	1	39	7	437	1	7.83	3.67	2.13	0.33	22.0	10.3	1.03	.223	1.47	5.63
12	Troy Percival T. Percival	94	1995	CAL	62	3	2	.600	0	1.95	0	0	3	74.0	37	16	19	6	26	1	16	2	284	2	11.43	3.16	3.62	0.73	33.1	9.2	0.85	.197	2.31	4.50
13	Luke Gregerson L. Gregerson	93	2009	SDP	72	2	4	.333	0	3.24	0	0	1	75.0	62	27	29	3	31	3	6	9	318	4	11.16	3.72	3.00	0.36	29.2	9.7	1.24	.314	3.48	7.44
14	Enrique Romo E. Romo	92	1977	SEA	55	8	9	.471	0	3.01	0	0	16	98.2	81	33	37	7	32	5	39	7	399	1	8.39	2.92	2.88	0.64	23.1	8.0	1.15	.281	3.38	7.39
15	Andrew Bailey A. Bailey	91	2009	OAK	68	6	3	.667	0	1.84	0	0	26	83.1	49	17	17	5	24	0	54	3	323	6	9.83	2.59	3.79	0.54	28.2	7.4	0.88	.217	1.84	5.29
16	Gary Wagner G. Wagner	91	1965	PHI	59	7	7	.500	0	3.00	0	0	7	105.0	87	35	43	6	49	2	32	8	436	0	7.80	4.20	1.86	0.51	20.9	11.2	1.30	.281	3.69	7.46
17	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	89	2022	MIN	57	2	4	.333	0	1.86	0	0	8	67.2	50	14	15	6	16	4	18	3	266	6	11.84	2.13	5.56	0.80	33.5	6.0	0.98	.291	2.00	6.65
18	Greg McMichael G. McMichael	89	1993	ATL	74	2	3	.400	0	2.06	0	0	19	91.2	68	21	22	3	29	0	40	4	365	6	8.74	2.85	3.07	0.29	24.4	7.9	1.06	.266	2.16	6.68
19	Doug Corbett D. Corbett	89	1980	MIN	73	8	6	.571	0	1.98	0	0	23	136.1	102	30	31	7	42	1	63	8	531	3	5.88	2.77	2.12	0.46	16.8	7.9	1.06	.242	2.05	6.73
20	Félix Bautista F. Bautista	88	2022	BAL	65	4	4	.500	0	2.19	0	0	15	65.2	38	16	18	7	23	1	30	1	253	2	12.06	3.15	3.83	0.96	34.8	9.1	0.93	.231	2.47	5.21
21	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	88	2016	SEA	49	0	4	.000	0	2.79	0	0	18	51.2	45	16	16	5	15	3	23	2	217	6	15.33	2.61	5.87	0.87	40.6	6.9	1.16	.377	2.79	7.84
22	Frank Williams F. Williams	88	1984	SFG	60	8	4	.667	0	3.73	0	0	3	101.1	86	42	49	2	47	2	15	6	432	8	7.82	4.17	1.87	0.18	20.4	10.9	1.31	.287	4.35	7.64
23	Akinori Otsuka A. Otsuka	87	2004	SDP	73	7	2	.778	0	1.75	0	0	2	77.1	56	15	16	6	26	0	18	6	312	0	10.13	3.03	3.35	0.70	27.9	8.3	1.06	.259	1.86	6.52
24	Tim Burke T. Burke	87	1985	MON	78	9	4	.692	0	2.39	0	0	8	120.1	86	32	32	9	44	7	31	14	483	7	6.51	3.29	1.98	0.67	18.0	9.1	1.08	.229	2.39	6.43
25	Brian Fisher B. Fisher	85	1985	NYY	55	4	4	.500	0	2.38	0	0	14	98.1	77	26	32	4	29	0	23	3	391	3	7.78	2.65	2.93	0.37	21.7	7.4	1.08	.267	2.93	7.05

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