highest so/9 in a season by a relief pitcher with at least 20 ip

Devin Williams, James Karinchak and Aroldis Chapman are tied for the best K/9 by a relief pitcher with 20.0+ innings pitched in a season, with 17.67 per nine innings.

NAME K/9 IP SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA SO CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Devin Williams
D. Williams
17.67
27.0
2020
MIL MIL
22
4
1
.800
0
0.33
53
0
0
0
8
1
4
1
9
1
1
0
100
3
3.00
5.89
0.33
53.0
9.0
0.63
.194
1.33
2.67
2 James Karinchak
J. Karinchak
17.67
27.0
2020
CLE CLE
27
1
2
.333
0
2.67
53
0
0
1
14
8
9
1
16
0
4
1
109
5
5.33
3.31
0.33
48.6
14.7
1.11
.333
3.00
4.67
3 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
17.67
54.0
2014
CIN CIN
54
0
3
.000
0
2.00
106
0
0
36
21
12
12
1
24
2
44
0
202
4
4.00
4.42
0.17
52.5
11.9
0.83
.290
2.00
3.50
4 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
17.53
25.2
2020
NYM NYM
26
2
1
.667
0
1.75
50
0
0
6
18
5
6
2
14
2
19
0
110
1
4.91
3.57
0.70
45.5
12.7
1.25
.381
2.10
6.31
5 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
17.42
20.2
2010
ATL ATL
21
4
0
1.000
0
0.44
40
0
0
1
9
1
2
0
16
0
7
1
88
4
6.97
2.50
0.00
45.5
18.2
1.21
.281
0.87
3.92
6 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
17.13
62.0
2022
NYM NYM
61
3
1
.750
0
1.31
118
0
0
32
34
9
9
3
18
2
49
1
235
2
2.61
6.56
0.44
50.2
7.7
0.84
.330
1.31
4.94
7 Carter Capps
C. Capps
16.84
31.0
2015
MIA MIA
30
1
0
1.000
0
1.16
58
0
0
0
18
4
5
2
7
2
8
0
118
2
2.03
8.29
0.58
49.2
5.9
0.81
.327
1.45
5.23
8 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
16.66
62.2
2012
ATL ATL
63
3
1
.750
0
1.01
116
0
0
42
27
7
7
3
14
2
56
0
231
5
2.01
8.29
0.43
50.2
6.1
0.65
.250
1.01
3.88
9 Darwinzon Hernandez
D. Hernandez
16.46
27.1
2019
BOS BOS
28
0
0
0
3.95
50
0
0
0
24
12
14
1
21
3
2
1
129
4
6.91
2.38
0.33
38.8
16.3
1.65
.426
4.61
7.90
10 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
16.43
69.0
2017
BOS BOS
67
5
0
1.000
0
1.43
126
0
0
35
33
11
11
6
14
4
51
0
254
5
1.83
9.00
0.78
49.6
5.5
0.68
.260
1.43
4.30
11 Josh Hader
J. Hader
16.41
75.2
2019
MIL MIL
61
3
5
.375
0
2.62
138
0
0
37
41
22
24
15
20
4
46
2
289
0
2.38
6.90
1.78
47.8
6.9
0.81
.232
2.85
4.88
12 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
16.31
51.1
2018
NYY NYY
55
3
0
1.000
0
2.45
93
0
0
32
24
14
15
2
30
5
43
0
212
9
5.26
3.10
0.35
43.9
14.2
1.05
.268
2.63
4.21
13 Félix Bautista
F. Bautista
16.23
61.0
2023
BAL BAL
56
8
2
.800
0
1.48
110
0
0
33
30
10
14
4
26
2
46
0
237
7
3.84
4.23
0.59
46.4
11.0
0.92
.274
2.07
4.43
14 Kenley Jansen
K. Jansen
16.10
53.2
2011
LAD LAD
51
2
1
.667
0
2.85
96
0
0
5
30
17
17
3
26
2
13
0
218
0
4.36
3.69
0.50
44.0
11.9
1.04
.297
2.85
5.03
15 Carlos Marmol
C. Marmol
15.99
77.2
2010
CHC CHC
77
2
3
.400
0
2.55
138
0
0
38
40
22
23
1
52
8
70
4
332
2
6.03
2.65
0.12
41.6
15.7
1.18
.293
2.67
4.64
16 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
15.89
58.1
2023
TOT
61
6
4
.600
0
3.09
103
0
0
6
37
20
24
4
36
1
18
2
249
9
5.55
2.86
0.62
41.4
14.5
1.25
.314
3.70
5.71
17 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
15.83
63.2
2013
CIN CIN
68
4
5
.444
0
2.54
112
0
0
38
37
18
18
7
29
3
55
0
258
6
4.10
3.86
0.99
43.4
11.2
1.04
.280
2.54
5.23
18 Josh Hader
J. Hader
15.82
81.1
2018
MIL MIL
55
6
1
.857
0
2.43
143
0
0
12
36
22
23
9
30
1
14
0
306
0
3.32
4.77
1.00
46.7
9.8
0.81
.220
2.55
3.98
19 Devin Williams
D. Williams
15.78
21.2
2024
MIL MIL
22
1
0
1.000
0
1.25
38
0
0
14
10
3
3
1
11
2
19
1
88
1
4.57
3.45
0.42
43.2
12.5
0.97
.250
1.25
4.15
20 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
15.74
66.1
2015
CIN CIN
65
4
4
.500
0
1.63
116
0
0
33
43
12
13
3
33
5
54
1
278
7
4.48
3.52
0.41
41.7
11.9
1.15
.331
1.76
5.83
21 Drew Pomeranz
D. Pomeranz
15.70
28.2
2019
TOT
28
0
1
.000
0
1.88
50
0
0
2
16
6
6
3
8
0
4
0
106
0
2.51
6.25
0.94
47.2
7.5
0.84
.289
1.88
5.02
22 Josh Hader
J. Hader
15.65
58.2
2021
MIL MIL
60
4
2
.667
0
1.23
102
0
0
34
25
8
8
3
24
2
42
0
224
3
3.68
4.25
0.46
45.5
10.7
0.84
.237
1.23
3.84
23 Dellin Betances
D. Betances
15.53
73.0
2016
NYY NYY
73
3
6
.333
0
3.08
126
0
0
12
54
25
31
5
28
1
20
0
299
6
3.45
4.50
0.62
42.1
9.4
1.12
.353
3.82
6.66
24 Dellin Betances
D. Betances
15.52
66.2
2018
NYY NYY
66
4
6
.400
0
2.70
115
0
0
4
44
20
22
7
26
5
15
2
272
4
3.51
4.42
0.95
42.3
9.6
1.05
.311
2.97
5.94
25 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
15.50
56.1
2021
NYY NYY
61
6
4
.600
0
3.36
97
0
0
30
36
21
23
9
38
3
46
2
243
7
6.07
2.55
1.44
39.9
15.6
1.31
.281
3.67
5.75
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MIL MIL
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LAD LAD
9:10 PM
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.582
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.546
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.602
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6/29
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