lowest season (bb*9/ip + so*9/ip + hr*9/ip) in 2016 by a relief pitcher with a minimum of 15 ip

Zach Neal had the fewest walks allowed * 9 per inning pitched + strikeouts * 9 per inning pitched + home runs allowed * 9 per inning pitched by a relief pitcher with 15.0+ innings pitched in 2016, with 4.89 in his rookie season.

NAME (BB*9/IP+SO*9/IP+HR*9/IP) IP BB SO HR SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA CG SHO SV H ER R HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Zach Neal
Z. Neal
4.89
38.2
4
14
3
2016
OAK OAK
18
1
1
.500
0
3.03
0
0
2
36
13
14
0
7
0
151
2
3.26
0.93
3.50
0.70
9.3
2.6
1.03
.254
3.26
8.38
2 Blaine Boyer
B. Boyer
6.41
66.0
17
26
4
2016
MIL MIL
61
2
4
.333
0
3.95
0
0
1
80
29
30
1
17
3
282
0
3.55
2.32
1.53
0.55
9.2
6.0
1.47
.325
4.09
10.91
3 Casey Kelly
C. Kelly
6.48
16.2
6
6
0
2016
ATL ATL
9
0
2
.000
0
5.94
0
0
0
23
11
11
0
3
3
77
0
3.24
3.24
1.00
0.00
7.8
7.8
1.74
.354
5.94
12.42
4 Richard Bleier
R. Bleier
6.65
23.0
4
13
0
2016
NYY NYY
23
0
0
0
1.96
0
0
0
20
5
6
1
8
0
92
0
5.09
1.57
3.25
0.00
14.1
4.3
1.04
.270
2.35
7.83
5 T.J. McFarland
T.J. McFarland
7.3
24.2
10
7
3
2016
BAL BAL
16
2
2
.500
0
6.93
0
0
0
33
19
19
2
2
2
112
1
2.55
3.65
0.70
1.09
6.3
8.9
1.74
.333
6.93
12.04
6 Ryan Weber
R. Weber
7.31
28.1
2
18
3
2016
ATL ATL
14
1
0
1.000
0
4.45
0
0
0
36
14
14
2
6
2
122
1
5.72
0.64
9.00
0.95
14.8
1.6
1.34
.340
4.45
11.44
7 Brandon Morrow
B. Morrow
7.31
16.0
3
8
2
2016
SDP SDP
18
1
0
1.000
0
1.69
0
0
0
19
3
4
0
2
1
68
0
4.50
1.69
2.67
1.13
11.8
4.4
1.38
.309
2.25
10.69
8 Seth Maness
S. Maness
7.39
31.2
8
16
2
2016
STL STL
29
2
2
.500
0
3.41
0
0
0
34
12
14
0
13
2
134
2
4.55
2.27
2.00
0.57
11.9
6.0
1.33
.296
3.98
9.66
9 A.J. Achter
A.J. Achter
7.88
37.2
12
14
7
2016
LAA LAA
27
1
0
1.000
0
3.11
0
0
0
43
13
13
1
17
1
160
0
3.35
2.87
1.17
1.67
8.8
7.5
1.46
.286
3.11
10.27
10 Brandon Kintzler
B. Kintzler
7.95
54.1
8
35
5
2016
MIN MIN
54
0
2
.000
0
3.15
0
0
17
59
19
22
2
36
1
224
0
5.80
1.33
4.38
0.83
15.6
3.6
1.23
.310
3.64
9.77
11 Alex Claudio
A. Claudio
8.01
51.2
10
34
2
2016
TEX TEX
39
4
1
.800
0
2.79
0
0
0
55
16
19
1
15
0
217
0
5.92
1.74
3.40
0.35
15.7
4.6
1.26
.312
3.31
9.58
12 Matt Belisle
M. Belisle
8.02
46.0
7
32
2
2016
WSH WSH
40
0
0
0
1.76
0
0
0
43
9
13
1
6
3
186
2
6.26
1.37
4.57
0.39
17.2
3.8
1.09
.285
2.54
8.41
13 Cody Martin
C. Martin
8.04
15.2
5
8
1
2016
SEA SEA
7
1
2
.333
0
2.30
0
0
0
14
4
4
0
3
0
63
0
4.60
2.87
1.60
0.57
12.7
7.9
1.21
.265
2.30
8.04
14 Deolis Guerra
D. Guerra
8.27
53.1
7
36
6
2016
LAA LAA
44
3
0
1.000
0
3.21
0
0
0
52
19
23
2
11
0
220
2
6.08
1.18
5.14
1.01
16.4
3.2
1.11
.272
3.88
8.78
15 Ryan Webb
R. Webb
8.31
17.1
3
11
2
2016
TBR TBR
18
0
0
0
5.19
0
0
0
27
10
11
0
7
1
76
3
5.71
1.56
3.67
1.04
14.5
3.9
1.73
.417
5.71
14.02
16 Nick Martinez
N. Martinez
8.4
15.0
5
8
1
2016
TEX TEX
7
2
1
.667
0
2.40
0
0
0
13
4
4
2
2
0
63
0
4.80
3.00
1.60
0.60
12.7
7.9
1.20
.255
2.40
7.80
17 Kyle Ryan
K. Ryan
8.41
55.2
15
35
2
2016
DET DET
56
4
2
.667
0
3.07
0
0
0
48
19
21
3
14
5
226
1
5.66
2.43
2.33
0.32
15.5
6.6
1.13
.269
3.40
7.76
18 Tommy Hunter
T. Hunter
8.47
34.0
8
23
1
2016
TOT
33
2
2
.500
0
3.18
0
0
0
35
12
13
2
8
1
139
0
6.09
2.12
2.88
0.26
16.5
5.8
1.26
.324
3.44
9.26
19 Jordan Lyles
J. Lyles
8.61
38.2
14
20
3
2016
COL COL
35
3
3
.500
0
4.42
0
0
1
42
19
22
2
7
1
171
3
4.66
3.26
1.43
0.70
11.7
8.2
1.45
.295
5.12
9.78
20 Dan Otero
D. Otero
8.79
70.2
10
57
2
2016
CLE CLE
62
5
1
.833
0
1.53
0
0
1
54
12
14
0
20
1
269
2
7.26
1.27
5.70
0.25
21.2
3.7
0.91
.260
1.78
6.88
21 Bo Schultz
B. Schultz
8.82
16.1
3
10
3
2016
TOR TOR
16
0
1
.000
0
5.51
0
0
0
17
10
10
0
8
0
68
0
5.51
1.65
3.33
1.65
14.7
4.4
1.22
.269
5.51
9.37
22 Matt Thornton
M. Thornton
9
17.0
6
9
2
2016
SDP SDP
18
1
0
1.000
0
5.82
0
0
0
22
11
12
1
8
0
77
0
4.76
3.18
1.50
1.06
11.7
7.8
1.65
.339
6.35
11.65
23 Albert Suárez
A. Suárez
9
23.0
7
15
1
2016
SFG SFG
10
2
1
.667
0
4.30
0
0
0
28
11
11
3
2
2
103
0
5.87
2.74
2.14
0.39
14.6
6.8
1.52
.351
4.30
10.96
24 Chien-Ming Wang
C. Wang
9.11
53.1
18
30
6
2016
KCR KCR
38
6
0
1.000
0
4.22
0
0
0
60
25
27
2
24
0
231
1
5.06
3.04
1.67
1.01
13.0
7.8
1.46
.309
4.56
10.13
25 Clay Buchholz
C. Buchholz
9.13
22.2
9
13
1
2016
BOS BOS
16
2
2
.500
0
3.57
0
0
0
16
9
10
0
7
0
91
0
5.16
3.57
1.44
0.40
14.3
9.9
1.10
.221
3.97
6.35
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MIL MIL
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TOR TOR
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