most games as a relief pitcher from 1994 to 2017

Between the 1994 and 2017 seasons, Mariano Rivera pitched in the most games by a relief pitcher, with 1,105 games.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season games as a relief pitcher from 1994 to 2017
NAMEGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
1,105
79
57
.581
0
2.06
1,135
0
0
652
1233.2
934
282
305
63
266
44
952
41
4,870
13
8.28
1.94
4.27
0.46
23.3
5.5
0.97
.259
2.23
6.81
2Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
968
57
69
.452
0
2.77
1,054
0
0
596
999.1
766
308
335
90
268
8
830
45
3,997
44
9.49
2.41
3.93
0.81
26.4
6.7
1.03
.262
3.02
6.90
3Todd Jones
T. Jones
954
57
60
.487
0
3.97
841
0
0
317
1030.1
1,035
455
499
89
428
37
611
60
4,479
42
7.35
3.74
1.96
0.78
18.8
9.6
1.42
.307
4.36
9.04
4Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
948
52
53
.495
0
2.86
1,142
0
0
437
976.0
738
310
336
98
389
17
677
42
4,011
68
10.53
3.59
2.94
0.90
28.5
9.7
1.15
.271
3.10
6.81
5Mike Stanton
M. Stanton
948
54
44
.551
0
3.92
717
0
0
33
885.1
879
386
409
76
337
29
265
58
3,798
29
7.29
3.43
2.13
0.77
18.9
8.9
1.37
.304
4.16
8.94
6LaTroy Hawkins
L. Hawkins
944
49
50
.495
0
3.32
685
0
0
127
949.0
932
350
382
78
270
10
373
32
3,964
43
6.50
2.56
2.54
0.74
17.3
6.8
1.27
.292
3.62
8.84
7Jose Mesa
J. Mesa
924
53
69
.434
0
3.97
753
0
0
321
977.2
1,002
431
474
96
415
40
632
50
4,296
57
6.93
3.82
1.81
0.88
17.5
9.7
1.45
.303
4.36
9.22
8Mike Timlin
M. Timlin
914
60
62
.492
0
3.58
700
0
0
136
992.1
960
395
431
105
279
44
409
53
4,155
25
6.35
2.53
2.51
0.95
16.8
6.7
1.25
.282
3.91
8.71
9Roberto Hernandez
R. Hernandez
888
56
64
.467
0
3.62
800
0
0
276
906.2
873
365
424
85
415
31
572
51
3,972
45
7.94
4.12
1.93
0.84
20.1
10.4
1.42
.298
4.21
8.67
10Mike Myers
M. Myers
883
25
24
.510
0
4.29
429
0
0
14
541.2
525
258
278
58
256
43
195
33
2,385
10
7.13
4.25
1.68
0.96
18.0
10.7
1.44
.292
4.62
8.72
11Eddie Guardado
E. Guardado
880
43
46
.483
0
3.87
734
0
0
187
811.2
711
349
370
119
294
15
399
36
3,395
25
8.14
3.26
2.50
1.32
21.6
8.7
1.24
.265
4.10
7.88
12Alan Embree
A. Embree
878
39
43
.476
0
4.54
679
0
0
25
756.0
725
381
415
92
285
19
217
35
3,237
23
8.08
3.39
2.38
1.10
21.0
8.8
1.34
.293
4.94
8.63
13David Weathers
D. Weathers
870
54
61
.470
0
3.74
735
0
0
75
989.2
951
411
448
98
423
42
298
61
4,286
21
6.68
3.85
1.74
0.89
17.1
9.9
1.39
.285
4.07
8.65
14Kyle Farnsworth
K. Farnsworth
867
37
55
.402
0
4.00
877
0
0
57
844.2
781
375
409
100
348
23
293
36
3,622
38
9.34
3.71
2.52
1.07
24.2
9.6
1.34
.299
4.36
8.32
15Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
853
47
40
.540
0
2.31
1,196
0
0
422
903.0
601
232
262
82
300
33
703
26
3,600
43
11.92
2.99
3.99
0.82
33.2
8.3
1.00
.261
2.61
5.99
16Chad Qualls
C. Qualls
844
52
48
.520
0
3.89
624
0
0
74
807.1
819
349
382
83
211
32
274
42
3,397
28
6.96
2.35
2.96
0.93
18.4
6.2
1.28
.301
4.26
9.13
17Javier Lopez
J. Lopez
839
30
17
.638
0
3.48
358
0
0
14
533.1
484
206
227
26
235
27
163
38
2,273
16
6.04
3.97
1.52
0.44
15.8
10.3
1.35
.281
3.83
8.17
18Arthur Rhodes
A. Rhodes
839
69
48
.590
0
3.43
899
0
0
33
865.2
697
330
347
85
343
12
161
44
3,566
33
9.35
3.57
2.62
0.88
25.2
9.6
1.20
.275
3.61
7.25
19Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
828
44
63
.411
0
3.73
824
0
0
300
821.0
706
340
375
61
404
49
534
36
3,569
53
9.03
4.43
2.04
0.67
23.1
11.3
1.35
.289
4.11
7.74
20Francisco Cordero
F. Cordero
800
47
53
.470
0
3.38
796
0
0
329
824.2
751
310
342
64
375
27
575
30
3,551
37
8.69
4.09
2.12
0.70
22.4
10.6
1.37
.300
3.73
8.20
21Steve Kline
S. Kline
795
34
38
.472
0
3.49
491
0
0
39
680.2
646
264
290
59
291
26
231
48
2,927
25
6.49
3.85
1.69
0.78
16.8
9.9
1.38
.285
3.83
8.54
22Bob Wickman
B. Wickman
785
43
55
.439
0
3.35
692
0
0
263
866.0
838
322
358
63
340
31
502
38
3,727
27
7.19
3.53
2.04
0.65
18.6
9.1
1.36
.298
3.72
8.71
23Bob Howry
B. Howry
769
45
52
.464
0
3.84
653
0
0
66
787.2
731
336
366
93
253
29
295
42
3,321
24
7.46
2.89
2.58
1.06
19.7
7.6
1.25
.278
4.18
8.35
24Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
762
40
47
.460
0
3.13
946
0
0
289
779.0
545
271
296
95
403
16
527
32
3,253
18
10.93
4.66
2.35
1.10
29.1
12.4
1.22
.251
3.42
6.30
25Joe Nathan
J. Nathan
758
52
29
.642
0
2.50
881
0
0
377
761.0
540
211
222
60
248
18
587
27
3,048
41
10.42
2.93
3.55
0.71
28.9
8.1
1.04
.261
2.63
6.39
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