most strikeouts all-time by a left-handed reliever

Aroldis Chapman has fanned the most career batters by a left-handed relief pitcher, with 1,396 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	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	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1,396	913	63	51	.553	0	2.49	0	0	400	870.0	510	241	268	57	428	34	604	7	3,542	90	14.44	4.43	3.26	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	5.28
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	1,196	853	47	40	.540	0	2.31	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
3	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	1,169	1,248	87	78	.527	0	3.12	0	0	144	1277.0	1,035	442	499	112	568	34	501	85	5,374	40	8.24	4.00	2.06	0.79	21.8	10.6	1.26	.264	3.52	7.29
4	Dan Plesac D. Plesac	990	1,050	62	67	.481	0	3.55	0	0	158	1003.0	907	396	439	98	370	14	422	52	4,229	41	8.88	3.32	2.68	0.88	23.4	8.7	1.27	.293	3.94	8.14
5	John Franco J. Franco	975	1,119	90	87	.508	0	2.89	0	0	424	1245.2	1,166	400	466	81	495	22	774	78	5,312	54	7.04	3.58	1.97	0.59	18.4	9.3	1.33	.290	3.37	8.42
6	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	974	785	89	69	.563	0	2.86	0	0	180	1301.1	1,104	414	467	74	494	20	541	123	5,391	51	6.74	3.42	1.97	0.51	18.1	9.2	1.23	.269	3.23	7.64
7	Arthur Rhodes A. Rhodes	899	839	69	48	.590	0	3.43	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
8	Mike Stanton M. Stanton	892	1,177	68	63	.519	0	3.93	0	0	84	1110.0	1,084	485	523	93	419	33	363	76	4,748	35	7.23	3.40	2.13	0.75	18.8	8.8	1.35	.299	4.24	8.79
9	Josh Hader J. Hader	883	510	38	32	.543	0	2.50	0	0	251	553.2	298	154	168	66	209	24	355	6	2,170	19	14.35	3.40	4.22	1.07	40.7	9.6	0.92	.235	2.73	4.84
10	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	873	899	99	76	.566	0	2.88	0	0	238	1390.1	1,292	445	519	84	481	14	634	81	5,796	68	5.65	3.11	1.81	0.54	15.1	8.3	1.28	.278	3.36	8.36
11	John Hiller J. Hiller	831	502	72	57	.558	0	2.78	0	0	125	963.0	792	297	334	82	439	11	363	69	4,054	33	7.77	4.10	1.89	0.77	20.5	10.8	1.28	.264	3.12	7.40
12	Randy Myers R. Myers	829	716	42	57	.424	0	3.17	0	0	347	814.1	696	287	303	64	353	11	548	43	3,433	31	9.16	3.90	2.35	0.71	24.1	10.3	1.29	.290	3.35	7.69
13	Paul Assenmacher P. Assenmacher	806	883	61	44	.581	0	3.50	0	0	56	854.2	813	332	367	72	313	22	275	77	3,655	31	8.49	3.30	2.58	0.76	22.1	8.6	1.32	.303	3.86	8.56
14	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	766	742	80	75	.516	0	2.86	0	0	136	1077.2	993	343	403	50	438	13	399	126	4,571	19	6.40	3.66	1.75	0.42	16.8	9.6	1.33	.285	3.37	8.29
15	Dave LaRoche D. LaRoche	766	632	63	51	.553	0	3.36	0	0	126	976.1	830	364	401	84	430	26	381	80	4,128	18	7.06	3.96	1.78	0.77	18.6	10.4	1.29	.264	3.70	7.65
16	Jake Diekman J. Diekman	764	705	27	34	.443	0	3.91	0	0	19	602.1	483	262	312	53	358	47	141	21	2,662	44	11.42	5.35	2.13	0.79	28.7	13.4	1.40	.299	4.66	7.22
17	Willie Hernandez W. Hernandez	757	733	70	55	.560	0	3.21	0	0	147	994.1	886	355	389	91	323	24	419	77	4,126	33	6.85	2.92	2.34	0.82	18.3	7.8	1.22	.271	3.52	8.02
18	Eddie Guardado E. Guardado	738	883	43	46	.483	0	3.90	0	0	187	819.0	725	355	377	119	298	15	401	37	3,433	25	8.11	3.27	2.48	1.31	21.5	8.7	1.25	.268	4.14	7.97
19	Andrew Miller A. Miller	724	546	35	28	.556	0	2.95	0	0	63	504.0	351	165	183	47	201	46	147	9	2,091	25	12.93	3.59	3.60	0.84	34.6	9.6	1.10	.283	3.27	6.27
20	Mark Davis M. Davis	719	539	34	50	.405	0	3.46	0	0	96	708.1	601	272	306	70	336	17	265	51	3,028	45	9.14	4.27	2.14	0.89	23.7	11.1	1.32	.282	3.89	7.64
21	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	698	549	62	49	.559	0	2.80	0	0	133	860.2	703	268	303	72	304	9	351	69	3,524	38	7.30	3.18	2.30	0.75	19.8	8.6	1.17	.259	3.17	7.35
22	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	685	736	79	74	.516	0	2.78	0	0	178	1170.2	1,091	362	440	48	467	24	458	121	5,002	28	5.27	3.59	1.47	0.37	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.38	8.39
23	Will Smith W. Smith	684	601	27	35	.435	0	3.58	0	0	113	558.2	452	222	253	71	204	16	237	25	2,312	26	11.02	3.29	3.35	1.14	29.6	8.8	1.17	.285	4.08	7.28
24	Alan Embree A. Embree	679	878	39	43	.476	0	4.54	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
25	Taylor Rogers T. Rogers	672	625	37	39	.487	0	3.45	0	0	85	594.0	539	228	261	61	192	40	180	26	2,497	12	10.18	2.91	3.50	0.92	26.9	7.7	1.23	.312	3.95	8.17

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Team Pitching Leaders

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	91	56	.619
Cubs	81	66	.551	10.0
Pirates	73	73	.500	17.5
Cardinals	72	75	.490	19.0
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Fri 9/11	CIN	@	MIL	7:45 PM
Sat 9/12	CIN	@	MIL	7:10 PM
Sun 9/13	CIN	@	MIL	2:10 PM
Mon 9/14	LAD	@	CIN	6:40 PM
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Crow-Armstrong

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RBI Leaders

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Marlins	72	75	.490	14.0
Mets	68	78	.466	17.5
Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	91	56	.619
Cubs	81	66	.551	10.0
Pirates	73	73	.500	17.5
Cardinals	72	75	.490	19.0
Reds	69	77	.473	21.5
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Royals	65	82	.442	11.0
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Rangers	72	75	.490	3.0
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