most strikeouts by a relief pitcher 2000 to 2015

Between the 2000 and 2015 seasons, Francisco Rodriguez fanned the most batters by a relief pitcher, with 1,067 strikeouts.

NAMESOGWLW%GSERACGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Francisco Rodriguez
F. Rodriguez
1,067
859
47
44
.516
0
2.69
0
0
386
892.1
662
267
289
83
357
15
602
40
3,658
62
10.76
3.60
2.99
0.84
29.2
9.8
1.14
.271
2.91
6.68
2Octavio Dotel
O. Dotel
948
719
49
40
.551
0
3.30
0
0
109
753.2
571
276
302
83
307
31
304
35
3,143
39
11.32
3.67
3.09
0.99
30.2
9.8
1.16
.275
3.61
6.82
3Kyle Farnsworth
K. Farnsworth
870
861
37
54
.407
0
4.01
0
0
57
831.1
768
370
404
98
344
23
292
36
3,566
36
9.42
3.72
2.53
1.06
24.4
9.6
1.34
.300
4.37
8.31
4Joe Nathan
J. Nathan
862
743
50
28
.641
0
2.49
0
0
376
745.2
525
206
217
57
239
18
584
27
2,978
40
10.40
2.88
3.61
0.69
28.9
8.0
1.02
.260
2.62
6.34
5Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
836
849
56
47
.544
0
2.05
0
0
523
907.0
698
207
227
49
167
38
768
28
3,562
8
8.30
1.66
5.01
0.49
23.5
4.7
0.95
.263
2.25
6.93
6Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
802
629
30
26
.536
0
2.30
0
0
321
650.0
443
166
190
60
192
26
529
21
2,577
35
11.10
2.66
4.18
0.83
31.1
7.5
0.98
.256
2.63
6.13
7Brad Lidge
B. Lidge
795
602
26
32
.448
0
3.55
0
0
225
600.1
490
237
257
57
285
33
368
41
2,576
46
11.92
4.27
2.79
0.85
30.9
11.1
1.29
.308
3.85
7.35
8Francisco Cordero
F. Cordero
777
780
45
51
.469
0
3.38
0
0
329
805.2
732
303
335
62
357
27
571
28
3,460
36
8.68
3.99
2.18
0.69
22.5
10.3
1.35
.300
3.74
8.18
9Jonathan Papelbon
J. Papelbon
762
649
39
32
.549
0
2.35
0
0
349
674.2
520
176
203
52
161
32
555
14
2,715
12
10.17
2.15
4.73
0.69
28.1
5.9
1.01
.274
2.71
6.94
10Joaquin Benoit
J. Benoit
727
606
40
23
.635
0
2.96
0
0
50
695.2
506
229
246
67
254
20
166
17
2,825
25
9.41
3.29
2.86
0.87
25.7
9.0
1.09
.250
3.18
6.55
11Rafael Betancourt
R. Betancourt
724
680
38
37
.507
0
3.36
0
0
75
685.2
596
256
274
71
164
1
241
40
2,787
17
9.50
2.15
4.41
0.93
26.0
5.9
1.11
.287
3.60
7.82
12Carlos Marmol
C. Marmol
698
506
18
29
.383
0
3.25
0
0
117
509.1
324
184
195
37
340
47
259
20
2,207
32
12.33
6.01
2.05
0.65
31.6
15.4
1.30
.265
3.45
5.73
13Jose Valverde
J. Valverde
692
626
27
33
.450
0
3.27
0
0
288
630.1
490
229
255
67
264
26
520
31
2,646
24
9.88
3.77
2.62
0.96
26.2
10.0
1.20
.265
3.64
7.00
14Jonathan Broxton
J. Broxton
685
608
39
35
.527
0
3.23
0
0
118
599.2
505
215
241
42
233
17
271
27
2,499
19
10.28
3.50
2.94
0.63
27.4
9.3
1.23
.304
3.62
7.58
15Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
685
700
37
55
.402
0
3.71
0
0
236
700.1
612
289
319
53
341
42
440
30
3,055
41
8.80
4.38
2.01
0.68
22.4
11.2
1.36
.289
4.10
7.86
16LaTroy Hawkins
L. Hawkins
684
943
49
50
.495
0
3.28
0
0
127
946.0
927
345
377
77
267
10
372
32
3,947
43
6.51
2.54
2.56
0.73
17.3
6.8
1.26
.292
3.59
8.82
17Guillermo Mota
G. Mota
669
692
37
41
.474
0
4.01
0
0
10
801.1
708
357
372
85
306
22
194
47
3,361
31
7.51
3.44
2.19
0.95
19.9
9.1
1.27
.273
4.18
7.95
18Huston Street
H. Street
648
638
39
32
.549
0
2.85
0
0
315
653.2
509
207
221
65
170
8
502
35
2,598
20
8.92
2.34
3.81
0.89
24.9
6.5
1.04
.260
3.04
7.01
19Brian Fuentes
B. Fuentes
639
650
26
43
.377
0
3.62
0
0
204
613.1
515
247
267
64
258
52
381
25
2,622
32
9.38
3.79
2.48
0.94
24.4
9.8
1.26
.280
3.92
7.56
20Heath Bell
H. Bell
637
590
38
32
.543
0
3.49
0
0
168
628.2
584
244
258
48
214
16
292
21
2,635
27
9.12
3.06
2.98
0.69
24.2
8.1
1.27
.312
3.69
8.36
21Kevin Gregg
K. Gregg
631
586
26
44
.371
0
4.20
0
0
177
677.1
636
316
342
71
313
26
382
21
2,963
50
8.38
4.16
2.02
0.94
21.3
10.6
1.40
.294
4.54
8.45
22Matt Thornton
M. Thornton
629
729
35
45
.438
0
3.33
0
0
23
640.2
569
237
258
49
238
19
162
37
2,697
28
8.84
3.34
2.64
0.69
23.3
8.8
1.26
.295
3.62
7.99
23Jason Frasor
J. Frasor
615
679
35
35
.500
0
3.49
0
0
36
646.2
568
251
267
56
283
23
205
32
2,747
38
8.56
3.94
2.17
0.78
22.4
10.3
1.32
.289
3.72
7.91
24Rafael Soriano
R. Soriano
615
583
24
25
.490
0
2.73
0
0
207
594.0
446
180
188
54
181
15
343
19
2,385
11
9.32
2.74
3.40
0.82
25.8
7.6
1.06
.258
2.85
6.76
25David Robertson
D. Robertson
610
462
31
24
.564
0
2.90
0
0
81
456.2
358
147
156
37
179
10
180
20
1,886
31
12.02
3.53
3.41
0.73
32.3
9.5
1.18
.306
3.07
7.06
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