rp best k/9 in a single season, min 48 ip

Aroldis Chapman has the best K/9 by a relief pitcher with 48.0+ innings pitched in a season, with 17.67 per nine innings in 2014.

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 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
11 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
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 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
17 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
18 Matt Barnes
M. Barnes
15.39
64.1
2019
BOS BOS
70
5
4
.556
0
3.78
110
0
0
4
51
27
29
8
38
2
14
2
285
13
5.32
2.89
1.12
38.6
13.3
1.38
.339
4.06
7.13
19 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
15.36
58.0
2019
NYM NYM
66
2
7
.222
0
5.59
99
0
0
26
58
36
36
15
22
4
48
3
254
3
3.41
4.50
2.33
39.0
8.7
1.38
.377
5.59
9.00
20 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
15.33
51.2
2016
SEA SEA
49
0
4
.000
0
2.79
88
0
0
18
45
16
16
5
15
3
23
2
217
6
2.61
5.87
0.87
40.6
6.9
1.16
.377
2.79
7.84
21 Aroldis Chapman
A. Chapman
15.32
71.2
2012
CIN CIN
68
5
5
.500
0
1.51
122
0
0
38
35
12
13
4
23
4
52
0
276
4
2.89
5.30
0.50
44.2
8.3
0.81
.252
1.63
4.40
22 Nick Anderson
N. Anderson
15.23
65.0
2019
TOT
68
5
4
.556
0
3.32
110
0
0
1
52
24
24
8
18
2
3
4
264
4
2.49
6.11
1.11
41.7
6.8
1.08
.349
3.32
7.20
23 Edwin Díaz
E. Díaz
15.22
73.1
2018
SEA SEA
73
0
4
.000
0
1.96
124
0
0
57
41
16
17
5
17
6
65
0
280
3
2.09
7.29
0.61
44.3
6.1
0.79
.281
2.09
5.03
24 Craig Kimbrel
C. Kimbrel
15.08
59.2
2021
TOT
63
4
5
.444
0
2.26
100
0
0
24
31
15
19
6
23
3
43
1
235
8
3.47
4.35
0.91
42.6
9.8
0.91
.243
2.87
4.68
25 Dellin Betances
D. Betances
15.08
59.2
2017
NYY NYY
66
3
6
.333
0
2.87
100
0
0
10
29
19
20
3
44
11
21
0
261
5
6.64
2.27
0.45
38.3
16.9
1.22
.252
3.02
4.37
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