Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 2010 to 2016, (requiring At least 80% games in relief and At least 375 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest Strikeouts per 9 IP: Results
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Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | SH | SF | 2B | 3B | GDP | SB | CS | PO | ||||||||||
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1 | Aroldis Chapman | 15.18 | 377.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 22-28 | 383 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 273 | 23 | 21 | .523 | 182 | 201 | 93 | 87 | 173 | 636 | 2.08 | 1.88 | 192 | 19 | 1494 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 35 | CIN-NYY-CHC | .155 | .262 | .227 | .488 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 3 | 14 | 27 | 14 | 8 |
2 | Craig Kimbrel | 14.49 | 401.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 22-28 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 341 | 21 | 18 | .538 | 256 | 221 | 92 | 83 | 160 | 646 | 1.86 | 1.88 | 210 | 22 | 1586 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 32 | ATL-SDP-BOS | .157 | .249 | .229 | .479 | 36 | 5 | 3 | 31 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 1 |
3 | Kenley Jansen | 13.92 | 408.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 22-28 | 409 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 276 | 19 | 13 | .594 | 189 | 246 | 101 | 100 | 119 | 632 | 2.20 | 1.93 | 169 | 30 | 1590 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 9 | LAD | .170 | .238 | .270 | .509 | 46 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 5 | 0 |
4 | David Robertson | 11.85 | 445.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 25-31 | 454 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 200 | 30 | 26 | .536 | 117 | 346 | 143 | 137 | 173 | 586 | 2.77 | 2.75 | 148 | 36 | 1831 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 20 | NYY-CHW | .213 | .291 | .322 | .614 | 69 | 13 | 6 | 55 | 8 | 20 | 55 | 7 | 1 |
5 | John Axford | 10.28 | 442.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 27-33 | 464 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 | 34 | 32 | .515 | 143 | 399 | 193 | 176 | 215 | 505 | 3.58 | 3.54 | 114 | 41 | 1924 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 37 | MIL-STL-PIT-CLE-COL-OAK | .239 | .327 | .355 | .681 | 89 | 13 | 14 | 59 | 6 | 29 | 33 | 9 | 0 |
6 | Tyler Clippard | 10.09 | 527.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 25-31 | 509 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 38 | 31 | .551 | 56 | 359 | 176 | 163 | 200 | 591 | 2.78 | 3.50 | 142 | 58 | 2130 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 20 | WSN-OAK-NYM-NYY-ARI | .191 | .271 | .326 | .597 | 66 | 16 | 19 | 64 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 2 |
7 | Joaquin Benoit | 9.99 | 427.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 32-38 | 439 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 27 | 17 | .614 | 43 | 284 | 122 | 114 | 133 | 474 | 2.40 | 3.23 | 166 | 45 | 1674 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 14 | TBR-DET-SDP-TOR-SEA | .189 | .256 | .316 | .572 | 58 | 13 | 15 | 45 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 1 |
8 | David Hernandez | 9.94 | 385.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 25-31 | 359 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 24 | 29 | .453 | 20 | 329 | 170 | 161 | 161 | 426 | 3.76 | 3.75 | 108 | 44 | 1646 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 33 | BAL-ARI-PHI | .227 | .310 | .369 | .680 | 88 | 8 | 7 | 69 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 2 |
9 | Steve Cishek | 9.74 | 377.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 24-30 | 373 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 239 | 21 | 26 | .447 | 120 | 310 | 136 | 118 | 140 | 408 | 2.82 | 2.94 | 140 | 22 | 1576 | 26 | 17 | 1 | 13 | FLA-MIA-STL-SEA | .223 | .299 | .327 | .627 | 76 | 16 | 10 | 62 | 9 | 30 | 23 | 10 | 1 |
10 | Jonathan Papelbon | 9.72 | 427.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 29-35 | 421 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 358 | 27 | 25 | .519 | 217 | 357 | 156 | 136 | 108 | 462 | 2.86 | 2.94 | 141 | 36 | 1751 | 13 | 22 | 1 | 9 | BOS-PHI-WSN | .223 | .281 | .336 | .616 | 70 | 14 | 6 | 66 | 3 | 21 | 41 | 6 | 1 |
11 | Francisco Rodriguez | 9.58 | 431.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 28-34 | 442 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 294 | 24 | 25 | .490 | 187 | 351 | 149 | 142 | 142 | 459 | 2.97 | 3.45 | 134 | 48 | 1760 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 22 | NYM-MIL-BAL-DET | .221 | .286 | .365 | .651 | 80 | 10 | 10 | 67 | 9 | 25 | 41 | 7 | 3 |
12 | Fernando Rodney | 9.19 | 435.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 33-39 | 459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 302 | 24 | 29 | .453 | 191 | 366 | 174 | 157 | 208 | 445 | 3.24 | 3.49 | 119 | 27 | 1876 | 14 | 28 | 2 | 29 | LAA-TBR-SEA-CHC-SDP-MIA | .226 | .324 | .325 | .649 | 84 | 17 | 6 | 74 | 2 | 37 | 44 | 11 | 3 |
13 | Fernando Salas | 8.92 | 388.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 25-31 | 391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 19 | 22 | .463 | 30 | 335 | 164 | 157 | 114 | 385 | 3.64 | 3.53 | 105 | 44 | 1603 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 15 | STL-LAA-NYM | .231 | .289 | .388 | .677 | 89 | 19 | 12 | 76 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 0 |
14 | Luke Gregerson | 8.63 | 463.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 26-32 | 486 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 31 | 29 | .517 | 64 | 354 | 163 | 143 | 119 | 444 | 2.78 | 3.06 | 133 | 36 | 1853 | 17 | 15 | 0 | 19 | SDP-OAK-HOU | .209 | .266 | .325 | .592 | 69 | 20 | 6 | 71 | 9 | 30 | 47 | 2 | 0 |
15 | Drew Storen | 8.61 | 385.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 22-28 | 412 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 178 | 25 | 16 | .610 | 98 | 337 | 151 | 142 | 109 | 369 | 3.31 | 3.24 | 119 | 31 | 1598 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 14 | WSN-TOR-SEA | .234 | .296 | .344 | .639 | 78 | 15 | 9 | 60 | 3 | 29 | 24 | 5 | 0 |
16 | Santiago Casilla | 8.35 | 394.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 29-35 | 414 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 212 | 32 | 22 | .593 | 123 | 303 | 118 | 106 | 155 | 366 | 2.42 | 3.56 | 153 | 30 | 1619 | 21 | 20 | 3 | 32 | SFG | .213 | .298 | .320 | .619 | 78 | 17 | 7 | 50 | 6 | 45 | 22 | 8 | 0 |
17 | Mark Melancon | 8.30 | 430.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 25-31 | 431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 270 | 21 | 17 | .553 | 168 | 349 | 140 | 122 | 91 | 397 | 2.55 | 2.73 | 152 | 25 | 1712 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 21 | NYY-HOU-BOS-PIT-WSN | .219 | .266 | .301 | .567 | 60 | 5 | 8 | 52 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 0 |
18 | Brett Cecil | 8.25 | 562.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 23-29 | 312 | 57 | 2 | 1 | 63 | 34 | 38 | .472 | 11 | 535 | 265 | 251 | 190 | 516 | 4.01 | 3.90 | 104 | 67 | 2383 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 18 | TOR | .250 | .313 | .404 | .717 | 94 | 12 | 20 | 106 | 12 | 47 | 37 | 9 | 5 |
19 | Carlos Torres | 8.12 | 390.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 27-33 | 273 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 25 | 25 | .500 | 4 | 366 | 171 | 165 | 138 | 352 | 3.81 | 3.91 | 103 | 43 | 1641 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 22 | CHW-COL-NYM-MIL | .251 | .319 | .400 | .719 | 102 | 16 | 12 | 74 | 8 | 34 | 21 | 6 | 3 |
20 | Tony Watson | 8.04 | 386.1 | 2011 | 2016 | 26-31 | 403 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 26 | 13 | .667 | 20 | 293 | 117 | 110 | 107 | 345 | 2.56 | 3.45 | 148 | 34 | 1539 | 8 | 21 | 0 | 4 | PIT | .212 | .277 | .329 | .606 | 72 | 17 | 13 | 51 | 4 | 36 | 32 | 5 | 3 |
21 | Carlos Villanueva | 7.87 | 626.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 26-32 | 296 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 68 | 33 | 31 | .516 | 6 | 609 | 306 | 300 | 194 | 548 | 4.31 | 4.11 | 94 | 84 | 2644 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 21 | MIL-TOR-CHC-STL-SDP | .255 | .314 | .430 | .744 | 104 | 16 | 22 | 137 | 15 | 46 | 57 | 20 | 1 |
22 | Randall Delgado | 7.68 | 468.2 | 2011 | 2016 | 21-26 | 235 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 27 | 27 | .500 | 1 | 445 | 230 | 216 | 183 | 400 | 4.15 | 4.25 | 96 | 58 | 2005 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 29 | ATL-ARI | .251 | .322 | .413 | .735 | 103 | 17 | 17 | 100 | 7 | 33 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
23 | Esmil Rogers | 7.66 | 450.0 | 2010 | 2015 | 24-29 | 209 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 19 | 22 | .463 | 0 | 530 | 301 | 280 | 178 | 383 | 5.60 | 4.46 | 76 | 60 | 2038 | 13 | 26 | 6 | 34 | COL-CLE-TOR-NYY | .293 | .362 | .461 | .823 | 121 | 11 | 15 | 94 | 15 | 44 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
24 | Craig Stammen | 7.53 | 385.0 | 2010 | 2015 | 26-31 | 210 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 22 | 17 | .564 | 1 | 382 | 170 | 153 | 125 | 322 | 3.58 | 3.43 | 110 | 29 | 1630 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 10 | WSN | .261 | .320 | .392 | .712 | 98 | 21 | 13 | 82 | 11 | 40 | 33 | 6 | 0 |
25 | Zach Britton | 7.43 | 463.2 | 2011 | 2016 | 23-28 | 252 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 170 | 27 | 21 | .563 | 120 | 410 | 193 | 167 | 166 | 383 | 3.24 | 3.39 | 129 | 30 | 1910 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 27 | BAL | .239 | .307 | .339 | .645 | 76 | 13 | 9 | 71 | 5 | 61 | 13 | 9 | 3 |
Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | SH | SF | 2B | 3B | GDP | SB | CS | PO | ||||||||||
26 | Matt Belisle | 7.41 | 461.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 30-36 | 442 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 30 | 32 | .484 | 4 | 479 | 198 | 178 | 104 | 380 | 3.47 | 3.08 | 128 | 31 | 1932 | 23 | 14 | 2 | 14 | COL-STL-WSN | .269 | .312 | .385 | .697 | 84 | 21 | 10 | 94 | 10 | 47 | 12 | 9 | 1 |
27 | Joe Smith | 7.32 | 429.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 26-32 | 466 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 110 | 32 | 23 | .582 | 29 | 345 | 140 | 131 | 145 | 349 | 2.75 | 3.54 | 140 | 30 | 1747 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 11 | CLE-LAA-CHC | .221 | .295 | .316 | .612 | 73 | 13 | 5 | 49 | 5 | 43 | 19 | 14 | 10 |
28 | Alexi Ogando | 7.28 | 503.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 26-32 | 283 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 33 | 18 | .647 | 4 | 440 | 209 | 194 | 183 | 407 | 3.47 | 4.03 | 124 | 53 | 2102 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 27 | TEX-BOS-ATL | .235 | .308 | .370 | .677 | 81 | 11 | 17 | 76 | 8 | 42 | 28 | 10 | 2 |
29 | Franklin Morales | 7.22 | 385.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 24-30 | 252 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 16 | 24 | .400 | 4 | 383 | 212 | 195 | 169 | 309 | 4.55 | 4.79 | 94 | 53 | 1690 | 12 | 24 | 15 | 22 | COL-BOS-KCR-TOR | .261 | .343 | .432 | .775 | 108 | 12 | 15 | 75 | 9 | 34 | 25 | 4 | 12 |
30 | Zach Duke | 7.11 | 461.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 27-33 | 310 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 23 | 29 | .442 | 4 | 507 | 243 | 221 | 162 | 364 | 4.31 | 4.00 | 92 | 48 | 2017 | 13 | 13 | 3 | 14 | PIT-ARI-WSN-CIN-MIL-CHW-STL | .280 | .342 | .425 | .767 | 113 | 19 | 13 | 96 | 11 | 57 | 21 | 9 | 4 |
31 | Edward Mujica | 7.07 | 383.0 | 2010 | 2015 | 26-31 | 374 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 18 | 20 | .474 | 48 | 360 | 156 | 146 | 58 | 301 | 3.43 | 3.80 | 114 | 53 | 1525 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 5 | SDP-FLA-STL-MIA-BOS-OAK | .250 | .280 | .417 | .697 | 93 | 14 | 6 | 67 | 8 | 41 | 23 | 8 | 3 |
32 | Craig Breslow | 6.89 | 390.1 | 2010 | 2016 | 29-35 | 386 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 14 | 18 | .438 | 7 | 386 | 175 | 154 | 145 | 299 | 3.55 | 4.15 | 116 | 42 | 1666 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 14 | OAK-BOS-ARI-MIA | .260 | .327 | .408 | .735 | 100 | 13 | 12 | 80 | 7 | 39 | 12 | 18 | 9 |
33 | Jim Johnson | 6.88 | 441.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 27-33 | 431 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224 | 21 | 29 | .420 | 143 | 442 | 193 | 176 | 134 | 337 | 3.59 | 3.48 | 114 | 28 | 1863 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 22 | BAL-OAK-DET-LAD-ATL | .264 | .327 | .358 | .684 | 90 | 16 | 8 | 60 | 7 | 65 | 30 | 6 | 1 |
34 | Chad Qualls | 6.59 | 381.0 | 2010 | 2016 | 31-37 | 435 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 22 | 25 | .468 | 35 | 421 | 206 | 188 | 97 | 279 | 4.44 | 3.85 | 90 | 41 | 1637 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 17 | TBR-ARI-SDP-PIT-PHI-NYY-MIA-HOU-COL | .281 | .326 | .421 | .747 | 106 | 21 | 12 | 71 | 8 | 38 | 52 | 11 | 2 |
35 | Brad Ziegler | 6.19 | 463.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 30-36 | 488 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 29 | 24 | .547 | 67 | 397 | 153 | 130 | 157 | 319 | 2.52 | 3.36 | 161 | 19 | 1889 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 5 | OAK-ARI-BOS | .235 | .303 | .317 | .620 | 72 | 11 | 12 | 68 | 7 | 80 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
36 | Brian Duensing | 5.99 | 578.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 27-33 | 344 | 52 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 37 | 35 | .514 | 2 | 620 | 293 | 270 | 180 | 385 | 4.20 | 4.07 | 97 | 59 | 2479 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 21 | MIN-BAL | .275 | .330 | .423 | .754 | 107 | 18 | 14 | 125 | 16 | 62 | 24 | 13 | 5 |
37 | Burke Badenhop | 5.91 | 393.0 | 2010 | 2015 | 27-32 | 370 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 11 | 20 | .355 | 4 | 393 | 168 | 151 | 108 | 258 | 3.46 | 3.43 | 115 | 23 | 1647 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 10 | FLA-TBR-MIL-BOS-CIN | .263 | .314 | .375 | .688 | 91 | 21 | 15 | 74 | 12 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 1 |
38 | Anthony Swarzak | 5.87 | 425.0 | 2011 | 2016 | 25-30 | 205 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 19 | .424 | 0 | 452 | 219 | 202 | 118 | 277 | 4.28 | 4.10 | 95 | 47 | 1804 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 8 | MIN-CLE-NYY | .273 | .322 | .420 | .742 | 103 | 8 | 17 | 83 | 9 | 40 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
39 | Tommy Hunter | 5.71 | 587.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 23-29 | 295 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 76 | 39 | 27 | .591 | 16 | 609 | 282 | 265 | 123 | 373 | 4.06 | 4.48 | 105 | 88 | 2441 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 5 | TEX-BAL-CHC-CLE | .268 | .308 | .434 | .742 | 99 | 12 | 15 | 96 | 9 | 72 | 33 | 17 | 0 |
40 | Jeanmar Gomez | 5.48 | 492.2 | 2010 | 2016 | 22-28 | 255 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 24 | 26 | .480 | 38 | 536 | 258 | 233 | 161 | 300 | 4.26 | 4.27 | 90 | 50 | 2138 | 25 | 16 | 0 | 19 | CLE-PIT-PHI | .279 | .335 | .425 | .760 | 114 | 10 | 27 | 109 | 11 | 51 | 35 | 18 | 3 |
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