RELIEVERS: Best K%-BB% in August 2023

K%-BB% remains the focus. We look at relievers with a 25% K%-BB% or better in August. It's a sizeable list. Because sample sizes are so small, we take a broader look at their season-long body of work, too. We start with a grouping of at least 30% K%-BB% in August and at least 25% K%-BB% across the year-to-date:

L30                     Sv  IP  xERA WHIP K% K%-BB% hr/9
====================    == ==== ==== ==== == ====== ==== 
R.Stephenson (TAM)       0 10.3 1.72 0.48 47   44    1.7
A.J.Puk (MIA) (L)        0 10.0 2.23 0.80 45   34    0.9
J.Hader (SD) (L)         3  6.7 2.65 1.35 45   34    1.4
D.Williams (MIL)         5  9.0 2.70 0.67 42   33    0.0
G.Speier (SEA) (L)       1  9.7 2.35 1.34 32   30    1.9
R.Iglesias (ATL)         6 12.0...

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