Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1876 to 2008, (requiring At least 3500 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest sopbb
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Cnt Player **K/BB** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Mike Mussina 3.58 3562.2 1991 2008 22-39 537 536 57 23 0 270 153 .638 0 3460 1559 1458 785 2813 3.68 122 376 14593 29 60 1 71 BAL-NYY 2 Greg Maddux 3.37 5008.1 1986 2008 20-42 744 740 109 35 3 355 227 .610 0 4726 1981 1756 999 3371 3.16 132 353 20421 177 137 28 70 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 3 Randy Johnson 3.27 4039.1 1988 2008 24-44 596 586 100 37 5 295 160 .648 2 3249 1648 1461 1466 4789 3.26 137 392 16655 35 188 32 104 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY 4 Juan Marichal 3.25 3507.1 1960 1975 22-37 471 457 244 52 11 243 142 .631 2 3153 1329 1126 709 2303 2.89 123 320 14236 82 40 20 51 SFG-BOS-LAD 5 Fergie Jenkins 3.20 4500.2 1965 1983 22-40 664 594 267 49 37 284 226 .557 7 4142 1853 1669 997 3192 3.34 115 484 18400 116 84 18 62 PHI-TOT-CHC-TEX-BOS-CHC 6 Roger Clemens 2.96 4916.2 1984 2007 21-44 709 707 118 46 0 354 184 .658 0 4185 1885 1707 1580 4672 3.12 143 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU 7 Christy Mathewson 2.96 4780.2 1900 1916 19-35 635 551 434 79 74 373 188 .665 28 4218 1616 1133 844 2502 2.13 135 91 19136 59 6 114 NYG-TOT 8 Jim Bunning 2.86 3760.1 1955 1971 23-39 591 519 151 40 39 224 184 .549 16 3433 1527 1366 1000 2855 3.27 114 372 15618 98 160 8 47 DET-PHI-PIT-TOT 9 Bert Blyleven 2.80 4970 1970 1992 19-41 692 685 242 60 3 287 250 .534 0 4632 2029 1830 1322 3701 3.31 118 430 20491 71 155 19 114 MIN-TOT-TEX-PIT-CLE-MIN-CAL 10 Don Sutton 2.66 5282.1 1966 1988 21-43 774 756 178 58 12 324 256 .559 5 4692 2104 1914 1343 3574 3.26 108 472 21631 102 82 21 112 LAD-HOU-TOT-MIL-CAL-LAD 11 Tom Seaver 2.62 4782.2 1967 1986 22-41 656 647 231 61 6 311 205 .603 1 3971 1674 1521 1390 3640 2.86 127 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-NYM-CHW 12 Robin Roberts 2.61 4688.2 1948 1966 21-39 676 609 305 45 49 286 245 .539 25 4582 1962 1774 902 2357 3.41 113 505 19174 69 54 3 33 PHI-BAL-TOT 13 Mickey Lolich 2.58 3638.1 1963 1979 22-38 586 496 195 41 40 217 191 .532 11 3366 1537 1390 1099 2832 3.44 105 347 15140 67 92 8 124 DET-NYM-SDP 14 Walter Johnson 2.57 5914.2 1907 1927 19-39 802 666 531 110 129 417 279 .599 34 4913 1902 1424 1363 3509 2.17 147 97 23749 203 4 155 WSH 15 Gaylord Perry 2.56 5350.1 1962 1983 23-44 777 690 303 53 33 314 265 .542 11 4938 2128 1846 1379 3534 3.11 117 399 21953 164 108 6 160 SFG-CLE-TOT-TEX-SDP-TOT-ATL-SEA 16 Pud Galvin 2.42 5941.1 1879 1892 22-35 697 682 639 56 17 360 308 .539 1 6352 3318 1895 744 1799 2.87 107 122 25234 57 1 223 BUF-TOT-PIT-PBB 17 Bob Gibson 2.33 3884.1 1959 1975 23-39 528 482 255 56 21 251 174 .591 6 3279 1420 1258 1336 3117 2.91 127 257 16068 118 102 13 108 STL 18 Carl Hubbell 2.31 3590.1 1928 1943 25-40 535 431 260 36 82 253 154 .622 33 3461 1380 1188 725 1677 2.98 130 227 14805 53 1 53 NYG 19 Pete Alexander 2.31 5190 1911 1930 24-43 696 599 437 90 80 373 208 .642 32 4868 1851 1476 951 2198 2.56 135 164 20928 70 1 39 PHI-CHC-TOT-STL-PHI 20 Cy Young 2.30 7354.2 1890 1911 23-44 906 815 749 76 84 511 316 .618 17 7092 3167 2147 1217 2803 2.63 138 138 30058 163 3 156 CLV-STL-BOS-CLE-TOT 21 Jim McCormick 2.28 4275.2 1878 1887 21-30 492 485 466 33 6 265 214 .553 1 4092 2095 1155 749 1704 2.43 118 83 16884 12 0 157 IND-CLV-TOT-CHC-PIT 22 Jim Kaat 2.27 4530.1 1959 1983 20-44 898 625 180 31 102 283 237 .544 18 4620 2038 1738 1083 2461 3.45 107 395 19021 116 122 6 128 WSH-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI-TOT-STL 23 Steve Carlton 2.26 5217.1 1965 1988 20-43 741 709 254 55 13 329 244 .574 2 4672 2130 1864 1833 4136 3.22 115 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 24 Frank Tanana 2.21 4188.1 1973 1993 19-39 638 616 143 34 10 240 236 .504 1 4063 1910 1704 1255 2773 3.66 106 448 17641 116 129 27 119 CAL-BOS-TEX-TOT-DET 25 Rick Reuschel 2.16 3548.1 1972 1991 23-42 557 529 102 26 16 214 191 .528 5 3588 1494 1330 935 2015 3.37 114 221 14888 117 88 10 89 CHC-TOT-PIT-SFG ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **K/BB** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Jerry Koosman 2.13 3839.1 1967 1985 24-42 612 527 140 33 43 222 209 .515 17 3635 1608 1433 1198 2556 3.36 110 290 15996 121 71 29 89 NYM-MIN-TOT-CHW-PHI 27 Eddie Plank 2.10 4495.2 1901 1917 25-41 623 529 410 69 74 326 194 .627 23 3958 1569 1174 1072 2246 2.35 122 41 18225 196 6 87 PHA-SLM-SLB 28 Tim Keefe 2.10 5047.2 1880 1893 23-36 600 594 554 39 7 342 225 .603 2 4439 2468 1472 1220 2562 2.62 127 81 20975 96 0 233 TRO-NYP-NYG-NYI-TOT-PHI 29 Will White 2.10 3542.2 1877 1886 22-31 403 401 394 36 2 229 166 .580 0 3440 1844 896 496 1041 2.28 120 65 14829 68 0 168 BSN-CIN-DTN 30 Jamie Moyer 2.09 3746.2 1986 2008 23-45 637 584 31 9 14 246 185 .571 0 3876 1881 1743 1074 2248 4.19 106 464 15943 66 128 11 56 CHC-TEX-STL-BAL-TOT-SEA-PHI 31 Charley Radbourn 2.09 4535.1 1881 1891 26-36 528 503 489 35 24 309 195 .613 2 4335 2275 1348 875 1830 2.67 119 117 18910 54 0 217 PRO-BSN-BOS-CIN 32 Nolan Ryan 2.04 5386 1966 1993 19-46 807 773 222 61 13 324 292 .526 3 3923 2178 1911 2795 5714 3.19 111 321 22575 78 158 33 277 NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX 33 Paul Derringer 1.98 3645 1931 1945 24-38 579 445 251 32 98 223 212 .513 29 3912 1652 1401 761 1507 3.46 108 158 15391 32 2 50 STL-TOT-CIN-CHC 34 Bob Friend 1.94 3611 1951 1966 20-35 602 497 163 36 56 197 230 .461 11 3772 1652 1438 894 1734 3.58 107 286 15214 115 46 13 50 PIT-TOT 35 Lefty Grove 1.91 3940.2 1925 1941 25-41 616 457 298 35 123 300 141 .680 55 3849 1594 1339 1187 2266 3.06 148 162 16633 42 1 51 PHA-BOS 36 Phil Niekro 1.85 5404.1 1964 1987 25-48 864 716 245 45 83 318 274 .537 29 5044 2337 2012 1809 3342 3.35 115 482 22677 86 123 42 226 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT 37 Dennis Martinez 1.84 3999.2 1976 1998 21-43 692 562 122 30 51 245 193 .559 8 3897 1835 1643 1165 2149 3.70 106 372 16754 71 122 30 89 BAL-TOT-MON-CLE-SEA-ATL 38 Warren Spahn 1.80 5243.2 1942 1965 21-44 750 665 382 63 68 363 245 .597 29 4830 2016 1798 1434 2583 3.09 118 434 21547 60 42 5 81 BSN-MLN-TOT 39 Jack Morris 1.78 3824 1977 1994 22-39 549 527 175 28 10 254 186 .577 0 3567 1815 1657 1390 2478 3.90 105 389 16120 99 58 27 206 DET-MIN-TOR-CLE 40 Tommy John 1.78 4710.1 1963 1989 20-46 760 700 162 46 22 288 231 .555 4 4783 2017 1749 1259 2245 3.34 110 302 19692 102 98 16 187 CLE-CHW-LAD-NYY-TOT-CAL 41 Tom Glavine 1.74 4413.1 1987 2008 21-42 682 682 56 25 0 305 203 .600 0 4298 1900 1734 1500 2607 3.54 118 356 18604 145 66 7 65 ATL-NYM 42 Jerry Reuss 1.69 3669.2 1969 1990 20-41 628 547 127 39 41 220 191 .535 11 3734 1700 1483 1127 1907 3.64 100 245 15582 118 59 23 107 STL-HOU-PIT-LAD-TOT-CHW-PIT 43 Jim Palmer 1.69 3948 1965 1984 19-38 558 521 211 53 15 268 152 .638 4 3349 1395 1253 1311 2212 2.86 126 303 16112 37 38 11 85 BAL 44 John Clarkson 1.66 4536.1 1882 1894 20-32 531 518 485 37 12 328 178 .648 5 4295 2376 1417 1191 1978 2.81 134 161 11954 35 0 182 WOR-CHC-BSN-TOT-CLV 45 Jack Powell 1.59 4389 1897 1912 22-37 578 516 422 46 57 245 254 .491 15 4319 1991 1450 1021 1621 2.97 106 110 11013 121 2 72 CLV-STL-SLB-NYY-TOT-SLB 46 Jack Quinn 1.55 3920.1 1909 1933 25-49 756 444 243 28 216 247 218 .531 57 4238 1835 1433 860 1329 3.29 114 102 16493 94 5 59 NYY-BSN-BAL-CHW-NYY-BOS-TOT-PHA-BRO-CIN 47 Kid Nichols 1.47 5056.1 1890 1906 20-36 620 561 531 48 56 361 208 .634 17 4912 2477 1660 1268 1868 2.95 140 156 21243 133 1 169 BSN-STL-TOT-PHI 48 Bob Feller 1.46 3827 1936 1956 17-37 570 484 279 44 52 266 162 .621 21 3271 1557 1384 1764 2581 3.25 122 224 16180 6 60 13 75 CLE 49 Mickey Welch 1.43 4802 1880 1892 20-32 565 549 525 41 15 307 210 .594 4 4587 2556 1447 1297 1850 2.71 114 106 18186 29 1 274 TRO-NYG 50 Charlie Hough 1.42 3801.1 1970 1994 22-46 858 440 107 13 240 216 216 .500 61 3283 1807 1582 1665 2362 3.75 107 383 16170 44 174 42 179 LAD-TOT-TEX-CHW-FLA ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **K/BB** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Joe Niekro 1.38 3584 1967 1988 22-43 702 500 107 29 93 221 204 .520 16 3466 1620 1431 1262 1747 3.59 97 276 15166 71 65 8 172 CHC-TOT-DET-ATL-HOU-NYY-MIN 52 Vic Willis 1.36 3996 1898 1910 22-34 513 471 388 50 41 249 205 .548 11 3621 1628 1167 1212 1651 2.63 118 66 12535 157 6 95 BSN-PIT-STL 53 Herb Pennock 1.34 3571.2 1912 1934 18-40 617 420 247 35 133 240 162 .597 32 3900 1692 1428 916 1227 3.60 106 128 15154 36 6 65 PHA-TOT-BOS-NYY 54 Early Wynn 1.31 4564 1939 1963 19-43 691 612 290 49 66 300 244 .551 15 4291 2037 1796 1775 2334 3.54 107 338 19408 36 64 2 51 WSH-CLE-CHW 55 Red Ruffing 1.29 4344 1924 1947 19-42 624 536 335 45 71 273 225 .548 16 4284 2117 1833 1541 1987 3.80 109 254 18579 58 7 46 BOS-TOT-NYY-CHW 56 Tony Mullane 1.28 4531.1 1881 1894 22-35 555 504 468 30 52 284 220 .563 15 4195 2523 1537 1408 1803 3.05 118 98 10812 82 1 165 DTN-LOU-STL-TOL-CIN-TOT 57 Eppa Rixey 1.25 4494.2 1912 1933 21-42 692 552 290 37 97 266 251 .515 14 4633 1986 1572 1082 1350 3.15 115 92 18754 76 10 97 PHI-CIN 58 Red Faber 1.21 4086.2 1914 1933 25-44 669 483 273 29 134 254 213 .544 28 4106 1813 1430 1213 1471 3.15 119 111 17360 103 2 52 CHW 59 Bobo Newsom 1.20 3759.1 1929 1953 21-45 600 483 246 31 71 211 222 .487 21 3769 1908 1664 1732 2082 3.98 107 206 16467 61 7 60 BRO-CHC-SLB-TOT-WSH-SLB-DET-PHA-NYG 60 Waite Hoyt 1.20 3762.1 1918 1938 18-38 674 423 226 26 175 237 182 .566 52 4037 1780 1500 1003 1206 3.59 111 154 16123 49 5 39 NYG-BOS-NYY-TOT-PIT-BRO 61 George Mullin 1.20 3686.2 1902 1915 21-34 487 428 353 35 50 228 196 .538 8 3518 1636 1156 1238 1482 2.82 101 42 15638 131 2 85 DET-TOT-IND-NEW 62 Adonis Terry 1.20 3514.1 1884 1897 19-32 440 406 367 17 33 197 196 .501 6 3525 2298 1460 1298 1553 3.74 103 76 7754 39 1 148 BRO-TOT-PIT-CHC 63 Burleigh Grimes 1.17 4180 1916 1934 22-40 616 497 314 35 94 270 212 .560 18 4412 2048 1638 1295 1512 3.53 107 148 17959 97 12 92 PIT-BRO-NYG-PIT-TOT-STL-CHC-TOT 64 Amos Rusie 1.13 3769.2 1889 1901 18-30 462 427 392 30 35 245 174 .585 5 3384 2066 1287 1704 1934 3.07 129 76 1060 29 1 153 IND-NYG-CIN 65 Gus Weyhing 1.06 4324.1 1887 1901 20-34 538 503 448 28 35 264 232 .532 4 4562 2788 1867 1566 1665 3.89 102 120 9215 109 2 130 PHA-BWW-PHI-TOT-LOU-WHS 66 Ted Lyons 0.96 4161 1923 1946 22-45 594 484 356 27 92 260 230 .531 23 4489 2056 1696 1121 1073 3.67 118 223 17846 31 6 55 CHW 67 Earl Whitehill 0.94 3564.2 1923 1939 24-40 541 473 226 16 46 218 185 .541 11 3917 2018 1726 1431 1350 4.36 100 192 15795 101 6 43 DET-WSH-CLE-CHC 68 Sam Jones 0.88 3883 1914 1935 21-42 647 487 250 36 115 229 217 .513 31 4084 2007 1656 1396 1223 3.84 104 152 16699 68 5 73 CLE-BOS-NYY-SLB-WSH-CHW Seasons/Careers found: 68.
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