Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1940 to 2008, (requiring At least 3000 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest SOp9
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Cnt Player **SO/9** 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 Lew Burdette 3.15 3067.1 1950 1967 23-40 626 373 158 33 128 203 144 .585 31 3186 1400 1246 628 1074 3.66 98 289 12745 63 56 7 23 NYY-BSN-MLN-TOT-CAL 2 Murry Dickson 3.78 3048.2 1940 1959 23-42 624 338 149 27 146 172 181 .487 23 3028 1431 1240 1057 1279 3.66 109 302 12924 18 37 2 34 STL-PIT-PHI-TOT-STL-KCA 3 Doyle Alexander 4.08 3367.2 1971 1989 20-38 561 464 98 18 56 194 174 .527 3 3376 1541 1406 978 1528 3.76 103 324 14162 60 53 10 74 LAD-BAL-TOT-TEX-ATL-SFG-NYY-TOT-TOR-DET 4 Mike Torrez 4.15 3044 1967 1984 20-37 494 458 117 15 13 185 160 .536 0 3043 1501 1340 1371 1404 3.96 98 223 13179 84 59 11 103 STL-TOT-MON-BAL-OAK-BOS-NYM 5 Claude Osteen 4.19 3460.1 1957 1975 17-35 541 488 140 40 24 196 195 .501 1 3471 1435 1268 940 1612 3.30 104 249 14433 93 45 6 67 CIN-TOT-WSA-LAD-CHW 6 Tommy John 4.29 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 7 Jim Perry 4.32 3285.2 1959 1975 23-39 630 447 109 32 64 215 174 .553 10 3127 1407 1258 998 1576 3.45 106 308 13732 93 80 3 55 CLE-TOT-MIN-DET-CLE 8 Bob Friend 4.32 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 9 Joe Niekro 4.39 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 10 Warren Spahn 4.43 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 11 Robin Roberts 4.52 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 12 Curt Simmons 4.56 3348.1 1947 1967 18-38 569 462 163 36 54 193 183 .513 5 3313 1551 1318 1063 1697 3.54 111 255 14144 62 53 4 39 PHI-TOT-STL 13 Early Wynn 4.62 4543.2 1941 1963 21-43 688 609 289 49 66 300 242 .554 15 4265 2022 1783 1765 2333 3.53 107 338 19311 36 64 2 49 WSH-CLE-CHW 14 Jerry Reuss 4.68 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 15 Larry Jackson 4.71 3262.2 1955 1968 24-37 558 429 149 37 73 194 183 .515 20 3206 1405 1233 824 1709 3.40 113 259 13593 106 68 6 56 STL-CHC-TOT-PHI 16 Rick Wise 4.74 3127 1964 1982 18-36 506 455 138 30 15 188 181 .509 0 3227 1455 1281 804 1647 3.69 101 261 13157 83 44 9 49 PHI-STL-BOS-CLE-SDP 17 Dennis Martinez 4.84 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 18 Milt Pappas 4.88 3186 1957 1973 18-34 520 465 129 43 33 209 164 .560 4 3046 1331 1203 858 1728 3.40 110 298 13198 89 72 6 97 BAL-CIN-TOT-ATL-CHC 19 Jim Kaat 4.89 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 20 Jim Palmer 5.04 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 21 Rick Reuschel 5.11 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 22 Catfish Hunter 5.25 3449.1 1965 1979 19-33 500 476 181 42 6 224 166 .574 1 2958 1380 1248 954 2012 3.26 104 374 14032 57 49 7 49 KCA-OAK-NYY 23 Tom Glavine 5.32 4406.1 1987 2008 21-42 680 680 56 25 0 305 201 .603 0 4285 1889 1723 1492 2604 3.52 118 353 18565 143 66 7 65 ATL-NYM 24 Jamie Moyer 5.37 3625.1 1986 2008 23-45 617 564 31 9 14 236 181 .566 0 3770 1837 1700 1030 2165 4.22 105 455 15432 64 120 11 53 CHC-TEX-STL-BAL-TOT-SEA-PHI 25 Kenny Rogers 5.40 3195.2 1989 2008 24-43 744 456 36 9 133 214 147 .593 28 3328 1665 1499 1136 1916 4.22 109 325 13807 51 121 23 78 TEX-NYY-OAK-TOT-TEX-MIN-DET ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **SO/9** 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 Billy Pierce 5.44 3306.2 1945 1964 18-37 585 432 193 38 84 211 169 .555 32 2989 1325 1201 1178 1999 3.27 119 284 13853 35 30 10 48 DET-CHW-SFG 27 Bob Feller 5.53 3042 1940 1956 21-37 452 386 221 38 37 211 132 .615 17 2651 1219 1085 1261 1869 3.21 119 193 12759 6 44 6 43 CLE 28 Whitey Ford 5.55 3170.1 1950 1967 21-38 498 438 156 45 35 236 106 .690 10 2766 1107 967 1086 1956 2.75 133 228 13036 44 28 5 75 NYY 29 Phil Niekro 5.57 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 30 Charlie Hough 5.59 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 31 Bob Welch 5.73 3092 1978 1994 21-37 506 462 61 28 20 211 146 .591 8 2894 1310 1191 1034 1969 3.47 106 267 12956 60 79 45 55 LAD-OAK 32 David Wells 5.76 3439 1987 2007 24-44 660 489 54 12 65 239 157 .604 13 3635 1702 1578 719 2201 4.13 108 407 14413 65 83 17 101 TOR-DET-TOT-BAL-NYY-TOR-CHW-NYY-SDP-BOS-TOT 33 Orel Hershiser 5.79 3130.1 1983 2000 24-41 510 466 68 25 19 204 150 .576 5 2939 1366 1211 1007 2014 3.48 112 235 13150 108 117 23 121 LAD-CLE-SFG-NYM-LAD 34 Danny Darwin 5.79 3016.2 1978 1998 22-42 716 371 53 9 171 171 182 .484 32 2951 1431 1286 874 1942 3.84 106 321 12716 101 81 17 52 TEX-MIL-TOT-HOU-BOS-TOT-SFG 35 Jack Morris 5.83 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 36 Vida Blue 5.85 3343.1 1969 1986 19-36 502 473 143 37 11 209 161 .565 2 2939 1357 1213 1185 2175 3.27 108 263 13837 61 23 13 103 OAK-SFG-KCR 37 Juan Marichal 5.91 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 38 Gaylord Perry 5.94 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 39 Frank Tanana 5.96 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 40 Jerry Koosman 5.99 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 41 Don Sutton 6.09 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 42 Greg Maddux 6.10 4892 1986 2008 20-42 724 720 109 35 3 350 218 .616 0 4602 1912 1695 981 3315 3.12 134 338 19936 175 131 27 68 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 43 Luis Tiant 6.24 3486.1 1964 1982 23-41 573 484 187 49 51 229 172 .571 15 3075 1400 1280 1104 2416 3.30 114 346 14365 53 49 4 27 CLE-MIN-BOS-NYY-PIT-CAL 44 Fergie Jenkins 6.38 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 45 Don Drysdale 6.52 3432 1956 1969 19-32 518 465 167 49 34 209 166 .557 6 3084 1292 1124 855 2486 2.95 121 280 14097 123 154 10 82 BRO-LAD 46 Dennis Eckersley 6.58 3285.2 1975 1998 20-43 1071 361 100 20 577 197 171 .535 390 3076 1382 1278 738 2401 3.50 116 347 13534 91 75 16 28 CLE-BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL 47 Kevin Brown 6.62 3256.1 1986 2005 21-40 486 476 72 17 1 211 144 .594 0 3079 1357 1185 901 2397 3.28 127 208 13542 42 139 15 108 TEX-BAL-FLA-SDP-LAD-NYY 48 Bert Blyleven 6.70 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 49 Jim Bunning 6.83 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 50 Tom Seaver 6.85 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **SO/9** 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 Mickey Lolich 7.01 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 52 Mike Mussina 7.09 3429.2 1991 2008 22-39 516 515 57 23 0 259 148 .636 0 3321 1513 1413 765 2702 3.71 122 368 14058 26 56 1 69 BAL-NYY 53 Steve Carlton 7.13 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 54 Bob Gibson 7.22 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 55 Chuck Finley 7.35 3197.1 1986 2002 23-39 524 467 63 15 24 200 173 .536 0 3069 1517 1366 1332 2610 3.85 115 304 13638 36 76 22 130 CAL-ANA-CLE-TOT 56 John Smoltz 7.98 3395 1988 2008 21-41 708 466 53 16 204 210 147 .588 154 2979 1336 1229 992 3011 3.26 127 277 13927 82 54 16 145 ATL 57 Roger Clemens 8.55 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 58 Curt Schilling 8.60 3261 1988 2007 21-40 569 436 83 20 81 216 146 .597 22 2998 1318 1253 711 3116 3.46 127 347 13284 43 52 8 72 BAL-HOU-PHI-TOT-ARI-BOS 59 Nolan Ryan 9.55 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 60 Randy Johnson 10.76 3913.1 1988 2008 24-44 576 566 98 37 5 288 152 .655 2 3124 1587 1406 1437 4680 3.23 138 375 16128 29 185 32 103 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY Seasons/Careers found: 60.
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