Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1978 to 2008, (requiring At least 2500 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest BBp9

  Cnt Player             **BB/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         BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  OPS   SH  SF  2B  3B GDP  SB   CS  Pk
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    1 Bret Saberhagen      1.65   2562.2 1984 2001 20-37  399 371  76  16  13 167 117  .588   1 2452 1036  952  471 1715   3.34  126 218 10421  34  59  12  53 KCR-NYM-TOT-BOS  .252  .289  .382  .671   81  89  68 445  85 167  115  87  38 
    2 Dennis Eckersley     1.75   2652.1 1978 1998 23-43  968 274  73  12 569 157 139  .530 387 2560 1139 1051  516 1858   3.57  116 287 10913  70  56  13  15 BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL-BOS  .251  .289  .394  .683   84  82  76 488  52 127  288  67  14 
    3 Greg Maddux          1.81   4814.1 1986 2007 20-41  711 707 109  35   3 347 214  .619   0 4522 1876 1665  969 3273   3.11  134 332 19617 172 131  26  68 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP  .249  .291  .356  .647   74 265 111 780  80 406  523 165  27 
    4 David Wells          1.88   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  .271  .310  .427  .737   93 106  84 741  65 266  268 120  51 
    5 Curt Schilling       1.96   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  .243  .286  .387  .673   76 123  76 612  60 193  105  79  14 
    6 Mike Mussina         2.02   3362.1 1991 2007 22-38  503 502  57  23   0 250 144  .635   0 3246 1474 1383  754 2663   3.70  122 359 13774  26  52   1  67 BAL-NYY      .253  .296  .398  .694   80  86  75 672  51 269  170 110   5 
    7 Bill Gullickson      2.19   2560   1979 1994 20-35  398 390  54  11   3 162 136  .544   0 2659 1228 1118  622 1279   3.93   98 282 10744  82  34   8  56 MON-CIN-TOT-HOU-DET  .268  .311  .418  .729  103  95  85 489  73 163  234 102   4 
    8 Scott Sanderson      2.20   2561.2 1978 1996 21-39  472 407  43  14  18 163 143  .533   5 2590 1209 1093  625 1611   3.84  102 297 10709  51  43  22  39 MON-CHC-OAK-NYY-TOT-CHW-CAL  .263  .307  .418  .725  101  94  94 482  80 150  194 127  10 
    9 Jimmy Key            2.32   2591.2 1984 1998 23-37  470 389  34  13  28 186 117  .614  10 2518 1104 1010  668 1538   3.51  122 254 10719  29  38  12  50 TOR-NYY-BAL  .255  .303  .392  .695   86  88  69 473  56 234  105  79  37 
   10 Pedro Martinez       2.38   2673.2 1992 2007 20-35  447 380  46  17  23 209  93  .692   3 2046  918  833  708 3030   2.80  161 213 10710  27 131   5  60 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM  .210  .271  .328  .599   57  65  58 406  52 140  191  68  16 
   11 Terry Mulholland     2.38   2575.2 1986 2006 23-43  685 332  46  10 128 124 142  .466   5 2833 1396 1262  681 1325   4.41   93 293 11060  65  70   3  64 SFG-TOT-PHI-NYY-SFG-CHC-ATL-CLE-MIN-ARI  .281  .328  .432  .760  106 133  84 550  48 267   35  50  49 
   12 John Burkett         2.38   2648.1 1987 2003 22-38  445 423  21   6   8 166 136  .550   1 2866 1374 1268  700 1766   4.31   99 257 11324  59  90   8  33 SFG-FLA-TOT-TEX-ATL-BOS  .277  .326  .414  .740   98 107  69 538  58 225  162 106  23 
   13 Bert Blyleven        2.45   2826.1 1978 1992 27-41  410 406 112  25   1 165 137  .546   0 2752 1276 1166  769 1973   3.71  109 282 11798  41  97  10  68 PIT-CLE-TOT-MIN-CAL  .255  .309  .388  .697   91  80  73 452  66 229  268 100  13 
   14 Kevin Brown          2.49   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  .249  .306  .349  .655   78  95  64 493  53 330  180 112  34 
   15 Doug Drabek          2.50   2535   1986 1998 23-35  398 387  53  21   4 155 134  .536   0 2448 1141 1052  704 1594   3.73  101 246 10518  56  53   6  80 NYY-PIT-HOU-CHW-BAL  .255  .308  .389  .697   96  97  69 430  57 176  230 112  30 
   16 Jamie Moyer          2.57   3550.1 1986 2007 23-44  604 551  31   9  14 230 178  .564   0 3677 1796 1662 1012 2125   4.21  105 444 15102  62 117  11  53 CHC-TEX-STL-BAL-TOT-SEA-PHI  .267  .321  .424  .745   96 124  98 711  52 291  272 125  42 
   17 Dennis Martinez      2.59   3805.1 1978 1998 23-43  646 547 116  30  31 230 184  .556   4 3717 1741 1559 1093 2024   3.69  107 361 15939  66 114  30  83 BAL-TOT-MON-CLE-SEA-ATL  .256  .311  .387  .698   93 111 101 616  98 309  409 131  40 
   18 Danny Darwin         2.61   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  .256  .310  .399  .709   94 124 111 544  72 195  262  90   9 
   19 John Smoltz          2.63   3367   1988 2007 21-40  702 461  53  16 204 207 145  .588 154 2954 1328 1221  984 2975   3.26  127 275 13810  81  54  16 143 ATL          .235  .292  .357  .649   75 137  83 572  65 239  178 101  15 
   20 Frank Viola          2.74   2836.1 1982 1996 22-36  421 420  74  16   0 176 150  .540   0 2827 1303 1175  864 1844   3.73  112 294 11933  39  48  12  86 MIN-TOT-NYM-BOS-CIN-TOR  .260  .316  .395  .711   93  88  63 487  51 215  134 125  31 
   21 Bob Knepper          2.78   2517   1978 1990 24-36  414 382  72  28  10 134 144  .482   1 2560 1176 1035  778 1362   3.70   93 214 10674  75  44  13  52 SFG-HOU-TOT-SFG  .265  .321  .392  .713  108 124  69 432  75 245  217 103  12 
   22 Frank Tanana         2.79   3106.1 1978 1993 24-39  496 479  70  15   7 174 187  .482   1 3157 1555 1381  963 1836   4.00  100 355 13262  99  93  23  92 CAL-BOS-TEX-TOT-DET  .263  .321  .411  .732  101 120  99 551  74 244  229 131  40 
   23 Andy Pettitte        2.81   2527.2 1995 2007 23-35  403 393  25   4   3 201 113  .640   0 2636 1196 1077  790 1844   3.83  118 211 10736  33  37  10  51 NYY-HOU      .270  .325  .397  .722   88  82  59 503  52 291  140  69  77 
   24 Roger Clemens        2.89   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  .229  .294  .341  .635   68 119 103 796  84 330  446 214  36 
   25 Orel Hershiser       2.90   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  .249  .312  .364  .676   88 124  73 525  65 314  181  94  19 
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  Cnt Player             **BB/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         BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  OPS   SH  SF  2B  3B GDP  SB   CS  Pk
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   26 Tom Candiotti        2.92   2725   1983 1999 25-41  451 410  68  11  11 151 164  .479   0 2662 1299 1130  883 1735   3.73  108 250 11568  31  85  27 120 MIL-CLE-TOT-LAD-OAK-TOT  .256  .317  .382  .699   92 108  91 454  51 221  293 101  18 
   27 Bob Welch            3.01   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      .249  .312  .371  .683   95 122  83 482  72 209  213 157  19 
   28 Tom Glavine          3.03   4355   1987 2008 21-42  670 670  56  25   0 303 199  .604   0 4238 1862 1696 1465 2573   3.50  119 345 18345 141  65   7  65 ATL-NYM      .257  .318  .376  .694   87 222 110 770  76 413  225 164  38 
   29 Mike Morgan          3.05   2772.1 1978 2002 18-42  597 411  46  10  56 141 186  .431   8 2943 1431 1303  938 1403   4.23   97 270 11872  77  73   5 105 OAK-NYY-TOR-SEA-BAL-LAD-CHC-TOT-CIN-TEX-ARI  .276  .337  .415  .752  104 124  75 528  70 332  206 124  28 
   30 Dwight Gooden        3.07   2800.2 1984 2000 19-35  430 410  68  24   4 194 112  .634   3 2564 1198 1091  954 2293   3.51  111 210 11705  42  78  33  76 NYM-NYY-CLE-TOT  .244  .310  .357  .667   86  84  68 446  58 197  452 125  35 
   31 Kenny Rogers         3.18   3129   1989 2007 24-42  732 444  36   9 133 210 143  .595  28 3245 1621 1458 1104 1886   4.19  110 317 13498  50 118  22  75 TEX-NYY-OAK-TOT-TEX-MIN-DET  .268  .333  .412  .745   94  87  82 664  66 325   62  89  76 
   32 Dave Stieb           3.21   2895.1 1979 1998 21-40  443 412 103  30  14 176 137  .562   3 2572 1225 1106 1034 1669   3.44  122 225 12072  36 129  14  51 TOR-CHW      .239  .312  .355  .667   81  98  70 449  58 235  158 124  18 
   33 Kevin Appier         3.24   2595.1 1989 2004 21-36  414 402  34  12   2 169 137  .552   0 2425 1168 1078  933 1994   3.74  121 232 10958  51  79   7 106 KCR-TOT-OAK-NYM-ANA-KCR  .247  .316  .378  .694   83  67  72 477  52 208  178  97   3 
   34 Jack Morris          3.26   3778.1 1978 1994 23-39  542 521 174  28  10 253 185  .578   0 3529 1795 1638 1367 2450   3.90  105 385 15931  99  58  27 204 DET-MIN-TOR-CLE  .247  .313  .380  .693   89 110 113 566  90 297  369 138   8 
   35 Andy Benes           3.27   2505.1 1989 2002 21-34  403 387  21   9   6 155 139  .527   1 2377 1206 1106  909 2000   3.97  104 289 10645  52  55  16  63 SDP-TOT-STL-ARI  .250  .317  .402  .719   95 102  74 433  73 144  213 105   9 
   36 Randy Johnson        3.32   3855.1 1988 2007 24-43  566 556  98  37   5 284 150  .654   2 3065 1556 1381 1422 4616   3.22  138 368 15877  29 182  31 102 MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY  .218  .296  .346  .642   69 110  82 599  51 236  428 218  54 
   37 Tim Wakefield        3.48   2621   1992 2007 25-40  511 370  29   6  62 168 146  .535  22 2545 1433 1262 1012 1790   4.33  108 337 11326  29 150   6  92 PIT-BOS      .254  .328  .416  .744   92  38  92 528  46 197  362 110  20 
   38 David Cone           3.53   2898.2 1986 2003 23-40  450 419  56  22   9 194 126  .606   1 2504 1222 1115 1137 2668   3.46  120 258 12184  42 106  32 149 KCR-NYM-TOT-KCR-NYY-BOS  .232  .309  .359  .668   82  76  82 466  64 138  343 134  19 
   39 Fernando Valenzue    3.54   2930   1980 1997 19-36  453 424 113  31  10 173 153  .531   2 2718 1303 1154 1151 2074   3.54  104 226 12398  65  25  11 119 LAD-CAL-BAL-PHI-SDP-TOT  .248  .319  .364  .683   94 182  69 516  39 208  235 162  65 
   40 Dave Stewart         3.54   2629.2 1978 1995 21-38  523 348  55   9  87 168 129  .566  19 2499 1259 1154 1034 1741   3.95  100 264 11251  46  62  23 118 LAD-TOT-TEX-OAK-TOR  .251  .322  .387  .709   97  93  94 444  61 172  211  98  11 
   41 Rick Sutcliffe       3.61   2692.2 1978 1994 22-38  456 391  72  18  30 171 139  .552   6 2660 1324 1223 1080 1676   4.09   97 236 11531  75  46  38 100 LAD-CLE-TOT-CHC-BAL-STL  .261  .332  .391  .723  100 110  89 465  79 185  314 116  56 
   42 Mike Moore           3.67   2831.2 1982 1995 22-35  450 440  79  16   6 161 176  .478   2 2858 1516 1381 1156 1667   4.39   95 291 12203  61  55  11 135 SEA-OAK-DET  .264  .335  .405  .740  102  71  84 535  59 260  213 120  40 
   43 Chuck Finley         3.75   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  .255  .331  .385  .716   90 104  85 577  40 305  269 170  19 
   44 Charlie Hough        3.80   3278.2 1978 1994 30-46  573 439 107  13  64 182 183  .499   9 2900 1602 1405 1383 1993   3.86  105 341 13944  31 140  41 152 LAD-TOT-TEX-CHW-FLA  .237  .319  .374  .693   91  97 110 502  70 225  338 150  68 
   45 Mark Langston        3.92   2962.2 1984 1999 23-38  457 428  81  18   3 179 158  .531   0 2723 1438 1306 1289 2464   3.97  108 311 12562  34  46  22  89 SEA-TOT-CAL-ANA-SDP-CLE  .246  .325  .388  .713   93  89  81 514  62 248  200 150  78 
   46 Nolan Ryan           4.03   3152   1978 1993 31-46  476 476  84  27   0 183 160  .534   0 2386 1311 1151 1411 3288   3.29  111 199 13116  46  87  24 174 CAL-HOU-TEX  .209  .299  .309  .608   76 109 101 404  71 163  486 147  20 

Seasons/Careers found: 46.

 Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.