Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring At least 1000 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest BBp9
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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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Cy Young 1.12 3313 1901 1911 34-44 401 369 331 44 28 225 146 .606 9 2900 1119 779 413 1563 2.12 137 44 13009 77 1 54 BOS-CLE-TOT 2 Deacon Phillippe 1.15 2007 1901 1911 29-39 292 217 180 24 62 148 79 .652 11 1913 772 548 257 786 2.46 118 24 8016 45 3 35 PIT 3 Babe Adams 1.29 2995.1 1906 1926 24-44 482 355 206 44 89 194 140 .581 15 2841 1129 917 430 1036 2.76 117 68 11947 47 2 26 STL-PIT 4 Dan Quisenberry 1.40 1043.1 1979 1990 26-37 674 0 0 0 553 56 46 .549 244 1064 356 320 162 379 2.76 146 59 4247 70 7 5 4 KCR-TOT-STL-SFG 5 Addie Joss 1.41 2327 1902 1910 22-30 286 260 234 45 22 160 97 .623 5 1888 729 488 364 920 1.89 142 19 9209 60 2 28 CLE 6 Noodles Hahn 1.43 1409 1901 1906 22-27 166 160 151 17 6 91 66 .580 0 1330 549 369 224 640 2.36 134 20 5496 35 1 21 CIN-NYY 7 Bob Tewksbury 1.45 1807 1986 1998 25-37 302 277 31 7 8 110 102 .519 1 2043 884 787 292 812 3.92 104 142 7623 22 41 7 24 NYY-TOT-CHC-STL-TEX-SDP-MIN 8 Jesse Tannehill 1.48 1705.2 1901 1911 26-36 220 202 162 23 18 118 74 .615 2 1639 680 485 280 689 2.56 110 29 3137 80 1 20 PIT-NYY-BOS-TOT-WSH-CIN 9 Nick Altrock 1.56 1444 1902 1924 25-47 207 154 122 16 42 80 72 .526 7 1366 550 410 251 412 2.56 98 15 3433 19 1 26 BOS-TOT-CHW-WSH 10 Christy Mathewson 1.56 4747 1901 1916 20-35 629 550 433 79 70 373 185 .668 28 4181 1584 1114 824 2487 2.11 136 90 18978 55 6 113 NYG-TOT 11 Bill Bernhard 1.59 1441 1901 1907 30-36 178 161 145 13 15 95 66 .590 1 1456 641 450 255 473 2.81 105 20 2191 17 0 28 PHA-TOT-CLE 12 Al Orth 1.60 2131.2 1901 1909 28-36 282 254 205 23 26 124 129 .490 3 2127 989 743 379 681 3.14 98 47 6493 49 1 34 PHI-WSH-TOT-NYY 13 Red Lucas 1.61 2542 1923 1938 21-36 396 301 204 22 70 157 135 .538 7 2736 1198 1051 455 602 3.72 107 136 10648 23 6 7 NYG-BSN-CIN-PIT 14 Carlos Silva 1.62 1069 2002 2008 23-29 281 147 6 2 38 59 58 .504 2 1287 573 535 192 449 4.50 97 132 4553 22 35 3 25 PHI-MIN-SEA 15 Brad Radke 1.63 2451 1995 2006 22-33 378 377 37 10 0 148 139 .516 0 2643 1233 1150 445 1467 4.22 112 326 10244 12 62 3 28 MIN 16 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 17 Pete Alexander 1.65 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 18 Rick Reed 1.66 1545.2 1988 2003 23-38 273 245 14 7 6 93 76 .550 1 1601 748 692 285 970 4.03 106 213 6407 28 44 5 11 PIT-KCR-TOT-TEX-CIN-NYM-TOT-MIN 19 Tiny Bonham 1.67 1551 1940 1949 26-35 231 193 110 21 27 103 72 .589 9 1501 580 528 287 478 3.06 120 117 6284 9 2 4 NYY-PIT 20 Red Donahue 1.68 1535 1901 1906 28-33 184 175 164 17 8 95 80 .543 1 1581 625 458 286 501 2.69 112 17 4871 42 0 6 PHI-SLB-TOT-CLE-DET 21 Dick Hall 1.69 1259.2 1955 1971 24-40 495 74 20 3 237 93 75 .554 68 1152 512 464 236 741 3.32 111 130 5085 70 18 0 1 PIT-KCA-BAL-PHI 22 Jon Lieber 1.73 2196 1994 2008 24-38 400 327 25 5 18 131 124 .514 2 2385 1154 1039 421 1552 4.26 103 284 9290 51 48 13 30 PIT-CHC-NYY-PHI 23 Fritz Peterson 1.73 2218.1 1966 1976 24-34 355 330 90 20 9 133 131 .504 1 2217 947 813 426 1015 3.30 101 173 9103 75 42 6 33 NYY-TOT-CLE 24 Robin Roberts 1.73 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 25 Dick Rudolph 1.77 2049 1910 1927 22-39 279 241 172 27 36 121 108 .528 8 1971 778 605 402 786 2.66 105 35 8290 27 3 39 NYG-BSN ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Pete Donohue 1.80 2112.1 1921 1932 20-31 344 270 137 16 56 134 118 .532 12 2439 1082 909 422 571 3.87 103 68 9055 46 4 10 CIN-TOT-BOS 27 Jesse Barnes 1.80 2569.2 1915 1927 22-34 422 314 180 26 76 152 150 .503 13 2686 1150 918 515 653 3.22 105 88 10676 25 0 22 BSN-NYG-TOT-BSN-BRO 28 Roy Patterson 1.80 1365 1901 1907 24-30 184 152 119 16 28 81 73 .526 2 1327 568 417 273 442 2.75 108 23 2286 41 1 30 CHW 29 Greg Maddux 1.81 4948.2 1986 2008 20-42 734 730 109 35 3 351 222 .613 0 4670 1952 1729 994 3344 3.14 132 346 20187 176 135 28 70 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 30 Ray Collins 1.81 1336 1909 1915 22-28 199 151 90 19 35 84 62 .575 4 1246 494 373 269 511 2.51 115 15 5188 10 2 11 BOS 31 Juan Marichal 1.82 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 32 Carl Hubbell 1.82 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 33 Slim Sallee 1.83 2821.2 1908 1921 23-36 476 307 189 25 123 174 143 .549 36 2729 1091 804 573 836 2.56 113 68 11476 43 5 12 STL-TOT-NYG-CIN 34 Lew Burdette 1.84 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 35 Sam Leever 1.84 2016 1901 1910 29-38 302 228 179 32 61 157 64 .710 10 1834 722 518 412 627 2.31 122 20 6428 68 3 28 PIT 36 Curt Davis 1.85 2325 1934 1946 30-42 429 281 141 24 111 158 131 .547 33 2459 1033 884 479 684 3.42 116 142 9752 47 2 20 PHI-TOT-CHC-STL-BRO 37 Reb Russell 1.86 1291.2 1913 1919 24-30 242 148 81 24 57 81 59 .579 13 1128 453 335 267 495 2.33 121 7 5031 19 4 19 CHW 38 Ed Siever 1.86 1507 1901 1908 26-33 203 174 136 14 28 83 83 .500 2 1550 674 435 311 470 2.60 117 24 3366 39 1 21 DET-SLB 39 Ed Walsh 1.87 2964.1 1904 1917 23-36 430 315 250 57 102 195 126 .607 34 2346 877 598 617 1736 1.82 146 23 11713 54 14 84 CHW-BSN 40 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 41 Ken Raffensberger 1.88 2151.2 1939 1954 21-36 396 282 133 31 66 119 154 .436 16 2257 993 860 449 806 3.60 109 192 9051 19 3 10 STL-CHC-PHI-TOT-CIN 42 Paul Derringer 1.88 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 43 La Marr Hoyt 1.91 1311.1 1979 1986 24-31 244 172 48 8 40 98 68 .590 10 1313 637 582 279 681 3.99 99 140 5419 24 18 7 13 CHW-SDP 44 Mordecai Brown 1.91 3172.1 1903 1916 26-39 481 332 271 55 138 239 130 .648 49 2708 1044 725 673 1375 2.06 138 43 12642 63 4 59 STL-CHC-CIN-TOT-CHI 45 Bill Swift 1.93 1637.2 1932 1943 24-35 336 163 78 7 119 95 82 .537 20 1682 753 651 351 636 3.58 107 103 6891 36 1 11 PIT-BSN-BRO-CHW 46 Sherry Smith 1.93 2052.2 1911 1927 20-36 373 224 142 16 108 114 118 .491 21 2234 964 757 440 428 3.32 108 57 8663 42 3 17 PIT-BRO-TOT-CLE 47 George Suggs 1.93 1652 1908 1915 25-32 245 185 115 16 51 99 91 .521 17 1722 720 571 355 588 3.11 103 40 6703 62 8 23 DET-CIN-BAL 48 Jack Taylor 1.94 1999 1901 1907 27-33 236 216 209 16 19 119 101 .541 4 1864 830 553 430 522 2.49 115 31 6966 61 2 32 CHC-STL-TOT-CHC 49 Jim Merritt 1.95 1483 1965 1975 21-31 297 192 56 9 48 81 86 .485 7 1468 657 602 322 932 3.65 99 160 6168 45 25 1 32 MIN-CIN-TEX 50 Jack Powell 1.95 3161.1 1901 1912 26-37 423 369 294 33 49 167 194 .463 15 2988 1329 969 685 1303 2.76 104 76 11013 78 1 57 STL-SLB-NYY-TOT ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Ben Sheets 1.96 1370 2001 2008 22-29 211 211 16 2 0 83 78 .516 0 1354 629 572 298 1167 3.76 115 156 5688 24 30 1 46 MIL 52 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 53 Brian Anderson 1.96 1547 1993 2005 21-33 291 245 12 4 11 82 83 .497 1 1743 897 814 337 723 4.74 97 264 6532 28 23 28 22 CAL-CLE-ARI-TOT-KCR 54 Jack Chesbro 1.96 2532 1901 1909 27-35 341 289 225 32 46 177 110 .617 4 2257 987 708 552 1181 2.52 113 32 10402 90 2 50 PIT-NYY-TOT 55 Frank Owen 1.96 1368.1 1901 1909 21-29 194 155 119 16 35 82 67 .550 2 1249 556 388 298 443 2.55 101 17 2812 39 1 19 DET-CHW 56 Doug Jones 1.97 1128.1 1982 2000 25-43 846 4 0 0 640 69 79 .466 303 1155 465 414 247 909 3.30 129 86 4754 53 39 6 18 MIL-CLE-HOU-PHI-BAL-TOT-MIL-OAK 57 Watty Clark 1.97 1747.1 1924 1937 22-35 355 206 91 14 84 111 97 .534 16 1897 836 711 383 643 3.66 112 86 7442 17 2 21 CLE-BRO-TOT 58 Jack Quinn 1.97 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 59 Frank Kitson 1.97 1513.1 1901 1907 31-37 206 169 142 14 34 83 83 .500 4 1593 720 519 331 567 3.09 92 34 2345 53 0 23 BRO-DET-WSH-TOT 60 Doc White 1.98 3041 1901 1913 22-34 427 363 262 45 53 189 156 .548 5 2743 1115 808 670 1384 2.39 113 33 9414 119 7 62 PHI-CHW 61 Mike Mussina 1.99 3495.2 1991 2008 22-39 526 525 57 23 0 264 151 .636 0 3387 1535 1434 773 2753 3.69 122 373 14322 27 58 1 71 BAL-NYY 62 Fergie Jenkins 1.99 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 63 Fred Glade 1.99 1072.2 1902 1908 26-32 132 126 107 14 6 52 68 .433 2 950 411 312 237 464 2.62 97 11 2166 48 0 14 CHC-SLB-NYY 64 Joe McGinnity 2.00 2732 1901 1908 30-37 373 303 244 27 59 190 118 .617 22 2568 1095 795 606 901 2.62 115 44 11424 113 2 22 BLA-TOT-NYG 65 Vern Law 2.01 2672 1950 1967 20-37 483 364 119 28 77 162 147 .524 13 2833 1274 1118 597 1092 3.77 101 268 11231 74 40 3 39 PIT 66 George Smith 2.01 1143.1 1916 1923 24-31 229 118 52 5 78 41 81 .336 4 1321 643 494 255 263 3.89 93 54 4874 26 3 23 NYG-TOT-PHI-BRO 67 Greg Swindell 2.02 2233.1 1986 2002 21-37 664 269 40 12 93 123 122 .502 7 2313 1053 957 501 1542 3.86 107 262 9301 34 21 12 30 CLE-CIN-HOU-TOT-MIN-ARI 68 Dennis Eckersley 2.02 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 69 Syl Johnson 2.03 2165.2 1922 1940 21-39 542 210 82 11 201 112 117 .489 43 2290 1099 977 488 920 4.06 104 173 9124 48 3 22 DET-STL-TOT-PHI 70 Jim Barr 2.04 2065.1 1971 1983 23-35 454 252 64 20 74 101 112 .474 12 2170 908 816 469 741 3.56 105 161 8612 74 30 14 22 SFG-CAL 71 Benny Frey 2.04 1160 1929 1936 23-30 256 127 49 7 87 57 82 .410 8 1415 671 580 263 179 4.50 90 54 5047 12 3 17 CIN-TOT 72 Don Newcombe 2.05 2154.2 1949 1960 23-34 344 294 136 24 34 149 90 .623 7 2102 956 852 490 1129 3.56 114 252 8891 21 30 3 22 BRO-TOT-CIN 73 Irv Young 2.05 1384.2 1905 1911 27-33 209 161 120 21 33 63 95 .399 4 1361 625 479 316 560 3.11 88 23 5573 37 2 23 BSN-TOT-CHW 74 George Winter 2.05 1656 1901 1908 23-30 220 182 146 9 36 83 102 .449 4 1552 760 528 377 568 2.87 101 32 4138 44 1 17 BOS-TOT 75 Dutch Leonard 2.06 3218.1 1933 1953 24-44 640 374 192 30 171 191 181 .513 44 3304 1432 1162 737 1170 3.25 119 158 13487 56 6 97 BRO-WSH-PHI-CHC ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 76 Mark Buehrle 2.07 1777.1 2000 2008 21-29 282 257 23 7 6 115 85 .575 0 1845 848 755 408 1027 3.82 121 203 7394 31 46 9 14 CHW 77 Roy Oswalt 2.07 1540.2 2001 2008 23-30 242 230 12 4 5 120 62 .659 0 1520 597 549 355 1276 3.21 136 132 6395 25 54 4 16 HOU 78 Dizzy Dean 2.07 1967.1 1930 1947 20-37 317 230 154 26 76 150 83 .644 30 1919 774 661 453 1163 3.02 130 95 8171 27 5 12 STL-CHC-SLB 79 Walter Johnson 2.07 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 80 Leon Cadore 2.07 1257.1 1915 1924 24-33 192 147 83 10 36 68 72 .486 3 1273 525 438 289 445 3.14 106 44 5206 26 1 14 BRO-TOT-NYG 81 Lary Sorensen 2.08 1736.1 1977 1988 21-32 346 235 69 10 45 93 103 .474 6 1960 894 800 402 569 4.15 96 147 7386 49 31 20 31 MIL-STL-CLE-OAK-CHC-MON-SFG 82 Hal Brown 2.08 1680 1951 1964 26-39 358 211 47 13 72 85 92 .480 11 1677 781 712 389 710 3.81 98 173 6991 27 14 2 37 CHW-BOS-TOT-BAL-HOU 83 Larry Jansen 2.09 1765.2 1947 1956 26-35 291 237 107 17 30 122 89 .578 10 1751 804 703 410 842 3.58 112 191 7291 1 20 1 10 NYG-CIN 84 Shane Reynolds 2.10 1791.2 1992 2004 24-36 305 278 20 7 5 114 96 .543 0 1935 895 814 419 1403 4.09 103 191 7610 33 41 8 38 HOU-ATL-ARI 85 Dave Rozema 2.10 1106 1977 1986 20-29 248 132 36 7 61 60 53 .531 17 1125 490 426 258 448 3.47 117 113 4600 42 29 6 23 DET-TEX 86 John Candelaria 2.11 2525.2 1975 1993 21-39 600 356 54 13 82 177 122 .592 29 2399 1038 935 592 1673 3.33 114 245 10366 63 37 26 28 PIT-TOT-CAL-NYY-LAD-PIT 87 Huck Betts 2.11 1366.1 1920 1935 23-38 307 125 53 8 128 61 68 .473 16 1581 716 596 321 323 3.93 98 83 5916 23 1 12 PHI-BSN 88 Bill Monbouquette 2.12 1961.2 1958 1968 21-31 343 263 78 18 27 114 112 .504 3 1995 910 803 462 1122 3.68 103 211 8207 44 20 5 20 BOS-DET-TOT 89 Chief Bender 2.12 3017 1903 1925 19-41 459 334 255 40 109 212 127 .625 34 2645 1110 823 712 1711 2.46 112 40 10124 102 3 72 PHA-BAL-PHI-CHW 90 Hooks Wiltse 2.12 2112.1 1904 1915 24-35 357 226 154 27 108 139 90 .607 34 1892 786 580 498 965 2.47 112 54 8413 40 0 41 NYG-BTT 91 Paul Byrd 2.13 1605 1995 2008 24-37 329 241 16 6 30 103 91 .531 0 1746 879 781 380 884 4.38 104 235 6871 23 60 7 35 NYM-ATL-TOT-PHI-KCR-LAA-CLE 92 Roy Halladay 2.13 1729 1998 2008 21-31 270 244 38 11 6 123 63 .661 1 1689 759 683 409 1222 3.56 130 144 7151 22 49 7 38 TOR 93 Art Nehf 2.13 2707.2 1915 1929 22-36 451 319 182 28 84 184 120 .605 13 2715 1164 964 640 844 3.20 105 107 11185 40 3 34 BSN-TOT-NYG-CHC 94 Al Demaree 2.13 1424 1912 1919 27-34 232 173 84 15 42 80 72 .526 9 1350 556 439 337 514 2.77 100 34 5799 30 2 15 NYG-PHI-TOT-NYG-BSN 95 Bill Dinneen 2.13 2244.2 1901 1909 25-33 285 253 221 22 28 127 127 .500 7 2065 919 694 530 846 2.78 106 55 7197 40 2 38 BSN-BOS-TOT-SLB 96 Bill Wegman 2.14 1482.2 1985 1995 22-32 262 216 33 4 19 81 90 .474 2 1567 769 685 352 696 4.16 102 187 6254 22 40 8 19 MIL 97 Ken Johnson 2.14 1737.1 1958 1970 25-37 334 231 50 7 50 91 106 .462 9 1670 778 668 413 1042 3.46 102 157 7211 56 56 7 26 KCA-TOT-HOU-ATL-MON 98 Jim Kaat 2.15 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 99 Sloppy Thurston 2.15 1542.2 1923 1933 24-34 288 178 95 8 89 89 86 .509 13 1859 839 727 369 306 4.24 94 93 6712 23 2 19 TOT-CHW-WSH-BRO 100 Eddie Plank 2.15 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 101 Bryn Smith 2.17 1791.1 1981 1993 25-37 365 255 23 8 39 108 94 .535 6 1725 808 702 432 1028 3.53 104 140 7434 43 48 16 33 MON-STL-COL 102 Ralph Terry 2.17 1849.1 1956 1967 20-31 338 257 75 20 37 107 99 .519 11 1748 844 744 446 1000 3.62 102 216 7598 28 24 1 18 NYY-TOT-KCA-NYY-CLE-NYM 103 Bob Purkey 2.17 2114.2 1954 1966 24-36 386 276 92 13 53 129 115 .529 9 2170 998 891 510 793 3.79 103 195 8899 41 71 6 36 PIT-CIN-STL-PIT 104 Eppa Rixey 2.17 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 105 Phil Douglas 2.17 1708.1 1912 1922 22-32 299 200 95 20 69 94 93 .503 8 1626 730 532 411 683 2.80 111 52 7018 35 2 35 CHW-CIN-TOT-CHC-NYG 106 Bill Duggleby 2.17 1687 1901 1907 27-33 232 187 155 17 43 90 99 .476 6 1774 810 583 406 441 3.11 94 35 4774 77 4 20 PHI-TOT 107 Mariano Rivera 2.18 1001.1 1995 2008 25-38 831 10 0 0 700 66 48 .579 469 789 278 257 243 915 2.31 197 52 4014 30 37 3 10 NYY 108 Scott McGregor 2.18 2140.2 1976 1988 22-34 356 309 83 23 24 138 108 .561 5 2245 1031 949 518 904 3.99 98 235 8982 26 26 12 28 BAL 109 Erskine Mayer 2.18 1427 1912 1919 22-29 245 165 93 12 54 91 70 .565 6 1415 600 469 345 482 2.96 99 43 5906 54 4 15 PHI-TOT 110 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 111 Carl Mays 2.19 3021.1 1915 1929 23-37 490 325 231 29 125 207 126 .622 31 2912 1211 979 734 862 2.92 120 73 12385 89 1 34 BOS-TOT-NYY-CIN-NYG 112 Kevin Tapani 2.20 2265 1989 2001 25-37 361 354 26 9 1 143 125 .534 0 2407 1168 1094 554 1482 4.35 101 260 9600 30 53 6 44 TOT-MIN-CHW-CHC 113 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 114 Doug Bird 2.20 1213.2 1973 1983 23-33 432 100 8 3 199 73 60 .549 60 1273 590 538 296 680 3.99 96 122 5104 56 22 4 23 KCR-PHI-NYY-TOT-CHC-BOS 115 Pedro Borbon 2.20 1026.2 1969 1980 22-33 593 4 0 0 278 69 39 .639 80 1098 436 401 251 409 3.52 101 63 4326 83 28 7 24 CAL-CIN-TOT-STL 116 Bill Sherdel 2.20 2709.1 1918 1932 21-35 514 272 159 11 163 165 146 .531 26 3018 1326 1120 661 839 3.72 103 149 11604 54 3 26 STL-TOT-BSN 117 Jesse Petty 2.20 1208.1 1921 1930 26-35 207 154 76 6 32 67 78 .462 4 1286 605 494 296 407 3.68 113 77 5169 16 0 10 CLE-BRO-PIT-TOT 118 Urban Shocker 2.20 2681.2 1916 1928 25-37 412 317 200 28 68 187 117 .615 25 2709 1127 945 657 983 3.17 124 126 11140 37 3 20 NYY-SLB 119 Dick Donovan 2.21 2017.1 1950 1965 22-37 345 273 101 25 28 122 99 .552 5 1988 909 822 495 880 3.67 104 198 8407 49 45 6 18 BSN-DET-CHW-WSA-CLE 120 Wilbur Cooper 2.21 3480 1912 1926 20-34 517 408 279 35 84 216 178 .548 14 3415 1406 1119 853 1252 2.89 116 103 14377 100 0 44 PIT-CHC-TOT 121 Jeff Pfeffer 2.21 2407.1 1911 1924 23-36 347 280 194 28 50 158 112 .585 10 2320 921 742 592 836 2.77 113 67 9968 105 4 34 SLB-BRO-TOT-STL 122 Joe Benz 2.21 1359.2 1911 1919 25-33 251 163 75 17 51 76 75 .503 3 1225 509 367 334 539 2.43 119 16 5364 24 3 29 CHW 123 Doc Crandall 2.21 1546.2 1908 1918 20-30 302 134 91 9 145 102 62 .622 25 1538 669 502 379 606 2.92 104 52 6355 49 1 8 NYG-TOT-SLM-SLB-BSN 124 Vern Ruhle 2.22 1411.1 1974 1986 23-35 327 188 29 12 45 67 88 .432 11 1483 675 585 348 582 3.73 97 119 5964 37 35 5 15 DET-HOU-CLE-CAL 125 Gary Nolan 2.22 1674.2 1967 1977 19-29 250 247 45 14 1 110 70 .611 0 1505 623 573 413 1039 3.08 117 146 6836 46 14 10 26 CIN-TOT ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 126 Red Barrett 2.22 1263.1 1937 1949 22-34 253 149 67 11 62 69 69 .500 7 1292 579 496 312 333 3.53 105 78 5317 12 1 12 CIN-BSN-TOT-STL 127 Ray Kremer 2.22 1954.2 1924 1933 31-40 308 247 134 14 36 143 85 .627 10 2108 950 816 483 516 3.76 113 122 8330 29 2 23 PIT 128 Mike Caldwell 2.23 2408.2 1971 1984 22-35 475 307 98 23 77 137 130 .513 18 2581 1182 1020 597 939 3.81 99 218 10156 62 35 9 65 SDP-SFG-TOT-MIL 129 Bob Friend 2.23 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 130 Clint Brown 2.23 1485.2 1928 1942 24-38 434 130 62 8 249 89 93 .489 64 1740 830 704 368 410 4.26 109 84 6495 20 0 18 CLE-CHW 131 Don Drysdale 2.24 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 132 Don Mossi 2.24 1548 1954 1965 25-36 460 165 55 8 148 101 80 .558 50 1493 672 590 385 932 3.43 114 156 6464 34 19 6 12 CLE-DET-CHW-KCA 133 Warren Hacker 2.24 1283.1 1948 1961 23-36 306 157 47 6 76 62 89 .411 17 1297 680 601 320 557 4.21 96 181 5438 25 21 1 10 CHC-TOT-PHI-CHW 134 Ben Cantwell 2.24 1534 1927 1937 25-35 316 163 75 6 113 76 108 .413 21 1640 778 666 382 348 3.91 100 90 6527 23 0 19 NYG-TOT-BSN 135 Hal Carlson 2.24 2002 1917 1930 25-38 377 238 121 17 96 114 120 .487 19 2256 1013 883 498 590 3.97 99 93 8522 36 2 18 PIT-PHI-TOT-CHC 136 George Mogridge 2.24 2265.2 1911 1927 22-38 398 261 138 20 101 132 131 .502 20 2352 1001 808 565 678 3.21 109 77 9568 76 1 24 CHW-NYY-WSH-TOT-BSN 137 Jim Turner 2.25 1132 1937 1945 33-41 231 119 69 8 86 69 60 .535 20 1123 482 405 283 329 3.22 111 67 4697 10 0 6 BSN-CIN-TOT-NYY 138 Jose Lima 2.26 1567.2 1994 2006 21-33 348 235 9 1 40 89 102 .466 5 1783 972 917 393 980 5.26 85 267 6790 27 53 3 43 DET-HOU-TOT-DET-KCR-LAD-NYM 139 Schoolboy Rowe 2.26 2219.1 1933 1949 23-39 382 278 137 22 74 158 101 .610 12 2332 1075 955 558 913 3.87 110 132 9398 27 5 22 DET-TOT-PHI 140 Luke Hamlin 2.26 1405 1933 1944 28-39 261 181 70 12 39 73 76 .490 9 1442 685 588 353 563 3.77 103 106 5943 10 2 15 DET-BRO-PIT-PHA 141 Ray Kolp 2.26 1688 1921 1934 26-39 383 174 66 11 125 79 95 .454 18 1918 897 765 424 439 4.08 102 98 7237 31 2 12 SLB-CIN 142 Jim Bagby 2.26 1821.2 1912 1923 22-33 316 208 133 16 92 127 88 .591 29 1884 769 629 458 450 3.11 109 47 7533 33 0 19 CIN-CLE-PIT 143 Frank Miller 2.26 1010 1913 1923 27-37 163 127 68 14 28 52 66 .441 4 944 423 338 254 359 3.01 104 21 4152 29 0 17 CHW-PIT-BSN 144 Harry Howell 2.26 2230 1901 1910 24-33 289 245 214 18 40 110 133 .453 5 2041 952 634 561 900 2.56 111 22 7168 83 1 45 BLA-NYY-SLB 145 Tully Sparks 2.26 2157.2 1901 1910 26-35 284 251 193 19 31 113 129 .467 8 2039 949 643 543 725 2.68 106 32 6756 78 0 20 MLA-TOT-PHI 146 Bill Hands 2.27 1951 1965 1975 25-35 374 260 72 17 69 111 110 .502 14 1895 834 727 492 1128 3.35 114 167 8116 55 36 5 46 SFG-CHC-MIN-TOT-TEX 147 Larry Jackson 2.27 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 148 Gene Packard 2.27 1410.1 1912 1919 24-31 248 153 86 15 74 85 69 .552 17 1393 602 472 356 488 3.01 99 28 5805 35 1 16 CIN-KCP-CHC-TOT-STL-PHI 149 Joe Lake 2.27 1318 1908 1913 27-32 199 139 95 8 52 62 90 .408 5 1329 669 417 332 594 2.85 98 19 5443 20 1 33 NYY-SLB-TOT-DET 150 Nick Cullop 2.28 1024 1913 1921 25-33 174 121 62 9 32 57 55 .509 5 973 424 311 259 400 2.73 109 24 4168 29 1 21 CLE-TOT-KCP-NYY-SLB ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 151 Russ Ford 2.28 1487.1 1909 1915 26-32 199 170 126 15 28 99 71 .582 9 1340 602 428 376 710 2.59 124 44 6072 34 3 20 NYY-BUF 152 Don Sutton 2.29 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 153 George McQuillan 2.29 1576.1 1907 1918 22-33 273 173 105 17 76 85 89 .489 14 1382 577 417 401 590 2.38 113 23 6297 30 0 16 PHI-CIN-PIT-TOT-PHI-CLE 154 Ron Reed 2.30 2477.2 1966 1984 23-41 751 236 55 8 300 146 140 .510 103 2374 1084 953 633 1481 3.46 108 182 10305 124 50 1 72 ATL-TOT-PHI-CHW 155 Patsy Flaherty 2.30 1241.2 1903 1911 27-35 164 145 121 7 15 65 81 .445 2 1221 579 424 317 261 3.07 88 25 5156 50 2 25 CHW-TOT-PIT-BSN-PHI 156 Rick Wise 2.31 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 157 Herb Pennock 2.31 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 158 Eddie Cicotte 2.31 3223.1 1905 1920 21-36 502 361 249 35 106 208 149 .583 25 2897 1149 853 827 1374 2.38 123 32 12657 49 5 58 DET-BOS-TOT-CHW 159 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 160 Gaylord Perry 2.32 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 161 Nelson Briles 2.33 2111.2 1965 1978 21-34 452 279 64 17 74 129 112 .535 22 2141 929 807 547 1163 3.44 103 186 8858 79 51 5 50 STL-PIT-KCR-TEX-TOT-BAL 162 Dick Bosman 2.33 1591 1966 1976 22-32 306 229 29 10 26 82 85 .491 2 1594 736 648 412 757 3.67 93 149 6643 48 34 2 28 WSA-TEX-TOT-CLE-OAK 163 Rheal Cormier 2.34 1221.2 1991 2007 24-40 683 108 7 1 105 71 64 .526 2 1248 604 547 317 760 4.03 104 121 5157 37 51 4 39 STL-BOS-MON-PHI-TOT-CIN 164 John Smiley 2.34 1907.2 1986 1997 21-32 361 280 28 8 21 126 103 .550 4 1842 888 806 496 1284 3.80 102 185 7900 32 39 17 48 PIT-MIN-CIN-TOT 165 Randy Jones 2.34 1933 1973 1982 23-32 305 285 73 19 11 100 123 .448 2 1915 875 735 503 735 3.42 101 129 8069 88 18 6 19 SDP-NYM 166 Larry French 2.34 3152 1929 1942 21-34 570 384 198 40 109 197 171 .535 17 3375 1440 1206 819 1187 3.44 114 164 13465 42 4 34 PIT-CHC-TOT-BRO 167 Stan Coveleski 2.34 3082 1912 1928 22-38 450 385 224 38 52 215 142 .602 21 3055 1237 990 802 981 2.89 127 66 12746 30 1 35 PHA-CLE-WSH-NYY 168 Rube Marquard 2.34 3306.2 1908 1925 21-38 536 403 197 30 83 201 177 .532 19 3233 1443 1130 858 1593 3.08 103 107 13657 39 5 81 NYG-TOT-BRO-CIN-BSN 169 Jack Kralick 2.35 1218 1959 1967 24-32 235 169 45 12 17 67 65 .508 1 1238 541 482 318 668 3.56 108 124 5121 28 23 1 13 WSH-MIN-TOT-CLE 170 Charlie Smith 2.35 1349.1 1902 1914 22-34 212 148 87 10 50 66 87 .431 3 1309 587 422 353 570 2.81 94 22 4446 29 3 33 CLE-WSH-TOT-BOS-CHC 171 Freddie Fitzsimmo 2.36 3223.2 1925 1943 23-41 513 426 186 29 64 217 146 .598 13 3335 1505 1257 846 870 3.51 111 186 13570 33 3 58 NYG-TOT-BRO 172 Rick Reuschel 2.37 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 173 Moose Haas 2.37 1655 1976 1987 20-31 266 252 56 8 8 100 83 .546 2 1717 806 738 436 853 4.01 97 162 6928 36 10 4 40 MIL-OAK 174 Roy Face 2.37 1375 1953 1969 25-41 848 27 6 0 574 104 95 .523 193 1347 591 531 362 877 3.48 109 141 5691 106 14 2 32 PIT-TOT-MON 175 Preacher Roe 2.37 1914.1 1938 1954 23-39 333 261 101 17 42 127 84 .602 10 1907 799 730 504 956 3.43 116 199 7904 17 1 15 STL-PIT-BRO ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 176 Javier Vazquez 2.38 2203.1 1998 2008 21-31 344 342 23 7 1 123 122 .502 0 2207 1131 1054 583 1948 4.31 105 294 9298 42 75 4 56 MON-NYY-ARI-CHW 177 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 178 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 179 Oil Can Boyd 2.38 1389.2 1982 1991 22-31 214 207 43 10 4 78 77 .503 0 1427 680 624 368 799 4.04 102 166 5831 25 15 17 20 BOS-MON-TOT 180 John Tudor 2.38 1797 1979 1990 25-36 281 263 50 16 5 117 72 .619 1 1677 700 623 475 988 3.12 124 156 7368 32 29 10 18 BOS-PIT-STL-TOT-LAD-STL 181 Ron Guidry 2.38 2392 1975 1988 24-37 368 323 95 26 24 170 91 .651 4 2198 953 874 633 1778 3.29 119 226 9794 24 13 8 56 NYY 182 George Stone 2.38 1020.2 1967 1975 20-28 203 145 24 5 29 60 57 .513 5 1119 524 441 270 590 3.89 96 122 4407 41 21 5 13 ATL-NYM 183 Fred Toney 2.38 2206 1911 1923 22-34 336 271 158 28 48 139 102 .577 12 2037 835 659 583 718 2.69 113 59 8988 46 5 37 CHC-CIN-TOT-NYG-STL 184 Tom Browning 2.39 1921 1984 1995 24-35 302 300 31 12 1 123 90 .577 0 1931 913 841 511 1000 3.94 97 236 8066 61 32 13 25 CIN-KCR 185 Atlee Hammaker 2.39 1078.2 1981 1995 23-37 249 152 18 6 29 59 67 .468 5 1051 493 439 287 615 3.66 97 94 4509 54 13 26 28 KCR-SFG-TOT-SDP-CHW 186 Bert Blyleven 2.39 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 187 Jim Bunning 2.39 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 188 Fred Hutchinson 2.39 1464 1939 1953 19-33 242 169 81 13 48 95 71 .572 7 1487 681 606 388 591 3.73 113 126 6142 14 2 16 DET 189 Lon Warneke 2.39 2782.1 1930 1945 21-36 445 343 192 30 65 192 121 .613 13 2726 1164 984 739 1140 3.18 119 175 11608 27 1 50 CHC-STL-TOT-CHC 190 Pol Perritt 2.39 1469.2 1912 1921 20-29 256 177 93 23 52 92 78 .541 8 1416 604 472 390 543 2.89 94 41 6079 53 4 16 STL-NYG-TOT 191 Jerry Staley 2.40 1981.2 1947 1961 26-40 640 186 58 9 246 134 111 .547 61 2070 946 814 529 727 3.70 108 187 8398 37 63 2 27 STL-TOT-CHW 192 Ed Lopat 2.40 2439.1 1944 1955 26-37 340 318 164 27 14 166 112 .597 3 2464 1008 869 650 859 3.21 116 179 10197 5 43 6 16 CHW-NYY-TOT 193 Waite Hoyt 2.40 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 194 Bob Ewing 2.40 2301 1902 1912 29-39 291 264 205 19 27 124 118 .512 4 2097 940 637 614 998 2.49 116 31 8647 55 2 45 CIN-PHI-STL 195 Pedro Martinez 2.41 2723.1 1992 2008 20-36 457 390 46 17 23 212 95 .691 3 2106 953 867 728 3069 2.87 157 224 10940 29 135 6 60 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM 196 Paul Quantrill 2.41 1255.2 1992 2005 23-36 841 64 1 1 228 68 78 .466 21 1442 601 534 336 725 3.83 117 112 5428 68 45 8 5 BOS-TOT-PHI-TOR-LAD-NYY 197 Tommy John 2.41 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 198 Claude Passeau 2.41 2719.2 1935 1947 26-38 444 331 188 26 85 162 150 .519 21 2856 1204 1003 728 1104 3.32 113 105 11642 39 1 22 PIT-PHI-TOT-CHC 199 Virgil Barnes 2.41 1094 1919 1928 22-31 205 135 58 7 31 61 59 .508 11 1192 525 445 293 275 3.66 105 46 4643 8 1 9 NYG-TOT 200 Doc Ayers 2.41 1428.2 1913 1921 22-30 299 140 58 17 109 65 79 .451 15 1357 612 451 382 622 2.84 104 23 5702 50 5 14 WSH-TOT-DET Seasons/Careers found: 1,006.
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