Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2008, (requiring W≥300), sorted by smallest BB
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Cnt Player **BB** W From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF L W-L% SV IP H R ER SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+---+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Pud Galvin 745 364 1875 1892 18-35 705 689 646 57 17 310 .540 2 6003.1 6405 3355 1910 1806 2.86 107 122 25234 57 1 223 STL-BUF-TOT-PIT-PBB-TOT 2 Christy Mathewson 844 373 1900 1916 19-35 635 551 434 79 74 188 .665 28 4780.2 4218 1616 1133 2502 2.13 135 91 19136 59 6 114 NYG-TOT 3 Charley Radbourn 875 309 1881 1891 26-36 528 503 489 35 24 195 .613 2 4535.1 4335 2275 1348 1830 2.67 119 117 18910 54 0 217 PRO-BSN-BOS-CIN 4 Pete Alexander 951 373 1911 1930 24-43 696 599 437 90 80 208 .642 32 5190 4868 1851 1476 2198 2.56 135 164 20928 70 1 39 PHI-CHC-TOT-STL-PHI 5 Greg Maddux 999 354 1986 2008 20-42 741 737 109 35 3 226 .610 0 4990.1 4713 1973 1748 3365 3.15 132 351 20356 177 137 28 70 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 6 Eddie Plank 1072 326 1901 1917 25-41 623 529 410 69 74 194 .627 23 4495.2 3958 1569 1174 2246 2.35 122 41 18225 196 6 87 PHA-SLM-SLB 7 Lefty Grove 1187 300 1925 1941 25-41 616 457 298 35 123 141 .680 55 3940.2 3849 1594 1339 2266 3.06 148 162 16633 42 1 51 PHA-BOS 8 John Clarkson 1191 328 1882 1894 20-32 531 518 485 37 12 178 .648 5 4536.1 4295 2376 1417 1978 2.81 134 161 11954 35 0 182 WOR-CHC-BSN-TOT-CLV 9 Cy Young 1217 511 1890 1911 23-44 906 815 749 76 84 316 .618 17 7354.2 7092 3167 2147 2803 2.63 138 138 30058 163 3 156 CLV-STL-BOS-CLE-TOT 10 Tim Keefe 1220 342 1880 1893 23-36 600 594 554 39 7 225 .603 2 5047.2 4439 2468 1472 2562 2.62 127 81 20975 96 0 233 TRO-NYP-NYG-NYI-TOT-PHI 11 Kid Nichols 1268 361 1890 1906 20-36 620 561 531 48 56 208 .634 17 5056.1 4912 2477 1660 1868 2.95 140 156 21243 133 1 169 BSN-STL-TOT-PHI 12 Mickey Welch 1297 307 1880 1892 20-32 565 549 525 41 15 210 .594 4 4802 4587 2556 1447 1850 2.71 114 106 18186 29 1 274 TRO-NYG 13 Don Sutton 1343 324 1966 1988 21-43 774 756 178 58 12 256 .559 5 5282.1 4692 2104 1914 3574 3.26 108 472 21631 102 82 21 112 LAD-HOU-TOT-MIL-CAL-LAD 14 Walter Johnson 1363 417 1907 1927 19-39 802 666 531 110 129 279 .599 34 5914.2 4913 1902 1424 3509 2.17 147 97 23749 203 4 155 WSH 15 Gaylord Perry 1379 314 1962 1983 23-44 777 690 303 53 33 265 .542 11 5350.1 4938 2128 1846 3534 3.11 117 399 21953 164 108 6 160 SFG-CLE-TOT-TEX-SDP-TOT-ATL-SEA 16 Tom Seaver 1390 311 1967 1986 22-41 656 647 231 61 6 205 .603 1 4782.2 3971 1674 1521 3640 2.86 127 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-NYM-CHW 17 Warren Spahn 1434 363 1942 1965 21-44 750 665 382 63 68 245 .597 29 5243.2 4830 2016 1798 2583 3.09 118 434 21547 60 42 5 81 BSN-MLN-TOT 18 Tom Glavine 1500 305 1987 2008 21-42 682 682 56 25 0 203 .600 0 4413.1 4298 1900 1734 2607 3.54 118 356 18604 145 66 7 65 ATL-NYM 19 Roger Clemens 1580 354 1984 2007 21-44 709 707 118 46 0 184 .658 0 4916.2 4185 1885 1707 4672 3.12 143 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU 20 Early Wynn 1775 300 1939 1963 19-43 691 612 290 49 66 244 .551 15 4564 4291 2037 1796 2334 3.54 107 338 19408 36 64 2 51 WSH-CLE-CHW 21 Phil Niekro 1809 318 1964 1987 25-48 864 716 245 45 83 274 .537 29 5404.1 5044 2337 2012 3342 3.35 115 482 22677 86 123 42 226 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT 22 Steve Carlton 1833 329 1965 1988 20-43 741 709 254 55 13 244 .574 2 5217.1 4672 2130 1864 4136 3.22 115 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 23 Nolan Ryan 2795 324 1966 1993 19-46 807 773 222 61 13 292 .526 3 5386 3923 2178 1911 5714 3.19 111 321 22575 78 158 33 277 NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX Seasons/Careers found: 23.
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