Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring At least 4000 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
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    1 Ted Lyons            2.32   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         
    2 Eppa Rixey           2.70   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     
    3 Red Faber            3.24   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         
    4 Burleigh Grimes      3.26   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 
    5 Pete Alexander       3.81   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 
    6 Red Ruffing          4.12   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 
    7 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 
    8 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 
    9 Eddie Plank          4.50   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 
   10 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 
   11 Early Wynn           4.60   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 
   12 Christy Mathewson    4.72   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     
   13 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 
   14 Tom Glavine          5.32   4409.1 1987 2008 21-42  681 681  56  25   0 305 202  .602   0 4291 1893 1727 1496 2604   3.53  118 354 18583 144  66   7  65 ATL-NYM     
   15 Walter Johnson       5.34   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         
   16 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 
   17 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 
   18 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 
   19 Greg Maddux          6.08   4960.2 1986 2008 20-42  736 732 109  35   3 353 222  .614   0 4678 1955 1732  995 3349   3.14  132 347 20229 176 136  28  70 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP 
   20 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 
   21 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 
   22 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 
   23 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 
   24 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 
   25 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 
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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
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   26 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 

Seasons/Careers found: 26.

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