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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 ----+-----------------+---------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 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 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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