Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2012, Younger than 22, (requiring At least 400 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest Bases On Balls per 9 IP: Results

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Rk Player BB/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
1 Bret Saberhagen 1.69 549.0 1984 1986 20-22 100 75 16 4 13 37 29 .561 1 514 227 208 103 343 3.41 121 47 2217 6 5 5 9 KCR
2 Dave Rozema 1.80 525.0 1977 1979 20-22 72 72 31 4 0 28 23 .549 0 528 222 186 105 182 3.19 130 54 2162 7 15 2 7 DET
3 Lary Sorensen 1.83 423.0 1977 1978 21-22 60 56 26 3 3 25 22 .532 1 424 183 169 86 135 3.60 108 24 1744 8 6 5 5 MIL
4 Paul Dean 1.91 503.0 1934 1935 21-22 85 59 35 7 15 38 23 .623 7 486 205 190 107 293 3.40 122 35 2099 14 1 3 STL
5 Pete Donohue 1.94 634.2 1921 1923 20-22 96 77 44 4 15 46 30 .605 5 678 296 231 137 194 3.28 118 15 2691 15 1 4 CIN
6 Walter Johnson 2.03 1033.0 1907 1910 19-22 135 120 99 20 14 57 65 .467 3 803 314 199 233 708 1.73 140 3 4003 41 1 50 WSH
7 Bert Blyleven 2.07 1054.2 1970 1973 19-22 144 141 58 18 2 63 58 .521 0 953 363 323 242 845 2.76 131 76 4280 18 26 7 21 MIN
8 Madison Bumgarner 2.09 534.0 2009 2012 19-22 87 84 2 1 1 36 30 .545 0 512 211 190 124 478 3.20 113 48 2205 14 17 4 4 SFG
9 Jack Russell 2.12 446.1 1926 1928 20-22 102 46 15 3 36 15 28 .349 0 499 222 192 105 69 3.87 106 13 1900 10 2 5 BOS
10 Don Sutton 2.14 458.1 1966 1967 21-22 74 69 17 5 2 23 27 .460 1 415 188 177 109 378 3.48 92 37 1878 15 9 0 8 LAD
11 Rick Wise 2.22 532.0 1964 1968 18-22 113 76 16 4 9 30 35 .462 0 565 260 230 131 305 3.89 86 32 2250 13 16 0 11 PHI
12 Doc Crandall 2.23 544.1 1908 1910 20-22 104 50 30 2 50 35 20 .636 11 509 227 168 135 205 2.78 95 18 2202 16 1 4 NYG
13 Ismael Valdez 2.29 451.0 1994 1996 20-22 87 61 6 2 8 31 19 .620 1 408 180 160 115 351 3.19 120 39 1864 17 4 10 3 LAD
14 Rick Porcello 2.38 515.1 2009 2011 20-22 89 89 0 0 0 38 30 .559 0 574 280 260 136 277 4.54 94 59 2204 3 18 4 29 DET
15 George Kaiserling 2.43 536.2 1914 1915 21-22 78 62 36 6 12 32 25 .561 2 534 209 160 145 150 2.68 118 9 2180 26 0 8 IND-NEW
16 Smoky Joe Wood 2.46 999.2 1908 1912 18-22 152 109 88 23 35 81 43 .653 4 783 361 217 273 733 1.95 156 8 3934 40 0 27 BOS
17 Frank Tanana 2.47 840.2 1973 1976 19-22 111 106 53 12 3 51 40 .560 0 705 283 255 231 732 2.73 125 74 3406 15 24 3 19 CAL
18 Nick Maddox 2.47 518.0 1907 1909 20-22 73 65 45 9 5 41 17 .707 1 414 169 121 142 164 2.10 115 7 2038 30 1 7 PIT
19 Mark Lemongello 2.48 454.0 1976 1978 20-22 71 64 15 1 3 21 29 .420 1 467 200 184 125 169 3.65 94 42 1925 11 12 6 4 HOU
20 Harry Krause 2.48 515.1 1908 1911 19-22 79 53 39 10 15 36 23 .610 2 425 171 132 142 294 2.31 115 8 2002 33 1 6 PHA
21 Larry Dierker 2.49 980.2 1964 1969 17-22 144 132 43 7 4 55 50 .524 0 856 382 327 271 683 3.00 111 70 4021 22 14 2 50 HOU
22 Christy Mathewson 2.50 987.0 1901 1903 20-22 120 113 103 16 7 64 47 .577 2 855 385 249 274 652 2.27 140 10 4005 33 3 58 NYG
23 Chief Bender 2.51 941.0 1903 1906 19-22 136 103 89 10 31 60 46 .566 3 807 406 296 262 577 2.83 99 17 3775 48 2 26 PHA
24 Britt Burns 2.56 407.1 1978 1981 19-22 66 57 16 2 1 25 21 .543 0 376 152 135 116 246 2.98 130 34 1688 3 10 5 2 CHW
25 Waite Hoyt 2.62 775.0 1918 1922 18-22 116 85 50 7 22 48 37 .565 4 794 349 295 226 272 3.43 113 19 3225 15 1 12 NYG-BOS-NYY
Rk Player BB/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
26 Dwight Gooden 2.68 924.1 1984 1987 19-22 124 124 42 16 0 73 26 .737 0 718 283 253 275 892 2.46 146 48 3694 11 10 14 14 NYM
27 George Uhle 2.70 449.2 1919 1921 20-22 94 46 22 3 31 30 23 .566 3 515 236 196 135 140 3.92 101 13 1952 19 1 5 CLE
28 Vida Blue 2.75 543.2 1969 1972 19-22 82 72 31 14 1 33 19 .635 1 395 174 150 166 471 2.48 130 43 2151 7 6 1 13 OAK
29 Lindy McDaniel 2.75 435.0 1955 1958 19-22 99 52 13 2 19 27 22 .551 0 478 233 198 133 188 4.10 97 41 1879 14 5 1 20 STL
30 Storm Davis 2.79 526.0 1982 1984 20-22 98 68 17 3 12 35 20 .636 1 481 216 197 163 297 3.37 117 29 2166 14 7 4 15 BAL
31 Bob Moose 2.82 545.0 1967 1970 19-22 112 70 19 6 23 34 25 .576 7 485 219 197 171 417 3.25 106 29 2244 15 12 3 5 PIT
32 Wally Bunker 2.85 637.2 1963 1967 18-22 122 90 20 2 10 42 27 .609 3 575 277 249 202 321 3.51 98 57 2633 10 11 0 10 BAL
33 Dutch Leonard 2.86 484.0 1913 1914 21-22 78 53 31 10 19 33 22 .600 4 384 142 93 154 320 1.73 163 3 1900 12 2 8 BOS
34 Don Drysdale 2.88 802.1 1956 1959 19-22 147 106 32 9 24 51 40 .560 2 743 331 297 257 576 3.33 125 73 3379 21 42 5 18 BRO-LAD
35 Felix Hernandez 2.92 666.1 2005 2008 19-22 104 104 5 2 0 39 36 .520 0 663 304 281 216 593 3.80 114 65 2809 13 19 2 29 SEA
36 Art Houtteman 2.94 786.2 1945 1950 17-22 155 89 45 8 47 43 43 .500 14 818 390 342 257 316 3.91 110 67 3365 17 1 7 DET
37 Catfish Hunter 2.95 803.1 1965 1968 19-22 133 114 31 9 4 43 49 .467 1 701 345 310 263 553 3.47 91 83 3328 25 10 5 8 KCA-OAK
38 Joe Coleman 2.96 631.2 1965 1969 18-22 104 94 30 6 2 35 38 .479 1 603 283 245 208 409 3.49 92 50 2671 14 27 3 29 WSA
39 Bill Stafford 2.96 468.1 1960 1962 20-22 82 66 17 6 7 31 19 .620 2 406 177 160 154 246 3.07 121 39 1941 10 10 0 3 NYY
40 Fernando Valenzuela 2.97 752.0 1980 1983 19-22 107 97 38 16 4 49 30 .620 1 640 284 251 248 584 3.00 117 40 3074 26 6 2 20 LAD
41 Willie Mitchell 2.97 547.2 1909 1912 19-22 97 58 31 1 32 25 32 .439 1 512 273 182 181 282 2.99 104 3 2247 39 5 21 CLE
42 Mike McCormick 2.99 988.1 1956 1961 17-22 196 135 44 12 31 54 54 .500 8 954 450 397 328 604 3.62 104 100 4168 36 10 2 35 NYG-SFG
43 Johnny Podgajny 2.99 403.0 1940 1942 20-22 81 51 17 0 18 16 29 .356 0 415 205 185 134 105 4.13 85 17 1729 16 3 8 PHI
44 Steve Avery 3.00 543.0 1990 1992 20-22 91 90 6 4 1 32 30 .516 0 526 263 224 181 341 3.71 103 42 2303 5 5 5 16 ATL
45 Don Gullett 3.01 658.1 1970 1973 19-22 155 79 13 7 33 48 26 .649 10 575 252 233 220 432 3.19 107 57 2715 25 6 5 13 CIN
46 Gary Nolan 3.02 736.0 1967 1970 19-22 109 106 18 10 1 49 27 .645 0 626 268 239 247 581 2.92 130 64 3039 20 9 6 17 CIN
47 Pol Perritt 3.05 492.0 1912 1914 20-22 83 56 27 3 14 23 28 .451 2 478 245 188 167 192 3.44 87 16 2058 23 4 5 STL
48 Dean Chance 3.06 473.0 1961 1963 20-22 100 63 12 4 21 27 30 .474 11 457 207 170 161 306 3.23 113 24 2010 13 16 1 10 LAA
49 Johnny Lush 3.11 792.2 1904 1908 18-22 112 102 71 13 9 41 54 .432 1 719 359 212 274 370 2.41 104 10 3332 46 2 26 PHI-TOT-STL
50 George Mullin 3.12 580.2 1902 1903 21-22 76 66 56 6 9 32 31 .508 2 566 283 186 201 248 2.88 113 8 2433 15 0 19 DET
Rk Player BB/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
51 Dick Ellsworth 3.13 574.1 1958 1962 18-22 106 92 19 1 5 26 45 .366 1 628 308 275 200 298 4.31 94 58 2479 17 11 0 27 CHC
52 Dennis Eckersley 3.15 633.1 1975 1977 20-22 103 87 27 8 8 40 32 .556 3 516 243 227 222 543 3.23 116 60 2621 21 19 3 13 CLE
53 Jeremy Bonderman 3.16 535.0 2003 2005 20-22 95 89 6 2 0 31 45 .408 0 560 320 296 188 421 4.98 87 68 2321 7 18 3 24 DET
54 Mel Harder 3.19 690.2 1928 1932 18-22 149 76 33 1 40 40 39 .506 4 799 409 329 245 217 4.29 109 32 3103 16 1 9 CLE
55 Babe Ruth 3.21 890.2 1914 1917 19-22 121 109 75 16 9 67 34 .663 3 661 268 205 318 413 2.07 131 6 3519 25 2 17 BOS
56 Earl Hamilton 3.21 946.1 1911 1914 19-22 148 102 66 10 30 45 56 .446 5 881 426 314 338 406 2.99 102 14 3877 32 1 21 SLB
57 Ken Holtzman 3.23 532.1 1965 1968 19-22 83 77 18 3 3 31 30 .508 1 473 228 200 191 387 3.38 102 56 2229 20 12 1 21 CHC
58 Pedro Ramos 3.23 513.0 1955 1957 20-22 125 57 14 2 37 29 37 .439 5 550 288 268 184 179 4.70 85 79 2250 7 21 3 6 WSH
59 Willis Hudlin 3.24 517.1 1926 1928 20-22 93 58 29 1 25 33 29 .532 7 547 259 227 186 133 3.95 105 11 2244 20 2 11 CLE
60 Denny McLain 3.25 605.2 1963 1966 19-22 93 86 32 8 2 42 26 .618 1 483 253 234 219 476 3.48 101 85 2473 4 6 3 10 DET
61 Billy Hoeft 3.26 497.2 1952 1954 20-22 97 62 20 4 16 18 36 .333 7 526 272 255 180 271 4.61 84 60 2168 13 1 10 DET
62 Mike Witt 3.29 462.2 1981 1983 20-22 98 66 14 2 18 23 29 .442 5 473 227 201 169 237 3.91 101 31 1986 13 24 1 18 CAL
63 Jimmy Dygert 3.30 510.2 1905 1907 20-22 83 56 35 9 21 33 25 .569 1 416 206 149 187 281 2.63 101 5 2066 30 0 20 PHA
64 Alex Fernandez 3.31 467.0 1990 1992 20-22 76 74 9 2 1 22 29 .431 0 474 240 222 172 301 4.28 92 43 2009 5 13 1 8 CHW
65 Dave McNally 3.32 492.2 1962 1965 19-22 95 73 14 6 4 28 25 .528 1 455 208 192 182 286 3.51 100 39 2077 11 20 1 13 BAL
66 Lee Meadows 3.35 798.2 1915 1917 20-22 133 99 43 6 26 40 43 .482 4 746 328 255 297 324 2.87 94 13 3319 23 1 22 STL
67 Marcelino Lopez 3.36 420.1 1963 1966 19-22 76 66 14 3 5 22 27 .449 2 381 179 161 157 256 3.45 97 32 1775 9 13 1 23 PHI-CAL
68 Jim Scott 3.36 480.0 1909 1910 21-22 77 52 34 6 23 20 30 .400 1 376 185 126 179 270 2.36 101 5 1875 20 0 14 CHW
69 Bill James 3.37 468.0 1913 1914 21-22 70 51 40 5 16 32 17 .653 3 395 166 112 175 229 2.15 137 11 1906 20 2 14 BSN
70 George Baumgardner 3.39 655.1 1912 1914 20-22 113 76 50 7 33 37 47 .440 2 641 292 227 247 273 3.12 97 10 2684 29 0 11 SLB
71 Greg Maddux 3.43 435.2 1986 1988 20-22 70 66 11 4 3 26 26 .500 0 455 228 204 166 261 4.21 92 33 1892 31 14 13 9 CHC
72 Pete Schneider 3.44 1245.0 1914 1918 18-22 200 153 84 10 35 59 85 .410 4 1180 527 366 476 476 2.65 102 15 5241 49 0 14 CIN
73 Virgil Cheeves 3.46 435.0 1920 1923 19-22 100 54 18 2 29 26 27 .491 2 492 257 223 167 95 4.61 86 25 1915 22 1 1 CHC
74 Ray Keating 3.46 567.1 1912 1916 18-22 93 72 40 3 11 22 38 .367 0 538 281 209 218 285 3.32 88 11 2349 13 0 24 NYY
75 Milt Pappas 3.50 737.0 1957 1961 18-22 124 98 40 11 18 53 39 .576 4 634 298 275 287 410 3.36 112 47 3065 12 19 2 37 BAL
Rk Player BB/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
76 Jack Fisher 3.56 482.1 1959 1961 20-22 103 52 19 5 31 23 30 .434 5 455 227 190 191 269 3.55 108 37 2052 8 7 1 12 BAL
77 Wes Ferrell 3.59 556.1 1927 1930 19-22 89 62 44 2 21 46 25 .648 8 573 261 213 222 247 3.45 134 21 2410 3 4 7 CLE
78 Johnny Podres 3.68 426.0 1953 1955 20-22 89 63 14 5 7 29 21 .580 0 433 219 196 174 275 4.14 100 40 1843 2 6 0 10 BRO
79 Al Mamaux 3.70 627.2 1913 1916 19-22 97 73 47 11 20 47 25 .653 2 489 213 157 258 347 2.25 120 7 2556 20 6 7 PIT
80 Bob Friend 3.72 505.1 1951 1953 20-22 101 69 17 2 11 21 38 .356 0 552 293 250 209 182 4.45 94 45 2233 6 2 10 PIT
81 Terry Forster 3.80 456.2 1971 1974 19-22 217 16 4 0 138 21 27 .438 70 415 180 163 193 377 3.21 116 18 1943 15 12 2 21 CHW
82 Van Mungo 3.80 502.1 1931 1933 20-22 85 65 31 5 11 32 27 .542 2 474 218 193 212 229 3.46 102 16 2159 7 0 12 BRO
83 Matt Cain 3.81 437.0 2005 2007 20-22 71 70 3 1 1 22 29 .431 0 354 189 181 185 372 3.73 120 36 1831 5 11 2 22 SFG
84 CC Sabathia 3.81 588.0 2001 2003 20-22 96 96 4 1 0 43 25 .632 0 537 287 269 249 461 4.12 107 55 2486 6 14 8 17 CLE
85 Red Ruffing 3.81 564.2 1924 1927 19-22 108 69 29 3 27 20 46 .303 5 611 342 301 239 209 4.80 90 21 2486 14 2 7 BOS
86 Gary Bell 3.85 416.0 1958 1959 21-22 77 51 22 1 16 28 21 .571 6 349 177 172 178 246 3.72 100 46 1755 4 10 1 12 CLE
87 Tommy Hughes 3.85 423.0 1941 1942 21-22 74 55 24 2 9 21 32 .396 1 411 211 170 181 136 3.62 95 20 1834 4 1 2 PHI
88 Dan Petry 3.86 403.2 1979 1981 20-22 65 62 13 5 2 26 23 .531 0 361 181 162 173 210 3.61 113 30 1700 23 6 4 11 DET
89 Bullet Joe Bush 3.86 560.0 1912 1915 19-22 103 58 28 3 35 37 34 .521 5 534 275 229 240 282 3.68 75 8 2337 17 1 18 PHA
90 Bill Bailey 3.90 546.1 1907 1910 19-22 94 57 40 1 30 19 34 .358 0 484 273 174 237 263 2.87 85 6 2233 23 0 22 SLB
91 Dave Boswell 3.97 521.1 1964 1967 19-22 96 69 20 4 5 34 22 .607 0 380 204 191 230 487 3.30 108 57 2150 8 17 0 21 MIN
92 Jerry Walker 3.97 506.0 1957 1961 18-22 114 67 13 3 32 23 28 .451 12 468 238 215 223 223 3.82 102 54 2162 12 16 1 13 BAL-KCA
93 Ray Sadecki 4.12 675.2 1960 1963 19-22 115 102 28 3 3 39 37 .513 2 663 350 309 309 395 4.12 99 81 2940 9 11 4 33 STL
94 Ralph Branca 4.14 717.1 1944 1948 18-22 140 90 35 7 27 43 30 .589 7 621 307 268 330 397 3.36 117 56 3050 15 2 27 BRO
95 Clayton Kershaw 4.17 483.0 2008 2010 20-22 85 83 1 1 1 26 23 .531 0 388 179 170 224 497 3.17 126 31 2019 16 9 4 23 LAD
96 George Kahler 4.23 496.0 1910 1912 20-22 83 61 35 5 18 27 31 .466 2 496 248 174 233 239 3.16 104 2 2068 28 2 12 CLE
97 Wade Blasingame 4.24 412.0 1963 1966 19-22 84 61 13 2 10 28 22 .560 3 391 207 193 194 227 4.22 84 37 1758 14 7 1 24 MLN-ATL
98 Carl Scheib 4.28 561.0 1943 1949 16-22 116 59 32 5 43 27 27 .500 0 597 310 285 267 131 4.57 89 46 2456 10 4 12 PHA
99 Erv Palica 4.37 426.2 1947 1950 19-22 136 30 13 2 50 27 24 .529 10 382 196 182 207 250 3.84 106 32 1809 7 0 9 BRO
100 Curt Simmons 4.41 525.0 1947 1950 18-21 101 65 21 2 20 29 31 .483 2 485 276 241 257 324 4.13 96 34 2242 5 1 10 PHI
Rk Player BB/9 IP From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Tm
101 Harry Harper 4.42 585.0 1913 1917 18-22 113 78 29 8 21 31 27 .534 4 475 233 172 287 361 2.65 105 8 2382 20 2 29 WSH
102 Moe Drabowsky 4.45 416.1 1956 1958 20-22 67 60 19 3 5 24 30 .444 0 369 195 171 206 283 3.70 106 42 1804 13 17 1 5 CHC
103 Oliver Perez 4.49 412.2 2002 2004 20-22 70 69 2 1 0 20 25 .444 0 345 188 177 206 474 3.86 106 57 1771 6 18 2 12 SDP-TOT-PIT
104 Camilo Pascual 4.53 437.0 1954 1956 20-22 130 47 8 0 48 12 37 .245 8 478 290 267 220 304 5.50 72 45 1992 10 18 4 13 WSH
105 Pete Falcone 4.57 402.0 1975 1976 21-22 66 64 12 3 1 24 27 .471 0 344 184 164 204 269 3.67 100 28 1729 8 6 6 18 SFG-STL
106 Chuck Stobbs 4.57 642.1 1947 1952 17-22 140 83 24 0 25 40 35 .533 2 620 341 312 326 305 4.37 101 52 2808 17 2 8 BOS-CHW
107 Clay Kirby 4.60 430.1 1969 1970 21-22 71 69 8 1 2 17 36 .321 0 402 226 199 220 267 4.16 90 47 1880 18 15 0 14 SDP
108 Jose Rijo 4.70 402.0 1984 1987 19-22 96 54 5 0 21 19 30 .388 3 409 249 212 210 355 4.75 83 45 1811 11 8 7 13 NYY-OAK
109 Vinegar Bend Mizell 4.71 414.1 1952 1953 21-22 63 63 17 3 0 23 19 .548 0 364 182 164 217 319 3.56 112 24 1814 5 2 5 STL
110 Jim Shaw 4.77 509.1 1913 1916 19-22 101 59 27 8 32 24 37 .393 6 394 189 148 270 300 2.62 110 6 2077 13 3 21 WSH
111 Byron Houck 4.80 459.2 1912 1914 20-22 91 48 17 1 26 24 20 .545 1 404 229 176 245 195 3.45 87 8 1909 20 0 20 PHA-TOT
112 Lefty Tyler 5.01 433.0 1910 1912 20-22 72 51 25 2 16 19 32 .373 0 423 271 215 241 240 4.47 81 20 1902 20 2 18 BSN
113 Bob Feller 5.06 1448.1 1936 1941 17-22 205 175 117 16 24 107 54 .665 10 1149 569 512 815 1233 3.18 136 59 6191 26 7 46 CLE
114 Sam McDowell 5.22 605.1 1961 1965 18-22 113 85 23 6 13 34 29 .540 6 473 241 212 351 640 3.15 115 32 2605 14 13 2 40 CLE
115 Walt Masterson 5.34 409.2 1939 1942 19-22 114 45 13 4 43 14 27 .341 7 433 267 212 243 183 4.66 86 17 1882 8 0 14 WSH
116 Dick Drott 5.40 423.2 1957 1959 20-22 85 69 12 4 6 23 24 .489 0 381 244 210 254 312 4.46 88 50 1899 9 13 2 18 CHC
117 Dave Morehead 5.46 534.0 1963 1965 20-22 95 92 14 4 1 28 46 .378 0 450 286 253 324 438 4.26 89 52 2361 5 7 1 21 BOS
118 Hal Newhouser 5.76 690.2 1939 1943 18-22 137 96 34 3 31 34 52 .395 6 618 354 283 442 446 3.69 112 25 3084 5 2 14 DET
119 Mickey McDermott 6.73 405.1 1948 1951 19-22 91 46 19 3 31 20 15 .571 8 339 207 191 303 290 4.24 109 24 1801 11 5 11 BOS
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