Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1919 to 2011, (requiring Hp9≤7.7, At least 60% games started and At least 1000 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest Hits per 9 IP: Results
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Since end of Dead-ball era
Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | SH | SF | 2B | 3B | GDP | SB | CS | PO | |||||||||
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1 | Nolan Ryan | 6.56 | 5386.0 | 1966 | 1993 | 19-46 | 807 | 773 | 222 | 61 | 13 | 324 | 292 | .526 | 3 | 3923 | 2178 | 1911 | 2795 | 5714 | 3.19 | 112 | 321 | 22575 | 78 | 158 | 33 | 277 | NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX | .204 | .307 | .298 | .606 | 205 | 146 | 649 | 106 | 314 | 757 | 252 | 47 | |
2 | Sandy Koufax | 6.79 | 2324.1 | 1955 | 1966 | 19-30 | 397 | 314 | 137 | 40 | 44 | 165 | 87 | .655 | 9 | 1754 | 806 | 713 | 817 | 2396 | 2.76 | 131 | 204 | 9497 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 87 | BRO-LAD | .205 | .275 | .319 | .594 | 83 | 32 | 270 | 47 | 104 | 73 | 38 | 5 | |
3 | Sid Fernandez | 6.85 | 1866.2 | 1983 | 1997 | 20-34 | 307 | 300 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 114 | 96 | .543 | 1 | 1421 | 749 | 696 | 715 | 1743 | 3.36 | 111 | 191 | 7668 | 33 | 41 | 19 | 22 | LAD-NYM-BAL-TOT-PHI-HOU | .209 | .286 | .350 | .636 | 62 | 57 | 287 | 47 | 73 | 239 | 61 | 7 | |
4 | J.R. Richard | 6.88 | 1606.0 | 1971 | 1980 | 21-30 | 238 | 221 | 76 | 19 | 3 | 107 | 71 | .601 | 0 | 1227 | 625 | 562 | 770 | 1493 | 3.15 | 108 | 73 | 6674 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 92 | HOU | .212 | .305 | .295 | .600 | 65 | 32 | 198 | 32 | 123 | 177 | 73 | 13 | |
5 | Andy Messersmith | 6.94 | 2230.1 | 1968 | 1979 | 22-33 | 344 | 295 | 98 | 27 | 30 | 130 | 99 | .568 | 15 | 1719 | 812 | 709 | 831 | 1625 | 2.86 | 121 | 174 | 9120 | 44 | 40 | 7 | 70 | CAL-LAD-ATL-NYY | .212 | .287 | .319 | .606 | 99 | 44 | 276 | 35 | 138 | 137 | 63 | 14 | |
6 | Sam McDowell | 7.03 | 2492.1 | 1961 | 1975 | 18-32 | 425 | 346 | 103 | 23 | 39 | 141 | 134 | .513 | 14 | 1948 | 999 | 879 | 1312 | 2453 | 3.17 | 112 | 164 | 10587 | 74 | 59 | 7 | 140 | CLE-SFG-TOT-NYY-PIT | .215 | .317 | .310 | .627 | 107 | 49 | 290 | 40 | 208 | 60 | 87 | 19 | |
7 | Pedro Martinez | 7.07 | 2827.1 | 1992 | 2009 | 20-37 | 476 | 409 | 46 | 17 | 23 | 219 | 100 | .687 | 3 | 2221 | 1006 | 919 | 760 | 3154 | 2.93 | 154 | 239 | 11394 | 30 | 141 | 6 | 62 | LAD-MON-BOS-NYM-PHI | .214 | .276 | .337 | .613 | 74 | 63 | 443 | 54 | 148 | 210 | 70 | 17 | |
8 | Bob Turley | 7.18 | 1712.2 | 1951 | 1963 | 20-32 | 310 | 237 | 78 | 24 | 38 | 101 | 85 | .543 | 12 | 1366 | 753 | 693 | 1068 | 1265 | 3.64 | 101 | 140 | 7447 | 21 | 56 | 3 | 39 | SLB-BAL-NYY-TOT | .220 | .338 | .339 | .677 | 66 | 55 | 243 | 43 | 133 | 61 | 56 | 7 | |
9 | Dave Boswell | 7.25 | 1065.1 | 1964 | 1971 | 19-26 | 205 | 151 | 37 | 6 | 13 | 68 | 56 | .548 | 0 | 858 | 462 | 417 | 481 | 882 | 3.52 | 100 | 110 | 4487 | 16 | 34 | 0 | 44 | MIN-TOT | .219 | .309 | .343 | .652 | 36 | 17 | 117 | 20 | 72 | 57 | 39 | 2 | |
10 | Mario Soto | 7.26 | 1730.1 | 1977 | 1988 | 20-31 | 297 | 224 | 72 | 13 | 20 | 100 | 92 | .521 | 4 | 1395 | 732 | 667 | 657 | 1449 | 3.47 | 108 | 172 | 7147 | 50 | 28 | 20 | 37 | CIN | .220 | .294 | .355 | .649 | 73 | 53 | 249 | 43 | 70 | 217 | 78 | 6 | |
11 | Randy Johnson | 7.28 | 4135.1 | 1988 | 2009 | 24-45 | 618 | 603 | 100 | 37 | 7 | 303 | 166 | .646 | 2 | 3346 | 1703 | 1513 | 1497 | 4875 | 3.29 | 136 | 411 | 17067 | 37 | 190 | 33 | 109 | MON-TOT-SEA-ARI-NYY-SFG | .221 | .297 | .353 | .650 | 131 | 89 | 660 | 58 | 252 | 456 | 224 | 58 | |
12 | Jose DeLeon | 7.38 | 1897.1 | 1983 | 1995 | 22-34 | 415 | 264 | 21 | 7 | 36 | 86 | 119 | .420 | 6 | 1556 | 877 | 793 | 841 | 1594 | 3.76 | 102 | 153 | 7985 | 50 | 62 | 8 | 60 | PIT-TOT-CHW-STL | .224 | .311 | .347 | .658 | 77 | 63 | 289 | 52 | 96 | 218 | 101 | 2 | |
13 | Jim Maloney | 7.39 | 1849.0 | 1960 | 1971 | 20-31 | 302 | 262 | 74 | 30 | 18 | 134 | 84 | .615 | 4 | 1518 | 729 | 655 | 810 | 1605 | 3.19 | 116 | 138 | 7745 | 39 | 36 | 2 | 124 | CIN-CAL | .224 | .308 | .329 | .638 | 82 | 41 | 241 | 29 | 128 | 115 | 66 | 3 | |
14 | Tom Seaver | 7.47 | 4783.0 | 1967 | 1986 | 22-41 | 656 | 647 | 231 | 61 | 6 | 311 | 205 | .603 | 1 | 3971 | 1674 | 1521 | 1390 | 3640 | 2.86 | 128 | 380 | 19369 | 116 | 76 | 8 | 126 | NYM-TOT-CIN-CHW | .226 | .283 | .342 | .626 | 187 | 111 | 675 | 120 | 315 | 409 | 164 | 14 | |
15 | Tommy Byrne | 7.52 | 1362.0 | 1943 | 1957 | 23-37 | 281 | 170 | 65 | 12 | 72 | 85 | 69 | .552 | 12 | 1138 | 688 | 622 | 1037 | 766 | 4.11 | 97 | 98 | 6181 | 10 | 85 | 4 | 28 | NYY-TOT-SLB | .311 | .510 | .351 | .860 | 60 | 10 | 110 | 24 | 99 | 31 | 29 | 0 | |
16 | Johan Santana | 7.59 | 1908.2 | 2000 | 2010 | 21-31 | 339 | 263 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 133 | 69 | .658 | 1 | 1609 | 708 | 658 | 528 | 1877 | 3.10 | 142 | 203 | 7763 | 12 | 36 | 12 | 67 | MIN-NYM | .226 | .282 | .367 | .649 | 54 | 35 | 325 | 33 | 114 | 40 | 36 | 18 | |
17 | Matt Cain | 7.60 | 1153.1 | 2005 | 2011 | 20-26 | 180 | 179 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 60 | 64 | .484 | 0 | 974 | 463 | 441 | 426 | 951 | 3.44 | 126 | 104 | 4785 | 25 | 29 | 4 | 47 | SFG | .229 | .302 | .370 | .672 | 3656 | 48 | 33 | 213 | 36 | 60 | 72 | 38 | 2 |
18 | Bob Gibson | 7.60 | 3884.1 | 1959 | 1975 | 23-39 | 528 | 482 | 255 | 56 | 21 | 251 | 174 | .591 | 6 | 3279 | 1420 | 1258 | 1336 | 3117 | 2.91 | 128 | 257 | 16068 | 118 | 102 | 13 | 108 | STL | .228 | .297 | .325 | .622 | 171 | 94 | 457 | 83 | 292 | 196 | 88 | 0 | |
19 | Don Wilson | 7.61 | 1748.1 | 1966 | 1974 | 21-29 | 266 | 245 | 78 | 20 | 10 | 104 | 92 | .531 | 2 | 1479 | 698 | 611 | 640 | 1283 | 3.15 | 109 | 119 | 7305 | 32 | 47 | 10 | 77 | HOU | .228 | .300 | .334 | .633 | 72 | 48 | 256 | 38 | 86 | 130 | 47 | 8 | |
20 | Jim Palmer | 7.63 | 3948.0 | 1965 | 1984 | 19-38 | 558 | 521 | 211 | 53 | 15 | 268 | 152 | .638 | 4 | 3349 | 1395 | 1253 | 1311 | 2212 | 2.86 | 126 | 303 | 16114 | 37 | 38 | 11 | 85 | BAL | .230 | .294 | .340 | .634 | 133 | 84 | 512 | 88 | 273 | 265 | 164 | 15 | |
21 | Roger Clemens | 7.66 | 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 | .229 | .294 | .341 | .636 | 119 | 103 | 796 | 84 | 330 | 446 | 214 | 36 | |
22 | Sam Jones | 7.68 | 1643.1 | 1951 | 1964 | 25-38 | 322 | 222 | 76 | 17 | 45 | 102 | 101 | .502 | 9 | 1403 | 752 | 655 | 822 | 1376 | 3.59 | 108 | 151 | 7074 | 37 | 60 | 0 | 45 | CLE-CHC-STL-SFG-DET-BAL | .230 | .326 | .351 | .677 | 67 | 33 | 193 | 45 | 108 | 72 | 49 | 5 | |
23 | Carlos Zambrano | 7.69 | 1738.0 | 2001 | 2011 | 20-30 | 304 | 267 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 120 | 76 | .612 | 0 | 1485 | 755 | 684 | 786 | 1480 | 3.54 | 125 | 137 | 7400 | 37 | 89 | 5 | 56 | CHC | .232 | .323 | .352 | .674 | 5668 | 86 | 35 | 288 | 34 | 152 | 50 | 49 | 14 |
24 | Bob Feller | 7.69 | 3827.0 | 1936 | 1956 | 17-37 | 570 | 484 | 279 | 44 | 52 | 266 | 162 | .621 | 21 | 3271 | 1557 | 1384 | 1764 | 2581 | 3.25 | 122 | 224 | 16180 | 6 | 60 | 13 | 69 | CLE | .752 | 1.058 | .373 | 1.431 | 64 | 10 | 156 | 30 | 103 | 42 | 31 | 4 | |
25 | Johnny Vander Meer | 7.69 | 2104.2 | 1937 | 1951 | 22-36 | 346 | 286 | 131 | 29 | 28 | 119 | 121 | .496 | 2 | 1799 | 915 | 805 | 1132 | 1294 | 3.44 | 107 | 100 | 9034 | 21 | 3 | 37 | CIN-CHC-CLE | 6.225 | 8.410 | .377 | 8.787 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
Rk | Player | IP | From | To | Age | G | GS | CG | SHO | GF | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | BF | IBB | HBP | BK | WP | Tm | SH | SF | 2B | 3B | GDP | SB | CS | PO |
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