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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Rk Player H/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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
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 H/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 BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS PO
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