Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1961 to 2013, (requiring win_loss_perc≥.575, At least 60% games started and At least 100 Decisions), sorted by smallest Strikeouts per 9 IP: Results

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Rk Player SO/9 W-L% Dec From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L SV IP 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 Kirk Rueter 3.84 .586 222 1993 2005 22-34 340 336 4 1 1 130 92 0 1918.0 2092 1004 911 582 818 4.27 97 220 8210 41 25 0 24 MON-TOT-SFG .281 .333 .435 .767 105 93 60 406 40 219 34 65 30
2 Bob Purkey 3.86 .589 112 1961 1966 31-36 170 134 47 7 21 66 46 5 1011.1 993 450 395 234 434 3.52 109 103 4214 21 36 4 25 CIN-STL-PIT .256 .303 .388 .691 92 49 19 163 19 75 42 22 3
3 LaMarr Hoyt 4.67 .590 166 1979 1986 24-31 244 172 48 8 40 98 68 10 1311.1 1313 637 582 279 681 3.99 99 140 5419 24 18 7 13 CHW-SDP .260 .300 .409 .709 95 46 35 245 42 105 100 41 4
4 Tom Browning 4.69 .577 213 1984 1995 24-35 302 300 31 12 1 123 90 0 1921.0 1931 913 841 511 1000 3.94 97 236 8066 61 32 13 25 CIN-KCR .262 .310 .418 .728 103 87 62 374 34 126 124 73 27
5 Ralph Terry 4.70 .586 128 1961 1967 25-31 199 154 49 11 23 75 53 8 1127.2 1042 486 434 218 589 3.46 105 138 4568 12 11 0 6 NYY-CLE-TOT-NYM .244 .280 .393 .674 91 34 30 170 28 78 34 22 0
6 Jack Sanford 4.80 .597 134 1961 1967 32-38 241 167 33 3 33 80 54 10 1172.0 1112 552 494 380 625 3.79 93 104 4924 41 30 15 22 SFG-TOT-CAL .251 .313 .379 .692 99 54 32 176 39 93 43 22 40
7 John Tudor 4.95 .619 189 1979 1990 25-36 281 263 50 16 5 117 72 1 1797.0 1677 700 623 475 988 3.12 124 156 7368 32 29 10 18 BOS-PIT-STL-TOT-LAD .248 .299 .374 .673 87 69 45 315 32 137 102 78 36
8 Dave McNally 4.98 .607 303 1962 1975 19-32 424 396 120 33 7 184 119 2 2730.0 2488 1070 982 826 1512 3.24 106 230 11229 56 72 11 59 BAL-MON .245 .305 .366 .671 96 112 59 426 58 280 79 82 39
9 Jim Palmer 5.04 .638 420 1965 1984 19-38 558 521 211 53 15 268 152 4 3948.0 3349 1395 1253 1311 2212 2.86 125 303 16114 37 38 11 85 BAL .230 .294 .340 .634 82 133 84 512 88 273 265 164 15
10 Steve Blass 5.05 .575 179 1964 1974 22-32 282 231 57 16 14 103 76 2 1597.1 1558 739 644 597 896 3.63 95 128 6780 49 38 4 56 PIT .258 .327 .372 .699 104 68 31 214 47 160 37 45 19
11 Mike Cuellar 5.22 .587 315 1964 1977 27-40 451 379 172 36 33 185 130 11 2804.0 2531 1122 972 818 1627 3.12 110 221 11481 60 12 6 52 STL-HOU-BAL-CAL .243 .297 .353 .650 89 150 66 369 63 256 77 100 41
12 Tom Glavine 5.32 .600 508 1987 2008 21-42 682 682 56 25 0 305 203 0 4413.1 4298 1900 1734 1500 2607 3.54 118 356 18604 145 66 7 65 ATL-NYM .257 .319 .378 .697 88 228 113 786 76 420 226 168 41
13 Jimmy Key 5.34 .614 303 1984 1998 23-37 470 389 34 13 28 186 117 10 2591.2 2518 1104 1010 668 1538 3.51 122 254 10719 29 38 12 50 TOR-NYY-BAL .255 .303 .392 .695 86 88 69 473 56 234 105 79 37
14 Kenny Rogers 5.36 .584 375 1989 2008 24-43 762 474 36 9 133 219 156 28 3302.2 3457 1739 1568 1175 1968 4.27 107 339 14280 53 127 23 79 TEX-NYY-OAK-TOT-MIN-DET .270 .335 .417 .752 96 94 92 719 69 350 63 91 79
15 Dennis Leonard 5.44 .576 250 1974 1986 23-35 312 302 103 23 3 144 106 1 2187.0 2137 1008 898 622 1323 3.70 107 202 9149 39 52 6 73 KCR .257 .310 .386 .696 91 82 65 355 57 160 143 83 19
16 Gary Nolan 5.58 .611 180 1967 1977 19-29 250 247 45 14 1 110 70 0 1674.2 1505 623 573 413 1039 3.08 117 146 6836 46 14 10 26 CIN-TOT .238 .285 .361 .647 85 60 39 262 38 90 99 45 1
17 Mark Mulder 5.71 .632 163 2000 2008 22-30 205 203 25 10 1 103 60 0 1314.0 1352 657 611 412 834 4.18 106 141 5562 15 50 1 47 OAK-STL .269 .329 .416 .745 96 51 29 282 15 166 65 56 36
18 Bob Welch 5.73 .591 357 1978 1994 21-37 506 462 61 28 20 211 146 8 3092.0 2894 1310 1191 1034 1969 3.47 106 267 12956 60 79 45 55 LAD-OAK .249 .312 .371 .684 95 122 83 482 72 209 213 157 19
19 David Wells 5.76 .604 396 1987 2007 24-44 660 489 54 12 65 239 157 13 3439.0 3635 1702 1578 719 2201 4.13 108 407 14413 65 83 17 101 TOR-DET-TOT-BAL-NYY-CHW-SDP-BOS .271 .310 .427 .737 93 106 84 741 65 266 268 120 51
20 Orel Hershiser 5.79 .576 354 1983 2000 24-41 510 466 68 25 19 204 150 5 3130.1 2939 1366 1211 1007 2014 3.48 112 235 13150 108 117 23 121 LAD-CLE-SFG-NYM .249 .312 .364 .676 89 124 73 525 65 314 181 94 19
21 Jack Morris 5.83 .577 440 1977 1994 22-39 549 527 175 28 10 254 186 0 3824.0 3567 1815 1657 1390 2478 3.90 105 389 16120 99 58 27 206 DET-MIN-TOR-CLE .247 .313 .380 .693 89 113 114 572 91 299 373 142 9
22 Juan Marichal 5.90 .629 377 1961 1975 23-37 460 446 238 51 11 237 140 2 3425.2 3094 1300 1102 681 2245 2.90 123 315 13908 81 40 18 48 SFG-BOS-LAD .238 .277 .351 .628 81 121 64 388 68 200 168 80 43
23 Don Gullett 5.96 .686 159 1970 1978 19-27 266 186 44 14 35 109 50 11 1390.0 1205 528 481 501 921 3.11 113 115 5763 42 12 6 36 CIN-NYY .233 .301 .352 .653 88 60 22 223 22 105 20 38 2
24 Bret Saberhagen 6.02 .588 284 1984 2001 20-37 399 371 76 16 13 167 117 1 2562.2 2452 1036 952 471 1715 3.34 126 218 10421 34 59 12 53 KCR-NYM-TOT-BOS .252 .289 .382 .671 81 89 68 445 85 167 115 87 38
25 Tim Hudson 6.05 .648 315 1999 2013 23-37 426 425 25 13 0 204 111 0 2806.0 2620 1169 1075 843 1887 3.45 124 220 11663 80 110 6 78 OAK-ATL .248 .309 .365 .674 80 106 56 452 58 296 167 78 17
Rk Player SO/9 W-L% Dec From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L SV IP 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
26 Greg Maddux 6.06 .610 582 1986 2008 20-42 744 740 109 35 3 355 227 0 5008.1 4726 1981 1756 999 3371 3.16 132 353 20421 177 137 28 70 CHC-ATL-TOT-SDP .250 .291 .358 .649 75 274 119 817 84 422 547 170 28
27 Whitey Ford 6.08 .687 150 1961 1967 32-38 220 201 54 17 11 103 47 3 1416.0 1297 500 440 357 956 2.80 128 113 5784 18 10 0 38 NYY .243 .290 .359 .649 86 49 26 186 47 139 15 16 19
28 Denny McLain 6.12 .590 222 1963 1972 19-28 280 264 105 29 8 131 91 2 1886.0 1646 778 711 548 1282 3.39 101 242 7719 24 26 9 27 DET-WSA-TOT .234 .290 .386 .676 98 76 43 249 44 115 96 45 5
29 Jack McDowell 6.25 .593 214 1987 1999 21-33 277 275 62 13 0 127 87 0 1889.0 1854 874 809 606 1311 3.85 111 173 7966 29 48 5 63 CHW-NYY-CLE-ANA .257 .317 .391 .708 90 61 48 348 47 123 176 83 35
30 Freddy Garcia 6.44 .594 261 1999 2013 22-36 370 354 12 4 12 155 106 0 2236.2 2220 1096 1040 703 1601 4.18 106 283 9489 42 67 9 94 SEA-TOT-PHI-DET-CHW-NYY-BAL .258 .317 .421 .738 93 56 62 470 40 188 221 49 12
31 Camilo Pascual 6.56 .576 203 1961 1971 27-37 281 252 85 23 10 117 86 0 1750.1 1550 748 653 591 1276 3.36 109 165 7306 25 32 3 58 MIN-WSA-TOT-LAD-CLE .235 .300 .361 .660 89 63 25 245 44 136 98 41 3
32 Kevin Brown 6.62 .594 355 1986 2005 21-40 486 476 72 17 1 211 144 0 3256.1 3079 1357 1185 901 2397 3.28 127 208 13542 42 139 15 108 TEX-BAL-FLA-SDP-LAD-NYY .249 .306 .349 .655 79 95 64 493 53 330 180 112 34
33 Andy Pettitte 6.66 .628 401 1995 2013 23-41 518 508 25 4 3 252 149 0 3235.1 3364 1544 1393 1011 2395 3.88 116 282 13741 42 55 11 68 NYY-HOU .269 .325 .398 .723 88 106 81 637 60 353 184 92 97
34 Ron Guidry 6.69 .651 261 1975 1988 24-37 368 323 95 26 24 170 91 4 2392.0 2198 953 874 633 1778 3.29 119 226 9794 24 13 8 56 NYY .244 .292 .380 .672 85 70 65 419 63 172 121 107 23
35 Ramon Martinez 6.77 .605 223 1988 2001 20-33 301 297 37 20 1 135 88 0 1895.2 1691 880 772 795 1427 3.67 105 170 8075 41 66 7 33 LAD-BOS-PIT .239 .319 .364 .684 92 76 50 316 33 116 156 95 8
36 Bartolo Colon 6.79 .595 309 1997 2013 24-40 401 395 35 12 0 184 125 0 2529.0 2531 1216 1114 789 1908 3.96 113 303 10690 36 48 5 40 CLE-TOT-CHW-ANA-LAA-BOS-NYY-OAK .261 .318 .414 .732 91 88 63 497 42 243 57 52 13
37 Tom Seaver 6.85 .603 516 1967 1986 22-41 656 647 231 61 6 311 205 1 4783.0 3971 1674 1521 1390 3640 2.86 127 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-CHW .226 .283 .342 .626 79 187 111 675 120 315 409 164 14
38 Chris Carpenter 6.88 .605 238 1997 2012 22-37 350 332 33 15 6 144 94 0 2219.1 2205 1021 927 627 1697 3.76 116 220 9305 23 85 3 51 TOR-STL .260 .316 .398 .714 89 75 48 433 38 223 47 77 2
39 Roy Halladay 6.95 .659 305 1998 2013 21-36 410 384 67 20 6 201 104 1 2721.2 2624 1120 1020 573 2101 3.37 131 233 11160 27 75 9 54 TOR-PHI .253 .295 .373 .668 76 68 59 466 44 248 215 64 3
40 Teddy Higuera 7.05 .595 158 1985 1994 27-36 213 205 50 12 7 94 64 0 1380.0 1262 608 554 443 1081 3.61 117 131 5752 17 25 17 13 MIL .243 .303 .374 .677 83 47 50 242 21 94 101 48 5
41 Mike Mussina 7.11 .638 423 1991 2008 22-39 537 536 57 23 0 270 153 0 3562.2 3460 1559 1458 785 2813 3.68 123 376 14593 29 60 1 71 BAL-NYY .255 .297 .399 .696 81 90 82 719 53 293 182 117 5
42 Bob Gibson 7.25 .600 408 1961 1975 25-39 488 461 251 55 15 245 163 6 3722.0 3105 1324 1176 1249 3000 2.84 130 246 15336 110 100 13 101 STL .226 .294 .322 .616 75 158 87 424 81 274 192 82 0
43 Brandon Webb 7.26 .584 149 2003 2009 24-30 199 198 15 8 1 87 62 0 1319.2 1200 557 479 435 1065 3.27 142 92 5515 34 50 6 56 ARI .243 .309 .352 .661 72 60 35 215 24 140 143 46 9
44 Dwight Gooden 7.37 .634 306 1984 2000 19-35 430 410 68 24 4 194 112 3 2800.2 2564 1198 1091 954 2293 3.51 111 210 11705 42 78 33 76 NYM-NYY-CLE-TOT .244 .310 .357 .667 86 84 68 446 58 197 452 125 35
45 Roy Oswalt 7.43 .620 263 2001 2013 23-35 360 339 20 8 7 163 100 0 2230.2 2179 881 822 513 1841 3.32 129 196 9232 34 79 7 30 HOU-TOT-PHI-TEX-COL .257 .304 .392 .696 85 105 55 463 47 200 64 40 6
46 Orlando Hernandez 7.43 .581 155 1998 2007 32-41 219 211 9 2 2 90 65 2 1314.2 1181 641 604 479 1086 4.13 110 177 5558 18 67 7 27 NYY-CHW-TOT-NYM .239 .312 .409 .721 87 31 42 248 30 62 136 52 5
47 Cliff Lee 7.48 .622 217 2002 2013 23-34 304 300 27 12 1 135 82 0 1997.1 1947 858 788 442 1661 3.55 118 210 8257 12 47 2 40 CLE-TOT-PHI .254 .297 .396 .692 86 43 50 398 30 158 65 30 8
48 Carlos Zambrano 7.52 .592 223 2001 2012 20-31 354 302 10 5 11 132 91 0 1959.0 1709 879 797 898 1637 3.66 119 161 8389 41 102 5 58 CHC-MIA .236 .327 .358 .685 82 100 44 319 40 174 53 50 16
49 Jered Weaver 7.60 .650 163 2006 2013 23-30 219 219 11 6 0 106 57 0 1394.0 1227 532 502 373 1177 3.24 128 148 5688 11 27 1 30 LAA .235 .287 .378 .665 80 21 34 260 23 66 120 36 18
50 Adam Wainwright 7.66 .637 146 2005 2013 23-31 235 172 15 6 11 93 53 3 1227.2 1139 457 418 318 1045 3.06 132 85 5059 15 34 2 30 STL .246 .298 .364 .662 81 58 28 237 25 115 35 27 4
Rk Player SO/9 W-L% Dec From To Age G GS CG SHO GF W L SV IP 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
51 CC Sabathia 7.77 .645 310 2001 2013 20-32 404 404 37 12 0 200 110 0 2706.1 2509 1172 1067 801 2336 3.55 123 250 11222 37 85 15 52 CLE-TOT-NYY .246 .305 .378 .682 81 73 75 509 41 241 167 83 20
52 Jim Maloney 7.85 .629 210 1961 1971 21-31 291 252 72 29 18 132 78 4 1785.1 1457 694 622 773 1557 3.14 117 133 7464 37 34 2 122 CIN-CAL .223 .307 .329 .635 81 79 41 236 28 124 110 62 3
53 Jason Schmidt 7.93 .575 226 1995 2009 22-36 323 314 20 9 1 130 96 0 1996.1 1846 958 878 792 1758 3.96 110 184 8532 35 52 11 93 ATL-TOT-PIT-SFG-LAD .245 .318 .383 .701 86 81 57 369 61 120 159 50 5
54 John Smoltz 7.99 .579 368 1988 2009 21-42 723 481 53 16 204 213 155 154 3473.0 3074 1391 1284 1010 3084 3.33 125 288 14271 84 57 16 145 ATL-TOT .237 .293 .360 .653 76 139 87 605 67 244 182 102 15
55 Jon Lester 8.14 .635 148 2006 2013 22-29 209 208 10 3 0 94 54 0 1295.0 1223 577 552 475 1171 3.84 116 127 5459 4 49 1 36 BOS .251 .321 .386 .707 86 22 37 244 17 131 97 43 24
56 David Price 8.21 .644 101 2008 2013 22-27 138 133 6 2 0 65 36 0 873.1 754 349 315 274 797 3.25 121 83 3583 8 26 4 19 TBR .232 .295 .359 .654 82 13 17 142 11 66 61 35 9
57 David Cone 8.28 .606 320 1986 2003 23-40 450 419 56 22 9 194 126 1 2898.2 2504 1222 1115 1137 2668 3.46 121 258 12184 42 106 32 149 TOT-KCR-NYY-BOS-NYM .232 .309 .359 .669 82 76 82 466 64 138 343 134 19
58 Felix Hernandez 8.33 .577 189 2005 2013 19-27 259 259 23 9 0 109 80 0 1765.0 1614 691 618 507 1634 3.15 129 141 7262 15 56 7 94 SEA .243 .301 .356 .657 81 31 39 279 23 185 138 46 9
59 J.R. Richard 8.37 .601 178 1971 1980 21-30 238 221 76 19 3 107 71 0 1606.0 1227 625 562 770 1493 3.15 108 73 6674 15 17 14 92 HOU .212 .305 .295 .600 78 65 32 198 32 123 177 73 13
60 Justin Verlander 8.45 .650 206 2005 2013 22-30 253 253 20 6 0 134 72 0 1685.1 1485 694 641 519 1582 3.42 127 148 6973 19 62 15 57 DET .235 .298 .359 .656 74 27 33 291 25 101 85 49 19
61 Roger Clemens 8.55 .658 538 1984 2007 21-44 709 707 118 46 0 354 184 0 4916.2 4185 1885 1707 1580 4672 3.12 143 363 20240 63 159 20 143 BOS-TOR-NYY-HOU .229 .294 .341 .636 68 119 103 796 84 330 446 214 36
62 Curt Schilling 8.60 .597 362 1988 2007 21-40 569 436 83 20 81 216 146 22 3261.0 2998 1318 1253 711 3116 3.46 127 347 13284 43 52 8 72 BAL-HOU-PHI-TOT-ARI-BOS .243 .286 .387 .673 77 123 76 612 60 193 105 79 14
63 Gio Gonzalez 8.83 .606 109 2008 2013 22-27 147 141 3 1 3 66 43 0 859.1 734 369 338 389 843 3.54 114 75 3667 9 22 4 25 OAK-WSN .228 .315 .351 .665 84 26 16 138 15 63 52 15 7
64 Johan Santana 8.83 .641 217 2000 2012 21-33 360 284 15 10 23 139 78 1 2025.2 1726 773 721 567 1988 3.20 136 220 8262 13 36 12 68 MIN-NYM .228 .284 .371 .655 74 58 38 352 34 122 47 39 20
65 Yovani Gallardo 8.96 .602 128 2007 2013 21-27 172 169 4 3 1 77 51 0 1036.1 956 466 431 399 1032 3.74 109 109 4406 16 14 1 40 MIL .244 .314 .387 .701 91 48 28 199 16 71 69 20 5
66 Clayton Kershaw 9.21 .619 113 2008 2013 20-25 172 170 11 7 1 70 43 0 1096.1 831 353 327 376 1122 2.68 143 71 4416 25 18 8 40 LAD .211 .281 .313 .594 67 57 17 167 12 74 45 41 40
67 Max Scherzer 9.42 .606 109 2008 2013 23-28 162 153 0 0 2 66 43 0 942.1 874 434 395 301 986 3.77 113 111 3930 6 36 3 32 ARI-DET .247 .310 .404 .714 90 23 26 167 28 61 62 44 6
68 Sandy Koufax 9.44 .733 176 1961 1966 25-30 223 211 115 35 7 129 47 5 1632.2 1171 459 398 412 1713 2.19 156 116 6463 30 13 3 48 LAD .197 .249 .293 .542 59 61 19 173 27 62 56 26 3
69 Pedro Martinez 10.04 .687 319 1992 2009 20-37 476 409 46 17 23 219 100 3 2827.1 2221 1006 919 760 3154 2.93 154 239 11394 30 141 6 62 LAD-MON-BOS-NYM-PHI .214 .276 .337 .613 61 74 63 443 54 148 210 70 18
70 Randy Johnson 10.61 .646 469 1988 2009 24-45 618 603 100 37 7 303 166 2 4135.1 3346 1703 1513 1497 4875 3.29 135 411 17067 37 190 33 109 MON-SEA-TOT-ARI-NYY-SFG .221 .297 .353 .650 71 131 89 660 58 252 456 224 58
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