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Active Leaders & Records for Walks & Hits per IP
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
Single-Season
Career
Active
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Year-by-Year Top-Tens
Yearly League
+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: (BB + H)/IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding, 500 IP for Ps), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Walks & Hits per IP | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Clayton Kershaw (9, 28) | 1.0068 | L |
| 2. | Chris Sale (7, 27) | 1.0649 | L |
| 3. | Madison Bumgarner (8, 26) | 1.0975 | L |
| 4. | David Price (9, 30) | 1.1420 | L |
| 5. | Max Scherzer (9, 31) | 1.1448 | R |
| 6. | Cole Hamels (11, 32) | 1.1611 | L |
| 7. | Johnny Cueto (9, 30) | 1.1695 | R |
| 8. | Jordan Zimmermann (8, 30) | 1.1773 | R |
| 9. | Felix Hernandez (12, 30) | 1.1806 | R |
| 10. | Justin Verlander (12, 33) | 1.1847 | R |
| 11. | Jered Weaver (11, 33) | 1.1852 | R |
| 12. | Adam Wainwright (11, 34) | 1.1870 | R |
| 13. | Zack Greinke (13, 32) | 1.1902 | R |
| 14. | Jake Peavy (15, 35) | 1.1956 | R |
| 15. | Matt Cain (12, 31) | 1.2007 | R |
| 16. | Mat Latos (8, 28) | 1.2018 | R |
| 17. | Joaquin Benoit (15, 38) | 1.2324 | R |
| 18. | Jon Lester (11, 32) | 1.2342 | L |
| 19. | Chris Young (12, 37) | 1.2393 | R |
| 20. | Doug Fister (8, 32) | 1.2409 | R |
| 21. | CC Sabathia (16, 35) | 1.2505 | L |
| 22. | James Shields (11, 34) | 1.2596 | R |
| 23. | Jeff Samardzija (9, 31) | 1.2644 | R |
| 24. | Ian Kennedy (10, 31) | 1.2682 | R |
| 25. | Mike Leake (7, 28) | 1.2774 | R |
| 26. | Ervin Santana (12, 33) | 1.2785 | R |
| 27. | Bronson Arroyo (15, 39) | 1.2919 | R |
| 28. | Brandon McCarthy (11, 32) | 1.2924 | R |
| 29. | Tim Lincecum (10, 32) | 1.2931 | R |
| 30. | R.A. Dickey (14, 41) | 1.2932 | R |
| 31. | Phil Hughes (10, 30) | 1.2933 | R |
| 32. | John Lackey (14, 37) | 1.2957 | R |
| 33. | Bartolo Colon (19, 43) | 1.2978 | R |
| 34. | Clay Buchholz (10, 31) | 1.3026 | R |
| 35. | Freddy Garcia (15, 39) | 1.3034 | R |
| 36. | Rick Porcello (8, 27) | 1.3062 | R |
| 37. | Anibal Sanchez (11, 32) | 1.3064 | R |
| 38. | Jason Vargas (11, 33) | 1.3089 | L |
| 39. | Chris Tillman (8, 28) | 1.3098 | R |
| 40. | Matt Garza (11, 32) | 1.3133 | R |
| 41. | Ricky Nolasco (11, 33) | 1.3137 | R |
| 42. | Gio Gonzalez (9, 30) | 1.3197 | L |
| 43. | C.J. Wilson (11, 35) | 1.3207 | L |
| 44. | Homer Bailey (10, 30) | 1.3224 | R |
| 45. | Gavin Floyd (13, 33) | 1.3232 | R |
| 46. | Francisco Liriano (11, 32) | 1.3298 | L |
| 47. | Joe Blanton (12, 35) | 1.3329 | R |
| 48. | J.A. Happ (10, 33) | 1.3348 | L |
| 49. | Yovani Gallardo (10, 30) | 1.3370 | R |
| 50. | Jeremy Guthrie (12, 37) | 1.3385 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Walks & Hits per IP | Throws |
| 51. | Colby Lewis (11, 36) | 1.3432 | R |
| 52. | Kyle Lohse (16, 37) | 1.3450 | R |
| 53. | Jason Hammel (11, 33) | 1.3453 | R |
| 54. | John Danks (10, 31) | 1.3463 | L |
| 55. | Scott Kazmir (12, 32) | 1.3476 | L |
| 56. | Scott Feldman (12, 33) | 1.3561 | R |
| 57. | Trevor Cahill (8, 28) | 1.3564 | R |
| 58. | Chris Capuano (12, 37) | 1.3598 | L |
| 59. | Jose Contreras (11, 44) | 1.3666 | R |
| 60. | Ubaldo Jimenez (11, 32) | 1.3767 | R |
| 61. | Jon Niese (9, 29) | 1.3840 | L |
| 62. | Kyle Kendrick (9, 31) | 1.3849 | R |
| 63. | Jerome Williams (11, 34) | 1.3907 | R |
| 64. | Justin Masterson (8, 31) | 1.3980 | R |
| 65. | Bud Norris (8, 31) | 1.4070 | R |
| 66. | Ryan Vogelsong (12, 38) | 1.4076 | R |
| 67. | Roberto Hernandez (11, 35) | 1.4113 | R |
| 68. | Edinson Volquez (12, 32) | 1.4459 | R |
| 69. | Jorge De La Rosa (13, 35) | 1.4505 | L |
| 70. | Zach Duke (12, 33) | 1.4506 | L |
| 71. | Edwin Jackson (14, 32) | 1.4551 | R |
| 72. | Oliver Perez (14, 34) | 1.4588 | L |
| 73. | Mike Pelfrey (11, 32) | 1.5041 | R |
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