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Active Leaders & Records for Bases On Balls per 9 IP
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Statistic Description: 9 x BB / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 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) | Bases On Balls per 9 IP | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Roy Halladay (15, 35) | 1.8461 | R |
| 2. | Dan Haren (10, 31) | 1.8921 | R |
| 3. | Mark Buehrle (13, 33) | 2.0329 | L |
| 4. | Mariano Rivera (18, 42) | 2.0440 | R |
| 5. | James Shields (7, 30) | 2.1074 | R |
| 6. | Cliff Lee (11, 33) | 2.1268 | L |
| 7. | Carl Pavano (14, 36) | 2.1378 | R |
| 8. | Cole Hamels (7, 28) | 2.2360 | L |
| 9. | Zack Greinke (9, 28) | 2.2859 | R |
| 10. | Dave Bush (8, 32) | 2.3262 | R |
| 11. | Jered Weaver (7, 29) | 2.4212 | R |
| 12. | Joe Blanton (9, 31) | 2.4350 | R |
| 13. | Zach Duke (7, 29) | 2.4380 | L |
| 14. | Johan Santana (12, 33) | 2.4882 | L |
| 15. | Joel Pineiro (12, 33) | 2.4984 | R |
| 16. | Chris Carpenter (14, 37) | 2.5500 | R |
| 17. | Jamie Moyer (25, 49) | 2.5515 | L |
| 18. | Aaron Harang (11, 34) | 2.6020 | R |
| 19. | Bronson Arroyo (13, 35) | 2.6155 | R |
| 20. | Kyle Lohse (12, 33) | 2.6447 | R |
| 21. | Derek Lowe (16, 39) | 2.6476 | R |
| 22. | Jeremy Guthrie (9, 33) | 2.7229 | R |
| 23. | Josh Beckett (12, 32) | 2.7233 | R |
| 24. | John Lackey (10, 33) | 2.7297 | R |
| 25. | Tim Hudson (14, 36) | 2.7361 | R |
| 26. | Felix Hernandez (8, 26) | 2.7399 | R |
| 27. | Justin Verlander (8, 29) | 2.7505 | R |
| 28. | Jeff Francis (7, 31) | 2.7532 | L |
| 29. | CC Sabathia (12, 31) | 2.7565 | L |
| 30. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 36) | 2.7720 | R |
| 31. | Kevin Millwood (16, 37) | 2.7824 | R |
| 32. | Jake Peavy (11, 31) | 2.7845 | R |
| 33. | Aaron Cook (11, 33) | 2.7992 | R |
| 34. | Andy Pettitte (17, 40) | 2.8287 | L |
| 35. | Joe Saunders (8, 31) | 2.8371 | L |
| 36. | Freddy Garcia (14, 35) | 2.8466 | R |
| 37. | Brett Tomko (14, 39) | 2.8844 | R |
| 38. | Jake Westbrook (12, 34) | 2.8863 | R |
| 39. | Ervin Santana (8, 29) | 2.9134 | R |
| 40. | Gavin Floyd (9, 29) | 2.9294 | R |
| 41. | Chris Capuano (8, 33) | 2.9367 | L |
| 42. | LaTroy Hawkins (18, 39) | 2.9480 | R |
| 43. | Brett Myers (11, 31) | 2.9567 | R |
| 44. | Bartolo Colon (15, 39) | 2.9627 | R |
| 45. | Ted Lilly (14, 36) | 2.9898 | L |
| 46. | Paul Maholm (8, 30) | 3.0067 | L |
| 47. | Livan Hernandez (17, 37) | 3.0219 | R |
| 48. | Jeff Suppan (17, 37) | 3.0830 | R |
| 49. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 39) | 3.0928 | R |
| 50. | Matt Cain (8, 27) | 3.1505 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Bases On Balls per 9 IP | Throws |
| 51. | Wandy Rodriguez (8, 33) | 3.1506 | L |
| 52. | Vicente Padilla (14, 34) | 3.1648 | R |
| 53. | Randy Wolf (14, 35) | 3.2420 | L |
| 54. | Jose Contreras (10, 40) | 3.2468 | R |
| 55. | Nate Robertson (9, 34) | 3.2803 | L |
| 56. | Bruce Chen (14, 35) | 3.3787 | L |
| 57. | Jon Lester (7, 28) | 3.3927 | L |
| 58. | Tim Lincecum (6, 28) | 3.3958 | R |
| 59. | Darren Oliver (19, 41) | 3.4230 | L |
| 60. | Jason Marquis (13, 33) | 3.4691 | R |
| 61. | Scott Elarton (10, 36) | 3.5313 | R |
| 62. | Erik Bedard (9, 33) | 3.5432 | L |
| 63. | Edwin Jackson (10, 28) | 3.5678 | R |
| 64. | Dontrelle Willis (9, 30) | 3.6835 | L |
| 65. | Barry Zito (13, 34) | 3.7403 | L |
| 66. | A.J. Burnett (14, 35) | 3.7647 | R |
| 67. | Chad Billingsley (7, 27) | 3.9052 | R |
| 68. | Carlos Zambrano (12, 31) | 4.0419 | R |
| 69. | Ryan Dempster (15, 35) | 4.0981 | R |
| 70. | Doug Davis (13, 36) | 4.1074 | L |
| 71. | Miguel Batista (18, 41) | 4.1155 | R |
| 72. | Kip Wells (11, 35) | 4.2544 | R |
| 73. | Kerry Wood (14, 35) | 4.3435 | R |
| 74. | Jamey Wright (17, 37) | 4.4286 | R |
| 75. | Oliver Perez (9, 30) | 5.0843 | L |
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