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Progressive Leaders & Records for Hits per 9 IP


Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:  Single-Season  Career  Active  Progressive  Yearly League 

+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.

Minimum of 3.1 PA/G, 1.0 IP/G, and 0.1 decision/G for single-season leaderboards generally needed for rate statistics. Explanation of min. requirements

Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA and 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.

This table lists the career, single-season, active, yearly (meaning perfomances solely from that year) leaders following each season of Major League Baseball. Note that a player is considered active between the first and last season of their career. Entries under Single-Season from 1871-1875 are not carried forward past 1875. Entries under Career and Active do include totals from the 1871-1875 seasons.

Year CareerHits/9  Single-SeasonHits/9  ActiveHits/9  YearlyHits/9
1871 Rynie Wolters 10.9717 Rynie Wolters 10.9717
1872 Cherokee Fisher 7.2598 Cherokee Fisher 7.2598
1873 Al Spalding+ 10.7721 Cherokee Fisher 7.2598 Al Spalding+ 10.7721 Cherokee Fisher 9.6047
1874 Dick McBride 10.5152 Cherokee Fisher 7.2598 Dick McBride 10.5152 Dick McBride 9.4990
1875 Cherokee Fisher 10.1874 Joe Borden 6.4091 Cherokee Fisher 10.1874 Joe Borden 6.4091
1876 George Bradley 8.1828 George Bradley 7.3822 George Bradley 8.1828 George Bradley 7.3822
1877 George Bradley 8.7445 George Bradley 7.3822 George Bradley 8.7445 Tommy Bond 9.1555
1878 George Bradley 8.7445 George Bradley 7.3822 George Bradley 8.7445 Bobby Mitchell 7.7625
1879 Will White 9.0383 George Bradley 7.3822 Will White 9.0383 Bill McGunnigle 8.4750
1880 John Ward+ 8.1926 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 John Ward+ 8.1926 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857
1881 John Ward+ 8.3174 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 John Ward+ 8.3174 Jim McCormick 8.2814
1882 Larry Corcoran 7.4379 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Larry Corcoran 7.4379 Guy Hecker 6.4904
1883 Larry Corcoran 7.9054 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Larry Corcoran 7.9054 Tim Keefe+ 7.0662
1884 Tony Mullane 7.7898 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Tony Mullane 7.7898 Charlie Sweeney 6.5854
1885 Ed Morris 7.0706 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Ed Morris 7.0706 Tim Keefe+ 6.7500
1886 Ed Morris 7.1782 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Ed Morris 7.1782 Toad Ramsey 6.8341
1887 Toad Ramsey 7.5814 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Toad Ramsey 7.5814 Elmer Smith 8.0477
1888 Tim Keefe+ 7.6864 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Tim Keefe+ 7.6864 Tim Keefe+ 6.5687
1889 Tim Keefe+ 7.7039 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Tim Keefe+ 7.7039 Jack Stivetts 7.1843
1890 Tim Keefe+ 7.7689 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Tim Keefe+ 7.7689 Frank Knauss 6.7255
1891 Amos Rusie+ 7.5801 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 7.5801 Amos Rusie+ 7.0333
1892 Amos Rusie+ 7.3654 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 7.3654 Tony Mullane 6.7729
1893 Amos Rusie+ 7.5878 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 7.5878 Amos Rusie+ 8.4212
1894 Amos Rusie+ 7.7581 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 7.7581 Amos Rusie+ 8.6351
1895 Amos Rusie+ 7.8875 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 7.8875 Brownie Foreman 8.4415
1896 Amos Rusie+ 7.8875 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 7.8875 Billy Rhines 8.0559
1897 Tim Keefe+ 7.9147 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 7.9697 Cy Seymour 8.2329
1898 Tim Keefe+ 7.9147 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 8.0234 Kid Nichols+ 7.3299
1899 Tim Keefe+ 7.9147 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 8.0234 Vic Willis+ 7.2753
1900 Tim Keefe+ 7.9147 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Amos Rusie+ 8.0234 Rube Waddell+ 7.5911
1901 Tim Keefe+ 7.9147 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Vic Willis+ 7.9908 Happy Townsend 7.3921
1902 Tim Keefe+ 7.9147 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Vic Willis+ 8.0355 Bill Bernhard 7.0088
1903 Rube Waddell+ 7.8737 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Rube Waddell+ 7.8737 Earl Moore 7.1225
1904 Rube Waddell+ 7.7093 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Rube Waddell+ 7.7093 Mordecai Brown+ 6.5699
1905 Rube Waddell+ 7.4654 Tim Keefe+ 6.0857 Rube Waddell+ 7.4654 Rube Waddell+ 6.3256
1906 Addie Joss+ 7.4216 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Addie Joss+ 7.4216 Ed Reulbach 5.3257
1907 Jake Weimer 7.3836 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Jake Weimer 7.3836 Carl Lundgren 5.6522
1908 Ed Walsh+ 7.0751 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Ed Walsh+ 7.0751 Mordecai Brown+ 6.1665
1909 Ed Reulbach 6.4540 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Ed Reulbach 6.4540 Cy Morgan 6.2591
1910 Ed Reulbach 6.6842 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Ed Reulbach 6.6842 Russ Ford 5.8265
1911 Ed Reulbach 6.8274 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Ed Reulbach 6.8274 Vean Gregg 6.3270
1912 Ed Reulbach 6.9890 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Ed Reulbach 6.9890 Walter Johnson+ 6.3171
1913 Walter Johnson+ 6.8945 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Walter Johnson+ 6.8945 Walter Johnson+ 6.0347
1914 Walter Johnson+ 6.9029 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Walter Johnson+ 6.9029 Dutch Leonard 5.5682
1915 Jeff Tesreau 6.8046 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Jeff Tesreau 6.8046 Pete Alexander+ 6.0505
1916 Walter Johnson+ 6.9208 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Walter Johnson+ 6.9208 Larry Cheney 6.3320
1917 Walter Johnson+ 6.9138 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Walter Johnson+ 6.9138 Stan Coveleski+ 6.0939
1918 Babe Ruth+ 6.6925 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 6.6925 Allen Sothoron 6.5455
1919 Walter Johnson+ 6.9194 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Walter Johnson+ 6.9194 Pete Alexander+ 6.8936
1920 Walter Johnson+ 6.9716 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Walter Johnson+ 6.9716 Dolf Luque 7.2809
1921 Walter Johnson+ 7.0926 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Walter Johnson+ 7.0926 Red Faber+ 7.9748
1922 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Dixie Davis 8.3633
1923 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Dolf Luque 7.7981
1924 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Dazzy Vance+ 6.9470
1925 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Dolf Luque 8.1340
1926 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Lefty Grove+ 7.9186
1927 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Wilcy Moore 7.8169
1928 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Dazzy Vance+ 7.2556
1929 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1127 George Earnshaw 8.2343
1930 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1416 Bump Hadley 8.3662
1931 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1416 Bump Hadley 7.2635
1932 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1416 Steve Swetonic 7.4139
1933 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Babe Ruth+ 7.1774 Hal Schumacher 6.9240
1934 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Lefty Gomez+ 8.1232 Lefty Gomez+ 7.1254
1935 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Lefty Gomez+ 8.1298 Cy Blanton 7.7851
1936 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Lefty Gomez+ 8.2102 Monte Pearson 7.7085
1937 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Lefty Gomez+ 8.1055 Lefty Gomez+ 7.5341
1938 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Lefty Gomez+ 8.2105 Johnny Vander Meer 7.0695
1939 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Lefty Gomez+ 8.1797 Bob Feller+ 6.8865
1940 Bob Feller+ 7.0431 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.0431 Bob Feller+ 6.8835
1941 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.1399 Johnny Vander Meer 6.8395
1942 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.1399 Mort Cooper 6.6854
1943 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.1399 Allie Reynolds 6.3423
1944 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.1399 Steve Gromek 7.0704
1945 Bob Feller+ 7.0978 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.0978 Hal Newhouser+ 6.8649
1946 Bob Feller+ 7.0224 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.0224 Hal Newhouser+ 6.6116
1947 Bob Feller+ 7.0088 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.0088 Spec Shea 6.3974
1948 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.1425 Spec Shea 6.7645
1949 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.2450 Tommy Byrne 5.7398
1950 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.3407 Early Wynn+ 6.9922
1951 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.4409 Allie Reynolds 6.9638
1952 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Lemon+ 7.5899 Bob Lemon+ 6.8590
1953 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Feller+ 7.6396 Warren Spahn+ 7.1481
1954 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Tommy Byrne 7.3506 Bob Turley 6.4771
1955 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Tommy Byrne 7.3994 Bob Turley 6.1297
1956 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Whitey Ford+ 7.3053 Herb Score 5.8476
1957 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Whitey Ford+ 7.3766 Bob Turley 6.1248
1958 Bob Turley 6.7137 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Turley 6.7137 Bob Turley 6.5299
1959 Bob Turley 6.8971 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Turley 6.8971 Herb Score 6.8900
1960 Bob Turley 6.9293 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Turley 6.9293 Ernie Broglio 6.8395
1961 Bob Turley 7.0396 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Turley 7.0396 Chuck Estrada 6.7500
1962 Bob Turley 7.1193 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Bob Turley 7.1193 Sandy Koufax+ 6.5425
1963 Ed Walsh+ 7.1227 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Sandy Koufax+ 7.1305 Al Downing 5.8406
1964 Sandy Koufax+ 7.0080 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Sandy Koufax+ 7.0080 Joe Horlen 6.0665
1965 Sandy Koufax+ 6.8040 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Sandy Koufax+ 6.8040 Sandy Koufax+ 5.7915
1966 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Sam McDowell 6.0206
1967 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Ed Reulbach 5.3257 Sam McDowell 6.9846 Gary Peters 6.4731
1968 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Luis Tiant 5.2955 Sam McDowell 6.7931 Luis Tiant 5.2955
1969 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Luis Tiant 5.2955 Sam McDowell 6.8321 Andy Messersmith 6.0840
1970 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Luis Tiant 5.2955 Sam McDowell 6.8533 Wayne Simpson 6.3920
1971 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Luis Tiant 5.2955 Sam McDowell 6.8385 Vida Blue 6.0288
1972 Sandy Koufax+ 6.7916 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Sam McDowell 6.9578 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606
1973 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2116 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2116 Jim Bibby 6.4177
1974 Nolan Ryan+ 6.1583 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.1583 Nolan Ryan+ 5.9790
1975 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2484 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2484 Catfish Hunter+ 6.8049
1976 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2279 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2279 Nolan Ryan+ 6.1090
1977 Nolan Ryan+ 6.1920 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.1920 Nolan Ryan+ 5.9599
1978 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2706 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.2706 Ron Guidry 6.1498
1979 Nolan Ryan+ 6.3169 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.3169 J.R. Richard 6.7731
1980 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4431 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4431 Mario Soto 5.9580
1981 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4206 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4206 Nolan Ryan+ 5.9799
1982 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4678 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4678 Nolan Ryan+ 7.0466
1983 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4496 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4496 Nolan Ryan+ 6.1426
1984 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4773 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.4773 Dwight Gooden 6.6468
1985 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5642 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5642 Sid Fernandez 5.7065
1986 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5405 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5405 Mike Scott 5.9492
1987 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5409 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5409 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5480
1988 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5926 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5926 Sid Fernandez 6.1123
1989 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5676 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5676 Nolan Ryan+ 6.0919
1990 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5462 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5462 Nolan Ryan+ 6.0441
1991 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5046 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5046 Nolan Ryan+ 5.3064
1992 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5457 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5457 Curt Schilling 6.5611
1993 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Randy Johnson 6.5209
1994 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Sid Fernandez 6.7685 Roger Clemens 6.5391
1995 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Sid Fernandez 6.8401 Hideo Nomo 5.8328
1996 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Sid Fernandez 6.8503 Al Leiter 6.3947
1997 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Randy Johnson 6.8512 Pedro Martinez 5.8923
1998 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Randy Johnson 6.9286 Kerry Wood 6.3180
1999 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Randy Johnson 6.9200 Kevin Millwood 6.6316
2000 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.7257 Pedro Martinez 5.3088
2001 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.7088 Randy Johnson 6.5247
2002 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.6870 Pedro Martinez 6.5017
2003 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.7229 Kerry Wood 6.4834
2004 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.8441 Johan Santana 6.1579
2005 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.8225 Roger Clemens 6.4306
2006 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.8478 Chris Young 6.7249
2007 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Pedro Martinez 6.8872 Chris Young 6.1387
2008 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Kerry Wood 6.9899 Daisuke Matsuzaka 6.8708
2009 Nolan Ryan+ 6.5553 Nolan Ryan+ 5.2606 Trevor Hoffman 6.8839 Clayton Kershaw 6.2632

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