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Progressive Leaders & Records for Home Runs 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 CareerHome Runs/9  Single-SeasonHome Runs/9  ActiveHome Runs/9  YearlyHome Runs/9
1871 Al Spalding+ 0.0699 Al Spalding+ 0.0699
1872 Al Spalding+ 0.0000 Frank Buttery 0.0000
1873 Al Spalding+ 0.0543 Al Spalding+ 0.0000 Al Spalding+ 0.0543 Asa Brainard 0.0000
1874 Al Spalding+ 0.0405 Al Spalding+ 0.0000 Al Spalding+ 0.0405 Al Spalding+ 0.0146
1875 Al Spalding+ 0.0345 Pud Galvin+ 0.0000 Al Spalding+ 0.0345 George Bechtel 0.0000
1876 Candy Cummings+ 0.0451 Lon Knight 0.0000 Candy Cummings+ 0.0451 Candy Cummings+ 0.0000
1877 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Bobby Mitchell 0.0000 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000
1878 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Tricky Nichols 0.0000 Terry Larkin 0.0531 Jim McCormick 0.0000
1879 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Harry Salisbury 0.0000 Terry Larkin 0.0647 Frank Hankinson 0.0000
1880 Jim McCormick 0.0341 Tricky Nichols 0.0000 Jim McCormick 0.0341 Tim Keefe+ 0.0000
1881 Jim McCormick 0.0439 Bobby Mitchell 0.0000 Jim McCormick 0.0439 John Fox 0.0000
1882 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jim McCormick 0.0000 Jim McCormick 0.0847 Denny Driscoll 0.0000
1883 Jim Devlin 0.0448 John Fox 0.0000 Jim McCormick 0.0776 John Valentine 0.0000
1884 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Guy Hecker 0.0000 Guy Hecker 0.0587 Jake Aydelott 0.0000
1885 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Guy Hecker 0.0000 Ed Morris 0.0712 John Kirby 0.0000
1886 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Guy Hecker 0.0000 Ed Morris 0.0747 Adonis Terry 0.0312
1887 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Guy Hecker 0.0000 Bob Caruthers 0.0905 Steve Toole 0.0464
1888 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Frank Hankinson 0.0000 Bob Caruthers 0.0908 Elmer Smith 0.0258
1889 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Guy Hecker 0.0000 Ed Seward 0.1300 Tom Lovett 0.1179
1890 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jake Aydelott 0.0000 Ed Seward 0.1409 Amos Rusie+ 0.0492
1891 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Guy Hecker 0.0000 Ed Seward 0.1393 John Ewing 0.0668
1892 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Denny Driscoll 0.0000 Tim Keefe+ 0.1442 Scott Stratton 0.0256
1893 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 Tim Keefe+ 0.1444 Red Ehret 0.0859
1894 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Denny Driscoll 0.0000 Elmer Smith 0.1488 Willie McGill 0.0865
1895 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Frank Hankinson 0.0000 Billy Rhines 0.1323 Brownie Foreman 0.0000
1896 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Frank Hankinson 0.0000 Billy Rhines 0.1247 Bill Hoffer 0.0291
1897 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Frank Hankinson 0.0000 Billy Rhines 0.1247 Joe Corbett 0.0575
1898 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Frank Hankinson 0.0000 Billy Rhines 0.1073 Billy Rhines 0.0000
1899 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Frank Hankinson 0.0000 Billy Rhines 0.1184 Chick Fraser 0.0333
1900 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Frank Hankinson 0.0000 Jesse Tannehill 0.0948 Sam Leever 0.0774
1901 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Brownie Foreman 0.0000 Jesse Tannehill 0.0833 Bill Donovan 0.0256
1902 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 Jesse Tannehill 0.0707 Ed Doheny 0.0000
1903 Bill Donovan 0.0409 Denny Driscoll 0.0000 Bill Donovan 0.0409 Earl Moore 0.0000
1904 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Candy Cummings+ 0.0000 Bill Donovan 0.0646 Addie Joss+ 0.0000
1905 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Bill Donovan 0.0645 Deacon Phillippe 0.0000
1906 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Ren Deagle 0.0000 Jake Weimer 0.0472 Nick Altrock 0.0000
1907 Ed Killian 0.0231 Jack Coombs 0.0000 Ed Killian 0.0231 Charlie Smith 0.0000
1908 Ed Killian 0.0400 Jack Chesbro+ 0.0000 Ed Killian 0.0400 Rube Waddell+ 0.0000
1909 Ed Walsh+ 0.0384 Jack Coombs 0.0000 Ed Walsh+ 0.0384 Ed Walsh+ 0.0000
1910 Walter Johnson+ 0.0261 Frank Corridon 0.0000 Walter Johnson+ 0.0261 Cy Young+ 0.0000
1911 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jack Coombs 0.0000 Jack Pfiester 0.0506 Cy Morgan 0.0000
1912 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jack Coombs 0.0000 Cy Falkenberg 0.0545 Willie Mitchell 0.0000
1913 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jack Coombs 0.0000 Frank Smith 0.0555 Ed Willett 0.0000
1914 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Eddie Cicotte 0.0000 Willie Mitchell 0.0617 Ben Tincup 0.0000
1915 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Eddie Cicotte 0.0000 Willie Mitchell 0.0572 Reb Russell 0.0000
1916 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Eddie Cicotte 0.0000 Willie Mitchell 0.0630 Babe Ruth+ 0.0000
1917 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jack Chesbro+ 0.0000 Reb Russell 0.0540 Ed Klepfer 0.0000
1918 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Reb Russell 0.0488 Mule Watson 0.0000
1919 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Reb Russell 0.0488 Walter Johnson+ 0.0000
1920 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hugh Bedient 0.0000 Joe Wood 0.0627 Bill Sherdel 0.0529
1921 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hugh Bedient 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Allen Sothoron 0.0000
1922 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jim Bagby 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Babe Adams 0.0525
1923 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Dolf Luque 0.0559
1924 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 George Mogridge 0.0845
1925 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jim Bagby 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Pete Donohue 0.0897
1926 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jake Aydelott 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Slim Harriss 0.0000
1927 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Bump Hadley 0.0906
1928 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Herb Pennock+ 0.0853
1929 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0748 Firpo Marberry 0.2157
1930 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0742 Sam Jones 0.1964
1931 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0742 Watty Clark 0.1543
1932 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hugh Bedient 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0742 Tom Zachary 0.2123
1933 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jim Bagby 0.0000 Babe Ruth+ 0.0737 Paul Derringer 0.1452
1934 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Dolf Luque 0.3162 Bobby Burke 0.1071
1935 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Paul Derringer 0.2925 Cy Blanton 0.1062
1936 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Paul Derringer 0.3034 Danny MacFayden 0.1688
1937 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Paul Derringer 0.3007 Russ Bauers 0.0959
1938 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Lefty Grove+ 0.3275 Bill McGee 0.1667
1939 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Lefty Grove+ 0.3301 Mort Cooper 0.2563
1940 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Claude Passeau 0.3306 Claude Passeau 0.2565
1941 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Claude Passeau 0.3395 Dutch Leonard 0.2109
1942 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Al Hollingsworth 0.2610 Virgil Trucks 0.1610
1943 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Al Hollingsworth 0.2802 Eddie Smith 0.0959
1944 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jake Aydelott 0.0000 Hal Newhouser+ 0.2782 Rube Melton 0.0480
1945 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hugh Bedient 0.0000 Hal Newhouser+ 0.2461 Marino Pieretti 0.1157
1946 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.1674 Ewell Blackwell 0.0463
1947 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.1674 Joe Haynes 0.2473
1948 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.1674 Harry Brecheen 0.2314
1949 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.1940 Dutch Leonard 0.2000
1950 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.2572 Bob Rush 0.3887
1951 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.3155 Chet Nichols 0.2308
1952 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.3506 Bob Porterfield 0.2723
1953 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jake Aydelott 0.0000 Max Lanier 0.3613 Alex Kellner 0.3570
1954 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Dizzy Trout 0.3699 Mike Garcia 0.2088
1955 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Dizzy Trout 0.3699 Frank Lary 0.3830
1956 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Dizzy Trout 0.3699 Bill Wight 0.3607
1957 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Dizzy Trout 0.3698 Billy Loes 0.4635
1958 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Howie Camnitz 0.0000 Bill Wight 0.4261 Billy O'Dell 0.5286
1959 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Bernie Boland 0.0000 Mike Garcia 0.5009 Milt Pappas 0.3439
1960 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Mike Garcia 0.5052 Jack Sanford 0.4521
1961 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hugh Bedient 0.0000 Mike Garcia 0.5049 Don Schwall 0.4030
1962 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 Whitey Ford+ 0.6275 Earl Francis 0.4091
1963 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jim Bagby 0.0000 Hoyt Wilhelm+ 0.6260 Gary Peters 0.3333
1964 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Jim O'Toole 0.5924 Dean Chance 0.2263
1965 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Steve Barber 0.5594 Bob Veale 0.1692
1966 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Howie Camnitz 0.0000 Dean Chance 0.4439 Claude Osteen 0.2247
1967 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Bob Veale 0.3631 Bill Singer 0.2202
1968 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Howie Camnitz 0.0000 Bob Veale 0.3832 Don Sutton+ 0.2600
1969 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Bob Veale 0.3742 Bob Veale 0.3191
1970 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Howie Camnitz 0.0000 Ron Perranoski 0.3709 Luke Walker 0.3313
1971 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Bernie Boland 0.0000 Ron Perranoski 0.3829 Dave Roberts 0.3004
1972 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Ron Perranoski 0.3867 Mike Paul 0.2227
1973 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hugh Bedient 0.0000 Ron Perranoski 0.3831 Dock Ellis 0.3281
1974 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 Bob Veale 0.4252 Bruce Dal Canton 0.2567
1975 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jim Bagby 0.0000 Clay Carroll 0.4228 Ron Reed 0.1798
1976 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Clay Carroll 0.4038 Reggie Cleveland 0.1588
1977 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Clay Carroll 0.4469 Nolan Ryan+ 0.3612
1978 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 J.R. Richard 0.4350 Randy Jones 0.2134
1979 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 J.R. Richard 0.4282 Tommy John 0.2931
1980 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 J.R. Richard 0.4091 Ed Whitson 0.2976
1981 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Nolan Ryan+ 0.4714 Dave Righetti 0.0854
1982 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jersey Bakely 0.0000 Joaquin Andujar 0.4409 Bruce Berenyi 0.3238
1983 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jim Bagby 0.0000 Steve Rogers 0.4722 John Denny 0.3338
1984 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Kent Tekulve 0.3551 Storm Davis 0.2800
1985 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Howie Camnitz 0.0000 Kent Tekulve 0.3718 Orel Hershiser 0.3004
1986 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Kent Tekulve 0.3527 Zane Smith 0.3518
1987 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Kent Tekulve 0.3795 Danny Jackson 0.4420
1988 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jake Aydelott 0.0000 Greg Minton 0.3336 Bob Walk 0.2539
1989 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Greg Minton 0.3389 Joe Magrane 0.1918
1990 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Greg Minton 0.3423 Roger Clemens 0.2759
1991 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Orel Hershiser 0.4460 Jose DeJesus 0.3468
1992 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hugh Bedient 0.0000 Dwight Gooden 0.4595 Greg Maddux 0.2351
1993 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Howie Camnitz 0.0000 Bill Swift 0.4748 Kevin Appier 0.3017
1994 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.4710 Greg Maddux 0.1782
1995 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.4583 Greg Maddux 0.3434
1996 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Howie Camnitz 0.0000 Roger McDowell 0.4286 Kevin Brown 0.3090
1997 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.4434 Andy Pettitte 0.2621
1998 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.4454 Kevin Brown 0.2802
1999 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.4605 Pedro Martinez 0.3797
2000 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.4774 Mike Hampton 0.4135
2001 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.4968 Terry Adams 0.4870
2002 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Joe Blong 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.5040 Roy Halladay 0.3760
2003 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Red Ames 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.5307 Pedro Martinez 0.3375
2004 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Jake Aydelott 0.0000 Kevin Brown 0.5740 Tim Hudson 0.3816
2005 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Kevin Brown 0.5749 Dontrelle Willis 0.4189
2006 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Hal Carlson 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.6200 Chien-Ming Wang 0.4954
2007 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Bernie Boland 0.0000 Greg Maddux 0.6206 Brad Penny 0.3894
2008 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Bernie Boland 0.0000 Mariano Rivera 0.4660 Tim Lincecum 0.4361
2009 Jim Devlin 0.0448 Nick Altrock 0.0000 Mariano Rivera 0.4954 Chris Carpenter 0.3270

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