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Progressive Leaders & Records for Strikeouts / Base On Balls


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+ - 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 CareerSO/BB  Single-SeasonSO/BB  ActiveSO/BB  YearlySO/BB
1871 George Zettlein 0.8800 George Zettlein 0.8800
1872 Cherokee Fisher 1.8182 Cherokee Fisher 1.8182
1873 Bobby Mathews 1.0889 Cherokee Fisher 1.8182 Bobby Mathews 1.0889 Cherokee Fisher 1.4000
1874 Candy Cummings+ 1.0119 Cherokee Fisher 1.8182 Candy Cummings+ 1.0119 Jack Manning 1.2000
1875 Candy Cummings+ 1.0333 Pud Galvin+ 7.0000 Candy Cummings+ 1.0333 Pud Galvin+ 7.0000
1876 Tommy Bond 3.2424 Tommy Bond 6.7692 Tommy Bond 3.2424 Tommy Bond 6.7692
1877 Tommy Bond 4.0145 Tommy Bond 6.7692 Tommy Bond 4.0145 Tommy Bond 4.7222
1878 Tommy Bond 4.5000 Tommy Bond 6.7692 Tommy Bond 4.5000 Tommy Bond 5.5152
1879 Tommy Bond 4.8730 Tommy Bond 6.7692 Tommy Bond 4.8730 John Ward+ 6.6389
1880 John Ward+ 5.0870 George Bradley 9.0000 John Ward+ 5.0870 George Bradley 9.0000
1881 Tommy Bond 4.2428 George Bradley 9.0000 Tommy Bond 4.2428 Pud Galvin+ 2.9565
1882 Tommy Bond 4.0889 George Bradley 9.0000 Tommy Bond 4.0889 Bobby Mathews 6.9545
1883 Pud Galvin+ 4.2400 Jim Whitney 9.8571 Pud Galvin+ 4.2400 Jim Whitney 9.8571
1884 Jim Whitney 4.9585 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Jim Whitney 4.9585 Jim Whitney 10.0000
1885 Jim Whitney 5.0304 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Jim Whitney 5.0304 Jim Whitney 5.4054
1886 Jim Whitney 4.6456 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Jim Whitney 4.6456 John Clarkson+ 3.6395
1887 Jim Whitney 4.4954 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Jim Whitney 4.4954 Jim Whitney 3.4762
1888 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Jim Whitney 4.0656 Charlie Getzien 3.7407
1889 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Jim Whitney 3.9125 Jack Stivetts 2.1029
1890 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Jim Whitney 3.8224 Scott Stratton 3.3934
1891 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Pud Galvin+ 2.5326 Kid Nichols+ 2.3301
1892 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Pud Galvin+ 2.4242 Bill Hutchison 1.6526
1893 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Tim Keefe+ 2.1000 Cy Young+ 0.9903
1894 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 John Clarkson+ 1.6608 Cy Young+ 1.0189
1895 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Matt Kilroy 1.5912 Kid Nichols+ 1.6279
1896 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Matt Kilroy 1.5912 Cy Young+ 2.2581
1897 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Matt Kilroy 1.5912 Kid Nichols+ 1.8676
1898 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Matt Kilroy 1.5517 Cy Young+ 2.4634
1899 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Kid Nichols+ 1.4754 Cy Young+ 2.5227
1900 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Cy Young+ 1.5423 Cy Young+ 3.1944
1901 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Cy Young+ 1.6623 Cy Young+ 4.2703
1902 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Noodles Hahn 2.3169 Deacon Phillippe 4.6923
1903 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Rube Waddell+ 2.8863 Cy Young+ 4.7568
1904 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Rube Waddell+ 3.1077 Cy Young+ 6.8966
1905 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Rube Waddell+ 3.1229 Cy Young+ 7.0000
1906 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Rube Waddell+ 2.9633 Cy Young+ 5.6000
1907 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Rube Waddell+ 2.9876 Doc White 3.7105
1908 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Ed Walsh+ 2.9542 Christy Mathewson+ 6.1667
1909 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Rube Waddell+ 2.9040 Christy Mathewson+ 4.1389
1910 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Ed Walsh+ 3.1072 Ed Walsh+ 4.2295
1911 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Ed Walsh+ 3.1775 Christy Mathewson+ 3.7105
1912 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.2137 Walter Johnson+ 3.9868
1913 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.5036 Walter Johnson+ 6.3947
1914 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.4338 Christy Mathewson+ 3.4783
1915 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.4534 Pete Alexander+ 3.7656
1916 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.3657 Dick Rudolph 3.5000
1917 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.3070 Pete Alexander+ 3.5714
1918 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.2164 Slim Sallee 2.7500
1919 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.1956 Babe Adams 4.0000
1920 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.1858 Babe Adams 4.6667
1921 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 3.0256 Babe Adams 3.0556
1922 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 2.8378 Urban Shocker 2.6140
1923 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 2.7683 Pete Alexander+ 2.4000
1924 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 2.7218 Dazzy Vance+ 3.4026
1925 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 2.6392 Dazzy Vance+ 3.3485
1926 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 2.5886 Dazzy Vance+ 2.4138
1927 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Walter Johnson+ 2.5745 Garland Braxton 2.9091
1928 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dazzy Vance+ 2.4258 Lefty Grove+ 2.8594
1929 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dazzy Vance+ 2.4455 Dazzy Vance+ 2.6809
1930 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dazzy Vance+ 2.5038 Lefty Grove+ 3.4833
1931 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dazzy Vance+ 2.5280 Dazzy Vance+ 2.8302
1932 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dazzy Vance+ 2.4747 Carl Hubbell+ 3.4250
1933 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dazzy Vance+ 2.4718 Carl Hubbell+ 3.3191
1934 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Carl Hubbell+ 2.4510 Carl Hubbell+ 3.1892
1935 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Carl Hubbell+ 2.5285 Carl Hubbell+ 3.0612
1936 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.6070 Dizzy Dean+ 3.6792
1937 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.6904 Dizzy Dean+ 3.6364
1938 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.6916 Carl Hubbell+ 3.1515
1939 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.6481 Paul Derringer 3.6571
1940 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5708 Luke Hamlin 2.6765
1941 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5730 Whit Wyatt 2.1463
1942 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5730 Tiny Bonham 2.9583
1943 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5730 Spud Chandler 2.4815
1944 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5730 Ken Raffensberger 3.0222
1945 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5730 Ray Prim 3.8261
1946 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5730 Tex Hughson 3.3725
1947 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Dizzy Dean+ 2.5673 Ewell Blackwell 2.0316
1948 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Tex Hughson 1.9879 Harry Brecheen 3.0408
1949 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Preacher Roe 1.9081 Preacher Roe 2.4773
1950 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Larry Jansen 2.2105 Larry Jansen 2.9273
1951 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Larry Jansen 2.2852 Larry Jansen 2.5893
1952 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Larry Jansen 2.1843 Robin Roberts+ 3.2889
1953 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Larry Jansen 2.1010 Robin Roberts+ 3.2459
1954 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Robin Roberts+ 2.2392 Robin Roberts+ 3.3036
1955 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Robin Roberts+ 2.3232 Don Newcombe 3.7632
1956 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Robin Roberts+ 2.4436 Robin Roberts+ 3.9250
1957 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Harvey Haddix 2.5901 Harvey Haddix 3.4872
1958 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Harvey Haddix 2.5863 Billy O'Dell 2.6863
1959 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Harvey Haddix 2.6401 Robin Roberts+ 3.9143
1960 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Harvey Haddix 2.6416 Bob Friend 4.0667
1961 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Harvey Haddix 2.6227 Don Mossi 2.9149
1962 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Harvey Haddix 2.6056 Ken Johnson 3.8696
1963 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Don Drysdale+ 2.7185 Sandy Koufax+ 5.2759
1964 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Juan Marichal+ 2.8280 Jim Bunning+ 4.7609
1965 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Juan Marichal+ 3.1662 Sandy Koufax+ 5.3803
1966 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Juan Marichal+ 3.4654 Juan Marichal+ 6.1667
1967 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Juan Marichal+ 3.5161 Jim Merritt 5.3667
1968 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Juan Marichal+ 3.6414 Juan Marichal+ 4.7391
1969 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Juan Marichal+ 3.6581 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.8451
1970 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.6126 Fergie Jenkins+ 4.5667
1971 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.9622 Fergie Jenkins+ 7.1081
1972 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.8194 Roger Nelson 3.8710
1973 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.7219 Tom Seaver+ 3.9219
1974 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.8296 Fergie Jenkins+ 5.0000
1975 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.7322 Frank Tanana 3.6849
1976 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.7030 Gary Nolan 4.1852
1977 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.6607 Dennis Eckersley+ 3.5370
1978 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.6704 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.8293
1979 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.5019 Scott McGregor 3.5217
1980 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.4389 Rudy May 3.4103
1981 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.3545 Ron Guidry 4.0000
1982 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.2555 Mario Soto 3.8592
1983 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Fergie Jenkins+ 3.2016 La Marr Hoyt 4.7742
1984 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Bert Blyleven 2.8424 John Candelaria 3.9118
1985 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Bert Blyleven 2.8353 Dennis Eckersley+ 6.1579
1986 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Bert Blyleven 2.8825 Mike Scott 4.2500
1987 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Ron Guidry 2.8252 Nolan Ryan+ 3.1034
1988 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Roger Clemens 3.5432 Roger Clemens 4.6935
1989 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Bret Saberhagen 3.3721 Bret Saberhagen 4.4884
1990 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Roger Clemens 3.3506 Roger Clemens 3.8704
1991 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Roger Clemens 3.3980 Greg Swindell 5.4516
1992 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Roger Clemens 3.3931 Bob Tewksbury 4.5500
1993 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Jim Whitney 10.0000 Bret Saberhagen 3.3787 Bob Tewksbury 4.8500
1994 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Bret Saberhagen 3.6340 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000
1995 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Bret Saberhagen 3.5867 Greg Maddux 7.8696
1996 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Bret Saberhagen 3.5867 Greg Maddux 6.1429
1997 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Bret Saberhagen 3.5360 Greg Maddux 8.8500
1998 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Shane Reynolds 4.0654 David Wells 5.6207
1999 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Shane Reynolds 4.2510 Pedro Martinez 8.4595
2000 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.1131 Pedro Martinez 8.8750
2001 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.2420 Curt Schilling 7.5128
2002 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.3787 Curt Schilling 9.5758
2003 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.3791 Roy Halladay 6.3750
2004 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.3138 Ben Sheets 8.2500
2005 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.3218 Carlos Silva 7.8889
2006 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Curt Schilling 4.3823 Curt Schilling 6.5357
2007 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Curt Schilling 4.3826 C.C. Sabathia 5.6486
2008 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.1449 Roy Halladay 5.2821
2009 Tommy Bond 4.4394 Bret Saberhagen 11.0000 Pedro Martinez 4.1500 Roy Halladay 5.9429

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