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Active Leaders & Records for Walks & Hits per IP
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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), 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. | Mariano Rivera (19, 43) | 0.9968 | R |
| 2. | Clayton Kershaw (6, 25) | 1.1197 | L |
| 3. | Johan Santana (12, 34) | 1.1320 | L |
| 4. | Cole Hamels (8, 29) | 1.1426 | L |
| 5. | Jered Weaver (8, 30) | 1.1455 | R |
| 6. | Matt Cain (9, 28) | 1.1729 | R |
| 7. | Justin Verlander (9, 30) | 1.1745 | R |
| 8. | Roy Halladay (16, 36) | 1.1746 | R |
| 9. | Jake Peavy (12, 32) | 1.1750 | R |
| 10. | Dan Haren (11, 32) | 1.1847 | R |
| 11. | Adam Wainwright (8, 31) | 1.1991 | R |
| 12. | Felix Hernandez (9, 27) | 1.2012 | R |
| 13. | Cliff Lee (12, 34) | 1.2067 | L |
| 14. | James Shields (8, 31) | 1.2131 | R |
| 15. | CC Sabathia (13, 32) | 1.2220 | L |
| 16. | Josh Beckett (13, 33) | 1.2354 | R |
| 17. | Tim Hudson (15, 37) | 1.2356 | R |
| 18. | Tim Lincecum (7, 29) | 1.2363 | R |
| 19. | Zack Greinke (10, 29) | 1.2432 | R |
| 20. | Ted Lilly (15, 37) | 1.2548 | L |
| 21. | Chris Carpenter (15, 38) | 1.2761 | R |
| 22. | Mark Buehrle (14, 34) | 1.2769 | L |
| 23. | Matt Garza (7, 29) | 1.2902 | R |
| 24. | Jon Lester (8, 29) | 1.2923 | L |
| 25. | Ervin Santana (9, 30) | 1.2940 | R |
| 26. | Ricky Nolasco (8, 30) | 1.2986 | R |
| 27. | Bronson Arroyo (14, 36) | 1.3013 | R |
| 28. | Freddy Garcia (15, 36) | 1.3026 | R |
| 29. | Dave Bush (9, 33) | 1.3064 | R |
| 30. | Jeremy Guthrie (10, 34) | 1.3078 | R |
| 31. | Barry Zito (14, 35) | 1.3158 | L |
| 32. | A.J. Burnett (15, 36) | 1.3175 | R |
| 33. | Bartolo Colon (16, 40) | 1.3218 | R |
| 34. | R.A. Dickey (11, 38) | 1.3275 | R |
| 35. | Wandy Rodriguez (9, 34) | 1.3277 | L |
| 36. | Derek Lowe (17, 40) | 1.3296 | R |
| 37. | Brett Myers (12, 32) | 1.3339 | R |
| 38. | Chris Capuano (9, 34) | 1.3373 | L |
| 39. | Gavin Floyd (10, 30) | 1.3376 | R |
| 40. | Ubaldo Jimenez (8, 29) | 1.3432 | R |
| 41. | Erik Bedard (10, 34) | 1.3433 | L |
| 42. | John Lackey (11, 34) | 1.3471 | R |
| 43. | Andy Pettitte (18, 41) | 1.3510 | L |
| 44. | Joe Blanton (10, 32) | 1.3528 | R |
| 45. | Aaron Harang (12, 35) | 1.3538 | R |
| 46. | Chad Billingsley (8, 28) | 1.3613 | R |
| 47. | Jose Contreras (11, 41) | 1.3629 | R |
| 48. | Kyle Lohse (13, 34) | 1.3670 | R |
| 49. | Kelvim Escobar (12, 37) | 1.3749 | R |
| 50. | Joe Saunders (9, 32) | 1.3751 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Walks & Hits per IP | Throws |
| 51. | Bruce Chen (15, 36) | 1.3814 | L |
| 52. | Jon Garland (13, 33) | 1.3821 | R |
| 53. | Paul Maholm (9, 31) | 1.3892 | L |
| 54. | Jake Westbrook (13, 35) | 1.3958 | R |
| 55. | Jeremy Bonderman (8, 30) | 1.4022 | R |
| Kevin Correia (11, 32) | 1.4022 | R | |
| 57. | Esteban Loaiza (14, 41) | 1.4083 | R |
| 58. | Scott Kazmir (9, 29) | 1.4112 | L |
| 59. | Ramon Ortiz (12, 40) | 1.4224 | R |
| 60. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 37) | 1.4230 | R |
| 61. | Ryan Dempster (16, 36) | 1.4242 | R |
| 62. | LaTroy Hawkins (19, 40) | 1.4296 | R |
| 63. | Jason Marquis (14, 34) | 1.4323 | R |
| 64. | Jeff Francis (9, 32) | 1.4391 | L |
| 65. | Edwin Jackson (11, 29) | 1.4421 | R |
| 66. | Darren Oliver (20, 42) | 1.4442 | L |
| 67. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 39) | 1.4594 | L |
| 68. | Aaron Cook (11, 34) | 1.4684 | R |
| 69. | Oliver Perez (11, 31) | 1.4701 | L |
| 70. | Nate Robertson (9, 35) | 1.4744 | L |
| 71. | Zach Duke (9, 30) | 1.4883 | L |
| 72. | Miguel Batista (18, 42) | 1.4926 | R |
| 73. | Kip Wells (12, 36) | 1.5131 | R |
| 74. | Jamey Wright (18, 38) | 1.5591 | R |
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