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Active Leaders & Records for Walks & Hits per IP
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
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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 (18, 42) | 0.9978 | R |
| 2. | Johan Santana (12, 33) | 1.1320 | L |
| 3. | Cole Hamels (7, 28) | 1.1383 | L |
| 4. | Jered Weaver (7, 29) | 1.1437 | R |
| 5. | Roy Halladay (15, 35) | 1.1710 | R |
| 6. | Matt Cain (8, 27) | 1.1733 | R |
| 7. | Justin Verlander (8, 29) | 1.1734 | R |
| 8. | Jake Peavy (11, 31) | 1.1792 | R |
| 9. | Dan Haren (10, 31) | 1.1808 | R |
| 10. | Roy Oswalt (12, 34) | 1.2024 | R |
| 11. | Adam Wainwright (7, 30) | 1.2106 | R |
| 12. | Cliff Lee (11, 33) | 1.2107 | L |
| 13. | Felix Hernandez (8, 26) | 1.2121 | R |
| 14. | Ben Sheets (10, 33) | 1.2188 | R |
| 15. | CC Sabathia (12, 31) | 1.2206 | L |
| 16. | James Shields (7, 30) | 1.2230 | R |
| 17. | Josh Beckett (12, 32) | 1.2294 | R |
| 18. | Tim Lincecum (6, 28) | 1.2306 | R |
| 19. | Tim Hudson (14, 36) | 1.2355 | R |
| 20. | Zack Greinke (9, 28) | 1.2473 | R |
| 21. | Ted Lilly (14, 36) | 1.2507 | L |
| 22. | Kerry Wood (14, 35) | 1.2674 | R |
| 23. | Mark Buehrle (13, 33) | 1.2732 | L |
| 24. | Chris Carpenter (15, 37) | 1.2761 | R |
| 25. | Matt Garza (7, 28) | 1.2902 | R |
| 26. | Ervin Santana (8, 29) | 1.3004 | R |
| 27. | Ricky Nolasco (7, 29) | 1.3024 | R |
| 28. | Dave Bush (8, 32) | 1.3046 | R |
| 29. | Bronson Arroyo (13, 35) | 1.3055 | R |
| 30. | Freddy Garcia (14, 35) | 1.3056 | R |
| 31. | Jon Lester (7, 28) | 1.3061 | L |
| 32. | Jeremy Guthrie (9, 33) | 1.3087 | R |
| 33. | Barry Zito (13, 34) | 1.3134 | L |
| 34. | Jamie Moyer (25, 49) | 1.3220 | L |
| 35. | A.J. Burnett (14, 35) | 1.3238 | R |
| 36. | Bartolo Colon (15, 39) | 1.3262 | R |
| 37. | R.A. Dickey (10, 37) | 1.3263 | R |
| 38. | Jason Isringhausen (16, 39) | 1.3278 | R |
| 39. | Kevin Millwood (16, 37) | 1.3281 | R |
| 40. | Derek Lowe (16, 39) | 1.3294 | R |
| 41. | Brett Myers (11, 31) | 1.3306 | R |
| 42. | Carlos Zambrano (12, 31) | 1.3308 | R |
| 43. | Gavin Floyd (9, 29) | 1.3319 | R |
| 44. | Chris Capuano (8, 33) | 1.3322 | L |
| 45. | Wandy Rodriguez (8, 33) | 1.3346 | L |
| 46. | Erik Bedard (9, 33) | 1.3352 | L |
| 47. | Joe Blanton (9, 31) | 1.3362 | R |
| 48. | Carl Pavano (14, 36) | 1.3395 | R |
| 49. | Randy Wolf (14, 35) | 1.3408 | L |
| 50. | John Lackey (10, 33) | 1.3454 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Walks & Hits per IP | Throws |
| 51. | Ubaldo Jimenez (7, 28) | 1.3477 | R |
| 52. | Joel Pineiro (12, 33) | 1.3481 | R |
| 53. | Andy Pettitte (17, 40) | 1.3521 | L |
| 54. | Aaron Harang (11, 34) | 1.3529 | R |
| 55. | Chad Billingsley (7, 27) | 1.3607 | R |
| 56. | Jose Contreras (10, 40) | 1.3613 | R |
| 57. | Brett Tomko (14, 39) | 1.3656 | R |
| 58. | Joe Saunders (8, 31) | 1.3691 | L |
| 59. | Kyle Lohse (12, 33) | 1.3695 | R |
| 60. | Brad Penny (13, 34) | 1.3702 | R |
| 61. | Vicente Padilla (14, 34) | 1.3765 | R |
| 62. | Bruce Chen (14, 35) | 1.3846 | L |
| 63. | Jake Westbrook (12, 34) | 1.3942 | R |
| 64. | Paul Maholm (8, 30) | 1.3957 | L |
| 65. | Kevin Correia (10, 31) | 1.4109 | R |
| 66. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 39) | 1.4202 | R |
| 67. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 36) | 1.4230 | R |
| 68. | Ryan Dempster (15, 35) | 1.4303 | R |
| 69. | LaTroy Hawkins (18, 39) | 1.4313 | R |
| 70. | Scott Elarton (10, 36) | 1.4315 | R |
| 71. | Dontrelle Willis (9, 30) | 1.4333 | L |
| 72. | Jeff Francis (8, 31) | 1.4347 | L |
| 73. | Jason Marquis (13, 33) | 1.4368 | R |
| 74. | Edwin Jackson (10, 28) | 1.4377 | R |
| 75. | Livan Hernandez (17, 37) | 1.4396 | R |
| 76. | Darren Oliver (19, 41) | 1.4438 | L |
| 77. | Jeff Suppan (17, 37) | 1.4607 | R |
| 78. | Aaron Cook (11, 33) | 1.4684 | R |
| 79. | Nate Robertson (9, 34) | 1.4744 | L |
| 80. | Oliver Perez (10, 30) | 1.4755 | L |
| 81. | Zach Duke (8, 29) | 1.4848 | L |
| 82. | Miguel Batista (18, 41) | 1.4926 | R |
| 83. | Doug Davis (13, 36) | 1.5131 | L |
| Kip Wells (12, 35) | 1.5131 | R | |
| 85. | Jamey Wright (17, 37) | 1.5625 | R |
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