For single seasons, From 1988 to 2008, (requiring SOp9≤3 and At least 100 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest SOp9
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Cnt Player **SO/9** IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+---------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 1 Kirk Rueter 2.10 107.1 2005 34 SFG NL 20 18 0 0 1 2 7 .222 0 131 78 71 47 25 5.95 72 12 489 430 29 4 3 1 3 8 9 1 4 3 0 3 .305 .368 .474 .842 124 1842 1041 2 Nate Cornejo 2.13 194.2 2003 23 DET AL 32 32 2 0 0 6 17 .261 0 236 111 101 58 46 4.67 92 18 842 768 47 5 8 3 7 6 30 7 8 5 0 1 .307 .356 .452 .808 118 2984 1806 3 Jeff Ballard 2.41 153.1 1988 24 BAL AL 25 25 6 1 0 8 12 .400 0 167 83 75 42 41 4.40 89 15 654 600 34 5 2 6 3 3 19 12 3 0 2 2 .278 .330 .427 .757 113 4 Bill Swift 2.42 174.2 1988 26 SEA AL 38 24 6 1 4 8 12 .400 0 199 99 89 65 47 4.59 91 10 757 675 32 2 3 8 5 3 36 4 5 1 2 6 .295 .362 .393 .755 108 5 Mike Flanagan 2.46 171.2 1989 37 TOR AL 30 30 1 1 0 8 10 .444 0 186 82 75 47 47 3.93 93 10 726 658 39 6 0 5 8 8 23 15 5 2 0 4 .283 .331 .406 .737 112 6 Marty Clary 2.48 108.2 1989 27 ATL NL 18 17 2 1 0 4 3 .571 0 103 47 38 31 30 3.15 116 6 452 412 22 1 3 1 4 3 8 5 10 1 0 5 .250 .302 .352 .654 90 7 John Doherty 2.49 101.1 1994 27 DET AL 18 17 2 0 1 6 7 .462 0 139 75 73 26 28 6.48 75 13 454 413 30 0 6 3 5 7 15 0 4 0 0 4 .337 .374 .504 .878 122 8 Kirk Rueter 2.51 147 2003 32 SFG NL 27 27 0 0 0 10 5 .667 0 170 77 74 47 41 4.53 93 14 632 573 33 2 2 1 9 2 24 2 1 1 0 0 .297 .350 .435 .785 109 2423 1418 9 Jerry Reuss 2.57 140.1 1989 40 TOT AL 30 26 1 1 0 9 9 .500 0 171 88 80 34 40 5.13 75 19 617 570 24 1 2 4 3 6 13 5 7 0 0 1 .300 .340 .446 .786 123 10 Jeff Ballard 2.59 215.1 1989 25 BAL AL 35 35 4 1 0 18 8 .692 0 240 95 82 57 62 3.43 110 16 912 836 41 4 5 4 10 5 25 14 14 9 0 3 .287 .334 .403 .737 110 11 Bill Gullickson 2.60 221.2 1992 33 DET AL 34 34 4 1 0 14 13 .519 0 228 109 107 50 64 4.34 91 35 919 853 38 5 5 0 7 9 15 20 8 0 0 6 .267 .305 .447 .752 107 12 Dave Schmidt 2.64 156.2 1989 32 BAL AL 38 26 2 0 5 10 13 .435 0 196 102 99 36 46 5.69 66 24 686 632 32 2 2 2 9 7 9 13 4 1 1 3 .310 .346 .481 .827 134 13 Kirk Rueter 2.65 190.1 2004 33 SFG NL 33 33 0 0 0 9 12 .429 0 225 108 100 66 56 4.73 92 21 840 760 52 6 5 1 9 4 25 1 3 2 0 1 .296 .351 .463 .814 113 3277 1904 14 Jeff Ballard 2.69 123.2 1991 27 BAL AL 26 22 0 0 1 6 12 .333 0 153 91 77 28 37 5.60 71 16 540 506 33 4 2 2 1 3 11 1 4 0 1 3 .302 .340 .478 .818 128 15 Ricky Horton 2.74 118.1 1988 28 TOT ML 64 9 1 0 13 7 11 .389 2 131 71 64 38 36 4.87 81 8 512 448 32 3 4 5 12 9 16 4 5 0 3 0 .292 .348 .431 .779 116 16 Ricky Bones 2.78 203.2 1993 24 MIL AL 32 31 3 0 1 11 11 .500 0 222 122 110 63 63 4.86 88 28 883 800 41 11 3 8 5 7 16 20 5 2 1 6 .278 .334 .461 .795 112 17 John Doherty 2.87 116 1992 25 DET AL 47 11 0 0 9 7 4 .636 3 131 61 50 25 37 3.88 102 4 491 457 13 1 5 4 3 2 24 4 4 0 0 5 .287 .328 .346 .674 88 18 Tim Leary 2.94 141 1992 33 TOT AL 26 23 3 0 2 8 10 .444 0 131 89 84 87 46 5.36 74 12 624 511 26 2 5 9 6 11 18 27 5 0 0 9 .256 .367 .386 .753 111 19 Bill Swift 2.95 128 1990 28 SEA AL 55 8 0 0 18 6 4 .600 6 135 46 34 21 42 2.39 165 4 533 496 27 0 6 7 5 4 17 0 2 0 3 8 .272 .309 .351 .660 83 20 Jimmy Gobble 2.98 148 2004 22 KCR AL 25 24 1 0 0 9 8 .529 0 157 94 88 43 49 5.35 89 24 638 581 34 3 0 3 4 7 10 10 3 1 0 4 .270 .320 .463 .783 99 2283 1423 21 Kirk Saarloos 2.99 159.2 2005 26 OAK AL 29 27 2 1 0 10 9 .526 0 170 75 74 54 53 4.17 105 11 682 611 30 3 8 11 3 3 23 14 5 0 0 1 .278 .346 .391 .737 96 2398 1447 22 Mark Knudson 2.99 168.1 1990 29 MIL AL 30 27 4 2 0 10 9 .526 0 187 84 77 40 56 4.12 94 14 719 663 39 5 1 3 3 9 16 8 9 0 0 6 .282 .322 .419 .741 107 Seasons/Careers found: 22.
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