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Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2007, Hall Of Fame Members, sorted by greatest SOp9
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Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1871 to 2007, Hall Of Fame Members, sorted by greatest SOp9
Cnt Player **SO/9** From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 George Wright 21.60 1875 1876 28-29 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 5 6 3 1 0 12 1.80 130 0 4 0 1 BOS-BSN 2 Nolan Ryan 9.55 1966 1993 19-46 807 773 222 61 13 324 292 .526 3 5386 3923 2178 1911 2795 5714 3.19 111 321 22575 78 158 33 277 NYM-CAL-HOU-TEX 3 Sandy Koufax 9.28 1955 1966 19-30 397 314 137 40 44 165 87 .655 9 2324.1 1754 806 713 817 2396 2.76 131 204 9497 48 18 7 87 BRO-LAD 4 George Davis 9.00 1891 1891 20-20 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .000 1 4 8 8 7 3 4 15.75 22 0 0 0 0 0 CLV 5 Wade Boggs 7.71 1997 1999 39-41 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 1 2 3.86 123 0 11 0 0 0 0 NYY-TBD 6 Bruce Sutter 7.43 1976 1988 23-35 661 0 0 0 512 68 71 .489 300 1042.1 879 370 328 309 861 2.83 136 77 4251 83 13 8 37 CHC-STL-ATL 7 Bob Gibson 7.22 1959 1975 23-39 528 482 255 56 21 251 174 .591 6 3884.1 3279 1420 1258 1336 3117 2.91 127 257 16068 118 102 13 108 STL 8 Steve Carlton 7.13 1965 1988 20-43 741 709 254 55 13 329 244 .574 2 5217.1 4672 2130 1864 1833 4136 3.22 115 414 21683 150 53 90 183 STL-PHI-TOT-MIN 9 Rube Waddell 7.04 1897 1910 20-33 407 340 261 50 53 193 143 .574 5 2961.1 2460 1063 711 803 2316 2.16 135 37 12101 117 4 77 LOU-PIT-TOT-PHA-SLB 10 Rollie Fingers 6.87 1968 1985 21-38 944 37 4 2 709 114 118 .491 341 1701.1 1474 615 549 492 1299 2.90 119 123 6942 109 39 7 40 OAK-SDP-MIL 11 Tom Seaver 6.85 1967 1986 22-41 656 647 231 61 6 311 205 .603 1 4782.2 3971 1674 1521 1390 3640 2.86 127 380 19369 116 76 8 126 NYM-TOT-CIN-NYM-CHW 12 Jim Bunning 6.83 1955 1971 23-39 591 519 151 40 39 224 184 .549 16 3760.1 3433 1527 1366 1000 2855 3.27 114 372 15618 98 160 8 47 DET-PHI-PIT-TOT 13 Dennis Eckersley 6.58 1975 1998 20-43 1071 361 100 20 577 197 171 .535 390 3285.2 3076 1382 1278 738 2401 3.50 116 347 13534 91 75 16 28 CLE-BOS-TOT-CHC-OAK-STL 14 Don Drysdale 6.52 1956 1969 19-32 518 465 167 49 34 209 166 .557 6 3432 3084 1292 1124 855 2486 2.95 121 280 14097 123 154 10 82 BRO-LAD 15 Honus Wagner 6.48 1900 1902 26-28 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 7 5 0 6 6 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 3 PIT 16 Hoyt Wilhelm 6.43 1952 1972 29-49 1070 52 20 5 651 143 122 .540 227 2254.1 1757 773 632 778 1610 2.52 146 150 9164 61 62 4 90 NYG-TOT-BAL-CHW-LAD 17 Fergie Jenkins 6.38 1965 1983 22-40 664 594 267 49 37 284 226 .557 7 4500.2 4142 1853 1669 997 3192 3.34 115 484 18400 116 84 18 62 PHI-TOT-CHC-TEX-BOS-CHC 18 Dazzy Vance 6.20 1915 1935 24-44 442 347 216 29 53 197 140 .585 11 2966.2 2809 1246 1068 840 2045 3.24 125 132 12369 77 2 37 TOT-NYY-BRO-STL-TOT-BRO 19 Jesse Burkett 6.15 1890 1902 21-33 23 12 6 0 8 3 11 .214 0 123 144 129 76 94 84 5.56 62 3 0 0 0 16 NYG-CLV-SLB 20 Don Sutton 6.09 1966 1988 21-43 774 756 178 58 12 324 256 .559 5 5282.1 4692 2104 1914 1343 3574 3.26 108 472 21631 102 82 21 112 LAD-HOU-TOT-MIL-CAL-LAD 21 Bob Feller 6.07 1936 1956 17-37 570 484 279 44 52 266 162 .621 21 3827 3271 1557 1384 1764 2581 3.25 122 224 16180 6 60 13 75 CLE 22 Gaylord Perry 5.94 1962 1983 23-44 777 690 303 53 33 314 265 .542 11 5350.1 4938 2128 1846 1379 3534 3.11 117 399 21953 164 108 6 160 SFG-CLE-TOT-TEX-SDP-TOT-ATL-SEA 23 Juan Marichal 5.91 1960 1975 22-37 471 457 244 52 11 243 142 .631 2 3507.1 3153 1329 1126 709 2303 2.89 123 320 14236 82 40 20 51 SFG-BOS-LAD 24 Tommy Lasorda 5.71 1954 1956 26-28 26 6 0 0 9 0 4 .000 1 58.1 53 49 42 56 37 6.48 66 9 283 3 4 0 11 BRO-KCA 25 Phil Niekro 5.57 1964 1987 25-48 864 716 245 45 83 318 274 .537 29 5404.1 5044 2337 2012 1809 3342 3.35 115 482 22677 86 123 42 226 MLN-ATL-NYY-CLE-TOT ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **SO/9** From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Whitey Ford 5.55 1950 1967 21-38 498 438 156 45 35 236 106 .690 10 3170.1 2766 1107 967 1086 1956 2.75 133 228 13036 44 28 5 75 NYY 27 Satchel Paige 5.45 1948 1965 41-58 179 26 7 4 109 28 31 .475 32 476 429 191 174 180 288 3.29 124 29 2005 0 7 5 6 CLE-SLB-KCA 28 Hal Newhouser 5.40 1939 1955 18-34 488 374 212 33 79 207 150 .580 26 2993 2674 1197 1016 1249 1796 3.06 130 137 12648 1 19 7 65 DET-CLE 29 Walter Johnson 5.34 1907 1927 19-39 802 666 531 110 129 417 279 .599 34 5914.2 4913 1902 1424 1363 3509 2.17 147 97 23749 203 4 155 WSH 30 Dizzy Dean 5.32 1930 1947 20-37 317 230 154 26 76 150 83 .644 30 1967.1 1919 774 661 453 1163 3.02 130 95 8171 27 5 12 STL-CHC-SLB 31 Lefty Gomez 5.28 1930 1943 21-34 368 320 173 28 31 189 102 .649 9 2503 2290 1091 930 1095 1468 3.34 125 138 10729 19 0 39 NYY-WSH 32 Ed Walsh 5.27 1904 1917 23-36 430 315 250 57 102 195 126 .607 34 2964.1 2346 877 598 617 1736 1.82 146 23 11713 54 14 84 CHW-BSN 33 Catfish Hunter 5.25 1965 1979 19-33 500 476 181 42 6 224 166 .574 1 3449.1 2958 1380 1248 954 2012 3.26 104 374 14032 57 49 7 49 KCA-OAK-NYY 34 Lefty Grove 5.18 1925 1941 25-41 616 457 298 35 123 300 141 .680 55 3940.2 3849 1594 1339 1187 2266 3.06 148 162 16633 42 1 51 PHA-BOS 35 George Sisler 5.11 1915 1928 22-35 24 12 9 1 8 5 6 .455 3 111 91 36 29 52 63 2.35 124 0 453 6 1 2 SLB-BSN 36 Chief Bender 5.10 1903 1925 19-41 459 334 255 40 109 212 127 .625 34 3017 2645 1110 823 712 1711 2.46 112 40 10124 102 3 72 PHA-BAL-PHI-CHW 37 Jim Palmer 5.04 1965 1984 19-38 558 521 211 53 15 268 152 .638 4 3948 3349 1395 1253 1311 2212 2.86 126 303 16112 37 38 11 85 BAL 38 Christy Mathewson 4.71 1900 1916 19-35 635 551 434 79 74 373 188 .665 28 4780.2 4218 1616 1133 844 2502 2.13 135 91 19136 59 6 114 NYG-TOT 39 Amos Rusie 4.62 1889 1901 18-30 462 427 392 30 35 245 174 .585 5 3769.2 3384 2066 1287 1704 1934 3.07 129 76 1060 29 1 153 IND-NYG-CIN 40 Early Wynn 4.60 1939 1963 19-43 691 612 290 49 66 300 244 .551 15 4564 4291 2037 1796 1775 2334 3.54 107 338 19408 36 64 2 51 WSH-CLE-CHW 41 Tim Keefe 4.57 1880 1893 23-36 600 594 554 39 7 342 225 .603 2 5047.2 4439 2468 1472 1220 2562 2.62 127 81 20975 96 0 233 TRO-NYP-NYG-NYI-TOT-PHI 42 Robin Roberts 4.52 1948 1966 21-39 676 609 305 45 49 286 245 .539 25 4688.2 4582 1962 1774 902 2357 3.41 113 505 19174 69 54 3 33 PHI-BAL-TOT 43 Ted Williams 4.50 1940 1940 21-21 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 0 1 4.50 100 0 9 0 0 0 BOS 44 Eddie Plank 4.50 1901 1917 25-41 623 529 410 69 74 326 194 .627 23 4495.2 3958 1569 1174 1072 2246 2.35 122 41 18225 196 6 87 PHA-SLM-SLB 45 Jake Beckley 4.50 1902 1902 34-34 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 4 9 8 3 1 2 6.75 44 0 0 0 0 0 CIN 46 Warren Spahn 4.43 1942 1965 21-44 750 665 382 63 68 363 245 .597 29 5243.2 4830 2016 1798 1434 2583 3.09 118 434 21547 60 42 5 81 BSN-MLN-TOT 47 Buck Ewing 4.40 1882 1890 22-30 9 4 4 0 5 2 3 .400 0 47 55 36 18 23 23 3.45 107 2 224 1 1 3 TRO-NYG-NYI 48 Charlie Comiskey 4.38 1882 1889 22-29 4 1 1 0 2 0 1 .000 0 12.1 13 9 1 3 6 0.73 409 0 17 0 0 0 STL 49 Rube Marquard 4.34 1908 1925 21-38 536 403 197 30 83 201 177 .532 19 3306.2 3233 1443 1130 858 1593 3.08 103 107 13657 39 5 81 NYG-TOT-BRO-CIN-BSN 50 Carl Hubbell 4.20 1928 1943 25-40 535 431 260 36 82 253 154 .622 33 3590.1 3461 1380 1188 725 1677 2.98 130 227 14805 53 1 53 NYG ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **SO/9** From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Jimmie Foxx 4.18 1939 1945 31-37 10 2 0 0 8 1 0 1.000 0 23.2 13 4 4 14 11 1.52 255 0 97 1 0 0 BOS-PHI 52 Red Ruffing 4.12 1924 1947 19-42 624 536 335 45 71 273 225 .548 16 4344 4284 2117 1833 1541 1987 3.80 109 254 18579 58 7 46 BOS-TOT-NYY-CHW 53 Bob Lemon 4.03 1946 1958 25-37 460 350 188 31 73 207 128 .618 22 2850 2559 1185 1024 1251 1277 3.23 119 181 12099 13 57 2 63 CLE 54 Jack Chesbro 3.93 1899 1909 25-35 392 332 260 35 52 198 132 .600 5 2896.2 2642 1209 864 690 1265 2.68 110 39 12013 113 2 62 PIT-NYY-TOT 55 John Clarkson 3.92 1882 1894 20-32 531 518 485 37 12 328 178 .648 5 4536.1 4295 2376 1417 1191 1978 2.81 134 161 11954 35 0 182 WOR-CHC-BSN-TOT-CLV 56 Mordecai Brown 3.90 1903 1916 26-39 481 332 271 55 138 239 130 .648 49 3172.1 2708 1044 725 673 1375 2.06 138 43 12642 63 4 59 STL-CHC-CIN-TOT-CHI 57 Pete Alexander 3.81 1911 1930 24-43 696 599 437 90 80 373 208 .642 32 5190 4868 1851 1476 951 2198 2.56 135 164 20928 70 1 39 PHI-CHC-TOT-STL-PHI 58 Vic Willis 3.72 1898 1910 22-34 513 471 388 50 41 249 205 .548 11 3996 3621 1628 1167 1212 1651 2.63 118 66 12535 157 6 95 BSN-PIT-STL 59 Charley Radbourn 3.63 1881 1891 26-36 528 503 489 35 24 309 195 .613 2 4535.1 4335 2275 1348 875 1830 2.67 119 117 18910 54 0 217 PRO-BSN-BOS-CIN 60 Babe Ruth 3.60 1914 1933 19-38 163 148 107 17 11 94 46 .671 4 1221.1 974 398 309 441 488 2.28 122 10 5006 29 4 25 BOS-NYY 61 George Kelly 3.60 1917 1917 21-21 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.000 0 5 4 0 0 1 2 0.00 0 0 20 0 0 0 NYG 62 Addie Joss 3.56 1902 1910 22-30 286 260 234 45 22 160 97 .623 5 2327 1888 729 488 364 920 1.89 142 19 9209 60 2 28 CLE 63 Mickey Welch 3.47 1880 1892 20-32 565 549 525 41 15 307 210 .594 4 4802 4587 2556 1447 1297 1850 2.71 114 106 18186 29 1 274 TRO-NYG 64 Cy Young 3.43 1890 1911 23-44 906 815 749 76 84 511 316 .618 17 7354.2 7092 3167 2147 1217 2803 2.63 138 138 30058 163 3 156 CLV-STL-BOS-CLE-TOT 65 John Ward 3.36 1878 1884 18-24 292 261 244 24 32 164 102 .617 3 2461.2 2317 1183 575 253 920 2.10 119 26 10132 0 0 144 PRO-NYG 66 Kid Nichols 3.32 1890 1906 20-36 620 561 531 48 56 361 208 .634 17 5056.1 4912 2477 1660 1268 1868 2.95 140 156 21243 133 1 169 BSN-STL-TOT-PHI 67 Burleigh Grimes 3.26 1916 1934 22-40 616 497 314 35 94 270 212 .560 18 4180 4412 2048 1638 1295 1512 3.53 107 148 17959 97 12 92 PIT-BRO-NYG-PIT-TOT-STL-CHC-TOT 68 Red Faber 3.24 1914 1933 25-44 669 483 273 29 134 254 213 .544 28 4086.2 4106 1813 1430 1213 1471 3.15 119 111 17360 103 2 52 CHW 69 Dan Brouthers 3.13 1879 1883 21-25 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 .000 0 23 44 37 20 11 8 7.83 33 0 127 0 4 TRO-BUF 70 Herb Pennock 3.09 1912 1934 18-40 617 420 247 35 133 240 162 .597 32 3571.2 3900 1692 1428 916 1227 3.60 106 128 15154 36 6 65 PHA-TOT-BOS-NYY 71 Waite Hoyt 2.88 1918 1938 18-38 674 423 226 26 175 237 182 .566 52 3762.1 4037 1780 1500 1003 1206 3.59 111 154 16123 49 5 39 NYG-BOS-NYY-TOT-PIT-BRO 72 Stan Coveleski 2.86 1912 1928 22-38 450 385 224 38 52 215 142 .602 21 3082 3055 1237 990 802 981 2.89 127 66 12746 30 1 35 PHA-CLE-WSH-NYY 73 Joe McGinnity 2.79 1899 1908 28-37 465 381 314 32 73 246 142 .634 24 3441.1 3276 1438 1016 812 1068 2.66 120 52 14495 182 4 30 BLN-BRO-BLA-TOT-NYG 74 Jesse Haines 2.75 1918 1937 24-43 555 388 208 24 95 210 158 .571 10 3208.2 3460 1556 1298 871 981 3.64 108 165 13644 57 6 55 CIN-STL 75 Sam Rice 2.75 1915 1916 25-26 9 3 1 0 4 1 1 .500 0 39.1 31 18 11 19 12 2.52 114 0 156 0 0 1 WSH ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **SO/9** From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+---------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+------+----+----+----+----+----+------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 76 Tommy McCarthy 2.73 1884 1894 20-30 13 6 5 0 7 0 7 .000 0 69.1 83 63 38 26 21 4.93 65 3 4 0 0 1 BOS-PHI-STL-BSN 77 Pud Galvin 2.71 1875 1892 18-35 705 689 646 57 17 364 310 .540 2 6003.1 6405 3355 1910 745 1806 2.86 107 122 25234 57 1 223 STL-BUF-TOT-PIT-PBB-TOT 78 Eppa Rixey 2.70 1912 1933 21-42 692 552 290 37 97 266 251 .515 14 4494.2 4633 1986 1572 1082 1350 3.15 115 92 18754 76 10 97 PHI-CIN 79 Bobby Wallace 2.69 1894 1902 20-28 57 48 37 3 9 24 22 .522 1 402 469 268 173 156 120 3.87 126 6 0 0 0 16 CLV-SLB 80 Roger Bresnahan 2.68 1897 1910 18-31 9 6 3 1 3 4 1 .800 0 50.1 68 30 22 15 15 3.93 107 1 16 3 0 0 WHS-BLA-STL 81 Clark Griffith 2.54 1891 1914 21-44 453 372 337 22 78 237 146 .619 6 3385.2 3670 1852 1246 774 955 3.31 121 76 1366 102 3 57 TOT-CHC-CHW-NYY-CIN-WSH 82 Ted Lyons 2.32 1923 1946 22-45 594 484 356 27 92 260 230 .531 23 4161 4489 2056 1696 1121 1073 3.67 118 223 17846 31 6 55 CHW 83 Cap Anson 2.25 1883 1884 31-32 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .000 1 4 4 5 2 2 1 4.50 72 2 21 0 0 0 CHC 84 Jim O'Rourke 1.83 1883 1884 32-33 6 0 0 0 4 0 1 .000 2 19.2 17 14 9 2 4 4.12 76 0 70 0 0 1 BUF 85 Harry Wright 1.45 1871 1874 36-39 34 7 0 0 4 4 .500 8 99.1 149 102 42 15 16 3.81 92 0 1 BOS 86 King Kelly 0.79 1880 1892 22-34 12 0 0 0 9 2 2 .500 0 45.2 63 49 21 30 4 4.14 90 5 119 0 0 7 CHC-BSN-BOS-CKK 87 Candy Cummings 0.54 1872 1877 23-28 242 241 233 19 0 145 94 .607 0 2149.2 2507 1450 595 117 130 2.49 120 12 1622 0 22 NYU-BAL-PHI-HAR-CIN 88 Al Spalding 0.44 1871 1877 20-26 347 327 281 24 3 253 65 .796 11 2890.2 3271 1791 686 156 142 2.14 142 15 2272 2 1 BOS-CHC 89 Ty Cobb 0.00 1918 1925 31-38 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 6 2 2 2 0 3.60 83 0 20 0 0 0 DET 90 Tris Speaker 0.00 1914 1914 26-26 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 9.00 30 0 4 0 0 0 BOS 91 Harry Hooper 0.00 1913 1913 25-25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0.00 0 0 7 0 0 0 BOS 92 Stan Musial 1952 1952 31-31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 undef 0 0 1 0 0 0 STL Seasons/Careers found: 92.
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