best walk percentage by pitcher after 1920 with at least 170 innings

Since 1921, Babe Adams has the lowest walk percentage when pitching at least 170 innings, with a walk percentage of 3.1.

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	NAME	BB%	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Babe Adams B. Adams	3.1	667.2	139	46	32	.590	74	3.83	162	39	6	8	753	284	325	26	86	8	39		2,795	3	2.18	1.16	1.88	0.35	5.8	1.26	.289	4.38	95	3.47	86	10.15	42.1
2	Chris Martin C. Martin	3.3	403.0	434	19	25	.432	0	3.53	409	0	0	16	415	158	173	46	55	14	91	13	1,652	21	9.13	1.23	7.44	1.03	24.8	1.17	.327	3.86	82	3.13	74	9.27	49.9
3	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	3.3	2073.2	288	138	94	.595	253	3.30	486	161	13	11	2,233	761	910	108	286	14	25		8,555	15	2.11	1.24	1.70	0.47	5.7	1.21	.277	3.95	81	3.66	89	9.69	99.3
4	Dan Otero D. Otero	3.4	403.2	358	22	8	.733	0	3.39	262	0	0	3	433	152	167	37	56	10	89	19	1,658	6	5.84	1.25	4.68	0.82	15.8	1.21	.306	3.72	82	3.52	86	9.65	25.7
5	Josh Tomlin J. Tomlin	3.4	1067.0	286	69	56	.552	150	4.77	736	5	1	2	1,160	566	602	197	153	25	55	16	4,453	28	6.21	1.29	4.81	1.66	16.5	1.23	.288	5.08	114	4.64	112	9.78	-57
6	Blake Beavan B. Beavan	3.8	293.0	54	16	20	.444	44	4.61	137	0	0	0	326	150	151	46	47	14	4	0	1,233	7	4.21	1.44	2.91	1.41	11.1	1.27	.283	4.64	120	4.79	121	10.01	-28.3
7	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	3.8	1043.1	674	56	46	.549	0	2.76	379	0	0	244	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
8	Bob Tewksbury B. Tewksbury	3.8	1807.0	302	110	102	.519	277	3.92	812	31	7	1	2,043	787	884	142	292	41	8	22	7,623	24	4.04	1.45	2.78	0.71	10.7	1.29	.300	4.40	95	3.64	89	10.18	89.8
9	Josh Towers J. Towers	3.9	731.1	139	45	55	.450	112	4.95	389	4	2	1	887	402	441	122	123	35	14	13	3,158	6	4.79	1.51	3.16	1.50	12.3	1.38	.307	5.43	110	4.82	107	10.92	-26
10	Kevin Slowey K. Slowey	3.9	662.0	137	43	36	.544	106	4.62	495	3	2	0	765	340	354	99	111	22	7	3	2,828	11	6.73	1.51	4.46	1.35	17.5	1.32	.317	4.81	112	4.15	102	10.40	-6.5
11	Richard Bleier R. Bleier	3.9	330.1	335	15	6	.714	2	3.27	187	0	0	5	348	120	138	24	54	18	61	14	1,371	16	5.09	1.47	3.46	0.65	13.6	1.22	.298	3.76	75	3.63	83	9.48	27.2
12	Edward Mujica E. Mujica	3.9	553.0	499	24	28	.462	4	3.92	430	0	0	50	562	241	257	80	89	7	180	20	2,254	9	7.00	1.45	4.83	1.30	19.1	1.18	.292	4.18	99	3.93	100	9.15	-1.3
13	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	4.2	480.2	436	22	26	.458	12	2.66	572	0	0	95	350	142	153	60	78	4	207	9	1,862	9	10.71	1.46	7.33	1.12	30.7	0.89	.253	2.86	62	2.84	68	6.55	69.2
14	George Kirby G. Kirby	4.2	812.1	142	53	45	.541	142	3.74	769	2	0	0	813	338	359	94	140	28	0	2	3,342	14	8.52	1.55	5.49	1.04	23.0	1.17	.311	3.98	97	3.38	85	9.01	53.9
15	Red Lucas R. Lucas	4.3	2542.0	396	157	135	.538	302	3.72	602	204	22	7	2,736	1,051	1,203	136	455	22	71		10,651	7	2.13	1.61	1.32	0.48	5.7	1.26	.276	4.26	95	3.86	97	9.69	36
16	Brad Radke B. Radke	4.3	2451.0	378	148	139	.516	377	4.22	1,467	37	10	0	2,643	1,150	1,233	326	445	62	0	12	10,244	28	5.39	1.63	3.30	1.20	14.3	1.26	.292	4.53	90	4.24	94	9.71	75.2
17	Kevin Kelly K. Kelly	4.4	251.0	237	18	13	.581	0	3.23	217	0	0	6	212	90	104	26	44	18	44	6	1,004	4	7.78	1.58	4.93	0.93	21.6	1.02	.266	3.73	79	3.52	85	7.60	16.9
18	Spencer Schwellenbach S. Schwellenbach	4.4	234.1	38	15	11	.577	38	3.23	235	1	0	0	195	84	93	27	41	8	0	2	934	5	9.03	1.57	5.73	1.04	25.2	1.01	.270	3.57	77	3.26	81	7.49	19.6
19	Rick Reed R. Reed	4.4	1545.2	273	93	76	.550	245	4.03	970	14	7	1	1,601	692	748	213	285	44	6	28	6,407	11	5.65	1.66	3.40	1.24	15.1	1.22	.284	4.36	95	4.21	99	9.32	2.8
20	Eric Hillman E. Hillman	4.5	232.0	49	4	14	.222	36	4.85	96	3	1	0	285	125	144	30	45	8	3	7	1,010	2	3.72	1.75	2.13	1.16	9.5	1.42	.307	5.59	125	4.49	115	11.06	-15
21	Wilton Lopez W. Lopez	4.5	305.1	292	16	17	.485	2	3.54	221	0	0	11	337	120	131	27	57	7	84	10	1,274	5	6.51	1.68	3.88	0.80	17.3	1.29	.322	3.86	87	3.39	84	9.93	20.7
22	Carlos Silva C. Silva	4.5	1241.2	316	70	70	.500	180	4.68	554	6	2	2	1,496	645	687	153	238	45	39	25	5,319	32	4.02	1.73	2.33	1.11	10.4	1.40	.310	4.98	108	4.48	105	10.84	-32.9
23	Roberto Osuna R. Osuna	4.5	315.0	314	14	18	.438	0	2.74	348	0	0	155	230	96	101	28	55	13	247	6	1,227	17	9.94	1.57	6.33	0.80	28.4	0.90	.258	2.89	64	2.75	64	6.57	54.1
24	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	4.5	2562.2	399	167	117	.588	371	3.34	1,715	76	16	1	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	1.65	3.64	0.77	16.5	1.14	.281	3.64	80	3.26	80	8.61	225.4
25	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	4.5	2198.0	401	131	124	.514	327	4.27	1,553	25	5	2	2,388	1,043	1,158	285	422	49	18	52	9,300	30	6.36	1.73	3.68	1.17	16.7	1.28	.301	4.74	98	4.01	90	9.78	104.3

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