fewest strikeouts per 9 innings since 2000

Since 2000, Kirk Rueter has the lowest K/9, with 3.08 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

fewest strikeouts per 9 innings with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player since 2000

	NAME	K/9	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Kirk Rueter K. Rueter	3.08	179	60	53	.531	176	4.34	352	0	0	0	1027.2	1,148	495	543	117	342	10	1	26	4,446	9	3.00	1.03	1.02	7.9	7.7	1.45	.284	4.76	103	4.86	116	10.05	-81.4
2	Reid Cornelius R. Cornelius	3.60	22	4	10	.286	21	4.82	50	0	0	0	125.0	135	67	74	19	50	4	0	4	547	8	3.60	1.00	1.37	9.1	9.1	1.48	.274	5.33	109	5.60	123	9.72	-15
3	Aaron Cook A. Cook	3.70	256	76	79	.490	224	4.60	578	12	3	0	1406.1	1,636	719	776	126	429	48	5	45	6,121	37	2.75	1.35	0.81	9.4	7.0	1.47	.306	4.97	99	4.45	100	10.47	6.1
4	Jimmy Anderson J. Anderson	3.76	109	23	46	.333	92	5.50	228	3	0	1	545.1	647	333	356	56	224	25	6	22	2,460	18	3.70	1.02	0.92	9.3	9.1	1.60	.307	5.88	126	4.91	112	10.68	-31.5
5	Jeremy Sowers J. Sowers	3.91	72	18	30	.375	71	5.18	174	2	2	0	400.0	444	230	242	49	132	12	1	7	1,741	9	2.97	1.32	1.10	10.0	7.6	1.44	.287	5.45	118	4.94	114	9.99	-27.6
6	Scott Karl S. Karl	3.92	23	4	5	.444	13	7.42	38	0	0	0	87.1	126	72	77	16	45	3	1	3	424	5	4.64	0.84	1.65	9.0	10.6	1.96	.342	7.94	135	6.29	122	12.98	-9.9
7	Carlos Perez C. Perez	4.00	30	5	8	.385	22	5.56	64	0	0	0	144.0	192	89	95	25	33	8	1	1	641	3	2.06	1.94	1.56	10.0	5.1	1.56	.327	5.94	129	5.35	115	12.00	-11.2
8	Carlos Silva C. Silva	4.02	316	70	70	.500	180	4.68	554	6	2	2	1241.2	1,496	645	687	153	238	45	39	25	5,319	32	1.73	2.33	1.11	10.4	4.5	1.40	.310	4.98	108	4.48	105	10.84	-32.9
9	Brian Anderson B. Anderson	4.15	170	42	52	.447	141	4.68	414	7	2	0	897.0	1,024	466	537	153	201	10	4	20	3,805	10	2.02	2.06	1.54	10.9	5.3	1.37	.288	5.39	102	5.04	112	10.27	-51.4
10	Horacio Ramirez H. Ramirez	4.16	169	40	35	.533	105	4.65	318	3	1	0	688.1	758	356	394	83	264	16	11	26	2,995	14	3.45	1.20	1.09	10.6	8.8	1.48	.292	5.15	108	4.93	115	9.91	-49.3
11	Chien-Ming Wang C. Wang	4.19	174	68	34	.667	126	4.36	394	4	1	1	845.2	918	410	434	65	252	27	27	10	3,593	31	2.68	1.56	0.69	11.0	7.0	1.38	.299	4.62	100	4.18	97	9.77	14.6
12	Luis Atilano L. Atilano	4.20	16	6	7	.462	16	5.15	40	0	0	0	85.2	96	49	56	11	32	2	0	5	385	1	3.36	1.25	1.16	10.4	8.3	1.49	.283	5.88	128	5.00	124	10.09	-9.1
13	Scott Diamond S. Diamond	4.21	59	19	27	.413	58	4.50	161	1	1	0	344.0	400	172	192	41	86	5	1	9	1,478	18	2.25	1.87	1.07	10.9	5.8	1.41	.303	5.02	110	4.47	111	10.47	-16.9
14	Nick Blackburn N. Blackburn	4.27	145	43	55	.439	137	4.85	388	5	0	0	818.2	1,003	441	490	117	202	19	5	11	3,577	14	2.22	1.92	1.29	10.8	5.6	1.47	.311	5.39	115	4.80	116	11.03	-60.5
15	Terry Mulholland T. Mulholland	4.29	270	21	27	.438	45	5.06	279	1	0	1	585.2	725	329	356	92	167	25	88	24	2,601	11	2.57	1.67	1.41	10.7	6.4	1.52	.311	5.47	114	5.12	116	11.14	-47
16	Joe Mays J. Mays	4.33	157	42	59	.416	136	5.19	397	8	5	0	826.0	951	476	509	114	262	16	6	8	3,614	41	2.85	1.52	1.24	11.0	7.2	1.47	.296	5.55	113	4.89	112	10.36	-47.6
17	Mike Maroth M. Maroth	4.34	161	50	67	.427	150	5.05	443	3	1	0	918.0	1,078	515	563	133	262	32	4	7	3,985	28	2.57	1.69	1.30	11.1	6.6	1.46	.303	5.52	115	4.93	112	10.57	-54.9
18	Gil Heredia G. Heredia	4.35	56	22	19	.537	50	4.64	149	2	0	0	308.1	358	159	181	51	95	6	2	8	1,353	4	2.77	1.57	1.49	11.0	7.0	1.47	.292	5.28	100	5.26	114	10.45	-21
19	Brian Meadows B. Meadows	4.35	274	25	34	.424	60	4.84	294	2	0	10	608.0	710	327	359	88	156	11	62	36	2,641	20	2.31	1.88	1.30	11.1	5.9	1.42	.297	5.31	109	4.80	108	10.51	-25.3
20	Willie Blair W. Blair	4.43	56	11	10	.524	21	5.63	89	0	0	0	180.2	223	113	119	23	46	5	9	3	792	2	2.29	1.93	1.15	11.2	5.8	1.49	.318	5.93	121	4.63	100	11.11	-0.3
21	Lance Davis L. Davis	4.49	20	8	4	.667	20	4.74	53	1	0	0	106.1	124	56	60	12	34	1	0	0	461	2	2.88	1.56	1.02	11.5	7.4	1.49	.310	5.08	107	4.50	99	10.50	0.5
22	Steve Sparks S. Sparks	4.52	167	32	43	.427	96	4.74	378	12	2	3	752.2	843	396	456	83	242	30	39	10	3,301	29	2.89	1.56	0.99	11.5	7.3	1.44	.296	5.45	107	4.54	104	10.08	-13.2
23	Aaron Sele A. Sele	4.66	230	73	59	.553	178	4.75	576	6	5	0	1113.1	1,270	588	628	130	375	45	15	20	4,883	25	3.03	1.54	1.05	11.8	7.7	1.48	.303	5.08	108	4.67	105	10.27	-28.9
24	Paul Byrd P. Byrd	4.67	218	82	77	.516	212	4.46	684	14	5	0	1318.2	1,494	654	729	193	257	40	1	11	5,630	15	1.75	2.66	1.32	12.1	4.6	1.33	.292	4.98	100	4.62	106	10.20	-36.9
25	Ismael Valdez I. Valdez	4.68	149	43	51	.457	138	4.99	417	3	1	0	802.1	909	445	465	130	237	32	4	15	3,485	7	2.66	1.76	1.46	12.0	6.8	1.43	.292	5.22	114	5.10	115	10.20	-60.3

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