fewest strikouts per 9 innings since 1950

Since 1950, George O'Donnell has the worst K/9, with 0.82 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:

fewest strikouts per 9 innings with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player since 1950

	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	George O'Donnell G. O'Donnell	0.82	21	3	9	.250	10	4.53	8	3	0	2	87.1	105	44	50	4	21	2	6		373	2	2.16	0.38	0.41	2.1	5.6	1.44	.299	5.15	109	3.60	87	10.82	5.2
2	Sam Zoldak S. Zoldak	1.52	75	10	18	.357	31	3.61	45	10	1	5	267.0	277	107	125	18	70	1	21		1,124	0	2.36	0.64	0.61	4.0	6.2	1.30	.262	4.21	88	3.82	94	9.34	6.4
3	Hank Wyse H. Wyse	1.90	53	10	16	.385	26	6.20	41	4	0	0	194.2	233	134	149	16	105	9	14		901	1	4.85	0.39	0.74	4.6	11.7	1.74	.297	6.89	137	4.98	112	10.77	-11.5
4	Joe Haynes J. Haynes	1.91	75	8	12	.400	15	5.09	51	2	1	5	240.2	279	136	154	25	118	7	37		1,095	4	4.41	0.43	0.93	4.7	10.8	1.65	.284	5.76	123	4.98	123	10.43	-26
5	Dick Fowler D. Fowler	2.09	51	7	18	.280	34	6.04	58	7	0	0	250.1	287	168	184	22	156	8	9		1,156	3	5.61	0.37	0.79	5.0	13.5	1.77	.291	6.62	144	5.13	124	10.32	-26.9
6	Sandy Consuegra S. Consuegra	2.15	248	51	32	.614	71	3.37	193	24	5	28	809.1	811	303	346	43	246	6	91	11	3,401	8	2.74	0.78	0.48	5.7	7.2	1.31	.264	3.85	84	3.61	92	9.02	28.4
7	Stubby Overmire S. Overmire	2.28	71	11	22	.333	34	4.08	76	12	2	0	300.0	355	136	163	21	91	3	16		1,331	2	2.73	0.84	0.63	5.7	6.8	1.49	.293	4.89	92	3.87	89	10.65	16.2
8	Jim Konstanty J. Konstanty	2.41	344	50	38	.568	23	3.59	190	9	1	67	711.0	722	284	326	66	198	3	228	3	2,977	4	2.51	0.96	0.84	6.4	6.7	1.29	.260	4.13	91	4.01	101	9.14	-5.1
9	Mickey Haefner M. Haefner	2.57	32	1	8	.111	11	5.70	27	3	0	0	94.2	106	60	64	14	57	2	9		436	2	5.42	0.47	1.33	6.2	13.1	1.72	.274	6.08	133	5.81	136	10.08	-17.1
10	Dick Starr D. Starr	2.66	58	10	17	.370	36	5.76	73	5	1	2	247.0	282	158	179	33	140	9	8		1,137	6	5.10	0.52	1.20	6.4	12.3	1.71	.282	6.52	130	5.49	127	10.28	-29.8
11	Clyde King C. King	2.66	106	19	13	.594	7	4.65	71	1	0	8	240.0	252	124	136	35	94	6	58		1,028	7	3.53	0.76	1.31	6.9	9.1	1.44	.264	5.10	114	5.05	122	9.45	-24.5
12	Marion Fricano M. Fricano	2.67	88	15	23	.395	43	4.32	115	14	0	2	387.2	393	186	213	40	164	10	26	0	1,688	8	3.81	0.70	0.93	6.8	9.7	1.44	.260	4.94	109	4.60	114	9.12	-23.4
13	Howie Fox H. Fox	2.68	125	23	31	.426	63	4.12	164	21	5	5	550.2	585	252	276	40	214	6	35		2,375	6	3.50	0.77	0.65	6.9	9.0	1.45	.279	4.51	105	4.04	101	9.56	-1.8
14	Johnny Rutherford J. Rutherford	2.68	22	7	7	.500	11	4.25	29	4	0	2	97.1	97	46	51	9	29	2	8		408	2	2.68	1.00	0.83	7.1	7.1	1.29	.260	4.72	113	3.95	106	8.97	-2.2
15	Fred Hutchinson F. Hutchinson	2.70	85	29	19	.604	47	3.78	140	19	3	2	467.0	522	196	222	34	84	8	24		1,965	6	1.62	1.67	0.66	7.1	4.3	1.30	.287	4.28	87	3.46	81	10.06	41.4
16	Ken Holcombe K. Holcombe	2.72	74	15	29	.341	46	4.34	96	18	2	2	317.1	331	153	175	23	143	3	16		1,393	6	4.06	0.67	0.65	6.9	10.3	1.49	.273	4.96	106	4.22	105	9.39	-7.1
17	Randy Gumpert R. Gumpert	2.74	103	19	29	.396	46	4.45	128	15	2	3	420.2	448	208	227	48	127	11	33		1,820	3	2.72	1.01	1.03	7.0	7.0	1.37	.266	4.86	110	4.35	109	9.58	-17.3
18	Doyle Lade D. Lade	2.75	34	5	6	.455	12	4.74	36	2	0	2	117.2	126	62	68	14	50	2	8		516	4	3.82	0.72	1.07	7.0	9.7	1.50	.271	5.20	116	4.85	115	9.64	-8.2
19	Bob Keegan B. Keegan	2.76	135	40	36	.526	87	3.66	198	29	6	5	644.2	668	262	300	70	233	8	18	9	2,768	3	3.25	0.85	0.98	7.2	8.4	1.40	.265	4.19	95	4.36	114	9.33	-38
20	Carl Scheib C. Scheib	2.81	151	18	38	.321	48	5.23	159	15	1	18	509.2	533	296	324	53	226	20	82		2,258	23	3.99	0.70	0.94	7.0	10.0	1.49	.267	5.72	125	4.67	114	9.41	-31
21	Jeff Ballard J. Ballard	2.84	197	41	53	.436	118	4.71	244	10	2	2	773.1	914	405	458	92	229	18	22	22	3,357	13	2.67	1.07	1.07	7.3	6.8	1.48	.296	5.33	119	4.69	117	10.64	-60.7
22	Bob Hooper B. Hooper	2.84	194	40	41	.494	57	4.80	196	16	0	25	620.2	640	331	377	50	280	11	86	0	2,710	12	4.06	0.70	0.73	7.2	10.3	1.48	.272	5.47	116	4.32	106	9.28	-15.1
23	Steve Kline S. Kline	2.88	129	43	45	.489	105	3.26	240	34	6	1	750.1	708	272	318	61	184	16	9	24	3,086	9	2.21	1.30	0.73	7.8	6.0	1.19	.250	3.81	97	3.71	108	8.49	-26.2
24	Gene Bearden G. Bearden	2.88	123	17	23	.425	36	4.38	138	9	1	0	431.1	462	210	246	33	236	4	39		1,939	23	4.92	0.58	0.69	7.1	12.2	1.62	.281	5.13	107	4.52	111	9.64	-21.3
25	Bob Miller B. Miller	2.89	258	42	42	.500	68	3.98	263	23	6	15	819.1	887	362	406	72	245	16	78	24	3,535	20	2.69	1.07	0.79	7.4	6.9	1.38	.277	4.46	100	3.93	98	9.74	6.8

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