highest so per ab in a season at least 3.1 pa per team game before 2000

Before 2000, Rob Deer had the most strikeouts per at-bat in a season, with 0.39 in 1987.

Interpreted as:

highest so per ab by a player in a season at least 3.1 pa per team game before 2000

	NAME	SO/AB	PA/TM GMS	SO	AB	PA	TM GMS	SEASON	TM	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WRC	WRAA	WOBA	WRC+	BRAA
1	Rob Deer R. Deer	0.39	3.49	186	474	566	162	1987	MIL	134	71	113	15	2	28	80	86	5	12	4	216	45	0	1	6	4	.238	.360	.456	.816	84	14.3	.356	114	10.4
2	Rob Deer R. Deer	0.39	3.33	175	448	539	162	1991	DET	134	64	80	14	2	25	64	89	0	1	3	173	41	0	2	1	3	.179	.314	.386	.700	62	1	.320	96	-2.5
3	Dave Nicholson D. Nicholson	0.39	3.21	175	449	520	162	1963	CWS	126	53	103	11	4	22	70	63	0	2	1	188	37	0	8	0	3	.229	.319	.419	.738	64	10	.329	111	6.4
4	Rob Deer R. Deer	0.38	3.39	179	466	546	161	1986	MIL	134	75	108	17	3	33	86	72	3	5	2	230	53	2	3	3	4	.232	.336	.494	.830	81	18.3	.363	122	14.5
5	Rob Deer R. Deer	0.36	3.28	169	466	532	162	1993	TOT	128	66	98	17	1	21	55	58	5	5	2	180	39	0	3	1	6	.210	.303	.386	.689	56	-7.2	.310	84	-10.8
6	Mickey Tettleton M. Tettleton	0.36	3.47	160	444	559	161	1990	BAL	135	68	99	21	2	15	51	106	5	2	4	169	38	0	4	3	7	.223	.376	.381	.756	76	13.4	.350	121	13.4
7	Benji Gil B. Gil	0.35	3.15	147	415	454	144	1995	TEX	130	36	91	20	3	9	46	26	1	2	4	144	32	10	2	0	5	.219	.266	.347	.613	34	-23.1	.272	54	-27.4
8	Jim Thome J. Thome	0.35	3.88	171	494	629	162	1999	CLE	146	101	137	27	2	33	108	127	4	0	0	267	62	0	4	13	6	.277	.426	.540	.967	121	39.5	.413	142	35.6
9	Pete Incaviglia P. Incaviglia	0.34	3.74	185	540	606	162	1986	TEX	153	82	135	21	2	30	88	55	4	3	2	250	53	0	7	2	9	.250	.320	.463	.783	81	10.9	.343	108	6
10	Rob Deer R. Deer	0.34	3.28	158	466	532	162	1989	MIL	130	72	98	18	2	26	65	60	4	4	8	198	46	0	2	5	8	.210	.305	.425	.729	63	5.5	.327	103	2.1
11	Rob Deer R. Deer	0.33	3.15	147	440	511	162	1990	MIL	134	57	92	15	1	27	69	64	4	2	3	190	43	0	3	6	0	.209	.313	.432	.745	62	4.9	.331	108	4.9
12	Bo Jackson B. Jackson	0.33	3.46	172	515	561	162	1989	KCR	135	86	132	15	6	32	105	39	3	26	9	255	53	0	4	8	10	.256	.310	.495	.805	78	16.6	.353	121	13.7
13	Gary Alexander G. Alexander	0.33	3.48	166	498	563	162	1978	TOT	148	57	112	20	4	27	84	57	2	0	5	221	51	1	5	5	11	.225	.304	.444	.748	68	6.6	.333	109	5.5
14	Jack Clark J. Clark	0.33	3.44	139	419	558	162	1987	STL	131	93	120	23	1	35	106	136	0	1	2	250	59	0	3	13	5	.286	.459	.597	1.055	124	55.2	.445	177	54
15	Pete Incaviglia P. Incaviglia	0.33	3.48	168	509	563	162	1987	TEX	139	85	138	26	4	27	80	48	1	9	3	253	57	0	5	1	8	.271	.332	.497	.829	83	13.9	.355	114	10
16	Dick Allen D. Allen	0.33	3.12	144	438	506	162	1969	PHI	118	79	126	23	3	32	89	64	0	9	3	251	58	0	4	10	10	.288	.375	.573	.949	92	38.2	.415	160	34.5
17	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	0.33	3.48	158	481	563	162	1990	OAK	131	83	132	14	2	37	101	72	5	19	10	261	53	0	5	8	9	.274	.371	.543	.914	98	34.6	.399	157	36.5
18	Jay Buhner J. Buhner	0.32	4.1	175	540	665	162	1997	SEA	157	104	131	18	2	40	109	119	5	0	0	273	60	0	1	3	23	.243	.383	.506	.889	113	30.8	.388	133	27.8
19	Preston Wilson P. Wilson	0.32	3.35	156	482	543	162	1999	FLA	149	67	135	21	4	26	71	46	9	11	4	242	51	0	6	3	15	.280	.350	.502	.852	82	11.4	.365	115	11.3
20	Ron Gant R. Gant	0.32	3.47	162	502	562	162	1997	STL	139	68	115	21	4	17	62	58	1	14	6	195	42	0	1	3	2	.229	.310	.388	.698	58	-10.9	.309	83	-12.3
21	Jim Thome J. Thome	0.32	3.31	141	440	537	162	1998	CLE	123	89	129	34	2	30	85	89	4	1	0	257	66	0	4	8	7	.293	.413	.584	.997	107	40.8	.422	152	36.3
22	Mike Schmidt M. Schmidt	0.32	4.16	180	562	674	162	1975	PHI	158	93	140	34	3	38	95	101	4	29	12	294	75	6	1	10	7	.249	.367	.523	.890	112	38.3	.397	142	32.6
23	Jack Clark J. Clark	0.32	3.66	145	455	593	162	1989	SDP	142	76	110	19	1	26	94	132	1	6	2	209	46	0	5	18	10	.242	.410	.459	.869	97	32.6	.386	151	32.9
24	Cecil Fielder C. Fielder	0.32	4.15	182	573	673	162	1990	DET	159	104	159	25	1	51	132	90	5	0	1	339	77	0	5	11	15	.277	.377	.592	.969	127	51.8	.419	165	50.2
25	Reggie Jackson R. Jackson	0.32	3.17	135	426	514	162	1970	OAK	149	57	101	21	2	23	66	75	8	26	17	195	46	2	3	11	10	.237	.359	.458	.817	75	16.5	.360	127	16.1