highest walks per 9 innings in a season with an era under 3 since 1969 min 162 ip

Since 1969, Nolan Ryan has walked the worst walks per nine innings with an ERA better than 3.00 and with 162.0+ innings pitched in a season, with 6.14 BB/9 in 1977.

	NAME	BB/9	ERA	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	6.14	2.77	299.0	1977	CAL	37	19	16	.543	37	341	22	4	0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	10.26	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9
2	Bart Johnson B. Johnson	5.61	2.93	178.0	1971	CWS	53	12	10	.545	16	153	4	0	14	148	58	67	9	111	6	24	6	784	11	7.74	1.38	0.46	19.5	14.2	1.46	.275	3.39	81	3.36	91	7.48	6.8
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5.46	2.89	332.2	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	41	367	26	3	0	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	9.93	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
4	Wilson Alvarez W. Alvarez	5.29	2.95	207.2	1993	CWS	31	15	8	.652	31	155	1	1	0	168	68	78	14	122	7	0	8	877	2	6.72	1.27	0.61	17.7	13.9	1.40	.266	3.38	70	4.22	99	7.28	0.9
5	Daisuke Matsuzaka D. Matsuzaka	5.05	2.90	167.2	2008	BOS	29	18	3	.857	29	154	0	0	0	128	54	58	12	94	7	0	1	716	5	8.27	1.64	0.64	21.5	13.1	1.32	.258	3.11	64	4.02	96	6.87	2.9
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4.98	2.28	284.0	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	329	20	9	0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	10.43	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	5.26	16.6
7	Al Leiter A. Leiter	4.97	2.93	215.1	1996	FLA	33	16	12	.571	33	200	2	1	0	153	70	74	14	119	11	0	3	896	5	8.36	1.68	0.59	22.3	13.3	1.26	.252	3.09	71	3.96	93	6.39	6.8
8	Blake Snell B. Snell	4.95	2.25	180.0	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	32	234	0	0	0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.43	79	5.75	18
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	4.79	2.79	171.0	2009	LAD	31	8	8	.500	30	185	0	0	0	119	53	55	7	91	1	1	4	701	11	9.74	2.03	0.37	26.4	13.0	1.23	.269	2.89	69	3.07	74	6.26	20.7
10	J.R. Richard	4.67	2.75	291.0	1976	HOU	39	20	15	.571	39	214	14	3	0	221	89	105	14	151	4	0	4	1,218	13	6.62	1.42	0.43	17.6	12.4	1.28	.248	3.25	84	3.38	101	6.84	-1.8
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4.63	2.98	196.1	1983	HOU	29	14	9	.609	29	183	5	2	0	134	65	74	9	101	4	0	3	804	5	8.39	1.81	0.41	22.8	12.6	1.20	.247	3.39	87	3.08	88	6.14	8.7
12	Mike Moore M. Moore	4.50	2.96	210.0	1991	OAK	33	17	8	.680	33	153	3	1	0	176	69	75	11	105	5	0	1	887	14	6.56	1.46	0.47	17.2	11.8	1.34	.269	3.21	76	3.65	92	7.54	7.3
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4.47	2.87	326.0	1973	CAL	41	21	16	.568	39	383	26	4	1	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	10.57	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
14	Andy Hassler A. Hassler	4.39	2.61	162.0	1974	CAL	23	7	11	.389	22	76	10	2	1	132	47	64	10	79	9	1	2	684	7	4.22	0.96	0.56	11.1	11.5	1.30	.239	3.56	77	4.06	116	7.33	-10.5
15	Blue Moon Odom B. Moon Odom	4.36	2.92	231.1	1969	OAK	32	15	6	.714	32	150	10	3	0	179	75	87	15	112	6	0	5	965	13	5.84	1.34	0.58	15.5	11.6	1.26	.240	3.38	84	3.58	99	6.96	0.5
16	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	4.34	2.60	186.2	1975	CLE	34	13	7	.650	24	152	6	2	2	147	54	61	16	90	7	5	8	794	4	7.33	1.69	0.77	19.1	11.3	1.27	.248	2.94	69	3.62	93	7.09	5.6
17	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	4.33	2.77	178.2	1969	CIN	30	12	5	.706	27	102	6	3	0	135	55	64	11	86	1	0	4	747	16	5.14	1.19	0.55	13.7	11.5	1.24	.227	3.22	72	3.62	98	6.80	1.8
18	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	4.23	2.80	170.1	1985	NYM	26	9	9	.500	26	180	3	0	0	108	53	56	14	80	2	0	3	685	3	9.51	2.25	0.74	26.3	11.7	1.10	.230	2.96	80	3.08	86	5.71	9.6
19	Kodai Senga K. Senga	4.17	2.98	166.1	2023	NYM	29	12	7	.632	29	202	0	0	0	126	55	60	17	77	5	0	0	694	14	10.93	2.62	0.92	29.1	11.1	1.22	.277	3.25	71	3.63	84	6.82	13
20	Dylan Cease D. Cease	4.15	2.40	169.0	2026	TOR	29	11	6	.647	29	239	1	1	0	108	45	54	11	78	3	0	0	685	5	12.73	3.06	0.59	34.9	11.4	1.10	.274	2.88	58	2.55	61	5.75	30.3
21	Ron Darling R. Darling	4.14	2.90	248.0	1985	NYM	36	16	6	.727	35	167	4	2	0	214	80	93	21	114	3	1	1	1,043	7	6.06	1.46	0.76	16.0	10.9	1.32	.262	3.38	83	3.85	107	7.77	-7.6
22	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	4.08	2.96	216.0	1982	CLE	34	14	8	.636	27	142	6	1	1	174	71	81	16	98	4	3	2	887	6	5.92	1.45	0.67	16.0	11.0	1.26	.252	3.38	71	3.77	91	7.25	8.9
23	Mark Langston M. Langston	4.03	2.74	250.0	1989	TOT	34	16	14	.533	34	235	8	5	0	198	76	87	16	112	4	0	6	1,037	6	8.46	2.10	0.58	22.7	10.8	1.24	.272	3.13	75	3.10	85	7.13	15.4
24	Blue Moon Odom B. Moon Odom	4.03	2.50	194.1	1972	OAK	31	15	6	.714	30	86	4	2	0	164	54	62	10	87	3	0	2	804	5	3.98	0.99	0.46	10.7	10.8	1.29	.249	2.87	86	3.57	118	7.60	-12.6
25	David Cone D. Cone	4.00	2.81	249.2	1992	TOT	35	17	10	.630	34	261	7	5	0	201	78	91	15	111	12	0	7	1,055	12	9.41	2.35	0.54	24.7	10.5	1.25	.284	3.28	79	2.94	82	7.25	17.9

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