lowest career strikeout percentage for a batter with at least 5000 at bats since 1970

Since 1970, Tony Gwynn has the lowest strikeout percentage with 5,000+ at-bats, with a strikeout percentage of 4.2.

	NAME	SO%	AB	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	4.2	9,288	2,440	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	434	319	125	10,232	4,259	763	45	85	203	259	.338	.388	.459	.847	1582	379.2	.370	132	390.4
2	Bill Buckner B. Buckner	4.5	9,396	2,516	1,077	2,715	498	49	174	1,208	450	42	453	183	73	10,032	3,833	721	47	97	111	247	.289	.321	.408	.729	1148	34.4	.323	97	-36.9
3	Dave Cash D. Cash	5.0	5,493	1,404	724	1,554	240	55	21	422	415	18	300	118	74	5,983	1,967	316	26	31	28	122	.283	.334	.358	.692	643	-6.8	.316	95	-34.6
4	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	5.5	9,396	2,573	1,257	2,460	402	69	28	793	1,072	33	589	580	148	10,778	3,084	499	214	63	79	167	.262	.337	.328	.666	1096	-130.9	.305	90	-124.6
5	Gregg Jefferies G. Jefferies	5.7	5,520	1,465	761	1,593	300	27	126	663	472	24	348	196	63	6,072	2,325	453	4	52	59	156	.289	.344	.421	.765	778	56.6	.338	107	46.2
6	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	5.8	7,003	1,785	1,007	2,153	442	20	222	1,099	588	21	444	14	9	7,721	3,301	684	13	96	136	191	.307	.358	.471	.830	1133	246.8	.361	124	221.6
7	Juan Pierre J. Pierre	5.8	7,525	1,994	1,075	2,217	255	94	18	517	464	102	479	614	203	8,278	2,714	367	167	20	8	92	.295	.343	.361	.704	920	-75.6	.315	85	-149.3
8	Johnny Ray J. Ray	5.8	5,188	1,353	604	1,502	294	36	53	594	353	12	329	80	49	5,657	2,027	383	48	56	39	126	.290	.333	.391	.724	656	16.6	.322	101	2.9
9	Tim Foli T. Foli	6.1	6,047	1,696	576	1,515	241	20	25	501	265	35	399	81	55	6,573	1,871	286	169	57	29	119	.251	.283	.309	.593	480	-238.1	.270	62	-282.8
10	Pete Rose P. Rose	6.1	9,752	2,498	1,486	2,929	528	83	85	881	1,169	79	676	148	89	11,084	3,878	696	27	57	120	178	.300	.378	.398	.775	1504	286.8	.352	119	240.7
11	Larry Bowa L. Bowa	6.3	8,418	2,247	987	2,191	262	99	15	525	474	17	569	318	105	9,103	2,696	376	151	43	45	121	.260	.300	.320	.620	753	-244	.282	70	-316.1
12	Eric Young E. Young	6.6	6,119	1,730	996	1,731	327	46	79	543	660	89	462	465	168	6,996	2,387	452	84	44	14	135	.283	.359	.390	.749	895	23.9	.336	94	-48.4
13	Lance Johnson L. Johnson	6.6	5,379	1,447	767	1,565	175	117	34	486	352	7	384	327	105	5,800	2,076	326	35	27	29	103	.291	.334	.386	.720	663	-32.3	.320	95	-38.4
14	Placido Polanco P. Polanco	6.8	7,214	1,927	1,009	2,142	348	32	104	723	429	101	538	81	30	7,886	2,866	484	86	56	13	201	.297	.343	.397	.740	951	-0.3	.327	97	-32.5
15	Mark Grace M. Grace	6.9	8,065	2,245	1,179	2,445	511	45	173	1,146	1,075	34	642	70	48	9,290	3,565	729	17	99	114	192	.303	.383	.442	.825	1393	277.1	.364	120	225.5
16	Bill Madlock B. Madlock	6.9	6,594	1,806	920	2,008	348	34	163	860	605	68	510	174	90	7,372	2,913	545	36	69	121	190	.305	.365	.442	.807	1041	214	.358	121	178.7
17	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	6.9	9,180	2,439	1,513	3,010	578	61	118	1,014	1,412	23	745	24	35	10,740	4,064	757	29	96	180	236	.328	.415	.443	.858	1746	493.9	.381	132	411
18	Rusty Staub R. Staub	7.1	6,265	1,960	803	1,758	317	30	206	1,017	822	49	516	36	23	7,250	2,753	553	25	89	107	212	.281	.364	.439	.803	1018	224.7	.359	123	188
19	Willie Randolph W. Randolph	7.1	8,018	2,202	1,239	2,210	316	65	54	687	1,243	38	675	271	94	9,462	2,818	435	99	64	37	219	.276	.373	.351	.724	1181	119.4	.335	110	108.3
20	Ted Simmons T. Simmons	7.2	8,663	2,449	1,074	2,468	483	46	248	1,386	853	39	692	21	33	9,665	3,787	777	11	99	188	287	.285	.348	.437	.785	1280	216.6	.347	116	172.1
21	Ozzie Guillen O. Guillen	7.2	6,686	1,993	773	1,764	275	69	28	619	239	7	511	169	108	7,133	2,261	372	141	60	25	114	.264	.287	.338	.626	574	-270.3	.278	66	-300.1
22	David Eckstein D. Eckstein	7.3	5,041	1,311	701	1,414	232	20	35	392	376	143	418	123	45	5,705	1,791	287	106	39	3	88	.280	.345	.355	.701	636	-57.9	.316	92	-59.5
23	Jim Gantner J. Gantner	7.4	6,189	1,801	726	1,696	262	38	47	568	383	52	501	137	78	6,782	2,175	347	106	52	40	135	.274	.319	.351	.671	678	-81.5	.302	87	-102.5
24	Bob Boone B. Boone	7.5	7,245	2,264	679	1,838	303	26	105	826	663	20	608	38	50	8,148	2,508	434	142	78	90	191	.254	.315	.346	.661	780	-130.6	.298	82	-174.8
25	Steve Sax S. Sax	7.7	6,940	1,769	913	1,949	278	47	54	550	556	24	584	444	178	7,632	2,483	379	75	37	47	146	.281	.335	.358	.692	829	-30.9	.313	97	-26.7