lowest strikeouts per 9 innings by a pitcher with minimum 1000 career innings pitched since 1980

Since 1980, Tommy John has the lowest K/9 when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 2.89 per nine innings.

	NAME	K/9	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Tommy John T. John	2.89	1628.0	273	96	89	.519	254	4.01	523	50	10	0	1,864	726	812	119	397	37	9	27	6,949	66	2.19	1.32	0.66	7.5	5.7	1.39	.297	4.49	101	3.85	95	10.30	35.5
2	Lary Sorensen L. Sorensen	3.10	1078.0	252	53	67	.442	145	4.40	371	27	5	5	1,286	527	598	93	274	21	42	38	4,674	23	2.29	1.35	0.78	7.9	5.9	1.45	.305	4.99	112	3.98	101	10.74	-8.2
3	Geoff Zahn G. Zahn	3.26	1062.2	161	66	60	.524	156	3.81	385	55	18	0	1,135	450	518	91	287	7	2	16	4,463	15	2.43	1.34	0.77	8.6	6.4	1.34	.283	4.39	96	3.93	97	9.61	14.8
4	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	3.28	1003.1	642	53	44	.546	0	2.74	366	0	0	239	1,022	306	340	54	155	7	532	65	4,084	3	1.39	2.36	0.48	9.0	3.8	1.17	.276	3.05	69	3.19	81	9.17	82.2
5	Larry Gura L. Gura	3.33	1097.1	169	70	60	.538	156	3.99	406	44	9	1	1,098	487	538	116	328	28	4	17	4,635	12	2.69	1.24	0.95	8.8	7.1	1.30	.261	4.41	100	4.32	110	9.01	-52.3
6	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	3.42	1601.0	310	96	77	.555	241	3.96	609	31	7	3	1,641	705	771	129	439	27	19	52	6,715	45	2.47	1.39	0.73	9.1	6.5	1.30	.274	4.33	110	3.90	109	9.22	-62.4
7	Aaron Cook A. Cook	3.70	1406.1	256	76	79	.490	224	4.60	578	12	3	0	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
8	Scott McGregor S. McGregor	3.75	1604.1	262	107	83	.563	247	4.13	668	62	17	0	1,727	736	799	189	413	16	7	21	6,797	20	2.32	1.62	1.06	9.8	6.1	1.33	.279	4.48	104	4.23	104	9.69	-31.2
9	Kirk Rueter K. Rueter	3.84	1918.0	340	130	92	.586	336	4.27	818	4	1	0	2,092	911	1,004	220	582	25	1	41	8,210	24	2.73	1.41	1.03	10.0	7.1	1.39	.285	4.71	102	4.66	110	9.82	-97.6
10	Steve Trout S. Trout	3.87	1324.0	263	74	84	.468	215	4.21	569	25	7	0	1,481	620	704	80	508	28	12	43	5,776	49	3.45	1.12	0.54	9.9	8.8	1.50	.305	4.79	106	3.88	98	10.07	13.3
11	Ricky Bones R. Bones	3.97	1278.1	375	63	82	.434	164	4.85	564	11	1	1	1,422	689	754	167	464	50	58	34	5,634	36	3.27	1.22	1.18	10.0	8.2	1.48	.286	5.31	108	5.06	113	10.01	-84.4
12	Carlos Silva C. Silva	4.02	1241.2	316	70	70	.500	180	4.68	554	6	2	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
13	Bob Tewksbury B. Tewksbury	4.04	1807.0	302	110	102	.519	277	3.92	812	31	7	1	2,043	787	884	142	292	41	8	22	7,623	24	1.45	2.78	0.71	10.7	3.8	1.29	.300	4.40	95	3.64	89	10.18	89.8
14	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	4.05	1695.2	304	105	83	.559	259	3.48	763	44	17	5	1,732	655	758	124	382	23	23	52	7,069	34	2.03	2.00	0.66	10.8	5.4	1.25	.278	4.02	95	3.50	95	9.19	26.8
15	Andy Hawkins A. Hawkins	4.08	1558.1	280	84	91	.480	249	4.22	706	27	10	0	1,574	731	815	152	612	39	17	39	6,711	23	3.53	1.15	0.88	10.5	9.1	1.40	.273	4.71	115	4.38	116	9.09	-103.1
16	Bob Stanley B. Stanley	4.17	1197.2	504	76	76	.500	39	3.65	555	9	2	118	1,290	486	563	84	350	33	322	73	5,095	20	2.63	1.59	0.63	10.9	6.9	1.37	.296	4.23	86	3.69	91	9.69	46
17	Neal Heaton N. Heaton	4.17	1507.0	382	80	96	.455	202	4.37	699	22	6	10	1,589	732	804	163	524	32	62	51	6,481	30	3.13	1.33	0.97	10.8	8.1	1.40	.282	4.80	110	4.36	111	9.49	-69.7
18	Brian Anderson B. Anderson	4.21	1547.0	291	82	83	.497	245	4.74	723	12	4	1	1,743	814	906	264	337	23	11	28	6,532	22	1.96	2.15	1.54	11.1	5.2	1.34	.285	5.27	103	5.06	111	10.14	-85.6
19	Walt Terrell W. Terrell	4.21	1986.2	321	111	124	.472	294	4.22	929	56	14	0	2,090	931	1,031	187	748	37	10	60	8,569	61	3.39	1.24	0.85	10.8	8.7	1.43	.285	4.67	108	4.25	107	9.47	-55.5
20	Bill Wegman B. Wegman	4.22	1482.2	262	81	90	.474	216	4.16	696	33	4	2	1,567	685	769	187	352	40	19	22	6,254	19	2.14	1.98	1.14	11.1	5.6	1.29	.277	4.67	98	4.35	105	9.51	-35.8
21	Michael LaCoss M. LaCoss	4.25	1438.0	364	80	87	.479	196	4.06	679	18	7	12	1,480	649	737	81	600	26	61	69	6,208	50	3.76	1.13	0.51	10.9	9.7	1.45	.290	4.61	114	3.85	106	9.26	-38.2
22	Ray Burris R. Burris	4.25	1070.2	224	52	71	.423	150	4.04	506	20	2	2	1,080	481	534	113	391	26	25	27	4,579	31	3.29	1.29	0.95	11.1	8.5	1.37	.273	4.49	109	4.31	116	9.08	-70.1
23	Bill Swift B. Swift	4.32	1599.2	403	94	78	.547	220	3.95	767	11	4	27	1,688	702	801	116	507	53	67	42	6,817	38	2.85	1.51	0.65	11.3	7.4	1.37	.293	4.51	93	3.93	94	9.50	43
24	Curt Young C. Young	4.36	1107.0	251	69	53	.566	162	4.31	536	15	3	0	1,133	530	581	147	366	33	18	11	4,731	26	2.98	1.46	1.20	11.3	7.7	1.35	.270	4.72	111	4.63	117	9.21	-85.1
25	Charlie Leibrandt C. Leibrandt	4.38	2303.2	391	140	119	.541	346	3.72	1,120	52	18	2	2,388	952	1,066	172	654	37	16	44	9,758	63	2.56	1.71	0.67	11.5	6.7	1.32	.285	4.16	94	3.68	95	9.33	55.8