lowest strikeouts per ab with at least 500 abs since 1980

Since 1980, Tony Gwynn has the fewest strikeouts per at-bat with 500+ at-bats, with 0.05.

Interpreted as:

lowest strikeouts per ab by a player with at least 500 abs since 1980

	NAME	SO/AB	AB	SO	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	0.05	9,288	434	2,440	1,383	3,141	543	85	135	1,138	790	24	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	0.05	5,039	248	1,356	571	1,445	290	27	106	731	260	23	67	27	5,397	2,107	423	13	62	63	133	.287	.321	.418	.739	633	23.2	.324	97	-20.8
3	Willians Astudillo W. Astudillo	0.05	561	28	188	63	150	22	1	16	70	11	10	1	0	588	222	39	0	6	0	24	.267	.291	.396	.687	60	-11.1	.294	84	-11.9
4	Tim Foli T. Foli	0.05	1,821	91	531	177	461	69	4	8	161	61	11	22	21	1,981	562	81	70	18	4	27	.253	.279	.309	.588	141	-79.5	.266	61	-89.5
5	Rich Dauer R. Dauer	0.05	2,548	130	758	290	662	135	2	23	237	214	10	5	8	2,828	870	160	35	21	5	87	.260	.317	.341	.659	277	-37.7	.301	87	-45
6	Felix Fermin F. Fermin	0.05	2,767	147	903	294	718	86	11	4	207	166	24	27	21	3,072	838	101	96	19	4	88	.259	.305	.303	.608	250	-105.4	.279	68	-120.2
7	Brian Harper B. Harper	0.06	3,149	187	1,000	339	931	186	7	63	428	133	44	8	17	3,384	1,320	256	15	43	27	107	.296	.329	.419	.748	412	28	.331	101	3.8
8	Greg Gross G. Gross	0.06	1,448	88	1,029	149	388	53	10	1	117	221	7	13	11	1,701	464	64	11	14	30	41	.268	.364	.320	.685	186	-5.9	.313	94	-10.7
9	Marty Barrett M. Barrett	0.06	3,378	209	941	418	938	163	9	18	314	304	16	57	21	3,833	1,173	190	102	33	7	81	.278	.337	.347	.684	415	-20.6	.311	88	-54.8
10	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	0.06	8,219	509	2,258	1,111	2,184	367	57	27	720	988	31	512	129	9,461	2,746	451	164	59	74	145	.266	.345	.334	.679	1007	-71.7	.310	93	-72.1
11	Gregg Jefferies G. Jefferies	0.06	5,520	348	1,465	761	1,593	300	27	126	663	472	24	196	63	6,072	2,325	453	4	52	59	156	.289	.344	.421	.765	778	56.6	.338	107	46.2
12	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	0.06	7,003	444	1,785	1,007	2,153	442	20	222	1,099	588	21	14	9	7,721	3,301	684	13	96	136	191	.307	.358	.471	.830	1133	246.8	.361	124	221.6
13	Johnny Ray J. Ray	0.06	5,188	329	1,353	604	1,502	294	36	53	594	353	12	80	49	5,657	2,027	383	48	56	39	126	.290	.333	.391	.724	656	16.6	.322	101	2.9
14	Larry Bowa L. Bowa	0.06	2,503	159	758	262	639	86	25	4	174	165	4	67	24	2,718	787	115	35	11	22	37	.255	.301	.314	.616	220	-83	.279	67	-100.1
15	Juan Pierre J. Pierre	0.06	7,525	479	1,994	1,075	2,217	255	94	18	517	464	102	614	203	8,278	2,714	367	167	20	8	92	.295	.343	.361	.704	920	-75.6	.315	85	-149.3
16	Luis Arraez L. Arraez	0.06	3,605	231	931	484	1,147	190	25	40	343	254	23	39	17	3,935	1,507	255	21	32	22	73	.318	.364	.418	.782	551	81.5	.339	118	84.4
17	Bob Bailor B. Bailor	0.06	1,393	90	534	151	359	46	5	2	100	95	7	56	15	1,527	421	53	22	10	6	30	.258	.306	.302	.609	124	-47.3	.279	71	-50.1
18	Lou Piniella L. Piniella	0.07	975	64	360	115	285	57	3	16	104	78	2	1	5	1,065	396	76	6	4	19	47	.292	.345	.406	.751	131	12.2	.333	109	10.6
19	Pete Rose P. Rose	0.07	3,229	212	894	418	884	134	19	6	301	386	29	43	29	3,685	1,074	159	18	23	33	67	.274	.354	.333	.687	403	-8.6	.316	95	-20
20	Rusty Staub R. Staub	0.07	952	63	527	71	271	54	2	22	157	113	4	2	1	1,090	395	78	2	19	16	38	.285	.357	.415	.772	141	20.3	.343	116	19.5
21	Scott Bradley S. Bradley	0.07	1,648	110	604	149	424	75	6	18	184	104	11	3	6	1,801	565	99	16	22	14	52	.257	.302	.343	.645	162	-42.4	.288	73	-56.8
22	Mike Squires M. Squires	0.07	1,067	72	588	137	276	34	7	4	96	97	3	23	19	1,204	336	45	31	6	8	18	.259	.321	.315	.635	109	-23.9	.292	78	-30.2
23	Mickey Rivers M. Rivers	0.07	1,719	116	463	241	522	84	10	16	143	64	3	41	21	1,813	674	110	18	9	4	10	.304	.328	.392	.720	209	8.1	.324	102	4.2
24	Rafael Bournigal R. Bournigal	0.07	932	64	365	104	234	44	3	4	85	59	10	12	5	1,035	296	51	30	4	3	32	.251	.301	.318	.619	83	-47	.280	64	-49
25	Terry Francona T. Francona	0.07	1,731	119	707	163	474	74	6	16	143	65	5	12	12	1,826	608	96	15	10	15	30	.274	.300	.351	.652	166	-39.8	.290	79	-45.4

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