lowest walk per nine innings live ball era

Since 1920, Babe Adams has walked the best walks per nine innings, with 1.01 BB/9.

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	NAME	BB/9	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Babe Adams B. Adams	1.01	174	63	45	.583	107	3.36	246	57	14	10	930.2	993	347	408	32	104	9	41		3,830	8	2.38	2.37	0.31	6.4	2.7	1.18	.279	3.95	87	3.23	84	9.60	62.2
2	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	1.18	63	12	10	.545	14	3.34	38	7	0	4	229.1	260	85	112	11	30	2	26		954	0	1.49	1.27	0.43	4.0	3.1	1.26	.285	4.40	101	3.61	105	10.20	-4.8
3	Josh Tomlin J. Tomlin	1.29	286	69	56	.552	150	4.77	736	5	1	2	1067.0	1,160	566	602	197	153	25	55	16	4,453	28	6.21	4.81	1.66	16.5	3.4	1.23	.288	5.08	114	4.64	112	9.78	-57
4	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.31	334	165	108	.604	293	3.09	659	194	20	16	2437.0	2,568	838	1,006	116	355	15	31		10,002	18	2.43	1.86	0.43	6.6	3.5	1.20	.277	3.72	78	3.51	88	9.48	124.2
5	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	1.40	674	56	46	.549	0	2.76	379	0	0	244	1043.1	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
6	Bob Tewksbury B. Tewksbury	1.45	302	110	102	.519	277	3.92	812	31	7	1	1807.0	2,043	787	884	142	292	41	8	22	7,623	24	4.04	2.78	0.71	10.7	3.8	1.29	.300	4.40	95	3.64	89	10.18	89.8
7	Kevin Slowey K. Slowey	1.51	137	43	36	.544	106	4.62	495	3	2	0	662.0	765	340	354	99	111	22	7	3	2,828	11	6.73	4.46	1.35	17.5	3.9	1.32	.317	4.81	112	4.15	102	10.40	-6.5
8	Josh Towers J. Towers	1.51	139	45	55	.450	112	4.95	389	4	2	1	731.1	887	402	441	122	123	35	14	13	3,158	6	4.79	3.16	1.50	12.3	3.9	1.38	.307	5.43	110	4.82	107	10.92	-26
9	George Kirby G. Kirby	1.55	142	53	45	.541	142	3.74	769	2	0	0	812.1	813	338	359	94	140	28	0	2	3,342	14	8.52	5.49	1.04	23.0	4.2	1.17	.311	3.98	97	3.38	85	9.01	53.9
10	Spencer Schwellenbach S. Schwellenbach	1.57	38	15	11	.577	38	3.23	235	1	0	0	234.1	195	84	93	27	41	8	0	2	934	5	9.03	5.73	1.04	25.2	4.4	1.01	.270	3.57	77	3.26	81	7.49	19.6
11	Red Lucas R. Lucas	1.61	396	157	135	.538	302	3.72	602	204	22	7	2542.0	2,736	1,051	1,203	136	455	22	71		10,651	7	2.13	1.32	0.48	5.7	4.3	1.26	.276	4.26	95	3.86	97	9.69	36
12	Brad Radke B. Radke	1.63	378	148	139	.516	377	4.22	1,467	37	10	0	2451.0	2,643	1,150	1,233	326	445	62	0	12	10,244	28	5.39	3.30	1.20	14.3	4.3	1.26	.292	4.53	90	4.24	94	9.71	75.2
13	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1.65	399	167	117	.588	371	3.34	1,715	76	16	1	2562.2	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	3.64	0.77	16.5	4.5	1.14	.281	3.64	80	3.26	80	8.61	225.4
14	Rick Reed R. Reed	1.66	273	93	76	.550	245	4.03	970	14	7	1	1545.2	1,601	692	748	213	285	44	6	28	6,407	11	5.65	3.40	1.24	15.1	4.4	1.22	.284	4.36	95	4.21	99	9.32	2.8
15	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	1.66	86	35	21	.625	86	3.45	465	0	0	0	492.1	420	189	203	93	91	11	0	0	1,967	8	8.50	5.11	1.70	23.6	4.6	1.04	.250	3.71	85	4.32	106	7.68	-15.3
16	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	1.67	231	103	72	.589	193	3.06	478	110	21	9	1551.0	1,501	528	580	117	287	9	27		6,284	4	2.77	1.67	0.68	7.6	4.6	1.15	.257	3.37	83	3.46	94	8.71	37.9
17	Jake Bennett J. Bennett	1.67	20	9	7	.563	19	3.65	91	0	0	0	113.1	104	46	47	12	21	3	0	2	455	2	7.23	4.33	0.95	20.0	4.6	1.10	.280	3.73	86	3.50	85	8.26	8
18	Carlos Silva C. Silva	1.73	316	70	70	.500	180	4.68	554	6	2	2	1241.2	1,496	645	687	153	238	45	39	25	5,319	32	4.02	2.33	1.11	10.4	4.5	1.40	.310	4.98	108	4.48	105	10.84	-32.9
19	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	1.73	401	131	124	.514	327	4.27	1,553	25	5	2	2198.0	2,388	1,043	1,158	285	422	49	18	52	9,300	30	6.36	3.68	1.17	16.7	4.5	1.28	.301	4.74	98	4.01	90	9.78	104.3
20	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	1.73	355	133	131	.504	330	3.30	1,015	90	20	1	2218.1	2,217	813	947	173	426	42	9	75	9,103	33	4.12	2.38	0.70	11.2	4.7	1.19	.274	3.84	99	3.24	94	8.99	51.9
21	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1.73	676	286	245	.539	609	3.41	2,357	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
22	Elmer Ponder E. Ponder	1.74	57	16	21	.432	35	3.19	96	20	2	0	310.0	328	110	142	11	60	5	15		1,298	10	2.79	1.60	0.32	7.4	4.6	1.25	.282	4.12	93	3.35	94	9.52	6.2
23	Eric Hillman E. Hillman	1.75	49	4	14	.222	36	4.85	96	3	1	0	232.0	285	125	144	30	45	8	3	7	1,010	2	3.72	2.13	1.16	9.5	4.5	1.42	.307	5.59	125	4.49	115	11.06	-15
24	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	1.77	266	75	84	.472	224	4.37	953	3	2	0	1368.1	1,414	665	706	194	269	52	12	8	5,716	17	6.27	3.54	1.28	16.7	4.7	1.23	.287	4.64	107	4.31	106	9.30	-35.4
25	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	1.78	174	78	46	.629	173	3.74	991	7	4	0	1054.1	983	438	476	159	208	26	0	1	4,299	32	8.46	4.76	1.36	23.1	4.8	1.13	.283	4.06	88	3.90	89	8.39	53.3

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