mlb pitcher best k per 9 innings per year in 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the highest K/9 in a season, with 10.57 per nine innings in 1973.

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MLB pitcher best k per 9 innings with a minimum of 1 IP per team game per year in 1970s

	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	10.57	1973	CAL	41	21	16	.568	39	2.87	383	26	4	1	326.0	238	104	113	18	162	7	2	2	1,355	15	4.47	2.36	0.50	28.3	12.0	1.23	.280	3.12	80	2.48	69	6.57	40.9
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	10.43	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	2.28	329	20	9	0	284.0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	4.98	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	5.26	16.6
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	10.35	1976	CAL	39	17	18	.486	39	3.36	327	21	7	0	284.1	193	106	117	13	183	5	0	2	1,196	5	5.79	1.79	0.41	27.3	15.3	1.32	.269	3.70	99	2.91	85	6.11	16.5
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	10.26	1977	CAL	37	19	16	.543	37	2.77	341	22	4	0	299.0	198	92	110	12	204	9	0	7	1,272	21	6.14	1.67	0.36	26.8	16.0	1.34	.263	3.31	72	3.11	79	5.96	27.9
5	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.97	1978	CAL	31	10	13	.435	31	3.72	260	14	3	0	234.2	183	97	106	12	148	3	0	7	1,008	13	5.68	1.76	0.46	25.8	14.7	1.41	.292	4.07	103	2.95	79	7.02	20.3
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.93	1974	CAL	42	22	16	.579	41	2.89	367	26	3	0	332.2	221	107	127	18	202	9	1	3	1,392	9	5.46	1.82	0.49	26.4	14.5	1.27	.255	3.44	85	2.97	84	5.98	20.2
7	J.R. Richard	9.90	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	3.11	303	16	3	0	275.1	192	95	104	12	141	2	0	4	1,139	16	4.61	2.15	0.39	26.6	12.4	1.21	.264	3.40	94	2.50	74	6.28	26.9
8	J.R. Richard	9.64	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	2.71	313	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
9	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	9.41	1975	CAL	34	16	9	.640	33	2.62	269	16	5	0	257.1	211	75	80	21	73	7	1	6	1,029	8	2.55	3.68	0.73	26.1	7.1	1.10	.288	2.80	73	2.48	67	7.38	35.3
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	9.08	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	1.76	289	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
11	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	9.03	1976	CLE	36	13	12	.520	30	3.43	200	9	3	1	199.1	155	76	82	13	78	5	3	2	821	6	3.52	2.56	0.59	24.4	9.5	1.17	.270	3.70	99	2.72	75	7.00	19.4
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	9.01	1979	CAL	34	16	14	.533	34	3.60	223	17	5	0	222.2	169	89	104	15	114	6	0	3	937	9	4.61	1.96	0.61	23.8	12.2	1.27	.266	4.20	88	3.21	78	6.83	22.2
13	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.97	1970	CLE	39	20	12	.625	39	2.92	304	19	1	0	305.0	236	99	108	25	131	7	2	10	1,257	17	3.87	2.32	0.74	24.2	10.4	1.20	.267	3.19	76	3.06	75	6.96	33.8
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	8.76	1970	NYM	37	18	12	.600	36	2.82	283	19	2	0	290.2	230	91	103	21	83	4	1	8	1,173	6	2.57	3.41	0.65	24.1	7.1	1.08	.267	3.19	71	2.52	67	7.12	40.5
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	8.68	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	1.82	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
16	Bob Johnson B. Johnson	8.66	1970	KCR	40	8	13	.381	26	3.07	206	10	1	4	214.0	178	73	82	18	82	11	7	4	894	6	3.45	2.51	0.76	23.0	9.2	1.21	.277	3.45	83	3.10	79	7.49	19.4
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	8.55	1972	NYM	35	21	12	.636	35	2.92	249	13	3	0	262.0	215	85	92	23	77	5	0	2	1,060	8	2.65	3.23	0.79	23.5	7.3	1.11	.272	3.16	86	2.57	79	7.39	20
18	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	8.45	1975	CAL	28	14	12	.538	28	3.45	186	10	5	0	198.0	152	76	90	13	132	7	0	0	864	12	6.00	1.41	0.59	21.5	15.3	1.43	.264	4.09	96	3.66	99	6.91	0.5
19	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	8.39	1970	STL	34	23	7	.767	34	3.12	274	23	3	0	294.0	262	102	111	13	88	4	0	9	1,213	5	2.69	3.11	0.40	22.6	7.3	1.19	.299	3.40	76	2.28	59	8.02	51.7
20	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	8.16	1972	HOU	33	9	13	.409	30	4.17	174	4	1	1	192.0	177	89	101	14	83	10	1	3	832	7	3.89	2.10	0.66	20.9	10.0	1.35	.296	4.73	125	2.98	93	8.30	5
21	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	8.16	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	1.74	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
22	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	8.15	1976	CAL	34	19	10	.655	34	2.43	261	23	2	0	288.1	212	78	88	24	73	9	0	5	1,142	5	2.28	3.58	0.75	22.9	6.4	0.99	.243	2.75	72	2.75	80	6.62	21.8
23	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	8.12	1972	NYM	34	11	12	.478	24	4.14	147	4	1	1	163.0	155	75	81	14	52	6	5	7	692	9	2.87	2.83	0.77	21.2	7.5	1.27	.298	4.47	122	2.77	85	8.56	8.8
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	8.06	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	1.97	310	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
25	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	8.05	1971	CLE	35	13	17	.433	31	3.40	192	8	2	1	214.2	160	81	89	22	153	3	3	13	943	13	6.41	1.25	0.92	20.4	16.2	1.46	.241	3.73	94	4.17	113	6.71	-10.4

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