pitchers with the lowest career walk rate in the modern era

Since 1900, Zac Thornton has given up the fewest walks, with 18 allowed.

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	NAME	BB	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Zac Thornton Z. Thornton	18	15	5	6	.455	15	3.42	63	0	0	0	84.1	78	32	33	14	3	0	0	337	1	6.72	1.92	3.50	1.49	18.7	5.3	1.14	.268	3.52	83	4.50	108	8.32	-3.3
2	Otey Clark O. Clark	19	12	4	4	.500	9	3.07	20	4	1	0	82.0	86	28	33	6	1	3		345	2	2.20	2.09	1.05	0.66	5.8	5.5	1.28	.268	3.62	89	3.73	105	9.44	-1.3
3	Jake Bennett J. Bennett	21	20	9	7	.563	19	3.65	91	0	0	0	113.1	104	46	47	12	3	0	2	455	2	7.23	1.67	4.33	0.95	20.0	4.6	1.10	.280	3.73	86	3.50	85	8.26	8
4	George O'Donnell G. O'Donnell	21	21	3	9	.250	10	4.53	8	3	0	2	87.1	105	44	50	4	2	6		373	2	0.82	2.16	0.38	0.41	2.1	5.6	1.44	.299	5.15	109	3.60	87	10.82	5.2
5	Dale Gear D. Gear	22	24	4	11	.267	16	4.03	35	14	1	1	163.0	199	73	100	9	4	8		695	0	1.93	1.21	1.59	0.50	5.0	3.2	1.36	.304	5.52	108	3.69	99	10.99	1.5
6	Fred Smith F. Smith	24	18	2	7	.222	9	2.85	19	5	0	1	85.1	90	27	44	3	4	9		356	0	2.00	2.53	0.79	0.32	5.3	6.7	1.34	.284	4.64	113	3.18	118	9.49	-4.4
7	Spencer Miles S. Miles	25	49	6	2	.750	8	2.73	93	0	0	2	95.2	80	29	31	5	1	9	1	388	1	8.75	2.35	3.72	0.47	24.0	6.4	1.10	.284	2.92	66	2.64	63	7.53	16.2
8	Jim St. Vrain J. St. Vrain	25	12	4	6	.400	11	2.08	51	10	1	0	95.0	88	22	36	0	5	1		388	3	4.83	2.37	2.04	0.00	13.1	6.4	1.19	.287	3.41	78	2.54	91	8.34	2.3
9	Connie Grob C. Grob	26	37	4	5	.444	1	7.83	27	0	0	1	79.1	121	69	79	14	1	15	1	380	3	3.06	2.95	1.04	1.59	7.1	6.8	1.85	.343	8.96	188	5.00	124	13.73	-8.6
10	Steve Gerkin S. Gerkin	27	21	0	12	.000	12	3.62	25	3	0	0	102.0	112	41	49	4	3	7		433	0	2.21	2.38	0.93	0.35	5.8	6.2	1.36	.289	4.32	106	3.44	98	9.88	0.7
11	John Michaels J. Michaels	27	28	1	6	.143	8	5.13	16	2	0	0	80.2	101	46	59	4	3	11		370	1	1.79	3.01	0.59	0.45	4.3	7.3	1.59	.303	6.58	116	4.38	101	11.27	-0.6
12	Jim Buchanan J. Buchanan	27	22	5	9	.357	15	3.50	54	12	1	2	141.1	149	55	76	2	2	7		576	2	3.44	1.72	2.00	0.13	9.4	4.7	1.25	.299	4.84	138	2.56	98	9.49	0
13	Harry Suter H. Suter	28	18	2	3	.400	7	2.47	53	3	1	1	87.1	72	24	34	2	4	11		394	1	5.46	2.89	1.89	0.21	13.5	7.1	1.15	.228	3.50	106	2.40	106	7.42	-2.1
14	Carlos Monasterios C. Monasterios	29	32	3	5	.375	13	4.38	52	0	0	0	88.1	99	43	48	15	8	5	3	399	7	5.30	2.95	1.79	1.53	13.0	7.3	1.45	.285	4.89	115	5.36	137	10.09	-14.6
15	Ed Hodge E. Hodge	29	25	4	3	.571	15	4.77	59	0	0	0	100.0	116	53	59	13	1	3	1	432	3	5.31	2.61	2.03	1.17	13.7	6.7	1.45	.312	5.31	114	4.17	104	10.44	-1.8
16	Johnny Rutherford J. Rutherford	29	22	7	7	.500	11	4.25	29	4	0	2	97.1	97	46	51	9	2	8		408	2	2.68	2.68	1.00	0.83	7.1	7.1	1.29	.260	4.72	113	3.95	106	8.97	-2.2
17	Oscar Graham O. Graham	29	20	4	9	.308	14	3.98	44	6	0	0	104.0	116	46	66	3	10	6		447	6	3.81	2.51	1.52	0.26	9.8	6.5	1.39	.313	5.71	162	2.83	123	10.04	-6.7
18	Jesse Baker J. Baker	30	22	2	7	.222	8	3.93	51	3	0	1	94.0	101	41	52	3	4	9		385	5	4.88	2.87	1.70	0.29	13.2	7.8	1.39	.330	4.98	122	3.18	104	9.67	-1.8
19	Harley McNeal H. McNeal	30	12	5	5	.500	10	4.43	15	9	0	0	85.1	120	42	68	4	8	2		404	1	1.58	3.16	0.50	0.42	3.7	7.4	1.76	.334	7.17	123	4.52	126	12.66	-9.2
20	Logan Evans L. Evans	31	16	6	5	.545	15	4.32	59	0	0	0	81.1	82	39	45	13	4	0	1	350	5	6.53	3.43	1.90	1.44	16.9	8.9	1.39	.284	4.98	114	5.05	126	9.07	-9.9
21	Arch McCarthy A. McCarthy	31	10	2	7	.222	8	6.13	10	8	0	0	72.0	90	49	57	2	4	2		329	4	1.25	3.88	0.32	0.25	3.0	9.4	1.68	.312	7.13	170	4.21	121	11.25	-5.8
22	Jack Bracken J. Bracken	31	12	4	8	.333	12	6.21	18	12	0	0	100.0	137	69	94	4	10	0		467	2	1.62	2.79	0.58	0.36	3.9	6.6	1.68	.329	8.46	173	4.32	120	12.33	-8.5
23	Luis Atilano L. Atilano	32	16	6	7	.462	16	5.15	40	0	0	0	85.2	96	49	56	11	2	0	5	385	1	4.20	3.36	1.25	1.16	10.4	8.3	1.49	.283	5.88	128	5.00	124	10.09	-9.1
24	Eli Cates E. Cates	32	19	4	8	.333	10	2.53	33	7	0	0	113.2	112	32	46	3	1	8		462	5	2.61	2.53	1.03	0.24	7.1	6.9	1.27	.277	3.64	111	2.73	127	8.87	-8.3
25	Lance Davis L. Davis	34	20	8	4	.667	20	4.74	53	1	0	0	106.1	124	56	60	12	1	0	0	461	2	4.49	2.88	1.56	1.02	11.5	7.4	1.49	.310	5.08	107	4.50	99	10.50	0.5

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Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
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White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
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Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0