record for least walks per 9 innings by a pitcher after 1966

Since 1967, Bill Monbouquette has walked the worst walks per nine innings, with 1.22 BB/9.

Interpreted as:

record for least walks per 9 innings with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a pitcher after 1966

	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	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	1.22	59	11	13	.458	21	3.19	92	4	1	2	236.2	226	84	95	17	32	7	12	9	953	3	3.50	2.88	0.65	9.7	3.4	1.09	.260	3.61	108	3.12	101	8.59	-0.4
2	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
3	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
4	George Kirby G. Kirby	1.40	132	52	43	.547	132	3.65	728	2	0	0	757.2	747	307	327	87	118	28	0	1	3,098	13	8.65	6.17	1.03	23.5	3.8	1.14	.309	3.88	95	3.31	83	8.87	57.2
5	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
6	Jake Bennett J. Bennett	1.51	11	6	4	.600	11	2.74	46	0	0	0	65.2	53	20	20	5	11	2	0	1	256	2	6.30	4.18	0.69	18.0	4.3	0.97	.250	2.74	63	3.28	79	7.26	6.4
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	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Vern Law V. Law	1.67	25	2	6	.250	10	4.18	43	1	0	0	97.0	122	45	57	5	18	1	7	9	427	0	3.99	2.39	0.46	10.1	4.2	1.44	.325	5.29	125	2.91	90	11.32	3.4
14	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	1.70	75	31	19	.620	75	3.40	404	0	0	0	439.0	370	166	179	80	83	7	0	0	1,748	8	8.28	4.87	1.64	23.1	4.7	1.03	.247	3.67	83	4.28	106	7.59	-11.8
15	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
16	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
17	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	1.73	321	121	120	.502	298	3.30	919	79	18	1	2003.1	2,021	734	858	158	386	39	8	69	8,223	30	4.13	2.38	0.71	11.2	4.7	1.20	.277	3.85	99	3.25	94	9.08	44.5
18	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
19	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1.75	244	113	84	.574	237	3.12	1,052	122	22	0	1785.0	1,726	618	743	153	348	23	4	50	7,346	27	5.30	3.02	0.77	14.3	4.7	1.16	.273	3.75	88	3.05	90	8.70	65
20	Miles Mikolas M. Mikolas	1.77	263	75	82	.478	222	4.35	947	3	2	0	1354.1	1,392	654	695	190	267	51	11	8	5,653	17	6.29	3.55	1.26	16.8	4.7	1.22	.286	4.62	106	4.29	105	9.25	-33.1
21	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
22	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.80	744	355	227	.610	740	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
23	Bryan Woo B. Woo	1.83	90	33	22	.600	90	3.47	506	0	0	0	511.0	415	197	209	65	104	17	0	2	2,049	6	8.91	4.87	1.14	24.7	5.1	1.02	.258	3.68	89	3.53	88	7.31	26.7
24	Dan Haren D. Haren	1.86	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	2,013	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
25	Zach Eflin Z. Eflin	1.86	201	68	67	.504	189	4.28	929	5	3	1	1077.1	1,110	512	551	163	223	32	5	14	4,518	14	7.76	4.17	1.36	20.6	4.9	1.24	.299	4.60	103	4.13	97	9.27	14.6

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