single season strikeouts per 9 leaders from 1901 to 1997 minimum 8 innings pitched

Between 1901 and 1997, Billy Wagner had the best K/9 with 8.0+ innings pitched in a season, with 14.38 per nine innings in 1997.

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NAMEK/9IPSEASONTMGWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
14.38
66.1
1997
HOU HOU
62
7
8
.467
0
2.85
106
0
0
23
49
21
23
5
30
3
49
1
277
3
4.07
3.53
0.68
38.3
10.8
1.19
.331
3.12
72
2.38
60
6.65
12.4
2Rob Dibble
R. Dibble
14.08
70.1
1992
CIN CIN
63
3
5
.375
0
3.07
110
0
0
25
48
24
26
3
31
2
49
2
286
6
3.97
3.55
0.38
38.5
10.8
1.12
.321
3.33
86
1.61
44
6.14
15.4
3Rob Dibble
R. Dibble
13.55
82.1
1991
CIN CIN
67
3
5
.375
0
3.17
124
0
0
31
67
29
32
5
25
0
57
2
334
5
2.73
4.96
0.55
37.1
7.5
1.12
.344
3.50
84
1.54
39
7.32
20.9
4Karl Spooner
K. Spooner
13.50
18.0
1954
BKN BKN
2
2
0
1.000
2
0.00
27
2
2
0
7
0
0
0
6
0
0
68
0
3.00
4.50
0.00
39.7
8.8
0.72
.200
0.00
0
0.40
10
3.50
7.3
5John Hudek
J. Hudek
13.05
20.0
1995
HOU HOU
19
2
2
.500
0
5.40
29
0
0
7
19
12
12
3
5
0
16
0
83
2
2.25
5.80
1.35
34.9
6.0
1.20
.348
5.40
137
2.90
72
8.55
2.5
6Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
13.01
73.1
1997
BAL BAL
71
4
5
.444
0
2.45
106
0
0
9
49
20
22
7
43
1
26
5
307
1
5.28
2.47
0.86
34.5
14.0
1.25
.280
2.70
55
3.25
72
6.01
10.4
7Enrique Burgos
E. Burgos
12.96
8.1
1995
SFG SFG
5
0
0
0
8.64
12
0
0
0
14
8
8
1
6
1
2
0
44
2
6.48
2.00
1.08
27.3
13.6
2.40
.542
8.64
213
4.30
103
15.12
-0.1
8Rob Dibble
R. Dibble
12.82
99.0
1989
CIN CIN
74
10
5
.667
0
2.09
141
0
0
2
62
23
23
4
39
3
18
11
401
7
3.55
3.62
0.36
35.2
9.7
1.02
.271
2.09
58
1.70
45
5.64
21.9
9Bryan Harvey
B. Harvey
12.76
55.0
1989
CAL CAL
51
3
3
.500
0
3.44
78
0
0
25
36
21
21
6
41
0
42
1
245
5
6.71
1.90
0.98
31.8
16.7
1.40
.250
3.44
91
3.57
92
5.89
1.8
10Bruce Ruffin
B. Ruffin
12.68
22.0
1997
COL COL
23
0
2
.000
0
5.32
31
0
0
7
18
13
15
3
18
0
15
0
102
2
7.36
1.72
1.23
30.4
17.6
1.64
.300
6.14
103
4.51
96
7.36
0.5
11Roberto Hernandez
R. Hernandez
12.67
59.2
1995
CWS CWS
60
3
7
.300
0
3.92
84
0
0
32
63
26
30
9
28
3
57
4
272
1
4.22
3.00
1.36
30.9
10.3
1.53
.365
4.53
87
3.80
83
9.50
5.2
12Rich DeLucia
R. DeLucia
12.66
10.2
1994
CIN CIN
8
0
0
0
4.22
15
0
0
0
9
5
6
4
5
0
2
0
47
1
4.22
3.00
3.38
31.9
10.6
1.31
.217
5.06
100
6.59
153
7.59
-2.7
13Ron Villone
R. Villone
12.60
45.0
1995
TOT
38
2
3
.400
0
5.80
63
0
0
1
44
29
31
11
34
1
15
0
212
3
6.80
1.85
2.20
29.7
16.0
1.73
.320
6.20
131
5.81
130
8.80
-7
14Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
12.60
10.0
1994
BAL BAL
3
0
0
0
0.90
14
0
0
0
8
1
1
0
4
1
1
0
42
0
3.60
3.50
0.00
33.3
9.5
1.20
.348
0.90
19
1.82
38
7.20
3.3
15Armando Benitez
A. Benitez
12.56
14.1
1996
BAL BAL
18
1
0
1.000
0
3.77
20
0
0
4
7
6
6
2
6
0
8
0
56
1
3.77
3.33
1.26
35.7
10.7
0.91
.179
3.77
76
3.44
70
4.40
2.3
16Mark Wohlers
M. Wohlers
12.53
64.2
1995
ATL ATL
65
7
3
.700
0
2.09
90
0
0
25
51
15
16
2
24
1
49
3
269
4
3.34
3.75
0.28
33.5
8.9
1.16
.322
2.23
49
1.88
44
7.10
17.1
17Rob Dibble
R. Dibble
12.49
98.0
1990
CIN CIN
68
8
3
.727
0
1.74
136
0
0
11
62
19
22
3
34
1
29
3
384
3
3.12
4.00
0.28
35.4
8.9
0.98
.281
2.02
45
1.49
38
5.69
26
18Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
12.47
61.1
1996
SEA SEA
14
5
0
1.000
8
3.67
85
0
0
1
48
25
27
8
25
2
2
0
256
3
3.67
3.40
1.17
33.2
9.8
1.19
.294
3.96
74
3.41
69
7.04
10.5
19Troy Percival
T. Percival
12.46
52.0
1997
ANA ANA
55
5
5
.500
0
3.46
72
0
0
27
40
20
20
6
22
4
46
2
224
5
3.81
3.27
1.04
32.1
9.8
1.19
.283
3.46
77
3.33
73
6.92
7.1
20Norm Charlton
N. Charlton
12.46
34.2
1993
SEA SEA
34
1
3
.250
0
2.34
48
0
0
18
22
9
12
4
17
0
29
0
141
6
4.41
2.82
1.04
34.0
12.1
1.13
.250
3.12
54
3.18
74
5.71
4.4
21J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
12.43
21.0
1971
HOU HOU
4
2
1
.667
4
3.43
29
1
0
0
17
8
9
1
16
0
0
0
96
2
6.86
1.81
0.43
30.2
16.7
1.57
.320
3.86
101
2.59
78
7.29
1.7
22Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
12.35
214.1
1995
SEA SEA
30
18
2
.900
30
2.48
294
6
3
0
159
59
65
12
65
6
0
1
866
5
2.73
4.52
0.50
33.9
7.5
1.05
.301
2.73
53
2.08
44
6.68
62
23Jeff Brantley
J. Brantley
12.34
11.2
1997
CIN CIN
13
1
1
.500
0
3.86
16
0
0
1
9
5
5
2
7
2
9
1
53
2
5.40
2.29
1.54
30.2
13.2
1.37
.269
3.86
92
4.90
115
6.94
-0.8
24Paul Shuey
P. Shuey
12.34
11.2
1994
CLE CLE
14
0
1
.000
0
8.49
16
0
0
5
14
11
11
1
12
0
11
1
62
4
9.26
1.33
0.77
25.8
19.4
2.23
.394
8.49
175
4.58
98
10.80
0.1
25Ryne Duren
R. Duren
12.31
49.0
1960
NYY NYY
42
3
4
.429
1
4.96
67
0
0
8
27
27
29
3
49
7
17
1
229
4
9.00
1.37
0.55
29.3
21.4
1.55
.233
5.33
135
4.02
106
4.96
-1.4
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