which hall of fame position player has the highest strikeout percentage

Lee Smith has the highest career strikeout percentage by a Hall of Famer, with a strikeout percentage of 59.2.

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	NAME	SO%	HOF	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SO	SB	CS	PA	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Lee Smith L. Smith	59.2	2019	549	64	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	42	0	0	71	6	1	4	0	0	0	.047	.090	.094	.183	-4	-12.4	.090	-61	-13
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	57.1	2025	438	20	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	12	0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	-1	-3.8	.119	-42	-3.8
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	45.0	1972	397	776	26	75	9	0	2	28	43	1	386	0	1	858	90	11	35	3	0	10	.097	.145	.116	.261	-28	-122.6	.127	-25	-126.7
4	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	44.9	2019	115	275	15	34	2	0	0	12	4	0	137	0	0	305	36	2	26	0	0	2	.124	.136	.131	.267	-14	-48.5	.121	-38	-50
5	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	42.9	2004	147	181	9	24	3	0	3	12	9	0	84	0	0	196	36	6	5	1	0	1	.133	.173	.199	.372	0	-22.4	.171	-8	-24.1
6	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	42.8	2015	273	625	20	78	14	0	1	40	19	2	296	0	0	691	95	15	44	1	0	10	.125	.153	.152	.305	-25	-111.3	.140	-31	-117.3
7	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	41.3	2006	661	102	6	9	0	0	0	6	7	1	50	1	0	121	9	0	10	1	0	1	.088	.153	.088	.241	-4	-17.9	.125	-38	-19.1
8	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	39.8	2008	383	85	1	9	1	0	0	2	4	0	37	0	0	93	10	1	4	0	0	2	.106	.146	.118	.264	-3	-13.4	.127	-31	-13.5
9	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	38.8	1999	424	852	40	94	10	2	2	36	38	0	371	3	3	957	114	14	65	2	0	11	.110	.148	.134	.282	-28	-132.4	.135	-21	-130.1
10	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	38.5	1990	222	489	52	85	9	1	3	41	16	0	207	1	0	537	105	13	31	1	0	1	.174	.200	.215	.414	9	-47.6	.191	17	-49.9
11	Lefty Grove L. Grove	37.6	1947	619	1,369	119	202	27	5	15	121	105	2	593	1		1,579	284	47	103			1	.148	.209	.207	.417	17	-181.1	.202	6	-205.7
12	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	37.5	2011	216	451	19	59	7	0	0	25	5	2	193	0	0	514	66	7	56	0	0	4	.131	.144	.146	.290	-15	-70.1	.134	-28	-73.2
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	36.7	2015	277	434	22	43	6	2	0	18	15	3	190	0	0	518	53	8	63	3	0	5	.099	.134	.122	.256	-27	-90.9	.121	-40	-92.1
14	Bob Feller B. Feller	34.0	1962	570	1,282	99	193	28	13	8	99	100	3	505	1	0	1,485	271	49	100	0	0	15	.151	.214	.211	.425	23	-152	.206	15	-162
15	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	33.7	1985	1,062	432	24	38	3	1	1	21	26	0	166	0	1	493	46	5	34	1	0	8	.088	.139	.106	.246	-20	-74.6	.122	-31	-77.1
16	Addie Joss A. Joss	32.6	1978	296	817	46	118	21	6	1	51	54	1	297	10		911	154	28	39				.144	.198	.188	.387	24	-70.2	.194	27	-73.3
17	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	32.3	1991	410	896	54	148	27	6	13	85	41	0	326	0	1	1,010	226	46	66	7	0	9	.165	.200	.252	.452	28	-77.4	.207	19	-93.2
18	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	31.3	2015	709	948	77	151	26	2	5	61	79	3	365	3	2	1,167	196	33	136	1	0	15	.159	.226	.207	.433	23	-117.1	.205	14	-122.4
19	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	31.3	1992	580	1,315	99	202	28	5	12	86	108	4	485	4	0	1,552	276	45	121	4	0	22	.154	.219	.210	.429	40	-126.1	.205	24	-132.9
20	Red Faber R. Faber	30.9	1964	670	1,269	98	170	21	2	3	70	169	8	479	7		1,550	204	26	104				.134	.240	.161	.401	31	-151.9	.211	17	-163.9
21	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	30.6	2018	538	34	1	4	2	0	0	5	0	0	11	0	0	36	6	2	2	0	0	0	.118	.118	.176	.294	-2	-6.4	.127	-38	-6.3
22	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	30.2	1991	510	1,076	48	141	17	0	6	47	22	6	369	0	0	1,220	176	23	113	3	0	20	.131	.153	.164	.316	-20	-147.7	.146	-13	-154.9
23	CC Sabathia	28.3	2025	48	121	7	25	3	0	3	15	2	0	36	0	0	127	37	6	4	0	0	7	.207	.220	.306	.525	5	-10.3	.229	30	-10.8
24	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	28.3	1984	547	1,169	96	218	26	7	29	113	60	5	370	0	2	1,309	345	62	69	6	0	34	.186	.228	.295	.523	67	-74.6	.236	47	-80.9
25	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	27.9	1981	596	1,328	132	274	44	5	24	144	63	8	415	13	10	1,489	400	73	72	18	0	13	.206	.243	.301	.545	89	-69.6	.247	49	-86.2

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