lowest bb/9 starting pitchers of the 70s more than 100 starts

Fergie Jenkins walked the best walks per nine innings by a starting pitcher when starting >100 games in the 1970s, with 1.71 BB/9.

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Data note: Walks Allowed Per Nine Innings, Starts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	BB/9	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	H/9
1	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	1.71	354	354	177	129	.578	3.36	1,828	184	33	0	2688.2	2,484	1,004	1,117	299	512	51	0	52	10,929	34	6.12	3.57	1.00	16.7	4.7	1.11	.265	3.74	8.31
2	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	1.81	204	204	82	79	.509	3.54	545	51	11	0	1326.0	1,414	521	599	118	267	29	0	38	5,518	26	3.70	2.04	0.80	9.9	4.8	1.27	.284	4.07	9.60
3	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	1.88	290	290	116	94	.552	3.51	876	72	14	0	1887.2	1,987	736	831	161	395	34	0	35	7,880	36	4.18	2.22	0.77	11.1	5.0	1.26	.285	3.96	9.47
4	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1.95	137	137	51	53	.490	3.78	454	47	7	0	941.0	980	395	464	97	204	9	0	25	3,963	14	4.34	2.23	0.93	11.5	5.1	1.26	.276	4.44	9.37
5	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	1.98	115	115	52	43	.547	3.35	319	32	11	0	778.0	811	290	324	76	171	18	0	28	3,246	16	3.69	1.87	0.88	9.8	5.3	1.26	.276	3.75	9.38
6	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	1.98	178	178	79	50	.612	3.22	639	31	6	0	1189.1	1,105	425	457	107	262	6	0	35	4,849	17	4.84	2.44	0.81	13.2	5.4	1.15	.260	3.46	8.36
7	Jim Barr J. Barr	2.06	236	236	84	95	.469	3.51	537	63	19	0	1586.1	1,663	618	692	118	363	18	0	50	6,616	14	3.05	1.48	0.67	8.1	5.5	1.28	.277	3.93	9.43
8	Nelson Briles N. Briles	2.07	180	180	65	62	.512	3.83	566	37	8	0	1102.1	1,171	469	542	109	254	20	0	17	4,632	18	4.62	2.23	0.89	12.2	5.5	1.29	.288	4.43	9.56
9	Steve Kline S. Kline	2.10	105	105	43	45	.489	3.13	224	34	6	0	710.1	666	247	293	54	166	16	0	21	2,912	7	2.84	1.35	0.68	7.7	5.7	1.17	.250	3.71	8.44
10	Randy Jones R. Jones	2.12	229	229	86	90	.489	3.21	610	67	15	0	1589.2	1,526	567	672	95	375	13	0	75	6,554	15	3.45	1.63	0.54	9.3	5.7	1.20	.262	3.80	8.64
11	Mike Caldwell M. Caldwell	2.17	166	166	68	60	.531	3.56	490	58	15	0	1149.1	1,189	455	550	81	277	25	0	19	4,819	23	3.84	1.77	0.63	10.2	5.7	1.28	.281	4.31	9.31
12	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	2.18	141	141	70	37	.654	2.94	555	32	7	0	961.0	851	314	351	99	233	14	0	27	3,912	7	5.20	2.38	0.93	14.2	6.0	1.13	.250	3.29	7.97
13	Ron Reed R. Reed	2.19	168	168	59	73	.447	3.83	605	42	6	0	1140.2	1,175	485	557	91	277	19	0	39	4,809	35	4.77	2.18	0.72	12.6	5.8	1.27	.284	4.39	9.27
14	Bill Hands B. Hands	2.26	146	146	56	59	.487	3.75	545	40	9	0	962.2	991	401	457	87	242	16	0	22	4,073	23	5.10	2.25	0.81	13.4	5.9	1.28	.284	4.27	9.26
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2.27	327	327	168	102	.622	3.17	1,305	140	30	0	2396.0	2,042	844	934	255	604	34	0	31	9,688	33	4.90	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.10	.239	3.51	7.67
16	George Stone G. Stone	2.33	114	114	37	41	.474	4.07	395	19	5	0	707.2	798	320	381	86	183	14	0	25	3,071	8	5.02	2.16	1.09	12.9	6.0	1.39	.298	4.85	10.15
17	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.33	349	349	165	110	.600	3.07	1,765	117	39	0	2552.0	2,170	870	974	213	660	45	0	45	10,385	63	6.22	2.67	0.75	17.0	6.4	1.11	.254	3.43	7.65
18	Bill Lee B. Lee	2.33	199	199	92	69	.571	3.57	442	70	10	0	1400.1	1,529	556	639	123	363	17	0	7	5,929	11	2.84	1.22	0.79	7.5	6.1	1.35	.282	4.11	9.83
19	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	2.35	276	276	126	110	.534	3.34	1,043	113	24	0	2006.2	1,948	745	862	161	523	47	0	24	8,326	45	4.68	1.99	0.72	12.5	6.3	1.23	.273	3.87	8.74
20	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.35	368	368	184	133	.580	2.92	1,906	197	36	0	2904.0	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	0	75	11,757	69	5.91	2.51	0.64	16.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.37	7.93
21	Rick Wise R. Wise	2.39	303	303	130	117	.526	3.67	1,088	107	22	0	2082.0	2,116	848	962	182	552	25	0	53	8,749	31	4.70	1.97	0.79	12.4	6.3	1.28	.280	4.16	9.15
22	Tommy John T. John	2.39	282	282	131	84	.609	3.09	1,009	74	20	0	1947.2	1,912	669	793	107	518	34	0	39	8,085	73	4.66	1.95	0.49	12.5	6.4	1.25	.281	3.66	8.84
23	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2.40	187	187	89	66	.574	2.94	1,111	85	24	0	1397.0	1,225	456	502	127	372	47	0	23	5,714	37	7.16	2.99	0.82	19.4	6.5	1.14	.271	3.23	7.89
24	Ross Grimsley R. Grimsley	2.40	277	277	116	88	.569	3.60	683	77	15	0	1826.2	1,837	730	801	179	487	13	0	39	7,589	35	3.37	1.40	0.88	9.0	6.4	1.27	.266	3.95	9.05
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.43	350	350	147	126	.538	2.87	2,078	145	39	0	2617.2	2,326	836	944	184	708	70	0	41	10,689	61	7.14	2.94	0.63	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	8.00

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