Luke Walker had the best K/9 with 50.0+ innings pitched in 1968, with 9.53 per nine innings in his rookie season.

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Most so/9 by a player in 1968 minimum 50 ip

	NAME	K/9	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Luke Walker L. Walker	9.53	62.1	1968	PIT	39	0	3	.000	2	2.02	66	0	0	3	42	14	18	1	39	1	14	0	264	5	5.63	1.69	0.14	25.0	14.8	1.30	.261	2.60	68	2.40	86	6.06	2.7
2	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	9.47	269.0	1968	CLE	38	15	14	.517	37	1.81	283	11	3	0	181	54	78	13	110	10	0	9	1,098	7	3.68	2.57	0.43	25.8	10.0	1.08	.246	2.61	59	2.25	70	6.06	28.3
3	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	9.20	258.1	1968	CLE	34	21	9	.700	32	1.60	264	19	9	0	152	46	53	16	73	4	0	4	987	3	2.54	3.62	0.56	26.7	7.4	0.87	.216	1.85	53	2.04	64	5.30	33
4	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	8.93	134.0	1968	NYM	21	6	9	.400	18	3.09	133	3	0	0	93	46	50	12	75	4	1	4	559	7	5.04	1.77	0.81	23.8	13.4	1.25	.242	3.36	103	3.33	118	6.25	-7.6
5	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	8.88	76.0	1968	LAD	54	8	3	.727	0	2.49	75	0	0	15	59	21	22	5	33	0	39	13	311	2	3.91	2.27	0.59	24.1	10.6	1.21	.273	2.61	91	2.57	99	6.99	0
6	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	8.87	71.0	1968	BAL	19	4	3	.571	6	2.41	70	0	0	1	49	19	21	3	26	1	5	3	283	6	3.30	2.69	0.38	24.7	9.2	1.06	.251	2.66	82	2.10	68	6.21	7.8
7	Bill Landis B. Landis	8.85	60.0	1968	BOS	38	3	3	.500	1	3.15	59	0	0	3	48	21	22	4	30	2	11	2	253	6	4.50	1.97	0.60	23.3	11.9	1.30	.278	3.30	98	2.89	85	7.20	3.3
8	Mike Paul M. Paul	8.54	91.2	1968	CLE	36	5	8	.385	7	3.93	87	0	0	3	72	40	42	11	35	5	13	5	383	0	3.44	2.49	1.08	22.7	9.1	1.17	.249	4.12	129	3.36	105	7.07	-1.4
9	Danny Frisella D. Frisella	8.35	50.2	1968	NYM	19	2	4	.333	4	3.91	47	0	0	2	53	22	23	5	17	0	10	0	216	4	3.02	2.76	0.89	21.8	7.9	1.38	.327	4.09	131	2.82	100	9.41	0
10	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	8.19	81.1	1968	CAL	28	4	2	.667	5	2.21	74	2	1	3	44	20	21	3	35	1	9	4	321	3	3.87	2.11	0.33	23.1	10.9	0.97	.197	2.32	77	2.37	79	4.87	5.9
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	8.06	220.0	1968	DET	39	17	9	.654	32	3.19	197	8	4	1	178	78	84	23	65	11	4	4	905	3	2.66	3.03	0.94	21.8	7.2	1.10	.255	3.44	105	2.99	93	7.28	5.3
12	Bill Singer B. Singer	7.97	256.1	1968	LAD	37	13	17	.433	36	2.88	227	12	6	0	227	82	97	14	78	5	0	10	1,061	12	2.74	2.91	0.49	21.4	7.4	1.19	.289	3.41	105	2.30	88	7.97	8.3
13	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	7.92	304.2	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	34	1.12	268	28	13	0	198	38	49	11	62	7	0	6	1,161	4	1.83	4.32	0.32	23.1	5.3	0.85	.230	1.45	38	1.77	63	5.85	34.8
14	Ray Culp R. Culp	7.90	216.1	1968	BOS	35	16	6	.727	30	2.91	190	11	6	0	166	70	79	18	82	9	2	8	888	9	3.41	2.32	0.75	21.4	9.2	1.15	.251	3.29	91	2.97	88	6.91	10.1
15	Jim Ray J. Ray	7.89	81.0	1968	HOU	41	2	3	.400	2	2.67	71	1	0	1	65	24	26	5	25	1	14	8	333	1	2.78	2.84	0.56	21.3	7.5	1.11	.260	2.89	91	2.40	87	7.22	3.3
16	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	7.87	207.0	1968	CIN	33	16	10	.615	32	3.61	181	8	5	0	183	83	100	17	80	2	1	6	864	12	3.48	2.26	0.74	20.9	9.3	1.27	.284	4.35	113	2.89	96	7.96	3.5
17	Diego Segui D. Segui	7.81	83.0	1968	OAK	52	6	5	.545	0	2.39	72	0	0	6	51	22	25	7	32	0	24	8	330	5	3.47	2.25	0.76	21.8	9.7	1.00	.201	2.71	83	2.90	96	5.53	0.9
18	Eddie Watt E. Watt	7.78	83.1	1968	BAL	59	5	5	.500	0	2.27	72	0	0	11	63	21	32	1	35	2	39	7	346	4	3.78	2.06	0.11	20.8	10.1	1.18	.263	3.46	78	2.15	70	6.80	8.7
19	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	7.60	308.0	1968	CHC	40	20	15	.571	40	2.63	260	20	3	0	255	90	96	26	65	3	0	7	1,231	6	1.90	4.00	0.76	21.1	5.3	1.04	.261	2.81	82	2.46	81	7.45	19.1
20	Don Wilson D. Wilson	7.55	208.2	1968	HOU	33	13	16	.448	30	3.28	175	9	3	0	187	76	85	9	70	4	3	5	884	9	3.02	2.50	0.39	19.8	7.9	1.23	.284	3.67	112	2.33	84	8.07	10.1
21	Denny McLain D. McLain	7.50	336.0	1968	DET	41	31	6	.838	41	1.96	280	28	6	0	241	73	86	31	63	6	0	2	1,288	3	1.69	4.44	0.83	21.7	4.9	0.90	.231	2.30	64	2.53	79	6.46	24.8
22	Steve Hamilton S. Hamilton	7.46	50.2	1968	NYY	40	2	2	.500	0	2.13	42	0	0	11	37	12	13	0	13	1	24	4	195	1	2.31	3.23	0.00	21.5	6.7	0.99	.266	2.31	75	1.56	52	6.57	8.3
23	Ray Sadecki R. Sadecki	7.31	253.2	1968	SFG	38	12	18	.400	36	2.91	206	13	6	0	225	82	94	14	70	3	0	17	1,040	9	2.48	2.94	0.50	19.8	6.7	1.16	.282	3.34	99	2.34	85	7.98	12
24	Grant Jackson G. Jackson	7.23	61.0	1968	PHI	33	1	6	.143	6	2.95	49	1	0	1	59	20	28	4	20	0	12	3	264	3	2.95	2.45	0.59	18.6	7.6	1.30	.288	4.13	99	2.61	93	8.70	1.4
25	Tom Phoebus T. Phoebus	7.22	240.2	1968	BAL	36	15	15	.500	36	2.62	193	9	3	0	186	70	81	10	105	4	0	5	994	10	3.93	1.84	0.37	19.4	10.6	1.21	.258	3.03	90	2.68	87	6.96	10.6

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Luke Walker had the best K/9 with 50.0+ innings pitched in 1968, with 9.53 per nine innings in his rookie season.

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