highest ab/so ratio from 1987 to 2001 minimum 5000 pa

Between the 1987 and 2001 seasons, Tony Gwynn had the most at-bats per strikeout when making 5,000+ plate appearances, with 22.63.

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highest ab/so by a player ratio from 1987 to 2001 minimum 5000 pa

	NAME	AB/SO	PA	AB	SO	G	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	HBP	SB	CS	TB	XBH	SH	SF	IBB	GIDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC	WRAA	wOBA	wRC+	BRAA
1	Tony Gwynn T. Gwynn	22.63	7,642	6,924	306	1,828	1,031	2,371	436	59	108	908	597	17	220	80	3,249	603	28	76	170	193	.342	.392	.469	.861	1211	301.4	.374	133	307
2	Ozzie Smith O. Smith	16.4	5,341	4,657	284	1,256	674	1,291	223	31	15	419	544	12	277	68	1,621	269	89	39	22	78	.277	.352	.348	.700	609	-8.2	.320	98	-14
3	Gregg Jefferies G. Jefferies	15.86	6,072	5,520	348	1,465	761	1,593	300	27	126	663	472	24	196	63	2,325	453	4	52	59	156	.289	.344	.421	.765	778	56.6	.338	107	46.2
4	Don Mattingly D. Mattingly	15.78	5,272	4,780	303	1,213	658	1,416	282	9	129	698	417	16	11	6	2,103	420	0	59	99	134	.296	.351	.440	.791	710	101.7	.346	113	81.8
5	Lance Johnson L. Johnson	14.01	5,800	5,379	384	1,447	767	1,565	175	117	34	486	352	7	327	105	2,076	326	35	27	29	103	.291	.334	.386	.720	663	-32.3	.320	95	-38.4
6	Eric Young E. Young	14.01	5,178	4,524	323	1,237	762	1,307	238	39	55	427	489	68	377	128	1,788	332	65	32	11	89	.289	.365	.395	.760	685	35.6	.341	96	-27.4
7	Ozzie Guillen O. Guillen	13.35	6,043	5,648	423	1,684	644	1,493	235	56	25	539	215	5	154	100	1,915	316	121	54	23	95	.264	.289	.339	.628	491	-229.3	.279	67	-248.3
8	Mike Greenwell M. Greenwell	12.91	5,092	4,557	353	1,221	646	1,379	272	38	126	714	452	39	79	43	2,105	436	3	41	78	135	.303	.367	.462	.829	757	164.4	.363	119	116.1
9	Mark Grace M. Grace	12.78	8,787	7,632	597	2,055	1,123	2,343	487	45	163	1,082	1,013	33	68	48	3,409	695	16	93	106	181	.307	.386	.447	.833	1342	287	.367	122	241
10	Wade Boggs W. Boggs	11.88	7,497	6,402	539	1,714	1,039	2,032	400	44	86	692	995	18	15	25	2,778	530	7	75	149	168	.317	.407	.434	.840	1169	284.9	.372	126	233.5
11	Jody Reed J. Reed	11.19	5,248	4,554	407	1,284	566	1,231	263	10	27	392	542	30	40	44	1,595	300	89	33	29	118	.270	.349	.350	.700	594	-16.7	.320	94	-42.6
12	Barry Larkin B. Larkin	10.01	7,670	6,684	668	1,813	1,136	2,003	369	67	178	832	830	50	354	73	3,040	614	50	56	55	140	.300	.378	.455	.833	1177	256.1	.368	124	222.7
13	B.J. Surhoff	9.93	7,968	7,218	727	2,004	946	2,026	392	39	170	1,019	561	30	136	79	3,006	601	62	97	75	149	.281	.331	.416	.747	959	-1.1	.326	96	-32.7
14	Omar Vizquel O. Vizquel	9.91	7,298	6,420	648	1,775	919	1,761	276	44	43	565	643	26	273	110	2,254	363	153	56	4	121	.274	.340	.351	.691	801	-89.9	.314	85	-137.8
15	Tony Fernandez T. Fernandez	9.49	7,156	6,393	674	1,731	861	1,828	344	69	79	707	601	57	203	112	2,547	492	52	53	46	137	.286	.350	.398	.748	902	60.3	.334	103	28.5
16	Tim Raines T. Raines	9.48	6,357	5,411	571	1,522	958	1,560	247	58	121	659	839	28	347	77	2,286	426	23	56	92	92	.288	.383	.422	.806	922	174.9	.358	121	161
17	Carlos Baerga C. Baerga	9.41	5,202	4,807	511	1,280	659	1,400	246	17	124	686	253	58	52	23	2,052	387	23	61	39	135	.291	.330	.427	.757	641	16.8	.332	100	-4.4
18	Cal Ripken Jr. C. Ripken Jr.	9.39	9,321	8,341	888	2,171	1,118	2,257	420	24	298	1,223	816	56	25	26	3,619	742	8	100	97	239	.271	.336	.434	.770	1194	82.1	.337	105	49.8
19	Darryl Hamilton D. Hamilton	9.27	5,176	4,577	494	1,328	707	1,333	204	37	51	454	493	17	163	73	1,764	292	58	31	20	82	.291	.360	.385	.746	657	26.9	.336	98	-13.9
20	Paul Molitor P. Molitor	9.19	7,557	6,696	729	1,673	1,106	2,116	405	69	155	917	730	31	273	64	3,124	629	25	75	77	140	.316	.382	.467	.849	1184	292.5	.373	127	247.1
21	Luis Polonia L. Polonia	8.91	5,296	4,840	543	1,379	728	1,417	189	70	36	405	369	15	321	145	1,854	295	37	35	23	91	.293	.342	.383	.726	624	-2.5	.325	98	-17.7
22	Brett Butler B. Butler	8.71	6,461	5,485	630	1,461	917	1,628	182	78	37	380	812	27	358	168	2,077	297	105	32	16	34	.297	.388	.379	.767	896	145.1	.351	121	160.4
23	Chuck Knoblauch C. Knoblauch	8.69	7,049	6,066	698	1,552	1,091	1,776	313	64	92	593	776	135	388	114	2,493	469	18	54	21	111	.293	.382	.411	.793	1020	155.3	.357	112	114.4
24	Kevin Seitzer K. Seitzer	8.59	5,946	5,182	603	1,411	723	1,526	281	34	72	602	650	34	80	49	2,091	387	39	41	31	133	.294	.374	.404	.778	826	129	.350	113	94.3
25	Wally Joyner W. Joyner	8.52	7,441	6,534	767	1,879	891	1,888	382	23	182	1,006	776	36	55	37	2,862	587	16	79	101	157	.289	.364	.438	.802	1048	161.7	.353	116	147.2

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