highest k/9 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Bill Caudill had the highest K/9, with 10.40 per nine innings.

Interpreted as:
highest k/9 with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player 1970s
NAMEK/9GWLW%GSERASOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPBB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Bill Caudill
B. Caudill
10.40
29
1
7
.125
12
4.80
104
0
0
0
90.0
89
48
57
16
41
4
6
5
402
3
4.10
2.54
1.60
25.9
10.2
1.44
.308
5.70
117
4.22
107
8.90
-2.3
2Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
9.78
348
155
146
.515
333
3.14
2,678
164
42
2
2465.0
1,731
860
984
133
1,515
75
8
34
10,453
116
5.53
1.77
0.49
25.6
14.5
1.32
.264
3.59
89
3.05
85
6.32
150.5
3Bruce Sutter
B. Sutter
9.63
240
27
22
.551
0
2.33
418
0
0
105
390.2
281
101
121
22
115
2
179
27
1,560
26
2.65
3.63
0.51
26.8
7.4
1.01
.258
2.79
58
2.16
56
6.47
72.9
4Tom Hall
T. Hall
9.06
319
42
25
.627
41
3.30
687
2
1
32
682.1
500
250
282
75
320
7
127
26
2,842
16
4.22
2.15
0.99
24.2
11.3
1.20
.242
3.72
93
3.38
95
6.60
15.7
5Jim Kern
J. Kern
8.33
256
42
35
.545
12
2.72
499
1
0
75
539.0
428
163
188
20
276
21
178
32
2,261
23
4.61
1.81
0.33
22.1
12.2
1.31
.282
3.14
71
2.93
75
7.15
58
6J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
8.29
221
97
67
.591
204
3.24
1,374
72
15
0
1492.1
1,162
538
594
71
730
17
3
14
6,236
90
4.40
1.88
0.43
22.0
11.7
1.27
.270
3.58
95
2.92
84
7.01
94.8
7Mark Clear
M. Clear
8.09
52
11
5
.688
0
3.63
98
0
0
14
109.0
87
44
48
6
68
3
37
5
481
9
5.61
1.44
0.50
20.4
14.1
1.42
.265
3.96
89
3.59
88
7.18
6.2
8John Hiller
J. Hiller
8.02
426
69
63
.523
17
2.74
812
6
2
115
911.0
749
277
314
81
414
11
321
64
3,828
33
4.09
1.96
0.80
21.2
10.8
1.28
.266
3.10
70
3.38
86
7.40
53.1
9Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
7.88
163
52
54
.491
121
3.56
790
33
4
4
902.1
741
357
391
73
524
16
20
36
3,898
56
5.23
1.51
0.73
20.3
13.4
1.40
.268
3.90
97
3.62
97
7.39
13.9
10Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
7.82
348
178
101
.638
345
2.61
2,304
147
40
0
2652.1
2,105
768
843
190
741
28
2
65
10,607
64
2.51
3.11
0.64
21.7
7.0
1.07
.261
2.86
73
2.64
74
7.14
272
11Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
7.80
116
59
19
.756
91
2.49
652
40
16
3
752.1
599
208
234
46
221
2
14
3
2,994
23
2.64
2.95
0.55
21.8
7.4
1.09
.267
2.80
64
2.61
66
7.17
112
12Les Cain
L. Cain
7.48
60
22
19
.537
60
4.05
290
8
1
0
349.0
306
157
181
31
205
13
0
2
1,531
15
5.29
1.41
0.80
18.9
13.4
1.46
.277
4.67
111
3.91
103
7.89
-2.9
13Scott Sanderson
S. Sanderson
7.39
44
13
10
.565
33
3.18
188
6
4
1
229.0
200
81
89
19
75
4
4
4
947
4
2.95
2.51
0.75
19.9
7.9
1.20
.274
3.50
88
3.15
87
7.86
12.2
14Dave LaRoche
D. LaRoche
7.38
543
54
50
.519
5
3.49
675
0
0
122
823.1
703
319
349
72
393
24
334
75
3,520
17
4.30
1.72
0.79
19.2
11.2
1.33
.268
3.81
94
3.60
96
7.68
13.1
15Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
7.25
359
55
59
.482
37
3.14
733
16
0
101
910.1
747
318
355
57
415
27
223
48
3,820
34
4.10
1.77
0.56
19.2
10.9
1.28
.267
3.51
86
3.26
89
7.39
44.1
16John D'Acquisto
J. D'Acquisto
7.22
199
32
45
.416
92
4.52
526
7
2
12
655.2
581
329
371
47
478
17
55
16
2,971
44
6.56
1.10
0.65
17.7
16.1
1.62
.281
5.09
124
4.21
119
7.98
-50.6
17Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
7.18
640
84
85
.497
29
2.89
973
3
1
209
1219.0
1,038
391
438
84
353
32
480
74
4,953
25
2.61
2.76
0.62
19.6
7.1
1.14
.272
3.23
84
2.83
79
7.66
100.9
18Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
7.14
193
91
66
.580
187
2.93
1,120
85
24
0
1411.1
1,238
459
507
128
377
47
3
24
5,775
38
2.40
2.97
0.82
19.4
6.5
1.14
.271
3.23
82
3.11
85
7.89
88.7
19Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
7.14
353
148
128
.536
350
2.88
2,082
145
39
0
2624.2
2,335
841
949
186
711
70
2
43
10,722
61
2.44
2.93
0.64
19.4
6.6
1.16
.280
3.25
78
2.80
76
8.01
260.7
20Enrique Romo
E. Romo
7.00
198
29
22
.569
3
3.15
273
0
0
31
351.0
303
123
136
31
121
13
106
22
1,443
11
3.10
2.26
0.79
18.9
8.4
1.21
.271
3.49
81
3.42
85
7.77
24.4
21Terry Forster
T. Forster
6.87
360
38
52
.422
39
3.41
591
5
0
100
774.0
735
293
330
34
324
15
213
34
3,301
36
3.77
1.82
0.40
17.9
9.8
1.37
.300
3.84
93
2.92
80
8.55
62.8
22Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
6.87
368
178
126
.586
366
3.18
2,097
165
32
0
2747.0
2,413
971
1,103
238
960
31
0
87
11,361
81
3.15
2.18
0.78
18.5
8.4
1.23
.271
3.61
85
3.26
89
7.91
125.5
23Tug McGraw
T. McGraw
6.75
542
69
58
.543
9
3.07
726
1
1
132
967.1
815
330
376
67
371
16
374
89
4,009
34
3.45
1.96
0.62
18.1
9.3
1.23
.264
3.50
84
3.17
88
7.58
44.2
24Bill Stoneman
B. Stoneman
6.73
157
41
61
.402
131
4.01
679
37
10
1
908.1
863
405
441
81
443
30
10
37
3,960
24
4.39
1.53
0.80
17.1
11.2
1.44
.287
4.37
108
3.72
103
8.55
-13.2
25Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
6.70
171
77
50
.606
155
3.12
855
60
13
3
1148.1
1,008
398
431
119
352
32
8
33
4,760
17
2.76
2.43
0.93
18.0
7.4
1.18
.261
3.38
79
3.51
88
7.90
61.2

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.599
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92
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.568
5.0
83
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78
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.481
19.0
71
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NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
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NL CentralWLPCTGB
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14.0
78
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.481
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71
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NL WestWLPCTGB
93
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.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
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AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
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