highest k/9 from 1900 to 1969 (minimum of 100 gs)

Between the 1900 and 1969 seasons, Sam McDowell had the highest K/9 when starting 100+ games, with 9.41 per nine innings.

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highest k/9 by a player from 1900 to 1969 (minimum of 100 gs)

	NAME	K/9	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	9.41	225	262	89	80	.527	2.95	1,663	70	19	10	1590.0	1,207	522	608	91	788	43	19	38	6,689	84	4.46	2.11	0.52	24.9	11.8	1.25	.272	3.44	85	2.73	77	6.83	146.5
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	9.28	314	397	165	87	.655	2.76	2,396	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
3	Herb Score H. Score	8.78	127	150	55	46	.545	3.36	837	47	11	3	858.1	609	320	364	79	573	7	11	7	3,696	55	6.01	1.46	0.83	22.6	15.5	1.38	.241	3.82	86	3.71	95	6.39	18.4
4	Bob Veale B. Veale	7.98	223	265	100	76	.568	2.83	1,428	73	19	4	1611.1	1,372	506	587	67	714	26	16	44	6,782	77	3.99	2.00	0.37	21.1	10.5	1.29	.287	3.28	82	2.67	81	7.66	114
5	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	7.92	255	282	134	80	.626	3.08	1,585	74	30	3	1802.0	1,457	617	689	132	771	33	10	37	7,506	120	3.85	2.06	0.66	21.1	10.3	1.24	.266	3.44	84	3.05	86	7.28	98.1
6	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	7.87	219	267	102	74	.580	3.46	1,336	62	21	9	1528.1	1,318	587	640	145	518	60	25	27	6,375	53	3.05	2.58	0.85	21.0	8.1	1.20	.272	3.77	100	3.13	87	7.76	80.7
7	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	7.81	160	211	75	64	.540	2.84	1,041	63	21	12	1200.0	939	379	431	126	432	20	33	26	4,902	13	3.24	2.41	0.95	21.2	8.8	1.14	.248	3.23	83	3.26	91	7.04	35.8
8	Dave Boswell D. Boswell	7.63	135	169	64	47	.577	3.28	820	37	6	0	967.2	743	353	388	94	416	32	5	12	4,019	40	3.87	1.97	0.87	20.4	10.4	1.20	.244	3.61	95	3.46	97	6.91	16.1
9	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	7.56	132	189	69	52	.570	2.95	929	65	14	7	1105.1	926	362	399	109	273	18	29	42	4,460	16	2.22	3.40	0.89	20.8	6.1	1.08	.261	3.25	82	2.88	84	7.54	66.8
10	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	7.56	311	349	167	110	.603	2.76	2,119	166	42	4	2522.2	2,061	774	882	170	861	76	17	61	10,380	69	3.07	2.46	0.61	20.4	8.3	1.16	.264	3.15	74	2.84	79	7.35	207.6
11	Sam Jones S. Jones	7.54	222	322	102	101	.502	3.59	1,376	76	17	10	1643.1	1,403	655	752	151	822	60	45	37	7,074	45	4.50	1.67	0.83	19.5	11.6	1.35	.268	4.12	92	3.61	93	7.68	49.1
12	Al Downing A. Downing	7.49	175	208	72	57	.558	3.23	1,028	46	12	2	1235.1	1,014	443	492	96	526	11	18	20	5,158	40	3.83	1.95	0.70	19.9	10.2	1.25	.263	3.58	96	3.18	91	7.39	40.8
13	Bill Singer B. Singer	7.37	107	117	45	38	.542	2.59	651	35	11	1	795.1	673	229	266	41	229	23	4	26	3,265	32	2.59	2.84	0.46	19.9	7.0	1.13	.272	3.01	85	2.46	83	7.62	43.9
14	Dick Stigman D. Stigman	7.36	119	235	46	54	.460	4.03	755	30	5	16	922.2	819	413	442	133	406	8	53	22	3,930	48	3.96	1.86	1.30	19.2	10.3	1.33	.261	4.31	107	4.13	107	7.99	-25.8
15	Dave Morehead D. Morehead	7.20	117	149	37	59	.385	4.24	558	18	6	0	697.2	609	329	366	69	401	11	13	6	3,072	32	5.17	1.39	0.89	18.2	13.1	1.45	.266	4.72	114	3.98	104	7.86	-9.3
16	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	7.14	103	119	47	34	.580	2.72	586	35	10	1	738.1	655	223	253	41	242	10	7	13	3,051	26	2.95	2.42	0.50	19.2	7.9	1.21	.283	3.08	83	2.64	83	7.98	45.6
17	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	7.12	153	224	75	58	.564	2.91	913	35	8	14	1154.1	916	373	441	105	383	31	33	22	4,697	31	2.99	2.38	0.82	19.4	8.2	1.13	.248	3.44	85	3.19	90	7.14	47
18	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	7.11	330	395	186	140	.571	2.13	2,267	251	49	4	2868.1	2,374	679	1,019	33	783	106	52		11,337	72	2.46	2.90	0.10	20.0	6.9	1.10	.287	3.20	75	1.99	71	7.45	257.5
19	Pete Richert P. Richert	7.10	122	234	63	59	.516	3.33	742	22	3	20	940.0	786	348	386	99	326	12	58	23	3,885	23	3.12	2.28	0.95	19.1	8.4	1.18	.254	3.70	101	3.40	100	7.53	0.7
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	7.10	137	150	51	60	.459	3.28	757	35	11	2	959.1	863	350	375	68	259	14	8	35	3,951	21	2.43	2.92	0.64	19.2	6.6	1.17	.279	3.52	104	2.70	89	8.10	33
21	Ray Culp R. Culp	7.05	175	228	84	57	.596	3.57	979	49	17	1	1249.1	1,080	496	559	128	509	47	21	43	5,294	51	3.67	1.92	0.92	18.5	9.6	1.27	.262	4.03	102	3.60	104	7.78	-17.7
22	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	6.96	221	420	117	90	.565	3.37	1,397	72	14	26	1806.2	1,593	676	777	178	784	35	106	54	7,699	58	3.91	1.78	0.89	18.1	10.2	1.32	.267	3.87	95	3.63	102	7.94	-10.1
23	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	6.95	470	528	209	157	.571	3.14	2,650	146	40	15	3431.1	3,074	1,199	1,344	342	907	146	31	82	14,197	45	2.38	2.92	0.90	18.7	6.4	1.16	.269	3.53	85	3.19	87	8.06	186.5
24	Bobby Bolin B. Bolin	6.86	144	345	73	56	.566	3.26	977	29	10	22	1282.1	1,088	465	542	129	477	53	87	55	5,400	47	3.35	2.05	0.91	18.1	8.8	1.22	.255	3.80	94	3.55	106	7.64	-29.7
25	Jim Nash J. Nash	6.85	103	115	45	39	.536	2.95	528	28	9	1	693.1	592	227	251	62	219	9	4	23	2,845	19	2.84	2.41	0.80	18.6	7.7	1.17	.261	3.26	91	3.11	93	7.68	18.4

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Between the 1900 and 1969 seasons, Sam McDowell had the highest K/9 when starting 100+ games, with 9.41 per nine innings.

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