George Earnshaw had the best K/9 in 1928, with 6.65 per nine innings in his rookie season.

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highest k/9 with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player in 1928

	NAME	K/9	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	6.65	1928	PHA	26	7	7	.500	22	3.81	117	7	3	1	158.1	143	67	81	7	100	1	4	713	7	5.68	1.17	0.40	16.4	14.0	1.53	.279	4.60	93	3.92	99	8.13	0.8
2	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	6.42	1928	BKN	38	22	10	.688	32	2.09	200	24	4	2	280.1	226	65	79	11	72	7	5	1,126	1	2.31	2.78	0.35	17.8	6.4	1.06	.257	2.54	53	2.83	70	7.26	37.6
3	Lefty Grove L. Grove	6.29	1928	PHA	39	24	8	.750	31	2.58	183	24	4	3	261.2	228	75	93	10	64	1	6	1,064	4	2.20	2.86	0.34	17.2	6.0	1.12	.270	3.20	63	2.75	70	7.84	34.9
4	Pat Malone P. Malone	5.57	1928	CHC	42	18	13	.581	25	2.84	155	16	2	2	250.2	218	79	99	15	99	6	14	1,048	10	3.55	1.57	0.54	14.8	9.4	1.26	.263	3.55	71	3.70	90	7.83	11.5
5	Hank Johnson H. Johnson	4.97	1928	NYY	31	14	9	.609	22	4.30	110	10	1	0	199.0	188	95	107	16	104	12	2	883	4	4.70	1.06	0.72	12.5	11.8	1.47	.268	4.84	112	4.59	124	8.50	-21.3
6	Charlie Root C. Root	4.63	1928	CHC	40	14	18	.438	30	3.57	122	13	1	2	237.0	214	94	109	15	73	7	6	992	0	2.77	1.67	0.57	12.3	7.4	1.21	.257	4.14	89	3.71	90	8.13	10.6
7	Rube Walberg R. Walberg	4.28	1928	PHA	38	17	12	.586	30	3.55	112	15	3	2	235.2	236	93	111	19	64	3	6	987	1	2.44	1.75	0.73	11.3	6.5	1.27	.275	4.24	87	3.86	98	9.01	2.7
8	Earl Whitehill E. Whitehill	4.26	1928	DET	31	11	16	.407	30	4.31	93	12	1	0	196.1	214	94	131	8	78	1	1	880	0	3.58	1.19	0.37	10.6	8.9	1.49	.294	6.01	105	3.70	93	9.81	6.7
9	Firpo Marberry F. Marberry	4.24	1928	WSH	48	13	13	.500	11	3.85	76	7	1	2	161.1	160	69	79	4	42	3	26	668	0	2.34	1.81	0.22	11.4	6.3	1.25	.287	4.41	96	3.12	81	8.93	13.5
10	George Pipgras G. Pipgras	4.16	1928	NYY	46	24	13	.649	38	3.38	139	22	4	3	300.2	314	113	132	4	103	3	6	1,298	5	3.08	1.35	0.12	10.7	7.9	1.39	.296	3.95	88	3.21	86	9.40	16.5
11	Tommy Thomas T. Thomas	4.10	1928	CWS	36	17	16	.515	32	3.08	129	24	3	3	283.0	277	97	114	14	76	4	4	1,180	0	2.42	1.70	0.45	10.9	6.4	1.25	.275	3.63	78	3.49	91	8.81	10.8
12	Watty Clark W. Clark	3.93	1928	BKN	40	12	9	.571	19	2.68	85	10	2	3	194.2	193	58	75	4	50	1	13	829	1	2.31	1.70	0.18	10.3	6.0	1.25	.274	3.47	69	3.09	77	8.92	20.6
13	Garland Braxton G. Braxton	3.87	1928	WSH	38	13	11	.542	24	2.51	94	15	2	6	218.1	177	61	78	7	44	5	10	875	2	1.81	2.14	0.29	10.7	5.0	1.01	.234	3.22	63	3.13	81	7.30	17.9
14	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	3.67	1928	BSA	42	10	25	.286	34	3.89	118	25	1	2	289.1	303	125	147	8	96	10	8	1,246	4	2.99	1.23	0.25	9.5	7.7	1.38	.291	4.57	97	3.55	92	9.43	10.3
15	George Blaeholder G. Blaeholder	3.65	1928	SLA	38	10	15	.400	26	4.37	87	9	1	3	214.1	235	104	123	23	52	2	8	921	2	2.18	1.67	0.97	9.4	5.6	1.34	.280	5.16	104	4.24	104	9.87	-3.3
16	Alvin Crowder A. Crowder	3.65	1928	SLA	41	21	5	.808	31	3.69	99	19	1	2	244.0	238	100	113	11	91	1	6	1,033	1	3.36	1.09	0.41	9.6	8.8	1.35	.273	4.17	88	3.81	94	8.78	7.5
17	Ed Morris E. Morris	3.63	1928	BSA	47	19	15	.559	29	3.53	104	20	0	5	257.2	255	101	118	7	80	5	15	1,087	1	2.79	1.30	0.24	9.6	7.4	1.30	.278	4.12	88	3.44	89	8.91	12.3
18	Jimmy Ring J. Ring	3.58	1928	PHN	35	4	17	.190	25	6.44	70	4	0	1	176.0	220	126	135	14	103	2	3	817	5	5.27	0.68	0.72	8.6	12.6	1.84	.328	6.90	149	4.93	111	11.25	-7.8
19	Vic Sorrell V. Sorrell	3.53	1928	DET	29	8	11	.421	23	4.79	67	8	0	0	171.0	182	91	106	9	83	5	4	769	3	4.37	0.81	0.47	8.7	10.8	1.55	.286	5.58	116	4.35	109	9.58	-6.4
20	Sam Gray S. Gray	3.49	1928	SLA	35	20	12	.625	31	3.19	102	21	2	3	262.2	256	93	119	11	86	1	4	1,104	1	2.95	1.19	0.38	9.2	7.8	1.30	.271	4.08	76	3.67	90	8.77	12.1
21	Jumbo Elliott J. Elliott	3.47	1928	BKN	41	9	14	.391	21	3.89	74	7	2	1	192.0	194	83	106	7	64	6	11	816	3	3.00	1.16	0.33	9.1	7.8	1.34	.281	4.97	99	3.70	92	9.09	6.9
22	Ed Brandt E. Brandt	3.36	1928	BSN	38	9	21	.300	32	5.07	84	12	1	0	225.1	234	127	141	22	109	7	2	1,001	4	4.35	0.77	0.88	8.4	10.9	1.52	.272	5.63	134	4.97	127	9.35	-29
23	Bump Hadley B. Hadley	3.11	1928	WSH	33	12	13	.480	31	3.54	80	16	3	0	231.2	236	91	105	4	100	8	0	1,010	0	3.88	0.80	0.16	7.9	9.9	1.45	.284	4.08	88	3.84	99	9.17	0.7
24	George Uhle G. Uhle	3.11	1928	CLE	31	12	17	.414	28	4.07	74	18	2	1	214.1	252	97	121	8	48	8	3	933	3	2.02	1.54	0.34	7.9	5.1	1.40	.307	5.08	100	3.48	88	10.58	11.2
25	Ray Benge R. Benge	3.03	1928	PHN	40	8	18	.308	28	4.55	68	12	1	1	201.2	219	102	117	15	88	5	12	896	0	3.93	0.77	0.67	7.6	9.8	1.52	.283	5.22	106	4.58	103	9.77	-1.6

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George Earnshaw had the best K/9 in 1928, with 6.65 per nine innings in his rookie season.

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