highest pitchers k / bb ratio in a season

Third basemen had their best K/BB in a season in 1880, with 6.89 K/BB.

	POSITION	K/BB	SEASON	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Third Baseman	6.89	1880	32	14	9	.609	22	1.34	62	18	4	3	221.0	178	33	76	2	9		9		853	7	2.52	0.37	0.08	7.3	1.1	0.85		3.10	58	2.21	96	7.25	0.4
2	Designated Hitter	6.20	2025	15	1	1	.500	14	2.85	62	0	0	0	47.1	41	15	15	3	10	0	1	0	191	10	11.79	1.90	0.57	32.5	5.2	1.08	.328	2.85	68	1.97	47	7.80	11.6
3	Designated Hitter	4.89	2022	31	15	9	.625	28	2.51	220	0	0	0	168.1	128	47	49	16	45	3	3	0	672	14	11.76	2.41	0.86	32.7	6.7	1.03	.289	2.62	64	2.58	64	6.84	26.3
4	First Baseman	4.63	1882	16	6	7	.462	12	1.18	37	11	0	0	114.0	90	15	57	0	8		2		451	8	2.92	0.63	0.00	8.2	1.8	0.86		4.50	45	2.33	84	7.11	5.1
5	First Baseman	4.50	1876	13	5	2	.714	6	1.41	9	5	0	2	63.2	67	10	31	0	2		5		270	2	1.27	0.28	0.00	3.3	0.7	1.08		4.38	59	2.04	86	9.47	3.1
6	Second Baseman	4.00	1888	3	1	0	1.000	0	3.60	8	0	0	0	15.0	21	6	7	0	2	1	3		69	2	4.80	1.20	0.00	11.6	2.9	1.53	.362	4.20	118	2.12	72	12.60	1.4
7	Pitcher	3.83	1879	627	303	288	.513	604	2.40	1,725	575	42	2	5418.1	5,685	1,447	3,082	56	450		27		22,954	316	2.87	0.75	0.09	7.5	2.0	1.13		5.12	98	2.49	101	9.44	-50.1
8	Designated Hitter	3.52	2026	16	8	2	.800	14	1.94	95	0	0	0	88.1	61	19	23	4	27	7	2	0	355	1	9.68	2.75	0.41	26.8	7.6	1.00	.257	2.34	46	2.69	63	6.22	15.6
9	Third Baseman	3.50	1934	3	0	0		1	2.00	7	0	0	0	9.0	9	2	4	1	2	1	1		36	0	7.00	2.00	1.00	19.4	5.6	1.22	.320	4.00	46	4.01	88	9.00	0.5
10	Designated Hitter	3.41	2021	25	9	2	.818	23	3.20	157	0	0	0	132.1	102	47	49	15	46	10	1	2	544	10	10.68	3.13	1.02	28.9	8.5	1.12	.275	3.33	73	3.53	81	6.94	12.1
11	Pitcher	3.22	1878	352	176	163	.519	347	2.15	1,020	334	25	1	3108.2	3,235	743	1,672	20	317		6		12,977	201	2.95	0.92	0.06	7.9	2.4	1.14		4.84	95	2.27	100	9.37	-21.9
12	Pitcher	3.20	1884	2,759	1,361	1,240	.523	2,687	2.99	13,145	2,554	187	10	23356.0	22,507	7,760	13,809	578	4,110		75		99,235	1,842	5.07	1.58	0.22	13.2	4.1	1.14	.271	5.32	96	3.05	98	8.67	158
13	Third Baseman	3.00	2017	4	0	0		0	3.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	4	0	13	0	9.00	3.00	3.00	23.1	7.7	1.33	.250	3.00	69	6.48	148	9.00	-0.7
14	Catcher	3.00	2014	6	1	0	1.000	0	3.18	3	0	0	0	5.2	4	2	2	1	1	0	6	0	21	0	4.76	1.59	1.59	14.3	4.8	0.88	.188	3.18	91	4.89	133	6.35	-0.8
15	Second Baseman	3.00	2001	2	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	8	0	13.50	4.50	0.00	37.5	12.5	1.00	.250	0.00	0	1.54	35	4.50	0.6
16	First Baseman	3.00	1977	1	0	0		0	40.50	3	0	0	0	1.1	5	6	6	3	1	0	1	0	10	0	20.25	6.75	20.25	30.0	10.0	4.50	.667	40.50	942	29.73	711	33.75	-3.5
17	Left Fielder	3.00	1965	1	0	0		0	0.00	3	0	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10	0	13.50	4.50	0.00	30.0	10.0	2.00	.500	0.00	0	1.02	30	13.50	0.5
18	Shortstop	3.00	1902	2	0	0		1	0.00	6	0	0	0	7.1	7	0	4	0	2	0	1		30	3	7.36	2.45	0.00	20.0	6.7	1.23	.318	4.91	0	1.85	62	8.59	1
19	Catcher	3.00	1899	1	0	0		0	5.40	3	0	0	0	5.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	1		21	0	5.40	1.80	0.00	14.3	4.8	1.40	.353	5.40	139	2.34	60	10.80	0.9
20	Designated Hitter	2.83	2023	27	10	5	.667	23	3.55	167	1	1	0	137.0	93	54	58	22	59	11	4	0	556	12	10.97	3.88	1.45	30.0	10.6	1.11	.239	3.81	82	4.43	101	6.11	-0.6
21	Pitcher	2.77	2024	20,597	2,429	2,429	.500	4,858	4.07	41,184	28	16	1,225	43015.0	39,681	19,454	21,254	5,434	14,877	2,007	4,743	508	181,950	1,437	8.62	3.11	1.14	22.6	8.2	1.27	.289	4.45	100	4.06	100	8.30	18.5
22	Pitcher	2.75	2022	20,718	2,414	2,421	.499	4,832	3.96	40,576	36	16	1,232	42777.0	39,327	18,803	20,624	5,153	14,758	2,032	4,695	475	180,721	1,591	8.54	3.10	1.08	22.5	8.2	1.26	.289	4.34	100	3.95	100	8.27	10.3
23	Pitcher	2.72	1880	657	306	293	.511	615	2.36	1,808	556	45	8	5385.1	5,304	1,412	2,830	52	665		43		22,328	265	3.02	1.11	0.09	8.1	3.0	1.11		4.73	98	2.36	98	8.86	35.5
24	Designated Hitter	2.71	2018	14	4	2	.667	10	3.07	65	0	0	0	55.2	39	19	19	6	24	1	4	0	226	5	10.51	3.88	0.97	28.8	10.6	1.13	.254	3.07	73	3.57	84	6.31	4.3
25	Pitcher	2.70	2019	21,339	2,429	2,428	.500	4,858	4.50	42,793	45	26	1,179	43330.0	41,910	21,650	23,379	6,744	15,848	1,975	4,728	752	186,062	1,786	8.89	3.29	1.40	23.0	8.5	1.33	.296	4.86	100	4.48	100	8.71	54.4

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HR Leaders

44

Schwarber

41

Crow-Armstrong

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Caminero

RBI Leaders

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Burleson

107

Stewart

100

Walker

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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Alvarez

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Lopez

Hit Leaders

180

Lopez

177

Arraez

173

Díaz

Run Leaders

111

Crow-Armstrong

102

Wood

101

Reynolds

OBP Leaders

.427

Alvarez

.395

Wood

.394

Bauers

SLG Leaders

.589

Alvarez

.562

Crow-Armstrong

.551

García

SB Leaders

46

Nuñez

41

Simpson

40

Chisholm

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

17

Sánchez

17

Gray

15

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

236

Misiorowski

236

Cease

228

Schlittler

ERA Leaders

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Misiorowski

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WHIP Leaders

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Misiorowski

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K/9 Leaders

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Cease

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Williams

K/BB Leaders

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Sale

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Rasmussen

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Misiorowski

Walk Leaders

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Martinez

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Rasmussen

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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Crow-Armstrong

1,903

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

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Crow-Armstrong

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Ohtani

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MLB 2026 Betting

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84-66

84-67

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	88	62	.587
Phillies	83	67	.553	5.0
Marlins	74	76	.493	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	83	67	.553	10.0
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	74	76	.493	19.0
Reds	70	79	.470	22.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	90	59	.604
Padres	81	68	.544	9.0
Diamondbacks	79	71	.527	11.5
Giants	62	88	.413	28.5
Rockies	55	94	.369	35.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - x	90	59	.604
Yankees	86	63	.577	4.0
Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	75	.500	15.5
Orioles	72	78	.480	18.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	76	73	.510
Guardians	76	74	.507	0.5
Twins	70	79	.470	6.0
Tigers	70	79	.470	6.0
Royals	66	84	.440	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	75	75	.500
Rangers	74	76	.493	1.0
Mariners	70	80	.467	5.0
Athletics	61	89	.407	14.0
Angels	56	93	.376	18.5