Highest So/bb By A Pitcher In A Season Since 1900 With 150+ So

NAME	SEASON	TM	G	K/BB	SO	W	L	W%	GS	CG	GF	SHO	SV	IP	H	TBF	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	HBP	WP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	H/9	BB/9	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	PRAA
Clayton Kershaw	2016	LAD	21	15.64	172	12	4	.750	21	3	0	3	0	149.0	97	544	31	28	8	11	1	2	5	1.69	0.72	10.39	5.86	0.66	42	1.80	44	37.9
Phil Hughes	2014	MIN	32	11.63	186	16	10	.615	32	1	0	0	0	209.2	221	855	88	82	16	16	1	5	1	3.52	1.13	7.98	9.49	0.69	90	2.65	69	27.2
Cliff Lee	2010	TOT	28	10.28	185	12	9	.571	28	7	0	1	0	212.1	195	843	84	75	16	18	2	1	3	3.18	1.00	7.84	8.27	0.76	75	2.58	61	38.1
Curt Schilling	2002	ARI	36	9.58	316	23	7	.767	35	5	0	1	0	259.1	218	1,017	95	93	29	33	1	3	6	3.23	0.97	10.97	7.57	1.15	75	2.39	55	54.3
George Kirby	2023	SEA	31	9.05	172	12	10	.545	31	1	0	0	0	190.2	179	757	74	71	22	19	1	6	1	3.35	1.04	8.12	8.45	0.90	82	3.34	79	19.1
Pedro Martinez	2000	BOS	29	8.88	284	18	6	.750	29	7	0	4	0	217.0	128	817	44	42	17	32	0	14	1	1.74	0.74	11.78	5.31	1.33	35	2.16	47	61.5
Greg Maddux	1997	ATL	33	8.85	177	19	4	.826	33	5	0	2	0	232.2	200	893	58	57	9	20	6	6	0	2.20	0.95	6.85	7.74	0.77	53	2.42	58	46.2
Pedro Martinez	1999	BOS	31	8.46	313	23	4	.852	29	5	1	1	0	213.1	160	835	56	49	9	37	1	9	6	2.07	0.92	13.20	6.75	1.56	42	1.38	30	79.4
Ben Sheets	2004	MIL	34	8.25	264	12	14	.462	34	5	0	0	0	237.0	201	937	85	71	25	32	1	4	8	2.70	0.98	10.03	7.63	1.22	63	2.64	59	47.2
Max Scherzer	2015	WSH	33	8.12	276	14	12	.538	33	4	0	3	0	228.2	176	899	74	71	27	34	2	5	10	2.79	0.92	10.86	6.93	1.34	71	2.76	72	27.6
Aaron Nola	2022	PHI	32	8.10	235	11	13	.458	32	2	0	1	0	205.0	168	807	75	74	19	29	1	9	2	3.25	0.96	10.32	7.38	1.27	80	2.57	63	34.1
Greg Maddux	1995	ATL	28	7.87	181	19	2	.905	28	10	0	3	0	209.2	147	785	39	38	8	23	3	4	1	1.63	0.81	7.77	6.31	0.99	39	2.25	52	46.9
Justin Verlander	2018	HOU	34	7.84	290	16	9	.640	34	1	0	1	0	214.0	156	833	63	60	28	37	0	8	5	2.52	0.90	12.20	6.56	1.56	62	2.78	67	33
Zach Eflin	2023	TBR	31	7.75	186	16	8	.667	31	0	0	0	0	177.2	158	703	69	69	19	24	1	3	0	3.50	1.02	9.42	8.00	1.22	85	3.00	73	22.5
Clayton Kershaw	2014	LAD	27	7.71	239	21	3	.875	27	6	0	2	0	198.1	139	749	42	39	9	31	0	2	7	1.77	0.86	10.85	6.31	1.41	51	1.81	50	40.5
Curt Schilling	2001	ARI	35	7.51	293	22	6	.786	35	6	0	1	0	256.2	237	1,021	86	85	37	39	0	1	4	2.98	1.08	10.27	8.31	1.37	66	3.10	70	38
Michael Pineda	2015	NYY	27	7.43	156	12	10	.545	27	1	0	0	0	160.2	176	668	83	78	21	21	0	3	4	4.37	1.23	8.74	9.86	1.18	108	3.33	79	15.1
Cliff Lee	2012	PHI	30	7.39	207	6	9	.400	30	0	0	0	0	211.0	207	847	79	74	26	28	0	0	4	3.16	1.11	8.83	8.83	1.19	80	3.12	79	19.8
Max Scherzer	2019	WSH	27	7.36	243	11	7	.611	27	0	0	0	0	172.1	144	693	59	56	18	33	2	7	0	2.92	1.03	12.69	7.52	1.72	65	2.44	54	39.1
Corey Kluber	2017	CLE	29	7.36	265	18	4	.818	29	5	0	3	0	203.2	141	777	56	51	21	36	2	5	4	2.25	0.87	11.71	6.23	1.59	50	2.48	57	42.8
Hisashi Iwakuma	2014	SEA	28	7.33	154	15	9	.625	28	0	0	0	0	179.0	167	709	70	70	20	21	2	2	2	3.52	1.05	7.74	8.40	1.06	96	3.25	87	9.3
Kevin Gausman	2022	TOR	31	7.32	205	12	10	.545	31	0	0	0	0	174.2	188	725	72	65	15	28	0	1	2	3.35	1.24	10.56	9.69	1.44	84	2.37	63	27.5
Roy Halladay	2010	PHI	33	7.30	219	21	10	.677	33	9	0	4	0	250.2	231	993	74	68	24	30	1	6	5	2.44	1.04	7.86	8.29	1.08	61	3.00	75	27.6
Max Scherzer	2022	NYM	23	7.21	173	11	5	.688	23	0	0	0	0	145.1	108	565	39	37	13	24	0	11	1	2.29	0.91	10.71	6.69	1.49	60	2.61	67	21.2
Clayton Kershaw	2015	LAD	33	7.17	301	16	7	.696	33	4	0	3	0	232.2	163	890	62	55	15	42	1	5	9	2.13	0.88	11.64	6.31	1.62	57	1.98	52	47.7
Chris Sale	2017	BOS	32	7.16	308	17	8	.680	32	1	0	0	0	214.1	165	851	73	69	24	43	0	8	3	2.90	0.97	12.93	6.93	1.81	63	2.43	56	45.5
Justin Verlander	2019	HOU	34	7.14	300	21	6	.778	34	2	0	1	0	223.0	137	847	66	64	36	42	0	6	4	2.58	0.80	12.11	5.53	1.70	58	3.26	73	30.6
David Price	2014	TOT	34	7.13	271	15	12	.556	34	3	0	0	0	248.1	230	1,009	100	90	25	38	1	5	2	3.26	1.08	9.82	8.34	1.38	87	2.77	75	26.2
Fergie Jenkins	1971	CHC	39	7.11	263	24	13	.649	39	30	0	3	0	325.0	304	1,299	114	100	29	37	6	5	3	2.77	1.05	7.28	8.42	1.02	73	2.38	64	45.3
Cy Young	1905	BSA	38	7.00	210	18	19	.486	33	31	5	4	0	320.2	248	1,189	99	65	3	30		8	6	1.82	0.87	5.89	6.96	0.84	68	1.69	61	38.4
Chris Sale	2018	BOS	27	6.97	237	12	4	.750	27	0	0	0	0	158.0	102	617	39	37	11	34	0	14	4	2.11	0.86	13.50	5.81	1.94	48	1.97	47	39.2
Cliff Lee	2013	PHI	31	6.94	222	14	8	.636	31	2	0	1	0	222.2	193	876	77	71	22	32	0	4	1	2.87	1.01	8.97	7.80	1.29	77	2.82	73	24.8
Cy Young	1904	BSA	43	6.90	200	26	16	.619	41	40	2	10	1	380.0	327	1,435	104	83	6	29		4	4	1.97	0.94	4.74	7.74	0.69	74	1.83	72	31.1
Corbin Burnes	2021	MIL	28	6.88	234	11	5	.688	28	0	0	0	0	167.0	123	657	47	45	7	34	0	6	5	2.43	0.94	12.61	6.63	1.83	58	1.62	38	48.6
Gerrit Cole	2019	HOU	33	6.79	326	20	5	.800	33	0	0	0	0	212.1	142	817	66	59	29	48	0	3	4	2.50	0.89	13.82	6.02	2.03	57	2.63	59	44.2
Hyun Jin Ryu	2019	LAD	29	6.79	163	14	5	.737	29	1	0	1	0	182.2	160	723	53	47	17	24	2	4	0	2.32	1.01	8.03	7.88	1.18	56	3.09	71	26.4
Clayton Kershaw	2017	LAD	27	6.73	202	18	4	.818	27	1	0	0	0	175.0	136	679	49	45	23	30	0	0	4	2.31	0.95	10.39	6.99	1.54	56	3.05	72	23
Randy Johnson	2004	ARI	35	6.59	290	16	14	.533	35	4	0	2	0	245.2	177	964	88	71	18	44	1	10	3	2.60	0.90	10.62	6.48	1.61	57	2.29	51	59.7
Max Scherzer	2021	TOT	30	6.56	236	15	4	.789	30	1	0	0	0	179.1	119	693	53	49	23	36	0	10	2	2.46	0.86	11.84	5.97	1.81	59	2.97	69	26.1
Curt Schilling	2006	BOS	31	6.54	183	15	7	.682	31	0	0	0	0	204.0	220	834	90	90	28	28	1	3	1	3.97	1.22	8.07	9.71	1.24	85	3.59	81	19.2
Corey Kluber	2018	CLE	33	6.53	222	20	7	.741	33	2	0	1	0	215.0	179	842	75	69	25	34	0	3	2	2.89	0.99	9.29	7.49	1.42	66	3.12	74	26.5
Chris Sale	2015	CWS	31	6.52	274	13	11	.542	31	1	0	0	0	208.2	185	854	88	79	23	42	0	13	7	3.41	1.09	11.82	7.98	1.81	86	2.72	66	31.8
Pedro Martinez	2001	BOS	18	6.52	163	7	3	.700	18	1	0	0	0	116.2	84	456	33	31	5	25	0	6	4	2.39	0.93	12.57	6.48	1.93	52	1.60	37	35.8
Shane Bieber	2019	CLE	34	6.48	259	15	8	.652	33	3	1	2	0	214.1	186	859	86	78	31	40	1	6	6	3.28	1.05	10.88	7.81	1.68	69	3.31	73	29.9
Greg Maddux	2001	ATL	34	6.41	173	17	11	.607	34	3	0	3	0	233.0	220	927	86	79	20	27	10	7	2	3.05	1.06	6.68	8.50	1.04	71	3.11	71	32.4
Jeff Samardzija	2017	SFG	32	6.41	205	9	15	.375	32	1	0	1	0	207.2	204	847	107	102	30	32	1	6	2	4.42	1.14	8.88	8.84	1.39	107	3.59	89	10.7
Walter Johnson	1913	WSH	48	6.39	243	36	7	.837	36	29	10	11	2	346.0	232	1,271	56	44	9	38		9	2	1.14	0.78	6.32	6.03	0.99	39	1.90	63	42.3
Justin Verlander	2022	HOU	28	6.38	185	18	4	.818	28	0	0	0	0	175.0	116	666	43	34	12	29	0	6	3	1.75	0.83	9.51	5.97	1.49	47	2.48	64	27.1
Roy Halladay	2003	TOR	36	6.38	204	22	7	.759	36	9	0	2	0	266.0	253	1,071	111	96	26	32	1	9	6	3.25	1.07	6.90	8.56	1.08	70	3.22	71	38.6
Roy Halladay	2011	PHI	32	6.29	220	19	6	.760	32	8	0	1	0	233.2	208	933	65	61	10	35	4	4	2	2.35	1.04	8.47	8.01	1.35	61	2.19	56	43.5

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Since 1900, Clayton Kershaw has the highest K/BB with 150+ strikeouts in a season, with 15.64 K/BB in 2016.

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