lowest bb/9 in a season by a pitcher with a minimum of 100 ip

George Zettlein has walked the lowest walks per nine innings with 100.0+ innings pitched in a season, with 0.23 BB/9 in his rookie season in 1876.

NAME BB/9 IP SEASON TM G W L W% GS ERA SO CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA ERA- FIP FIP- H/9 PRAA
1 George Zettlein
G. Zettlein
0.23
234.0
1876
PHI PHI
28
4
20
.167
25
3.88
10
23
1
2
358
101
212
2
6
4
1,089
4
0.38
1.67
0.08
0.9
0.6
1.56
8.15
159
2.34
96
13.77
7.9
2 Cherokee Fisher
C. Fisher
0.24
229.1
1876
CIN
28
4
20
.167
24
3.02
29
22
0
0
294
77
206
6
6
4
1,039
6
1.14
4.83
0.24
2.8
0.6
1.31
8.08
138
2.40
109
11.54
-10.3
3 George Bradley
G. Bradley
0.28
196.0
1880
PRO
28
13
8
.619
20
1.38
54
16
4
2
158
30
66
2
6
7
757
7
2.48
9.00
0.09
7.1
0.8
0.84
3.03
60
2.21
96
7.26
0.6
4 Tommy Bond
T. Bond
0.29
408.0
1876
HAR
45
31
13
.705
45
1.68
88
45
6
0
355
76
164
2
13
0
1,623
8
1.94
6.77
0.04
5.4
0.8
0.90
3.62
69
1.96
81
7.83
27.5
5 Tommy Bond
T. Bond
0.39
555.1
1879
BOS BOS
64
43
19
.694
64
1.96
155
59
11
0
543
121
206
8
24
1
2,189
13
2.51
6.46
0.13
7.1
1.1
1.02
3.34
79
2.50
101
8.80
-3.4
6 Bobby Mathews
B. Mathews
0.42
516.0
1876
NYM NYM
56
21
34
.382
56
2.86
37
55
2
0
693
164
395
8
24
0
2,327
3
0.65
1.54
0.14
1.6
1.0
1.39
6.89
128
2.43
109
12.09
-17.6
7 Carlos Silva
C. Silva
0.43
188.1
2005
MIN MIN
27
9
8
.529
27
3.44
71
2
0
0
212
72
83
25
9
3
0
2
749
0
3.39
7.89
1.19
9.5
1.2
1.17
.292
3.97
80
4.17
100
10.13
0.1
8 Guy Hecker
G. Hecker
0.43
104.0
1882
LOU
13
6
6
.500
11
1.30
33
10
0
0
75
15
49
0
5
1
403
7
2.86
6.60
0.00
8.2
1.2
0.77
4.24
49
2.27
82
6.49
5.1
9 Al Spalding
A. Spalding
0.44
528.2
1876
CWS CWS
61
47
12
.797
60
1.75
39
53
8
0
542
103
226
6
26
2
2,219
1
0.66
1.50
0.10
1.8
1.2
1.07
3.85
73
2.38
99
9.23
9
10 Pud Galvin
P. Galvin
0.47
593.0
1879
BUF
66
37
27
.578
66
2.28
136
65
6
0
585
150
299
3
31
0
2,436
23
2.06
4.39
0.05
5.6
1.3
1.04
4.54
89
2.50
98
8.88
6.4
11 George Bradley
G. Bradley
0.48
487.0
1879
TRO
54
13
40
.245
54
2.85
133
53
3
0
590
154
361
12
26
0
2,170
43
2.46
5.12
0.22
6.1
1.2
1.26
6.67
115
2.67
108
10.90
-12.6
12 Sam Weaver
S. Weaver
0.49
383.0
1878
MIL
45
12
31
.279
43
1.95
95
39
1
0
371
83
214
2
21
2
1,589
25
2.23
4.52
0.05
6.0
1.3
1.02
5.03
79
2.27
92
8.72
15.6
13 Hal Brown
H. Brown
0.51
141.1
1963
HOU HOU
26
5
11
.313
20
3.31
68
6
3
0
137
52
54
14
8
0
2
0
563
0
4.33
8.50
0.89
12.1
1.4
1.03
.260
3.44
106
2.97
96
8.72
1.8
14 Terry Larkin
T. Larkin
0.53
513.1
1879
CWS CWS
58
31
23
.574
58
2.44
142
57
4
0
514
139
277
5
30
0
2,176
20
2.49
4.73
0.09
6.5
1.4
1.06
4.86
95
2.49
97
9.01
9.3
15 Jim Devlin
J. Devlin
0.54
622.0
1876
LOU
68
30
35
.462
68
1.56
122
66
5
0
566
108
309
3
37
0
2,568
14
1.77
3.30
0.04
4.8
1.4
0.97
4.47
62
2.08
82
8.19
50.7
16 Denny Driscoll
D. Driscoll
0.54
201.0
1882
PIT PIT
23
13
9
.591
23
1.21
59
23
0
0
162
27
73
0
12
0
799
7
2.64
4.92
0.00
7.4
1.5
0.87
3.27
45
2.36
84
7.25
10.2
17 Terry Larkin
T. Larkin
0.55
506.0
1878
CWS CWS
56
29
26
.527
56
2.24
163
56
1
0
511
126
288
4
31
0
2,105
37
2.90
5.26
0.07
7.7
1.5
1.07
5.12
94
2.18
92
9.09
15.3
18 John Ward
J. Ward
0.55
587.0
1879
PRO
70
47
19
.712
60
2.15
239
58
2
1
571
140
270
5
36
10
2,425
29
3.66
6.64
0.08
9.9
1.5
1.03
4.14
89
2.22
92
8.75
7.9
19 Tommy Bond
T. Bond
0.56
532.2
1878
BOS BOS
59
40
19
.678
59
2.06
182
57
9
0
571
122
222
5
33
1
2,159
13
3.08
5.52
0.08
8.4
1.5
1.13
3.75
90
2.16
95
9.65
5.5
20 Bill Fischer
B. Fischer
0.56
127.2
1962
KCA KCA
34
4
12
.250
16
3.95
38
5
0
2
150
56
61
16
8
1
6
2
533
2
2.68
4.75
1.13
7.1
1.5
1.24
.285
4.30
95
3.86
90
10.57
5.9
21 Candy Cummings
C. Cummings
0.58
216.0
1876
HAR
24
16
8
.667
24
1.67
26
24
5
0
215
40
97
0
14
0
913
7
1.08
1.86
0.00
2.8
1.5
1.06
4.04
69
2.19
90
8.96
9.4
22 George Bradley
G. Bradley
0.60
573.0
1876
STL
64
45
19
.703
64
1.23
103
63
16
0
470
78
229
3
38
0
2,269
34
1.62
2.71
0.05
4.5
1.7
0.89
3.60
58
2.14
101
7.38
-20.7
23 Henry Boyle
H. Boyle
0.60
150.0
1884
SLU
19
15
3
.833
16
1.74
88
16
2
1
118
29
63
3
10
3
595
3
5.28
8.80
0.18
14.8
1.7
0.85
3.78
59
2.56
100
7.08
-1.1
24 George Bradley
G. Bradley
0.61
342.0
1884
CNU
41
25
15
.625
38
2.71
168
36
3
0
350
103
203
7
23
3
1,437
12
4.42
7.30
0.18
11.7
1.6
1.09
5.34
85
2.76
99
9.21
5.2
25 Harry McCormick
H. McCormick
0.61
457.1
1879
SYR
54
18
33
.353
54
2.99
96
49
5
0
517
152
291
3
31
4
1,975
31
1.89
3.10
0.06
4.9
1.6
1.20
5.73
126
2.61
110
10.17
-20.1

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
65
49
.570
Mets Mets
63
52
.548
2.5
NL Central W L PCT GB
Brewers Brewers
70
44
.614
Cubs Cubs
66
48
.579
4.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
66
49
.574
Padres Padres
64
51
.557
2.0
AL East W L PCT GB
Blue Jays Blue Jays
68
48
.586
Red Sox Red Sox
64
52
.552
4.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
66
50
.569
Guardians Guardians
59
55
.518
6.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
64
51
.557
Mariners Mariners
63
53
.543
1.5

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Tue
7/22
SDP SDP
@
MIA MIA
2-3
Tue
7/22
DET DET
@
PIT PIT
1-6
Tue
7/22
LAA LAA
@
NYM NYM
3-6
Tue
7/22
KCR KCR
@
CHC CHC
8-4
Tue
7/22
STL STL
@
COL COL
0-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
8/8
CIN CIN
@
PIT PIT
6:40 PM
Fri
8/8
ATH ATH
@
BAL BAL
7:05 PM
Fri
8/8
HOU HOU
@
NYY NYY
7:05 PM
Fri
8/8
LAA LAA
@
DET DET
7:10 PM
Fri
8/8
MIA MIA
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM