lowest career bb/9 since 1901, min 250 gs

Since 1901, Cy Young has walked the lowest walks per nine innings when starting 250+ games, with 1.12 BB/9.

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	NAME	BB/9	GS	G	W	L	W%	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Cy Young C. Young	1.12	369	401	225	146	.606	2.12	1,563	331	44	9	3312.1	2,900	779	1,119	44	413	73	28		12,717	54	4.25	3.78	0.12	12.3	3.2	1.00	.269	3.04	74	2.15	76	7.88	252.8
2	Babe Adams B. Adams	1.29	354	482	194	140	.581	2.76	1,036	205	44	16	2995.1	2,841	917	1,133	67	430	47	90		11,947	26	3.11	2.41	0.20	8.7	3.6	1.09	.268	3.40	86	2.72	83	8.54	178.7
3	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.41	260	286	160	97	.623	1.89	920	234	45	5	2327.0	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
4	Bob Tewksbury B. Tewksbury	1.45	277	302	110	102	.519	3.92	812	31	7	1	1807.0	2,043	787	884	142	292	41	8	22	7,623	24	4.04	2.78	0.71	10.7	3.8	1.29	.300	4.40	95	3.64	89	10.18	89.8
5	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1.57	551	630	373	185	.668	2.11	2,492	434	79	30	4755.0	4,182	1,116	1,588	88	828	55	69		18,756	114	4.72	3.01	0.17	13.3	4.4	1.05	.268	3.01	74	2.25	76	7.92	366.3
6	Al Orth A. Orth	1.60	254	282	124	129	.490	3.14	681	205	23	3	2131.2	2,127	743	989	47	379	48	26		8,580	34	2.88	1.80	0.20	7.9	4.4	1.18	.280	4.18	105	2.77	95	8.98	46.9
7	Red Lucas R. Lucas	1.61	302	396	157	135	.538	3.72	602	204	22	7	2542.0	2,736	1,051	1,203	136	455	22	71		10,651	7	2.13	1.32	0.48	5.7	4.3	1.26	.276	4.26	95	3.86	97	9.69	36
8	Brad Radke B. Radke	1.63	377	378	148	139	.516	4.22	1,467	37	10	0	2451.0	2,643	1,150	1,233	326	445	62	0	12	10,244	28	5.39	3.30	1.20	14.3	4.3	1.26	.292	4.53	90	4.24	94	9.71	75.2
9	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.65	600	696	373	208	.642	2.56	2,198	436	90	32	5190.0	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
10	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	1.65	371	399	167	117	.588	3.34	1,715	76	16	1	2562.2	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	3.64	0.77	16.5	4.5	1.14	.281	3.64	80	3.26	80	8.61	225.4
11	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	1.73	327	401	131	124	.514	4.27	1,553	25	5	2	2198.0	2,388	1,043	1,158	285	422	49	18	52	9,300	30	6.36	3.68	1.17	16.7	4.5	1.28	.301	4.74	98	4.01	90	9.78	104.3
12	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	1.73	330	355	133	131	.504	3.30	1,015	90	20	1	2218.1	2,217	813	947	173	426	42	9	75	9,103	33	4.12	2.38	0.70	11.2	4.7	1.19	.274	3.84	99	3.24	94	8.99	51.9
13	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	1.73	609	676	286	245	.539	3.41	2,357	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
14	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.80	740	744	355	227	.610	3.16	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
15	Pete Donohue P. Donohue	1.80	267	344	134	118	.532	3.87	571	138	16	14	2112.1	2,439	909	1,082	67	422	46	56		9,055	10	2.43	1.35	0.29	6.3	4.7	1.35	.298	4.61	98	3.58	91	10.39	79.9
16	Jesse Barnes J. Barnes	1.80	312	422	152	150	.503	3.22	653	180	26	14	2569.2	2,686	918	1,150	89	515	25	78		10,676	22	2.29	1.27	0.31	6.1	4.8	1.25	.276	4.03	95	3.34	98	9.41	3.1
17	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1.82	433	535	253	154	.622	2.98	1,677	260	36	33	3590.1	3,461	1,188	1,380	227	725	53	82		14,805	53	4.20	2.31	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.46	76	3.55	89	8.68	174.2
18	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	1.82	457	471	243	142	.631	2.89	2,303	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
19	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	1.83	305	476	174	143	.549	2.56	836	189	25	36	2821.2	2,729	804	1,092	68	573	43	123		11,476	12	2.67	1.46	0.22	7.3	5.0	1.17	.267	3.48	89	2.87	97	8.70	25.8
20	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	1.84	373	626	203	144	.585	3.66	1,074	158	33	32	3067.1	3,186	1,246	1,400	289	628	56	128	63	12,745	23	3.15	1.71	0.85	8.4	4.9	1.24	.271	4.11	101	3.68	103	9.35	-41.7
21	Curt Davis C. Davis	1.85	280	429	158	131	.547	3.42	684	141	24	33	2325.0	2,459	884	1,033	142	479	47	111		9,752	20	2.65	1.43	0.55	7.0	4.9	1.26	.276	4.00	87	3.72	92	9.52	86.1
22	Dan Haren D. Haren	1.86	380	391	153	131	.539	3.75	2,013	16	6	1	2419.2	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	4.03	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
23	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.87	315	430	195	126	.607	1.82	1,736	250	57	35	2964.1	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
24	Ken Raffensberger K. Raffensberger	1.88	282	396	119	154	.436	3.60	806	133	31	16	2151.2	2,257	860	993	191	449	19	66		9,051	10	3.37	1.80	0.80	8.9	5.0	1.26	.272	4.15	92	3.59	91	9.44	81.3
25	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	1.88	445	579	223	212	.513	3.46	1,507	251	32	29	3645.0	3,912	1,401	1,652	158	761	32	98		15,391	50	3.72	1.98	0.39	9.8	4.9	1.28	.290	4.08	93	3.26	86	9.66	218.5

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Red Sox	87	75	.537	11.0
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Since 1901, Cy Young has walked the lowest walks per nine innings when starting 250+ games, with 1.12 BB/9.

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