lowest career r*9/ip by a starting pitcher with a minimum of 1000 ip

Ed Walsh has the fewest career runs allowed * 9 per inning pitched by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 1000 innings, with 2.58.

	NAME	R*9/IP	IP	R	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	2.58	2617.1	751	315	173	113	.605	315	0.35	1,506	250	57	0	2,071		20	553	50	0			65	5.18	1.90	2.72	0.07		5.6	1.00	.267	2.58	7.12
2	Addie Joss A. Joss	2.76	2231.1	685	260	155	93	.625	260	0.71	892	234	45	0	1,811		18	338	57	0			26	3.60	1.36	2.64	0.07		4.0	0.96	.248	2.76	7.30
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.77	2810.1	864	443	218	96	.694	443	2.52	3,009	25	15	0	2,160	787	233	695	46	0	27	11,097	107	9.64	2.23	4.33	0.75	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.77	6.92
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.77	1502.1	463	241	94	62	.603	241	2.55	1,809	4	2	0	1,149	426	139	338	24	0	13	5,901	28	10.84	2.02	5.35	0.83	30.7	5.7	0.99	.281	2.77	6.88
5	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.86	5552.0	1,766	666	376	249	.602	666	1.69	3,273	531	110	0	4,610		90	1,295	191	0			144	5.31	2.10	2.53	0.15		5.8	1.06	.261	2.86	7.47
6	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2.89	1166.2	375	147	92	43	.681	147	2.23	475	107	17	0	929	289	9	421	29	0		4,752	25	3.66	3.25	1.13	0.07	10.0	8.9	1.16	.241	2.89	7.17
7	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.92	2737.1	887	332	201	112	.642	332	0.77	1,158	271	55	0	2,348		35	592	56	0			42	3.81	1.95	1.96	0.12		5.7	1.07	.269	2.92	7.72
8	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.96	2337.0	768	300	165	97	.630	300	1.02	999	200	40	0	1,869		29	776	97	0			36	3.85	2.99	1.29	0.11		8.4	1.13	.252	2.96	7.20
9	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	3	4540.0	1,513	551	343	177	.660	551	0.96	2,408	434	79	0	4,018		82	801	51	0			107	4.77	1.59	3.01	0.16		4.5	1.06	.269	3.00	7.97
10	Orval Overall O. Overall	3.02	1426.2	478	183	101	66	.605	183	0.17	882	133	31	0	1,149		16	504	40	0		5,736	53	5.56	3.18	1.75	0.10	15.4	8.8	1.16	.264	3.02	7.25
11	Reb Russell R. Russell	3.03	1079.2	364	148	68	54	.557	148	2.23	406	80	24	0	967	268	6	226	17	0		4,321	13	3.38	1.88	1.80	0.05	9.4	5.2	1.10	.262	3.03	8.06
12	Cy Young C. Young	3.04	3186.0	1,075	369	213	143	.598	369	0.87	1,520	331	44	0	2,798		41	398	71	0			47	4.29	1.12	3.82	0.12		3.3	1.00	.274	3.04	7.90
13	Joe Wood J. Wood	3.06	1274.0	433	158	97	49	.664	158	0.76	863	121	28	0	999		10	372	47	0		5,120	34	6.10	2.63	2.32	0.07	16.9	7.3	1.08	.258	3.06	7.06
14	Nap Rucker N. Rucker	3.06	2170.0	738	274	119	121	.496	274	0.98	1,121	187	38	0	1,912		34	638	66	0		8,778	43	4.65	2.65	1.76	0.14	12.8	7.3	1.18	.271	3.06	7.93
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	3.07	2202.1	751	314	159	85	.652	314	2.71	2,274	137	40	0	1,655	663	194	742	17	0	46	8,959	76	9.29	3.03	3.06	0.79	25.4	8.3	1.09	.255	3.07	6.76
16	Jeff Tesreau J. Tesreau	3.1	1564.0	538	207	107	68	.611	207	2.38	808	122	27	0	1,230	413	36	521	35	0		6,290	37	4.65	3.00	1.55	0.21	12.8	8.3	1.12	.244	3.10	7.08
17	Jake Weimer J. Weimer	3.1	1447.2	499	180	94	67	.584	180		664	143	21	0	1,193		14	480	69	0		5,890	27	4.13	2.98	1.38	0.09	11.3	8.1	1.16	.253	3.10	7.42
18	Whitey Ford W. Ford	3.11	3038.0	1,050	438	227	99	.696	438	2.71	1,857	156	45	0	2,647	916	220	1,014	27	0	39	12,468	72	5.50	3.00	1.83	0.65	14.9	8.1	1.21	.260	3.11	7.84
19	Eddie Plank E. Plank	3.11	4216.0	1,458	529	299	179	.626	529	1.33	2,118	410	69	0	3,725		39	998	179	0			74	4.52	2.13	2.12	0.08		6.2	1.12	.287	3.11	7.95
20	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3.11	3857.0	1,334	521	262	148	.639	521	2.80	2,142	211	53	0	3,256	1,202	292	1,259	37	0	36	15,714	83	5.00	2.94	1.70	0.68	13.6	8.0	1.17	.247	3.11	7.60
21	Jim Scott J. Scott	3.12	1611.2	559	226	90	92	.495	226	1.40	823	122	26	0	1,397		20	509	43	0		6,506	21	4.60	2.84	1.62	0.11	12.6	7.8	1.18	.269	3.12	7.80
22	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.15	4776.1	1,670	647	310	203	.604	647	2.86	3,634	231	61	0	3,961	1,517	378	1,387	76	0	115	19,337	123	6.85	2.61	2.62	0.71	18.8	7.2	1.12	.258	3.15	7.46
23	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	3.15	4978.1	1,742	600	350	193	.645	600	2.37	2,096	437	90	0	4,654		156	887	66	0		20,045	33	3.79	1.60	2.36	0.28	10.5	4.4	1.11	.267	3.15	8.41
24	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	3.15	1232.2	432	156	86	51	.628	156	2.83	627	99	19	0	1,129	387	71	311	10	0		5,046	2	4.58	2.27	2.02	0.52	12.4	6.2	1.17	.263	3.15	8.24
25	George McQuillan G. McQuillan	3.17	1312.1	462	173	77	77	.500	173	1.30	485	105	17	0	1,158		19	330	20	0		5,250	12	3.33	2.26	1.47	0.13	9.2	6.3	1.13	.259	3.17	7.94