lowest h/9 by a pitcher in a single season

Ed Cushman has given up the fewest H/9 in a season, with 2.50 per nine innings in 1884.

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	NAME	H/9	SEASON	TM	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	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	PRAA
1	Ed Cushman E. Cushman	2.50	1884	MIL	4	4	0	1.000	4	1.00	47	4	2	0	36.0	10	4	4	0	3		0		125	1	11.75	0.75	15.67	0.00	37.6	2.4	0.36		1.00	8	0.91	8	17.4
2	Lady Baldwin L. Baldwin	3.71	1884	MIL	2	1	1	.500	2	2.65	21	2	0	0	17.0	7	5	5	0	1		0		61	0	11.12	0.53	21.00	0.00	34.4	1.6	0.47		2.65	20	0.98	9	8.2
3	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	4.95	2026	MIL	30	16	5	.762	30	1.80	252	1	1	0	174.2	96	35	43	14	44	9	0	0	665	6	12.98	2.27	5.73	0.72	37.9	6.6	0.80	.237	2.22	43	2.16	52	39.2
4	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	5.05	2020	CIN	11	5	4	.556	11	1.73	100	2	2	0	73.0	41	14	17	9	17	3	0	1	278	3	12.33	2.10	5.88	1.11	36.0	6.1	0.79	.215	2.10	36	2.87	61	14.1
5	Dinelson Lamet D. Lamet	5.09	2020	SDP	12	3	1	.750	12	2.09	93	0	0	0	69.0	39	16	18	5	20	4	0	0	267	1	12.13	2.61	4.65	0.65	34.8	7.5	0.86	.234	2.35	49	2.47	56	15.1
6	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5.26	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	2.28	329	20	9	0	284.0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	10.43	4.98	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	16.6
7	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	5.30	1968	CLE	34	21	9	.700	32	1.60	264	19	9	0	258.1	152	46	53	16	73	4	0	4	987	3	9.20	2.54	3.62	0.56	26.7	7.4	0.87	.216	1.85	53	2.04	64	33
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	5.31	1991	TEX	27	12	6	.667	27	2.91	203	2	2	0	173.0	102	56	58	12	72	5	0	0	683	8	10.56	3.75	2.82	0.62	29.7	10.5	1.01	.230	3.02	72	2.74	68	24.4
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	5.31	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	1.74	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	61.5
10	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	5.33	1906	CHC	33	19	4	.826	24	1.65	94	20	6	3	218.0	129	40	51	2	92	13	9		842	3	3.88	3.80	1.02	0.08	11.2	10.9	1.01	.198	2.11	62	3.07	111	-7.2
11	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	5.35	2020	CLE	12	8	1	.889	12	1.63	122	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	14.20	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	46	20.5
12	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	5.40	2020	MIN	11	6	1	.857	11	2.70	80	0	0	0	66.2	40	20	20	9	10	0	0	0	248	0	10.80	1.35	8.00	1.21	32.3	4.0	0.75	.208	2.70	62	2.99	68	10.5
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	5.53	2019	HOU	34	21	6	.778	34	2.58	300	2	1	0	223.0	137	64	66	36	42	6	0	0	847	4	12.11	1.70	7.14	1.45	35.4	5.0	0.80	.218	2.66	57	3.26	72	31.5
14	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	5.57	1914	BSA	36	19	5	.792	25	0.96	176	17	7	3	224.2	139	24	34	3	60	8	8		842	2	7.05	2.40	2.93	0.12	20.9	7.1	0.89	.229	1.36	36	1.95	70	20.4
15	Blake Snell B. Snell	5.58	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	31	1.89	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	23.1
16	Henry Porter H. Porter	5.65	1884	MIL	6	3	3	.500	6	3.00	71	6	1	0	51.0	32	17	25	1	9		0		200	6	12.53	1.59	7.89	0.18	35.5	4.5	0.80		4.41	23	1.27	11	24.1
17	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	5.65	2017	WSH	31	16	6	.727	31	2.51	268	2	0	0	200.2	126	56	62	22	55	11	0	2	780	4	12.02	2.47	4.87	0.99	34.4	7.1	0.90	.245	2.78	57	2.89	66	33.2
18	Carl Lundgren C. Lundgren	5.65	1907	CHC	28	18	7	.720	25	1.17	84	21	7	0	207.0	130	27	42	0	92	2	3		795	2	3.65	4.00	0.91	0.00	10.6	11.6	1.07	.211	1.83	48	2.73	104	-2.3
19	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	5.71	1985	NYM	26	9	9	.500	26	2.80	180	3	0	0	170.1	108	53	56	14	80	2	0	3	685	3	9.51	4.23	2.25	0.74	26.3	11.7	1.10	.230	2.96	80	3.08	86	9.6
20	Tommy Byrne T. Byrne	5.74	1949	NYY	32	15	7	.682	30	3.72	129	12	3	0	196.0	125	81	84	11	179	13	2		880	4	5.92	8.22	0.72	0.51	14.7	20.3	1.55	.208	3.86	92	4.86	120	-19
21	Blake Snell B. Snell	5.75	2023	SDP	32	14	9	.609	32	2.25	234	0	0	0	180.0	115	45	47	15	99	3	0	0	742	13	11.70	4.95	2.36	0.75	31.5	13.3	1.19	.256	2.35	54	3.43	79	18
22	Dylan Cease D. Cease	5.75	2026	TOR	29	11	6	.647	29	2.40	239	1	1	0	169.0	108	45	54	11	78	3	0	0	685	5	12.73	4.15	3.06	0.59	34.9	11.4	1.10	.274	2.88	58	2.55	61	30.3
23	Dave McNally D. McNally	5.77	1968	BAL	35	22	10	.688	35	1.95	202	18	5	0	273.0	175	59	67	24	55	10	0	1	1,038	5	6.66	1.81	3.67	0.79	19.5	5.3	0.84	.202	2.21	67	2.76	90	9.5
24	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	5.79	2013	MIA	28	12	6	.667	28	2.19	187	0	0	0	172.2	111	42	47	10	58	5	0	5	681	3	9.75	3.02	3.22	0.52	27.5	8.5	0.98	.240	2.45	60	2.72	75	18.1
25	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	5.79	2026	LAD	28	14	9	.609	28	2.53	182	1	0	0	185.0	119	52	55	20	42	7	0	1	708	2	8.85	2.04	4.33	0.97	25.7	5.9	0.87	.217	2.68	61	3.33	78	19.6

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0

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Sun 9/13	NYM	@	NYY	0-2
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 9/30	PHI	@	ATL	2:00 PM
Wed 9/30	CWS	@	HOU	5:00 PM
Wed 9/30	BOS	@	NYY	8:00 PM
Wed 9/30	CHC	@	SDP	10:00 PM
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Ed Cushman has given up the fewest H/9 in a season, with 2.50 per nine innings in 1884.

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