lowest rookie single season pitching h/9

Lady Baldwin has allowed the fewest H/9 by a rookie, with 3.71 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	Russ Ford R. Ford	5.83	1910	NYH	36	26	6	.813	33	1.65	209	29	8	1	299.2	194	55	69	4	70	8	3		1,112	5	6.28	2.10	2.99	0.12	18.8	6.3	0.88	.231	2.07	63	1.88	69	28.3
5	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	5.83	1880	TRO	12	6	6	.500	12	0.86	39	12	0	0	105.0	68	10	27	0	16		0		397	1	3.34	1.37	2.44	0.00	9.8	4.0	0.80		2.31	35	2.25	91	3.6
6	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	5.83	1995	LAD	28	13	6	.684	28	2.54	236	4	3	0	191.1	124	54	63	14	78	5	0	2	780	19	11.10	3.67	3.03	0.66	30.3	10.0	1.06	.246	2.96	65	2.88	71	26.1
7	Al Downing A. Downing	5.84	1963	NYY	24	13	5	.722	22	2.56	171	10	4	0	175.2	114	50	52	7	80	0	2	1	707	5	8.76	4.10	2.14	0.36	24.2	11.3	1.10	.238	2.66	73	2.42	68	22.3
8	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	6.21	1906	CHC	31	20	8	.714	29	1.51	153	20	4	0	250.2	173	42	63	3	63	13	2		966	4	5.49	2.26	2.43	0.11	15.8	6.5	0.94	.232	2.26	57	2.21	80	15.4
9	Herb Score H. Score	6.26	1955	CLE	33	16	10	.615	32	2.85	245	11	2	0	227.1	158	72	85	18	154	1	0	1	978	12	9.70	6.10	1.59	0.71	25.1	15.7	1.37	.250	3.37	72	3.29	84	15.6
10	Kerry Wood K. Wood	6.32	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	26	3.40	233	1	1	0	166.2	117	63	69	14	85	11	0	1	699	6	12.58	4.59	2.74	0.76	33.3	12.2	1.21	.289	3.73	80	3.16	73	21.9
11	Vean Gregg V. Gregg	6.33	1911	CLE	34	23	7	.767	26	1.80	125	22	5	0	244.2	172	49	67	2	86	10	8		937	8	4.60	3.16	1.45	0.07	13.3	9.2	1.05	.238	2.46	53	3.03	93	6.7
12	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	6.34	1943	CLE	34	11	12	.478	21	2.99	151	11	3	3	198.2	140	66	72	3	109	7	9		819	4	6.84	4.94	1.39	0.14	18.4	13.3	1.25	.250	3.26	96	2.84	89	7.5
13	Harry Krause H. Krause	6.38	1909	PHA	32	18	8	.692	21	1.39	139	16	7	0	213.0	151	33	49	2	49	13	8		801	2	5.87	2.07	2.84	0.08	17.4	6.1	0.94	.249	2.07	58	1.91	82	9.5
14	Wayne Simpson W. Simpson	6.39	1970	CIN	26	14	3	.824	26	3.02	119	10	2	0	176.0	125	59	73	15	81	9	0	3	730	6	6.09	4.14	1.47	0.77	16.3	11.1	1.17	.217	3.73	78	3.92	106	-5.2
15	Spec Shea S. Shea	6.40	1947	NYY	27	14	5	.737	23	3.07	89	13	3	1	178.2	127	61	63	10	89	4	3		734	0	4.48	4.48	1.00	0.50	12.1	12.1	1.21	.216	3.17	84	3.79	101	-1.1
16	Jim Bibby J. Bibby	6.42	1973	TOT	32	9	12	.429	26	3.76	167	11	2	1	196.1	140	82	90	16	123	8	1	6	836	15	7.66	5.64	1.36	0.73	20.0	14.7	1.34	.238	4.13	100	3.92	104	-3.6
17	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	6.42	1905	CHC	34	18	14	.563	29	1.42	152	28	5	1	291.2	208	46	71	1	73	18	5		1,124	5	4.69	2.25	2.08	0.03	13.5	6.5	0.96	.235	2.19	48	2.46	85	14
18	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	6.49	1882	LOU	13	6	6	.500	11	1.30	33	10	0	0	104.0	75	15	49	0	5		1		403	7	2.86	0.43	6.60	0.00	8.2	1.2	0.77		4.24	49	2.27	82	5.1
19	Sam Jones S. Jones	6.52	1955	CHC	36	14	20	.412	34	4.10	198	12	4	0	241.2	175	110	118	22	185	14	1	5	1,070	5	7.37	6.89	1.07	0.82	18.5	17.3	1.49	.235	4.39	100	4.38	106	-6.3
20	King Cole K. Cole	6.53	1910	CHC	33	20	4	.833	29	1.80	114	21	4	1	239.2	174	48	64	2	130	9	2		962	9	4.28	4.88	0.88	0.08	11.9	13.5	1.27	.243	2.40	60	3.22	110	-8.3
21	Ray Culp R. Culp	6.55	1963	PHI	34	14	11	.560	30	2.97	176	10	5	0	203.1	148	67	76	15	102	6	0	8	840	5	7.79	4.51	1.73	0.66	21.0	12.1	1.23	.246	3.36	93	3.30	104	-3.4
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	6.55	1981	LAD	25	13	7	.650	25	2.48	180	11	8	0	192.1	140	53	55	11	61	1	0	4	758	4	8.42	2.85	2.95	0.51	23.7	8.0	1.05	.255	2.57	73	2.44	72	20.4
23	Jeff Tesreau J. Tesreau	6.56	1912	NYG	36	17	7	.708	28	1.96	119	19	3	1	243.0	177	53	90	2	106	10	5		1,005	6	4.41	3.93	1.12	0.07	11.8	10.5	1.16	.228	3.33	59	3.41	99	-0.1
24	George McQuillan G. McQuillan	6.58	1908	PHN	48	23	17	.575	42	1.53	114	32	7	2	359.2	263	61	88	1	91	6	6		1,367	5	2.85	2.28	1.25	0.03	8.3	6.7	0.98	.227	2.20	66	2.31	95	4.5
25	Dick Hughes D. Hughes	6.64	1967	STL	37	16	6	.727	27	2.67	161	12	3	3	222.1	164	66	72	22	48	5	6	6	871	7	6.52	1.94	3.35	0.89	18.5	5.5	0.95	.224	2.91	80	3.09	96	3.2

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
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