lowest season h/9 by a pitcher in mlb history

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

Interpreted as:
lowest season h/9 with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a pitcher in MLB history
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 Carlos Rodón
C. Rodón
4.71
2025
NYY NYY
7
4
3
.571
7
3.43
52
0
0
0
42.0
22
16
18
6
19
0
0
0
164
1
11.14
4.07
2.74
1.29
31.7
11.6
0.98
.184
3.86
87
3.79
91
1.7
4 Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
5.05
2020
CIN 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Nick Pivetta
N. Pivetta
5.35
2025
SDP SDP
6
5
1
.833
6
1.78
39
0
0
0
35.1
21
7
7
2
8
0
0
0
133
0
9.93
2.04
4.88
0.51
29.3
6.0
0.82
.226
1.78
45
2.26
57
6.7
12 Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
5.35
2020
CLE 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
13 Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
5.40
2025
LAD LAD
7
4
2
.667
7
0.90
49
0
0
0
40.0
24
4
7
2
13
0
0
0
153
1
11.03
2.93
3.77
0.45
32.0
8.5
0.93
.247
1.58
22
2.23
55
8.1
14 Kenta Maeda
K. Maeda
5.40
2020
MIN 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
15 Tyler Mahle
T. Mahle
5.50
2025
TEX TEX
7
3
1
.750
7
1.19
32
0
0
0
37.2
23
5
5
0
14
0
0
0
146
0
7.65
3.35
2.29
0.00
21.9
9.6
0.98
.230
1.19
30
2.47
60
6.8
16 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
5.53
2019
HOU 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
17 Dutch Leonard
D. Leonard
5.57
1914
BSA 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
18 Blake Snell
B. Snell
5.58
2018
TBR 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
19 Tyler Anderson
T. Anderson
5.61
2025
LAA LAA
6
2
0
1.000
6
2.67
27
0
0
0
33.2
21
10
11
6
14
1
0
1
137
2
7.22
3.74
1.93
1.60
19.7
10.2
1.04
.169
2.94
67
5.10
123
-3.4
20 Kevin Gausman
K. Gausman
5.63
2025
TOR TOR
7
2
3
.400
7
3.83
37
0
0
0
40.0
25
17
18
4
12
0
0
1
152
0
8.33
2.70
3.08
0.90
24.3
7.9
0.93
.212
4.05
99
3.40
84
2.8
21 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
22 Max Scherzer
M. Scherzer
5.65
2017
WSH 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
23 Carl Lundgren
C. Lundgren
5.65
1907
CHC 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
24 Hunter Greene
H. Greene
5.70
2025
CIN CIN
7
4
2
.667
7
2.53
55
0
0
0
42.2
27
12
12
7
8
2
0
0
165
2
11.60
1.69
6.88
1.48
33.3
4.8
0.82
.215
2.53
58
3.31
78
4.2
25 Sid Fernandez
S. Fernandez
5.71
1985
NYM 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

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

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MLB 2025 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
Mets Mets
22
11
.667
Phillies Phillies
19
14
.576
3.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
20
13
.606
Reds Reds
18
15
.545
2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
Dodgers Dodgers
22
10
.688
Padres Padres
21
11
.656
1.0
AL East W L PCT GB
Yankees Yankees
19
14
.576
Red Sox Red Sox
18
17
.514
2.0
AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
21
12
.636
Guardians Guardians
19
14
.576
2.0
AL West W L PCT GB
Mariners Mariners
19
12
.613
Astros Astros
17
15
.531
2.5

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/17
CLE CLE
@
PIT PIT
10-7
Thu
4/17
MIA MIA
@
PHI PHI
2-7
Thu
4/17
CIN CIN
@
BAL BAL
8-3
Thu
4/17
SEA SEA
@
TOR TOR
1-3
Thu
4/17
MIN MIN
@
ATL ATL
4-6

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
5/3
LAD LAD
@
ATL ATL
7:15 PM
Sat
5/3
DET DET
@
LAA LAA
9:38 PM
Sun
5/4
NYM NYM
@
STL STL
1:15 PM
Sun
5/4
KCR KCR
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
5/4
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
1:35 PM