mlb best k/bb with a minimum of 1300 ip by a player all-time

Chris Sale has the best career K/BB when pitching at least 1300 innings, with 5.36 K/BB.

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	NAME	K/BB	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Chris Sale C. Sale	5.36	2246.2	420	159	97	.621	339	2.95	2,779	17	4	12	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	11.13	2.08	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.29	337.6
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	5.25	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	2.73	2,052	4	2	0	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
3	Tommy Bond T. Bond	4.83	2779.2	322	193	115	.627	314	2.25	860	294	35	0	2,857	695	1,339	32	178		11		11,386	120	2.78	0.58	0.10	7.6	1.6	1.09	.274	4.34	89	2.38	95	9.25	32.3
4	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	4.69	1641.2	271	116	77	.601	260	3.44	1,725	18	8	1	1,486	627	684	177	368	65	4	9	6,688	31	9.46	2.02	0.97	25.8	5.5	1.13	.301	3.75	83	3.22	78	8.15	161.7
5	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	4.54	2081.0	339	163	89	.647	339	3.20	2,382	8	5	0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	10.30	2.27	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
6	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	4.38	3261.0	569	216	146	.597	436	3.46	3,116	83	20	22	2,998	1,253	1,318	347	711	52	81	43	13,284	72	8.60	1.96	0.96	23.5	5.4	1.14	.293	3.64	80	3.22	76	8.27	373.6
7	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	4.37	1470.0	247	113	62	.646	247	3.24	1,723	2	2	0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
8	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	4.37	3047.2	501	224	126	.640	492	3.29	3,557	12	5	0	2,511	1,113	1,186	369	814	116	2	20	12,351	83	10.50	2.40	1.09	28.8	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	294.2
9	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	4.28	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	2.53	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	4.15	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	2.93	3,154	46	17	3	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
11	Aaron Nola A. Nola	4.04	1891.0	318	116	101	.535	318	3.91	2,053	6	4	0	1,699	821	862	254	508	58	0	18	7,783	20	9.77	2.42	1.21	26.4	6.5	1.17	.294	4.10	92	3.63	85	8.09	137.8
12	Dan Haren D. Haren	4.03	2419.2	391	153	131	.539	380	3.75	2,013	16	6	1	2,357	1,009	1,105	305	500	67	4	39	10,022	98	7.49	1.86	1.13	20.1	5.0	1.18	.288	4.11	92	3.77	92	8.77	92.8
13	Cliff Lee C. Lee	3.93	2156.2	328	143	91	.611	324	3.52	1,824	29	12	0	2,116	843	923	223	464	50	1	12	8,917	41	7.61	1.94	0.93	20.5	5.2	1.20	.298	3.85	84	3.44	82	8.83	168.2
14	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.91	3389.1	586	225	156	.591	541	3.49	2,979	17	5	1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
15	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	3.82	3496.1	413	191	204	.484	396	2.97	1,571	377	26	2	3,598	1,154	2,026	79	411	28	16		14,666	214	4.04	1.06	0.20	10.7	2.8	1.15	.280	5.22	96	2.75	87	9.26	148.2
16	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	3.81	2209.1	358	134	124	.519	355	3.47	2,070	16	7	0	2,007	853	933	258	544	89	1	38	9,098	29	8.43	2.22	1.05	22.8	6.0	1.15	.285	3.80	90	3.62	94	8.18	50.1
17	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.75	1890.1	311	127	80	.614	311	3.26	2,013	5	3	0	1,598	684	738	187	537	80	0	14	7,731	43	9.58	2.56	0.89	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.51	81	3.29	79	7.61	182.7
18	David Price D. Price	3.69	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	3.32	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
19	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	3.69	1778.0	297	115	93	.553	297	3.65	2,075	2	1	0	1,460	721	756	231	563	83	0	8	7,305	83	10.50	2.85	1.17	28.4	7.7	1.14	.282	3.83	87	3.58	85	7.39	120
20	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	3.68	2198.0	401	131	124	.514	327	4.27	1,553	25	5	2	2,388	1,043	1,158	285	422	49	18	52	9,300	30	6.36	1.73	1.17	16.7	4.5	1.28	.301	4.74	98	4.01	90	9.78	104.3
21	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	3.67	2088.2	393	121	125	.492	354	3.87	2,138	4	2	0	2,014	899	962	259	582	39	11	12	8,736	66	9.21	2.51	1.12	24.5	6.7	1.24	.307	4.15	93	3.61	85	8.68	142.7
22	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	3.67	1614.0	279	95	91	.511	275	4.07	1,271	8	4	0	1,673	730	789	195	346	60	2	12	6,766	25	7.09	1.93	1.09	18.8	5.1	1.25	.302	4.40	99	3.86	95	9.33	28.2
23	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.64	2562.2	399	167	117	.588	371	3.34	1,715	76	16	1	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	1.65	0.77	16.5	4.5	1.14	.281	3.64	80	3.26	80	8.61	225.4
24	John Ward J. Ward	3.64	2469.2	293	164	103	.614	262	2.10	920	245	24	3	2,324	576	1,185	26	253		32		10,164	144	3.35	0.92	0.09	9.1	2.5	1.04		4.32	82	2.43	96	8.47	9.1
25	Carlos Carrasco C. Carrasco	3.62	1704.0	343	112	105	.516	286	4.24	1,703	11	4	2	1,694	803	843	224	471	58	29	21	7,146	61	8.99	2.49	1.18	23.8	6.6	1.27	.313	4.45	102	3.78	91	8.95	71.4

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
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