most k/bb ratio by a pitcher in a season

BB in his rookie season in 1884.

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	NAME	K/BB	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	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Lady Baldwin L. Baldwin	21.00	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	0.00	34.4	1.6	0.47		2.65	20	0.98	9	3.71	8.2
2	Ed Cushman E. Cushman	15.67	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	0.00	37.6	2.4	0.36		1.00	8	0.91	8	2.50	17.4
3	Phil Hughes P. Hughes	11.63	2014	MIN	32	16	10	.615	32	3.52	186	1	0	0	209.2	221	82	88	16	16	5	0	1	855	1	7.98	0.69	0.69	21.8	1.9	1.13	.324	3.78	90	2.65	69	9.49	27.2
4	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	11.00	1994	NYM	24	14	4	.778	24	2.74	143	4	0	0	177.1	169	54	58	13	13	4	0	0	696	0	7.26	0.66	0.66	20.5	1.9	1.03	.298	2.94	67	2.75	65	8.58	29.4
5	Cliff Lee C. Lee	10.28	2010	TOT	28	12	9	.571	28	3.18	185	7	1	0	212.1	195	75	84	16	18	1	0	2	843	3	7.84	0.76	0.68	21.9	2.1	1.00	.287	3.56	75	2.58	61	8.27	38.1
6	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	10.00	1884	BSN	38	23	14	.622	37	2.09	270	35	6	0	336.0	272	78	140	12	27		1		1,343	18	7.23	0.72	0.32	20.1	2.0	0.89		3.75	72	2.37	71	7.29	34.4
7	Jim Whitney J. Whitney	9.86	1883	BSN	62	37	21	.638	56	2.24	345	54	1	2	514.0	492	128	258	7	35		5		2,101	37	6.04	0.61	0.12	16.4	1.7	1.03		4.52	74	2.29	75	8.61	39.8
8	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	9.58	2002	ARI	36	23	7	.767	35	3.23	316	5	1	0	259.1	218	93	95	29	33	3	0	1	1,017	6	10.97	1.15	1.01	31.1	3.2	0.97	.297	3.30	75	2.39	55	7.57	54.3
9	Marco Gonzales M. Gonzales	9.14	2020	SEA	11	7	2	.778	11	3.10	64	1	0	0	69.2	59	24	27	8	7	4	0	0	277	0	8.27	0.90	1.03	23.1	2.5	0.95	.263	3.49	74	3.31	77	7.62	7.9
10	George Kirby G. Kirby	9.05	2023	SEA	31	12	10	.545	31	3.35	172	1	0	0	190.2	179	71	74	22	19	6	0	1	757	1	8.12	0.90	1.04	22.7	2.5	1.04	.292	3.49	83	3.34	81	8.45	16.7
11	George Bradley G. Bradley	9.00	1880	PRO	28	13	8	.619	20	1.38	54	16	4	2	196.0	158	30	66	2	6		7		757	7	2.48	0.28	0.09	7.1	0.8	0.84		3.03	60	2.21	96	7.26	0.6
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	8.88	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	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	8.85	1997	ATL	33	19	4	.826	33	2.20	177	5	2	0	232.2	200	57	58	9	20	6	0	6	893	0	6.85	0.77	0.35	19.8	2.2	0.95	.280	2.24	53	2.42	58	7.74	46.2
14	Henry Boyle H. Boyle	8.80	1884	SLU	19	15	3	.833	16	1.74	88	16	2	1	150.0	118	29	63	3	10		3		595	3	5.28	0.60	0.18	14.8	1.7	0.85		3.78	59	2.56	100	7.08	-1.1
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	8.46	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	2.07	313	5	1	0	213.1	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
16	Ben Sheets B. Sheets	8.25	2004	MIL	34	12	14	.462	34	2.70	264	5	0	0	237.0	201	71	85	25	32	4	0	1	937	8	10.03	1.22	0.95	28.2	3.4	0.98	.288	3.23	63	2.64	59	7.63	47.2
17	James Burke J. Burke	8.23	1884	BSU	38	19	15	.559	36	2.85	255	34	0	0	322.0	326	102	201	10	31		2		1,359	40	7.13	0.87	0.28	18.8	2.3	1.11		5.62	95	2.38	91	9.11	7.7
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	8.12	2015	WSH	33	14	12	.538	33	2.79	276	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
19	Aaron Nola A. Nola	8.10	2022	PHI	32	11	13	.458	32	3.25	235	2	1	0	205.0	168	74	75	19	29	9	0	1	807	2	10.32	1.27	0.83	29.1	3.6	0.96	.289	3.29	80	2.57	63	7.38	33.5
20	Charlie Sweeney C. Sweeney	8.02	1884	TOT	60	41	15	.732	56	1.70	337	53	6	1	492.0	360	93	182	6	42		4		1,909	21	6.16	0.77	0.11	17.7	2.2	0.82		3.33	58	2.32	81	6.59	26.9
21	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	8.00	2020	CHC	12	6	5	.545	12	2.88	64	1	1	0	81.1	73	26	26	10	8	1	0	1	315	1	7.08	0.89	1.11	20.3	2.5	1.00	.272	2.88	65	3.54	80	8.08	7.8
22	Kenta Maeda K. Maeda	8.00	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	1.21	32.3	4.0	0.75	.208	2.70	62	2.99	68	5.40	10.5
23	Tommy Bond T. Bond	7.94	1884	TOT	28	13	14	.481	26	3.49	143	24	0	0	232.0	247	90	171	8	18	2	2		993	40	5.55	0.70	0.31	14.4	1.8	1.14	.291	6.63	113	2.75	99	9.58	-1
24	Carlos Silva C. Silva	7.89	2005	MIN	27	9	8	.529	27	3.44	71	2	0	0	188.1	212	72	83	25	9	3	0	2	749	0	3.39	0.43	1.19	9.5	1.2	1.17	.292	3.97	80	4.17	100	10.13	0.1
25	Henry Porter H. Porter	7.89	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	0.18	35.5	4.5	0.80		4.41	23	1.27	11	5.65	24.1

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MLB 2026 Betting

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Worst Record ATS

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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

MLB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 9/13	NYM	@	NYY	0-2
Sun 9/13	LAA	@	WSH	5-6
Sun 9/13	BAL	@	TOR	1-8
Sun 9/13	CLE	@	MIN	9-2
Sun 9/13	CIN	@	MIL	4-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	CWS	@	CLE	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 PM
Sat 10/3	NYY	@	TBR	6:30 PM
Sat 10/3	SDP	@	MIL	8:30 PM
Sun 10/4	SDP	@	MIL	4:00 PM

Lady Baldwin has the highest K/BB in a season, with 21.00 K/BB in his rookie season in 1884.

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