most seasons with 5.00 or more k/bb by a pitcher all-time

Chris Sale and Dennis Eckersley are tied for playing the most seasons with a K/BB of 5.00 or above, with 10 seasons.

	NAME	SEAS	K/BB	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	Chris Sale C. Sale	10	6.04	252	116	66	.637	251	2.85	2,073	12	3	0	1600.2	1,271	507	549	152	343	111	0	4	6,411	28	11.66	1.93	0.85	32.3	5.4	1.01	.300	3.09	67	2.64	63	7.15	273.7
2	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	10	7.74	573	44	39	.530	27	2.72	782	6	2	338	824.2	672	249	266	78	101	18	469	25	3,224	4	8.53	1.10	0.85	24.3	3.1	0.94	.265	2.90	69	2.61	65	7.33	129.3
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	9	6.40	171	65	41	.613	171	2.31	1,325	2	1	0	1050.0	734	269	293	96	207	19	0	6	4,049	18	11.36	1.77	0.82	32.7	5.1	0.90	.266	2.51	59	2.47	60	6.29	193.2
4	Chris Martin C. Martin	8	8.56	378	18	22	.450	0	3.04	368	0	0	15	352.2	340	119	133	38	43	12	76	12	1,418	16	9.39	1.10	0.97	26.0	3.0	1.09	.316	3.39	70	2.95	69	8.68	51.4
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	8	7.24	188	104	36	.743	188	2.28	1,412	14	8	0	1222.2	914	310	344	105	195	17	0	2	4,714	42	10.39	1.44	0.77	30.0	4.1	0.91	.271	2.53	59	2.47	61	6.73	209.4
6	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	8	6.73	523	33	29	.532	0	2.03	538	0	0	325	560.0	445	126	134	35	80	22	470	15	2,180	5	8.65	1.29	0.56	24.7	3.7	0.94	.272	2.15	46	2.53	58	7.15	114.5
7	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	7	8.78	375	17	18	.486	0	2.26	474	0	0	93	371.0	241	93	99	46	54	4	197	5	1,405	9	11.50	1.31	1.12	33.7	3.8	0.80	.236	2.40	53	2.61	64	5.85	59.2
8	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	7	6.17	188	112	48	.700	187	2.69	1,178	50	15	0	1391.0	1,273	416	463	113	191	43	0	11	5,553	21	7.62	1.24	0.73	21.2	3.4	1.05	.288	3.00	63	2.93	68	8.24	206.1
9	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	6	5.89	106	53	24	.688	104	3.14	754	4	2	0	658.2	578	230	247	77	128	12	1	1	2,636	21	10.30	1.75	1.05	28.6	4.9	1.07	.301	3.38	74	3.03	72	7.90	88.8
10	Liam Hendriks L. Hendriks	6	6.96	337	24	16	.600	2	2.64	501	0	0	114	368.1	292	108	123	33	72	8	194	12	1,462	28	12.24	1.76	0.81	34.3	4.9	0.99	.305	3.01	63	2.25	53	7.13	82.7
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	6	6.46	180	89	42	.679	180	2.68	1,512	8	4	0	1174.2	862	350	368	135	234	51	0	10	4,618	19	11.58	1.79	1.03	32.7	5.1	0.93	.271	2.82	65	2.80	68	6.60	172.6
12	Josh Tomlin J. Tomlin	6	6.85	177	42	30	.583	82	4.53	466	4	1	2	613.1	671	309	336	114	68	11	34	5	2,545	14	6.84	1.00	1.67	18.3	2.7	1.20	.295	4.93	106	4.43	105	9.85	-15.1
13	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	6	7.41	396	21	12	.636	0	2.28	585	0	0	229	394.1	266	100	103	35	79	13	323	5	1,532	9	13.35	1.80	0.80	38.2	5.2	0.87	.282	2.35	59	2.02	51	6.07	86.9
14	Cliff Lee C. Lee	6	6.59	165	75	42	.641	165	2.87	1,094	20	10	0	1183.1	1,106	378	414	101	166	17	0	3	4,729	13	8.32	1.26	0.77	23.1	3.5	1.07	.300	3.15	73	2.80	70	8.41	158.4
15	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	6	6.29	379	24	17	.585	0	2.23	472	0	0	211	392.0	293	97	111	29	75	13	336	5	1,547	7	10.84	1.72	0.67	30.5	4.8	0.94	.276	2.55	53	2.33	57	6.73	78.8
16	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	6	6.70	193	106	46	.697	192	3.21	1,508	24	6	0	1369.0	1,233	489	509	159	225	20	0	7	5,464	23	9.91	1.48	1.05	27.6	4.1	1.07	.302	3.35	71	2.89	66	8.11	223.4
17	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	5	5.81	130	66	33	.667	130	3.13	1,051	4	2	0	794.1	615	276	295	122	181	11	0	0	3,143	13	11.91	2.05	1.38	33.4	5.8	1.00	.277	3.34	75	3.23	76	6.97	93.7
18	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	5	5.63	105	38	24	.613	104	3.33	580	3	2	0	581.0	543	215	239	68	103	22	0	4	2,374	20	8.98	1.60	1.05	24.4	4.3	1.11	.297	3.70	77	3.31	79	8.41	56.5
19	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	5	6.10	159	75	46	.620	159	3.02	1,140	14	5	0	1040.1	894	349	377	102	187	35	0	8	4,145	17	9.86	1.62	0.88	27.5	4.5	1.04	.295	3.26	74	2.86	71	7.73	138.1
20	Sean Doolittle S. Doolittle	5	7.35	245	11	11	.500	0	2.68	316	0	0	76	245.1	166	73	77	22	43	2	129	6	942	5	11.59	1.58	0.81	33.5	4.6	0.85	.258	2.82	67	2.27	56	6.09	49
21	Jake McGee J. McGee	5	6.29	267	17	9	.654	0	2.25	302	0	0	56	244.0	166	61	70	17	48	6	96	7	951	5	11.14	1.77	0.63	31.8	5.0	0.88	.258	2.58	57	2.23	56	6.12	47.9
22	David Wells D. Wells	5	5.27	157	80	34	.702	156	3.98	638	23	7	0	1036.2	1,126	458	482	120	121	28	0	1	4,294	20	5.54	1.05	1.04	14.9	2.8	1.20	.297	4.18	88	3.77	85	9.78	79.9
23	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	5	6.66	155	86	34	.717	155	2.27	859	33	12	0	1122.1	942	283	312	52	129	26	0	33	4,357	10	6.89	1.03	0.42	19.7	3.0	0.95	.270	2.50	54	2.59	60	7.55	213.7
24	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	5	7.46	110	68	18	.791	107	2.08	1,007	15	5	0	754.1	522	174	197	44	135	44	2	2	2,926	14	12.01	1.61	0.52	34.4	4.6	0.87	.282	2.35	44	1.86	42	6.23	224.2
25	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	4	6.94	103	50	20	.714	103	2.47	757	1	1	0	626.1	467	172	189	51	109	22	0	0	2,431	7	10.88	1.57	0.73	31.1	4.5	0.92	.279	2.72	60	2.41	58	6.71	122.4

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